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Here’s a little exercise that I thought could be interesting and lead to some discussion. I’d like everyone to rank the Big Ten head coaches 1 to 16 (including Lincoln Riley and Chip Kelly); then rank the SEC head coaches 1 to 16 (including Steve Sarkisian and Brent Venables); and then do a combined third list where you rank the Big Ten and SEC head coaches from 1 to 32.
What criteria you choose to use is up to you. I personally would base my rankings on how I feel each coach will perform over the next five years, but also factor in past results a bit.
Here are the coaches, generally in geographic order:
Big Ten:
Greg Schiano, Rutgers
Mike Locksley, Maryland
James Franklin, Penn State
Ryan Day, Ohio State
Jim Harbaugh, Michigan
Mel Tucker, Michigan State
Tom Allen, Indiana
Jeff Brohm, Purdue
Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
Bret Bielema, Illinois
Luke Fickell, Wisconsin
PJ Fleck, Minnesota
Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
Matt Rhule, Nebraska
Chip Kelly, UCLA
Lincoln Riley, USC
SEC:
Billy Napier, Florida
Shane Beamer, South Carolina
Kirby Smart, Georgia
Josh Heupel, Tennessee
Mark Stoops, Kentucky
Clark Lea, Vanderbilt
Eli Drinkwitz, Missouri
Hugh Freeze (presumed Auburn HC)
Nick Saban, Alabama
Mike Leach, Mississippi State
Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss
Brian Kelly, LSU
Sam Pittman, Arkansas
Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M
Steve Sarkisian, Texas
Brent Venables, Oklahoma
Feel free to add any discussion points as desired.
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What criteria you choose to use is up to you. I personally would base my rankings on how I feel each coach will perform over the next five years, but also factor in past results a bit.
Here are the coaches, generally in geographic order:
Big Ten:
Greg Schiano, Rutgers
Mike Locksley, Maryland
James Franklin, Penn State
Ryan Day, Ohio State
Jim Harbaugh, Michigan
Mel Tucker, Michigan State
Tom Allen, Indiana
Jeff Brohm, Purdue
Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
Bret Bielema, Illinois
Luke Fickell, Wisconsin
PJ Fleck, Minnesota
Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
Matt Rhule, Nebraska
Chip Kelly, UCLA
Lincoln Riley, USC
SEC:
Billy Napier, Florida
Shane Beamer, South Carolina
Kirby Smart, Georgia
Josh Heupel, Tennessee
Mark Stoops, Kentucky
Clark Lea, Vanderbilt
Eli Drinkwitz, Missouri
Hugh Freeze (presumed Auburn HC)
Nick Saban, Alabama
Mike Leach, Mississippi State
Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss
Brian Kelly, LSU
Sam Pittman, Arkansas
Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M
Steve Sarkisian, Texas
Brent Venables, Oklahoma
Feel free to add any discussion points as desired.
It’s true, it’s true. Trust me …