Best Coaches in College Football

[BigBalls]

Interesting that 2 of these guys were fired at USC. I’m not sure that Whittingham, Elko, Cristobal or Lanning belong on this list. The Bama guy sure fell off but I think he should be on this list.

Thoughts :

[GTrojan2]

As I recall Whittingham didn’t have a good record in bowl games. He’s a good coach and he will finally be able to recruit better talent overall at Michigan. IMO Sarkisian doesn’t belong on the list. Good recruiter but lousy coach.

[Butkus51]

For me.  No on Sark, Elko and Whittingham.  I would add these HC, Yes:  Kalean DeBoer, Bama, Kenny Dillingham, ASU, Joey McGuire Texas Tech.

[LA Duck]

Extremely subjective, next year’s list will be different depending upon what happens, or doesn’t happen, in the playoffs for the 2026 season.

So I would put these 10 into tiers instead.

Tier 1 – Coaches who have won a natty (because that’s the most important component of being a good head coach, right?)
Cignetti, Smart, Day

Tier 2 – Coaches who have a good possibility of winning a first-time natty soon for various reasons
Lanning, Freeman, Cristobal, Kiffin

Tier 3 – Coaches who have been historically good, but might not be as likely to win a natty as others above them for various reasons
Sarkisian, Elko, Whittingham

[PasadenaTrojan]

Curt, smart and freeman. Then Day.

def not Lanning or sark. That payroll and roster gets you 8-9 wins just showing up. Or at least it did the last few years.

lane is a narcissistic ahole but he does get wins. Gotta give him credit there

 

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