150 Greatest College Football Coaches of all time

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Spurrier at 27 is insane. Should be way higher. Probably would’ve been if it wasn’t for Foley. Spurrier would’ve won a few more SECs and maybe another NC if he came back. Stupid Foley.
 

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That list is bogus and probably written by some yankee, some very old yankee.

The definitive Top 25 list is as follows and is HEAVILY weighted on wins/losses/ties:
1. Paul (Bear) Bryant, 323-85-17 career record
Maryland (1945; 6-2-1 record), Kentucky (1946-53; 60-23-5), Texas A&M (1954-57; 25-14-2) and Alabama (1958-1982; 232-46-9)

2. Nick Saban, 242-65-1
Toledo (1990; 9-2), Michigan State (1995-99; 34-24-1), LSU (2000-2004; 48-16) and Alabama (2007-present; 151-23)

3. Tom Osborne, 255-49-3
Nebraska (1973-97)

4. Joe Paterno, 409-136-3
Penn State (1966-2011)

5. Bobby Bowden, 377-129-4
Howard College (1959-62; 31-6), West Virginia (1970-75; 42-26) and Florida State (1976-2009; 304-97-4)

6. Eddie Robinson, 408-165-15
Grambling (1941-42, 1945-1997)

7. Glenn (Pop) Warner, 336-114-32
Georgia (1895-96; 7-4), Iowa State (1895-99; 18-8), Cornell (1897-98, 1904-06; 36-13-3), Carlisle (1899-1903, 1907-14; 113-42-8), Pittsburgh (1915-23; 60-12-4), Stanford (1924-32; 71-17-8) and Temple (1933-38; 31-18-9)

8. Amos Alonzo Stagg, 314-199-35
Springfield (1890-91; 10-11-1) Chicago (1892-1932; 244-111-27), Pacific (1933-1946; 60-77-7)

9. Woody Hayes, 238-72-10
Denison (1946-48; 19-6), Miami (Ohio) (1949-50; 14-5) and Ohio State (1951-78; 205-61-10)

10. Steve Spurrier, 228-89-2
Duke (1987-89; 20-13-1), Florida (1990-2001; 122-27-1) and South Carolina (2005-15; 86-49)

11. Bo Schembechler, 234-65-8
Miami (1963-68; 40-17-3) and Michigan (1969-89; 194-48-5)

12. Barry Switzer, 157-29-4
Oklahoma (1973-88)

13. Charles (Bud) Wilkinson, 145-29-4
Oklahoma (1947-63)

14. John Gagliardi, 489-138-11

Carroll College (1949-52; 24-6-1) and St. John's (Minnesota) (1953-2012; 465-132-10)

15. Lou Holtz, 249-132-7
William & Mary (1969-71; 13-20), NC State (1972-75; 33-12-3), Arkansas (1977-83; 60-21-2), Minnesota (1984-85; 10-12), Notre Dame (1986-1996; 100-30-2) and South Carolina (1999-2004; 33-37)

16. Urban Meyer, 187-32
Bowling Green (2001-02; 17-6), Utah (2003-04; 22-2), Florida (2005-10; 65-15) and Ohio State (2012-18; 83-9)

17. Vince Dooley, 201-77-10

Georgia (1964-1988)

18. Bobby Dodd, 165-64-8
Georgia Tech (1945-66)

19. LaVell Edwards, 257-101-3
Brigham Young (1972-2000)

20. Ara Parseghian, 170-58-6
Miami (Ohio) (1951-55; 39-6-1), Northwestern (1956-63; 36-35-1) and Notre Dame (1964-74; 95-17-4)

21. Fielding Yost, 198-35-12
Ohio Wesleyan (1897; 7-1-1), Nebraska (1898; 8-3), Kansas (1899; 10-0), San Jose State (1900; 1-0), Stanford (1900; 7-2-1) and Michigan (1901-1923, 1925-26; 165-29-10)

22. John McKay, 127-40-8
USC (1960-75)

23. Knute Rockne, 105-12-5
Notre Dame (1918-30)

24. Frank Leahy, 107-13-9
Boston College (1939-40; 20-2) and Notre Dame (1941-43, 1946-53; 87-11-9)

25. Earl (Red) Blaik, 166-48-14
Dartmouth (1934-40; 45-15-4) and Army (1941-58; 121-33-10)
 
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There have been a lot of great coaches, but for a variety of reasons, I don't think a sound argument can be made to not include both Spurrier and Urban in at least the top 20. They both won, and won big. They won at schools where they were supposed to win, and at schools where they were not supposed to win. Both are extremely hard to do.

Ridiculous.
 

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There have been a lot of great coaches, but for a variety of reasons, I don't think a sound argument can be made to not include both Spurrier and Urban in at least the top 20. They both won, and won big. They won at schools where they were supposed to win, and at schools where they were not supposed to win. Both are extremely hard to do.

Ridiculous.

Thanks. I forgot the Urbine Liar. I've edited the above post and put him in it.
 

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Urban should be much higher. Seriously. Whoever put this list together must hate him. He's behind Dabo and Bob Stoops. C'mon man. What would Jimbo Fisher have done with all the resources Klimpson gave Dabo?

Spurrier should be much higher. He won where they never won before (not big, anyway).

Bo is overrated. Eddie Robinson is overrated. Red Blaik is a joke (it was hardly a level playing field during WWII).

Imma say it. Saban is better than the Bear. Different eras. Harder to win consistently now. (ducks)



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Might be one of the worst lists I've ever seen. Bo Schembechler, LaVell Edwards and Lou Holtz all ranked ahead of Spurrier, Dabo and Urban? Pure nonsense. Only one of those six never won a national title and they ranked that dude the highest of the six. Makes zero sense.
 

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You get a sense for the level of opinion when you read this comment about Bowden.

“He developed two Heisman winners and a generation of goodwill for Florida State.”
 

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It’s a senseless ranking in its attempt to span nearly a century.

Can you imagine Trask against the 1929 Notre Dame defense?
 

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It’s a senseless ranking in its attempt to span nearly a century.

Can you imagine Trask against the 1929 Notre Dame defense?
Trash also top #5 in history?
 

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