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Let me start this out by introducing myself briefly. My name is Mike (mdr), I am a graduate of the University of Georgia, and my family has had season tickets for over 30 years. So clearly you can see where my loyalties lie. A couple of weeks ago, a writer for this site named ChrisApplewhite posted his list of top ten college coaches. If anyone who is reading this read the comments and rebuttals to Chris’ list, you probably know who I am. As a result of my ongoing argument with Chris and others in those comments, I was asked to compile a list of my own. So, here it is: a meaningless list of the best coaches in college football compiled by a random guy with no writing experience who is bored at work. Enjoy.
Feel free to agree, disagree, call me retarded, whatever floats your boat.
10. Paul Johnson – Georgia Institute of Technology
You hear the phrase, “he wins everywhere he goes” about a handful of different coaches in college football. Perhaps no one personifies this cliché better than Paul Johnson. In 5 years at Georgia Southern, the worst performance he turned in was a loss in the quarterfinals of the national playoffs. He won back to back national titles while in Statesboro and never lost more than 3 games in a season, and that only happened in his first year.
Johnson moved on to Navy, and after a bumpy first year, went on to go 9-1 in the Commander in Chief Trophy competition over his six years in Annapolis. He posted five seasons with 8 wins or more and led the Midshipmen to five consecutive bowl appearances. Let’s not forget this is the Naval Academy we are talking about here. All of the service academies are at a huge competitive disadvantage in big time college football and for Johnson to pull off five straight bowl trips is pretty remarkable.
The homer in me hopes that he is soon removed from this list after a colossal failure at Georgia Tech. However, the realist in me believes that PJ will continue to build winners wherever he may coach.
09. Bobby Petrino – Arkansas
41 wins in four years at Louisville continuing to build on the modest successes of his predecessor, John L. Smith. Two conference championships and a 2-2 record in bowl games including a BCS victory in the Orange Bowl, a first for the Cardinals. Petrino is widely acknowledged as one of the great offensive minds in the college game. His ethics have been called into question due to some loyalty issues arising from his discussions with Auburn officials behind Tuberville’s back and then his abrupt resignation from the Atlanta Falcons before the end of last season. However, it’s hard to argue with the results. Time will tell what he can do at Arkansas, but the tools for success are certainly there and Petrino should have no problems getting players to run his offense.
08. Tommy Tuberville – Auburn
This one is actually simple, though I expect it to cause some controversy. The fact is, numbers don’t lie.
Since Tubs took over on the plains, Auburn has reached seven consecutive bowl games, including five on New Year’s Day. He also won an SEC championship during that time and posted a perfect 13-0 record in 2004. Tuberville has a winning record against Auburn’s three biggest rivals, including six in a row over Alabama. The Tigers have won 9 of their last 12 games against top ten teams and they are 5-1 against the top five during the same period. Frankly, there may not be a better big game coach in college ball.
07. Mack Brown – Texas
Give all the credit for the 2005 season to Vince Young if you want, Mack was damn good before Vince and he continues to be damn good after Vince. Three 10 win seasons at North Carolina is remarkable enough, but things have only gotten better for Mack since moving to Austin.
Mack Brown’s Texas teams are perennially in the top 10 and he has strung together seven consecutive seasons of 10 wins or more. Mack shook the “Coach February” tag many years ago, but he still hasn’t gotten over the Oklahoma hump enough to satisfy some Longhorn fans. Still, the Rose Bowl victories, the high winning percentage, and the top 10 finishes are plenty to cement him on this list.
06. Urban Meyer – Florida
The guy posted a perfect season at Utah and has never failed to win at least 8 games in a season. Even better than that, there has only been one 8 win season in his career, every other year Meyer’s teams have won at least 9 games. He also took a bunch of guys that Ron Zook signed and led them to a national title in his second year at Florida. Meyer has a great ability to mold his offensive philosophy to best fit the players he has. The offense he ran with Alex Smith in 2004 bore little resemblance to the one that he ran in 2006 with Chris Leak. His motivational skills and his game day planning are top notch as well. The only thing that is keeping him out of the top 5 on my list is the fact that he lost 4 games last year as the defending national champions with the eventual Heisman trophy winner at quarterback. A better year in 2008 will move him up another slot or two in my mind.
05. Mark Richt – UGA
The toughest pick of all for me, being the huge UGA homer that I am. There isn’t a coach in college football that I would rather have leading my guys into battle. If I had a son, I would want him to play for Mark Richt at Georgia.
However, that’s not what this pick is about. Richt has rung up 72 wins in his first seven years as a head coach. During that time, he has led the Bulldogs to three SEC east titles, two SEC championships, and three BCS appearances with a record of 2-1 in those games. UGA has finished in the top 10 five times during his seven years at the helm of the bulldog program.
UGA has many advantages in recruiting, facilities, fanbase, etc…. Many people will tell you that averaging ten wins a year at UGA is not all that impressive. However, you should tell that to Ray Goff and Jim Donnan, neither of whom even approached the level of success that Richt has achieved already. When Richt led UGA to the SEC championship in 2002, it was their first conference title in 20 years. Under his direction, the dawgs are now a perennial threat to win the SEC and play in a BCS game. If Richt manages to live up to the lofty expectations being placed upon the UGA team this season, he will be ranked even higher than this in the future. The only thing his resume is currently missing is that elusive national title.
04. Rich Rodriguez – Michigan
Led West Virginia to back to back 10 win seasons for the first time in school history, including a fairly historic Sugar Bowl win over the SEC champion UGA Bulldogs. He also won or tied for the Big East title four times in his seven years in Morgantown. Led the Mountaineers to their best run in school history from 2005-2007 (32-5, 2 BCS appearances). One of the acknowledged innovators/creators of the spread option offense which is winning the hearts and minds of college football fans nationwide.
03. Bob Stoops – Oklahoma
In the last 8 years, Stoops has failed to win at least 11 games exactly one time. Lately poor performances in bowl games have been slightly tarnishing his reputation as a big game coach. However, the guy is as close to a BCS regular as there is, making 6 appearances in only 9 years on the sidelines in Norman. The Sooners have won five Big 12 titles under his tutelage, including back to back championships the last two years.
Stoops is one of those guys that simply has to be in the top 5, I don’t care who’s making the list. He also pretty much owns UT at this point, which is enough to keep Sooner fans happy most of the time.
02. Jim Tressel – Ohio St
He may be dull, and the Big Ten certainly isn’t as strong as it once was. But Tressel’s teams always win, unless of course they happen to play a team from the SEC.
A ridiculous five national championships, including OSU’s first since the reign of Woody Hayes, give Tressel maybe the strongest resume of any coach in the country. His Ohio St teams are perennial Big Ten champs and until the last two years they had a very impressive record in BCS games.
Tressel teams are always strong in fundamentals and you will very seldom see them lose because of mental errors. That is the mark of a great coach. Plus the man’s record is simply phenomenal.
01. Pete Carroll – USC
Sorry to anyone who disagrees, but not having Carroll at number one is tantamount to blasphemy in today’s college football landscape. In seven years all he’s done is win the Pac Ten six times, win two national championships (one split), make appearances in six BCS games (winning five), and finish in the top four of the AP poll six times. Furthermore, USC is the first team in division 1A (or FBS if you prefer) history to ring up six consecutive eleven win seasons. Quite frankly, the only thing that has kept USC from being perfect in the BCS is a guy by the name of Vince Young.
No one else in the country is even close at this point to Pete’s level of accomplishment. Plus he’s got like 4000 facebook friends, so that has to mean something. Right?
You’d be smiling too.
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dedfischer said:
July 29th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Good list. I think it’s pretty remarkable what Jim Grobe has done at Wake Forest, but it’s not enough to get him on this list. Carroll’s hands-on coaching style didn’t translate very well at the pro level, but you could not have drawn up a guy more well suited for the college game. Plus, he’s got enough talent that he doesn’t need to outcoach many people on Saturdays.
BrickHorn said:
July 29th, 2008 at 11:13 am
I just can’t take anything written by a guy who insists on writing the numbers 1-9 in two-digit format seriously.
srr50 said:
July 29th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Jim Grobe dude. Jim Grobe.
Certainly over Paul Johnson at this point. Johnson won at Ga. Southern at the 1-AA level, and he should have. They are an elite program like a Texas or Michigan at 1-AA.
He did a terrific job at Navy, taking his offense, which fit the kind of athlete he could attract to a service academy to begin with, and then scheduling his way a winning record. His win total at Navy is loaded with SMU, Vandy, Rice, Tulsa, Delaware, Army, New Mexico, Duke, Tulane, etc.
His standout win against a D-1 opponent is the victory over a 3-9 Notre Dame squad last year. I think is is a damn good coach, but I will wait and see what he does at Ga. Tech before putting him in the elite catagory.
Jim Grobe was 33-33 at Ohio U. The twenty years before he got there, Ohio was 59-145-6 for a winning percentage of 28.1%
They are 30-53 since he went to Wake Forest.
Speaking of Wake Forest, they are the poster-child for institutional failure when it comes to D-1 football. You have to go all the way back to “Pea Head” Walker before Grobe to find a Wake Forest coach with a winning record, and he quit coaching in 1950.
Wake Forest has been to 8 bowl games in their entire history and Grobe has taken them to three (where he is 2-1). In 2006 Wake Forest finished 17th in the coaches poll — their highest final ranking EVAR.
The past two years Grobe has been 11-3 and 9-4, and they are the two winningest seasons in school history. No other coach ever won 9 games in a single season.
And he has wins over some legitimate D-1 teams: Florida State, Boston College, North Carolina (two wins each over the trio) Virginia, Oregon, Purdue, Mississippi, Ga. Tech.
Oh, I almost forgot, he beat Navy in 2002 and just last year 44-24.
Jim Grobe dude. Jim Grobe
mdr said:
July 29th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Can’t disagree with you really. Grobe was one of about six guys that I was considering for the 10 spot.
Facebook User said:
July 29th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
mdr –
Make it a Top 16 list. Who are the next six?
srr50 said:
July 29th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
“mdr -
Make it a Top 16 list. Who are the next six?”
Let me guess
Nick Saban Alabama
Les Miles LSU
Phil Fulmer Tennessee
Houston Nutt Ole Miss
Sylvester Croom Mississippi State
Steve Spurrier South Carolina
Facebook User said:
July 29th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
He’s got:
1 – Pac 10
1 – ACC
2 – Big Televen
2 – Big 12
4 – SEC
There might be a bit of bias but it’s not ridiculous.
SlickStreet said:
July 29th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
srr, are you implying his top ten is top heavy in SEC area (GT included) schools? ;)
Give him credit anyway for not including any of ‘em in his 1-4.
dedfischer said:
July 29th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Damn, I didn’t realize Grobe was that successful. He should be at the top of the fucking list. Isn’t Wake Forest like Stanford without the amenities of Palo Alto?
Huckleberry said:
July 29th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Can I be a Guest Columnist someday?
mdr said:
July 29th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
It is true that I have a little SEC bias. However, Petrino has yet to coach a game for Arkansas, and with his track record, he could be somewhere else by mid-September anyway.
I could’ve included Saban, but I feel he’s a bit overrated. Grobe deserves a mention, as does Erickson, along with a couple more. But, I wanted to limit it to ten and its just one man’s opinion anyway.
TaylorTRoom said:
July 29th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
mdr, tell me about Richt’s offense. What is his philosophy? Does he have an offensive scheme that will be competitive into the next decade?
srr50 said:
July 29th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
“Can I be a Guest Columnist someday?”
Only if your first post is a treatise on “How Clutch Players Add to Team Chemistry.”
Facebook User said:
July 29th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Clutch McChemistry – Shoot me an email: sailorripley AT barkingcarnival DOTCOM
Black Scholes said:
July 29th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
MNCs alone should move Mack and Meyer above your boy, although I like Richt very much. Your list, your bias so that’s cool.
I think you have Rodriguez overrated, though I think he’ll do fine at UM if he doesn’t go Schenllenberger and just can’t find a way to fit in (winning cures all sins however). The OL transferring so quickly to OSU is still a weird data point to me.
Stoops. I hate that fucker almost as much as Mack should.
I hope some day Texas and UGA will schedule a series. I’ve always wanted an excuse to visit Athens.
srr50 said:
July 29th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
I love Athens, although I have only been there in the spring, for the NCAA Tennis championships. I too would enjoy a visit during football season.
BRAGGonUT said:
July 30th, 2008 at 7:17 am
I can’t believe “inarguable” has not been used.
mdr said:
July 30th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
This list is very arguable. Its the opposite of inarguable.
To briefly address Taylor’s question above without getting into a whole X’s and O’s discussion:
UGA runs a play-action passing offense. Heavy on screens and draws, as well as throwing to the tight end in the flats. All of this is done with the intention of getting the defense to tighten up so we can stretch the field.
The problem with this in recent years has been a lack of quality wide receiver depth at Georgia. When Richt was at F$U, they always seemed to have an All-American receiver or two. At UGA, he has had none. It is easy to get running backs, linemen, and tight ends at UGA. Receivers are a little harder to come by. That is compounded by the fact that Richt’s reputation has changed from a gun-slinging, wide open offense type of guy at F$U, to a more conservative, defense and special teams oriented coach at UGA. As our receivers continue to improve (the addition of AJ Green and Tavares King should help), you will see Stafford stretching the field and throwing deep a lot more.
As for the second part of your question, there is nothing gimmicky about Richt’s offense. His philosophies are rooted in traditional offensive schemes so I can’t imagine that his offense will cease to be effective at any point in the future. With the right players, there is no reason to think it will ever stop working.
Ag_in_TX said:
July 30th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I have been to Athens once – it was 1980 – Herschel Walker was an animal – I’ll never go back.
Ever.
I still have nightmares.
james mitchell said:
July 31st, 2008 at 5:16 am
How can a coach, who has won exactly one conference championship(that with superman as qb) in almost 25 yrs. as a head coach,be considered in the top ten?
Minnesotahorn said:
July 31st, 2008 at 5:58 am
I realize you’re just trolling but that’s retarded. Mack Brown irritates the bejeezus out of me but excluding a coach with his winning percentage and a recent NC from the top ten isn’t the least bit rational.
mdr said:
July 31st, 2008 at 6:31 am
Do you know the last time a Mack Brown team failed to win at least nine games?
1995.
The only reason Mack hasn’t won more championships at UT is #3 on this list.
Luther Campbell said:
July 31st, 2008 at 10:20 am
“mdr, tell me about Richt’s offense. What is his philosophy? Does he have an offensive scheme that will be competitive into the next decade?”
Let me rephrase – Does Richt have athletic black men under center that run around a lot?
Yes, he won an SEC Championship in 2005 with DJ Shockley.
HowAboutThisChris? said:
August 4th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Well, it’s about time that someone actually had a top-10 coaches list that made some sense…
I’d flip-flop Mack Brown and Bob Stoops though, but that’s just me. Even though Mack had Vince Young, he’s posted a lot of W’s. Stoops’ players just haven’t shown up in bowl games since 2000.
Finally, some Mark Richt love.
SEC in the house. Go Dawgs! Sic’em!
ChrisApplewhite said:
August 4th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Do you ever wonder why you won’t see a bunch of Clemson or Syracuse or South Carolina fans flood a message board to stand up for Richt?
No, you probably don’t.
HowAboutThisChris? said:
August 6th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Does Syracuse still have a football team?
echeese said:
August 31st, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Mack and Greg Davis should be #1