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Below are Surefire Scouting’s Top 40 College coaches. 

 

The following 8 criteria were used to determine rank: 

 

1) Career Won/Loss record                  

3) Conference Titles/ Standings              

5)  Program Turnaround                                      

7)  Length of Tenure                                 

 

Coaching legends Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden were omitted from the rankings—-as their body of work spans several decades and is not fairly comparable.  In addition, they are LEGENDS!  All other Division 1A coaches were considered when compiling our rankings.  Your feedback is always welcome: Joe@surefirescouting.com 

 

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2009 College Football 

Coach Ratings

 

2)  Bowl Appearances & Win %

4)  Strength of Schedule and Conference

6)  Recruiting Difficulty

8)  Future Potential/ Program Direction

 

College Football Main

 

Conference Predictions

1

Pete Carroll

USC

2

Urban Meyer

Florida

3

Jim Tressel

Ohio State

4

Les Miles

LSU

5

Bob Stoops

Oklahoma

6

Nick Saban

Alabama

7

Paul Johnson

Georgia Tech

8

Mack Brown

Texas

9

Brian Kelly

Cincinnati

10

Mark Richt

Georgia

11

Chris Petersen

Boise State

12

Frank Beamer

Virginia Tech

13

Mike Leach

Texas Tech

14

Gary Patterson

TCU

15

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

16

Rich Rodriguez

Michigan

17

Jim Grobe

Wake Forest

18

Jeff Tedford

California

19

Gary Pinkel

Missouri

20

Mike Gundy

Oklahoma State

21

Mike Riley

Oregon State

22

Mark Mangino

Kansas

23

June Jones

SMU

24

Kyle Whittingham

Utah

25

Butch Davis

North Carolina

26

Tom O’Brien

NC St

27

Art Briles

Baylor

28

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

29

Skip Holtz

East Carolina

30

Jim Harbaugh

Stanford

31

Turner Gill

Buffalo

32

Mark Dantonio

Michigan State

33

Jim Leavitt

South Florida

34

Ron Zook

Illinois

35

Todd Graham

Tulsa

36

Bronco Mendenhall

BYU

37

Bobby Johnson

Vanderbilt

38

Pat Hill

Fresno State

39

Steve Spurrier

South Carolina

40

Houston Nutt

Ole Miss

SEC

Big Ten

Big 12

Big East

 

 

 

 

ACC

PAC 10

 WAC

Mt West

 

 

 

 

Conf USA

MAC

Sunbelt