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Sporting News ranked all the coaches in college football from 1 to 124. I am posting the top 10...click on the link to see the rest.
1. Nick Saban, Alabama
Age: 60
2011 record: 12-1, 7-1 SEC
At Alabama (5 years): 50-12
FBS career (16 years): 141-54-1
The Nicktator has five BCS game wins under his belt, more than anyone else in the business, and his three national titles—two at Alabama in 2009 and 2011, and one at LSU in 2004—stand alone. We may be even more impressed by the Tide’s 28-4 SEC regular-season record over the past four seasons, during a run of outright superiority for the league that no conference has matched in college football history. This is an easy call for the top spot.
2. Chris Petersen, Boise State
Age: 47
2011 record: 12-1, 6-1 Mountain West
At Boise State (6 years): 73-6
FBS career: Same
But for the Broncos’ one-point loss at home to TCU last November, we’d have had to have thought long and hard about putting Petersen at No. 1. Just look at that insane .924 winning percentage. Just look at the essential road wins vs. Georgia and Virginia Tech the past two seasons while you’re at it. (And, of course, you won’t ever forget the Fiesta Bowl downing of Oklahoma in Petersen’s first season.) Coach Pete is the magic man.
3. Urban Meyer, Ohio State
Age: 47
2011 record: Did not coach
At Ohio State: First year
FBS career (10 years): 104-23
Many readers have been asking us since we released our Big Ten coaches rankings: How can Meyer be No. 1 in the league without having coached a game?
The question is—sorry—ridiculous. Something tells us the Urbmeister’s pair of BCS titles and 36-12 SEC regular-season record while at Florida hold up when compared with the rigors of the big, bad Big Ten. A few years ago, this was your hands-down No. 1 coach in college football.
4. Les Miles, LSU
Age: 58
2011 record: 13-1, 8-0 SEC
At LSU (7 years): 75-18
FBS career (11 years): 103-39
Here’s another coach who, if he’d bested Saban for a second time last season in the national title game, might’ve had an undeniable argument for No. 1 in the college ranks. As it stands, Miles, who won it all in 2008, has won at least 11 games in five of his seven seasons at LSU, and his 41-15 SEC regular-season record is pretty well off the charts. And does fun count? Of course it does. Miles is more fun in late-game situations than anybody.
5. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
Age: 51
2011 record: 10-3, 6-3 Big 12
At Oklahoma (13 years): 139-34
FBS career: Same
Let’s get this out of the way right now: Apart from the 2010 Fiesta Bowl laugher over Connecticut, “Big Game Bob” hasn’t won a BCS game in nine years. So his seven Big 12 championships don’t resonate? Stoops’ 96 victories over the nine seasons since his “heyday” don’t cut it? Please. Oklahoma is still a superpower.
6. Chip Kelly, Oregon
Age: 48
2011 record: 12-2, 8-1 Pac-12
At Oregon (3 years): 34-6
FBS career: Same
Not six years ago, Kelly was grinding through his 13th season on the staff at New Hampshire. Now he has three BCS appearances under his belt. If Eugene is the modern birthplace of cool in college football, Kelly is at least as big a reason why as Phil Knight. How well does it speak of his talent that the Ducks lost their quarterback and superstar running back from a Rose Bowl-winning 2011 squad and are expected by all of us to compete for a national title in 2012?
7. Gary Patterson, TCU
Age: 52
2011 record: 11-2, 7-0 Mountain West
At TCU (12 years): 109-30
FBS career: Same
How about that win on the blue turf in Boise last season? On the heels of a Rose Bowl-winning season, no less. TCU has won at least 11 games four years in a row and seven of the past nine. No coach in the country develops players better than Patterson. He gets his chance to bum-rush the Big 12 now, and we’re not betting against him.
8. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina
Age: 67
2011 record: 11-2, 6-2 SEC
At South Carolina (7 years): 55-35
FBS career (22 years): 197-75-2
So maybe Spurrier doesn’t work upward of 20 hours a day like, oh, that fella in Tuscaloosa, Ala., does. So what? The visored one has his own way of doing things, and it has led the Gamecocks to higher ground than they’ve possessed pretty much ever in the history of their program. We’re not forgetting the man’s virtuoso performance at Florida, either. He was great at Duke, too.
9. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
Age: 65
2011 record: 11-3, 7-1 ACC
At Virginia Tech (25 years): 209-98-2
FBS career: Same
The man has won four ACC championships since claiming three in the Big East. Which is to say, no one in either league has done better. The phrase “Beamer Ball” is a bit of an insult to the Hokies coach, because his program is so much more than surprises and special-teams tricks. This is the best “old” coach without a national title.
10. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
Age: 44
2011 record: 12-1, 8-1 Big 12
At Oklahoma State (7 years): 59-30
FBS career: Same
Gundy is 44! now and fresh off the best season in program history. Even when he was 40! he was on the way—unbeknownst to many of us—to a run of improving the Cowboys’ overall and/or Big 12 record in every one of his seasons in Stillwater. With 41 victories over the past four years, Gundy has established his program—and himself—among the best in the game.
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Sporting News ranked all the coaches in college football from 1 to 124. I am posting the top 10...click on the link to see the rest.
1. Nick Saban, Alabama
Age: 60
2011 record: 12-1, 7-1 SEC
At Alabama (5 years): 50-12
FBS career (16 years): 141-54-1
The Nicktator has five BCS game wins under his belt, more than anyone else in the business, and his three national titles—two at Alabama in 2009 and 2011, and one at LSU in 2004—stand alone. We may be even more impressed by the Tide’s 28-4 SEC regular-season record over the past four seasons, during a run of outright superiority for the league that no conference has matched in college football history. This is an easy call for the top spot.
2. Chris Petersen, Boise State
Age: 47
2011 record: 12-1, 6-1 Mountain West
At Boise State (6 years): 73-6
FBS career: Same
But for the Broncos’ one-point loss at home to TCU last November, we’d have had to have thought long and hard about putting Petersen at No. 1. Just look at that insane .924 winning percentage. Just look at the essential road wins vs. Georgia and Virginia Tech the past two seasons while you’re at it. (And, of course, you won’t ever forget the Fiesta Bowl downing of Oklahoma in Petersen’s first season.) Coach Pete is the magic man.
3. Urban Meyer, Ohio State
Age: 47
2011 record: Did not coach
At Ohio State: First year
FBS career (10 years): 104-23
Many readers have been asking us since we released our Big Ten coaches rankings: How can Meyer be No. 1 in the league without having coached a game?
The question is—sorry—ridiculous. Something tells us the Urbmeister’s pair of BCS titles and 36-12 SEC regular-season record while at Florida hold up when compared with the rigors of the big, bad Big Ten. A few years ago, this was your hands-down No. 1 coach in college football.
4. Les Miles, LSU
Age: 58
2011 record: 13-1, 8-0 SEC
At LSU (7 years): 75-18
FBS career (11 years): 103-39
Here’s another coach who, if he’d bested Saban for a second time last season in the national title game, might’ve had an undeniable argument for No. 1 in the college ranks. As it stands, Miles, who won it all in 2008, has won at least 11 games in five of his seven seasons at LSU, and his 41-15 SEC regular-season record is pretty well off the charts. And does fun count? Of course it does. Miles is more fun in late-game situations than anybody.
5. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
Age: 51
2011 record: 10-3, 6-3 Big 12
At Oklahoma (13 years): 139-34
FBS career: Same
Let’s get this out of the way right now: Apart from the 2010 Fiesta Bowl laugher over Connecticut, “Big Game Bob” hasn’t won a BCS game in nine years. So his seven Big 12 championships don’t resonate? Stoops’ 96 victories over the nine seasons since his “heyday” don’t cut it? Please. Oklahoma is still a superpower.
6. Chip Kelly, Oregon
Age: 48
2011 record: 12-2, 8-1 Pac-12
At Oregon (3 years): 34-6
FBS career: Same
Not six years ago, Kelly was grinding through his 13th season on the staff at New Hampshire. Now he has three BCS appearances under his belt. If Eugene is the modern birthplace of cool in college football, Kelly is at least as big a reason why as Phil Knight. How well does it speak of his talent that the Ducks lost their quarterback and superstar running back from a Rose Bowl-winning 2011 squad and are expected by all of us to compete for a national title in 2012?
7. Gary Patterson, TCU
Age: 52
2011 record: 11-2, 7-0 Mountain West
At TCU (12 years): 109-30
FBS career: Same
How about that win on the blue turf in Boise last season? On the heels of a Rose Bowl-winning season, no less. TCU has won at least 11 games four years in a row and seven of the past nine. No coach in the country develops players better than Patterson. He gets his chance to bum-rush the Big 12 now, and we’re not betting against him.
8. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina
Age: 67
2011 record: 11-2, 6-2 SEC
At South Carolina (7 years): 55-35
FBS career (22 years): 197-75-2
So maybe Spurrier doesn’t work upward of 20 hours a day like, oh, that fella in Tuscaloosa, Ala., does. So what? The visored one has his own way of doing things, and it has led the Gamecocks to higher ground than they’ve possessed pretty much ever in the history of their program. We’re not forgetting the man’s virtuoso performance at Florida, either. He was great at Duke, too.
9. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
Age: 65
2011 record: 11-3, 7-1 ACC
At Virginia Tech (25 years): 209-98-2
FBS career: Same
The man has won four ACC championships since claiming three in the Big East. Which is to say, no one in either league has done better. The phrase “Beamer Ball” is a bit of an insult to the Hokies coach, because his program is so much more than surprises and special-teams tricks. This is the best “old” coach without a national title.
10. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
Age: 44
2011 record: 12-1, 8-1 Big 12
At Oklahoma State (7 years): 59-30
FBS career: Same
Gundy is 44! now and fresh off the best season in program history. Even when he was 40! he was on the way—unbeknownst to many of us—to a run of improving the Cowboys’ overall and/or Big 12 record in every one of his seasons in Stillwater. With 41 victories over the past four years, Gundy has established his program—and himself—among the best in the game.
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@Bielema being above Dantonio.
@ the OBC in the top 10
before he got there. He done turned them around again.
