Monday, May 7, 2012

Ranking the top 15 coaches in college football

I'm continuing with my college football list and rankings to help you get past the worst days of the year for college football fans. The other day I gave you the top 14 SEC football stadiums link: Dominate365 and also the top 14 coaches in the SEC link: Dominate365 . I wanted to expand on the coaches and take it nation wide and include all of college football

Dominate 365 Top 15 Coaches in College Football




1. Nick Saban: Record 146-54-1; 3 National Tiles; 3 SEC Titles. He's built a dynasty at Alabama and there are no signs of that changing anytime soon. He's the best recruiter in college football and demands a lot from his coaches.


2. Urban Meyer: Record 104-23; 2 National Tiles; 2 SEC Titles; 14-0 season at Utah. Meyer took Florida higher than Spurrier in a shorter amount of time, but he left them in a very crappy situation down in the swamp. Meyer speed spread attack will work well in the Big 10, and I look for him to get the Buckeyes back in the title game very soon. 

3. Bob Stoops: Record 139-34; 1 National Title; 7 Big 12 Titles. "Big Game Bob" has not been so "Big Game" lately, but you can't look past what he's done over the last 12 years in Normand, Ok. His 2011 team was bitten all season by the injury bug, but if they can get past that they will have a shot at playing for it all once again. 

4. Frank Beamer: Record 251-121-4; 3 Big East Titles; 4 ACC Titles. He's been at VT since 1987 and most known for "Beamer Ball" basically he transformed the way teams use special teams. It's hard to think of him as one of the greatest with out a National Tile, but how many coaches can win 10+ games for 8 straight years at VT?  

5. Chris Peterson: Record 73-6; 4 WAC Titles; 2 BCS Bowl Victories. Peterson is the only two time winner of the Paul "Bear" Bryant award. I would love to see him move from Boise St, and take a power house type job just to see if I'm right by putting him in my top 5. Maybe Boise will have there shot when 2014 and playoffs come around.

6. Chip Kelly: Record 34-6; 3 PAC-12 Titles. Kelly only has three season under his belt, but during them seasons Kelly has done nothing but win. He has won three straight PAC 12 championships and took the Ducks to the 2010 National Title game.

7. Gary Patterson: Record 109-30; 1 U-USA Title; 4 MWC; In 8 of Patterson 11 years at TCU he's had 8 different 10+ win seasons including a 2nd place finish in 2010. Much link Peterson I would love to see him at a power house school, but what he's done at TCU is amazing. I mean over the last 4 or 5 years they have been a better program than Texas. TCU will now be joining Texas in the Big 12, and will soon start having a shot at getting to the title game.


8. Steve Spurrier: Record 197-75-2; 1 National Title; 1 ACC Title; 6 SEC Titles. In the 90's the Gators became the most feared team in the SEC under Spurrier with his fun n gun passing attack. It's taking some time but finally Spurrier has it going at South Carolina winning there first ever East Division Title. But as an always reminder that Spurrier has a place in the top 10... he won at Duke.


9. Mike Gundy: Record 59-30; 1 Big 12 Title. Oklahoma St is the little brother to Oklahoma, but over the past four season little brother has won more games, and gave big brother a beat down in 2011. The reason for this --> Mike Gundy becasue he's a man and he's now 44. Five years ago and Gundy is not even a top 50 coach, but going 41-11 over the last four years and just missing out on the National Title game this year is a heck of a coaching job.


10. Les Miles: Record 103-39; 1 National Title; 2 SEC Titles. If he would have beaten Alabama in the title game then I think Miles would be in the top 5, but he did such a bad job coaching that game that its hard to keep him even this high.

11. Bill Snyder
12. Brain Kelly
13. Bret Bielema
14. Mark Dantonio
15. Mack Brown



-Patrick Pierce
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