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SI.com: Ranking college football's 20 most desirable head coaching jobs

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Ranking college football's 20 most desirable head coaching jobs
Andy Staples
SI.com
Friday June 3, 2011

...In compiling this list of America's best coaching jobs, I considered a few factors. Most important was proximity to recruits. Schools located in recruiting hotbeds have a prohibitive advantage over schools that must travel the nation to find players. Obviously, that isn't the only factor. If it were, South Florida coach Skip Holtz would have the best job in America. It also matters how recruits view a school. For example, Texas, Ohio State, Georgia and LSU got significant points because recruits consider them the dominant programs in their heavily stocked states. Conference affiliation matters as well. SEC and Big Ten programs generally have more money to spend, while Big 12 and Pac-12 programs are catching up thanks to their new television deals. I also considered how well the schools pay their coaches -- and their assistants -- and how programs make and spend money. Tradition factored in, and so did fan/booster support. Of course, if fans are a little too passionate and turn the job into a pressure-cooker, that might make a gig a little less desirable.

Remember, this isn't a ranking of the actual on-field product. If your favorite team is good and isn't on this list, it means your team's coach is excellent. If your team is on this list and isn't good, it means your team might need to hire a new coach soon. This is a ranking of which jobs, if they opened, would draw the most interest from coaches because they allow the greatest opportunity for success. Whether coaches take advantage of that opportunity is entirely up to them...

  1. Texas
  2. Ohio State
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Florida
  5. Georgia
  6. LSU
  7. Alabama
  8. Penn State
  9. Auburn
  10. Oregon
  11. USC
  12. Michigan
  13. Notre Dame
  14. Florida St.
  15. Nebraska
  16. Tennessee
  17. Va. Tech
  18. Arizona
  19. Arizona St.
  20. Oklahoma St.
 
Flip GA and 'Bama.

OK ST??? I would put Miami on the list before either OK ST or Oregon.
 
Arizona State? :wtf:

They do have hot chicks though, so if you're a head coach who is also a poon hound, then Arizona State would be a good choice.
 
Oregon is desirable because you basically have endless amounts of money to spend on your program. That's the only reason I can think of why it was included on the list.
 
I don't know why either of the Arizona schools are on the list. Or Ok. St. The last three are weak.
 
Ok St. and Oregon have DEEP pockets. I would think both would be very desirable jobs.
 
And the more I think about it, although their budget is presently in shambles, Texas A&M probably belongs ahead of some of those schools, Oklahoma State in particular. Are they being rewarded for the Pickens effect?
 
Sanctions or no sanctions, USC shouldn't be outside of the Top 5, let alone the Top 10.
 
Auburn is grossly overrated at #9. They had a nice run last year under cloudy circumstances, but that program is a distant 2nd to Alabama in the State, and may not be one of the top 6 programs in the SEC (Bama, Florida, LSU, UGA, Tennessee, Arkansas).
 
OK State = T Boone Pickens = deepest pockets in the nation = as good of facilities/support as you want
 
Why Notre Dame and Nebraska still hold water makes me scratch my head.
 
Chapel Hill is pretty desirable considering the Admin will allow you to cheat absolutely and then lawyer you up like OJ when you're caught.
 
Georgia is Waaaaaay too high.

No way a Georgia opening would generate more interest than an LSU or Bama opening, just no way.
 
TheTwinAndreBen said:
Georgia is Waaaaaay too high.

No way a Georgia opening would generate more interest than an LSU or Bama opening, just no way.
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Totally agree on Bama.

Not sure about LSU, the recruits one can get at Georgia plus the money that program makes probably puts it a fraction of a hair above LSU.
 
tos said:
Agreed. Clemson as well.
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I disagree about Clemson. The fan expectations are completely unrealistic. The won a single National Championship 30 years ago and haven't really done anything since. Yet the fans act like they should be in the hunt every year.
 
...I considered a few factors. Most important was proximity to recruits. Schools located in recruiting hotbeds have a prohibitive advantage over schools that must travel the nation to find players.

This might be the factor that kept Clemson out of the ranking (SC is not a recruiting hotbed).

I'm also puzzled by the inclusion of both Arizona State and Arizona, though maybe he thinks that those two schools can recruit easily in California. But on that basis, I might have put UCLA ahead of the Arizona schools. I've always thought UCLA should be better in football (sunny southern California location, beautiful campus, home games in the Rose Bowl, lots of local alumni, California recruits), but they have been down for years. Even with Neuheisel as coach they haven't done much.
 
Sadly, a more relevant list would be the 20 least desirable head coaching jobs (among BCS conferences). I'd say we're more desirable than the chronically overshadowed private schools like Duke and Vandy but less desirable than the perennially under-performing state schools like Iowa State, Washington State, Indiana, etc.
 
BobHWS said:
...I considered a few factors. Most important was proximity to recruits. Schools located in recruiting hotbeds have a prohibitive advantage over schools that must travel the nation to find players.

This might be the factor that kept Clemson out of the ranking (SC is not a recruiting hotbed).
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Therein lies my ignorance. I thought SC produced a good number of players and Byrnes always seems to be nationally ranked.
 
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