What would be the top 15 College Football HC jobs?

[GoBama#1]

Only UT (157-44-6) and UF (155-47-4), did better than Alabama (141-65-1), and remember Bama forfeited 9 games in 93, so (150-56-1)..... UGA (128-67-5) and AU (139-56-5).

Bama was doing ok, until probation hit...granted only 3 SEC titles and 1 NC during that period, so Bama was just doing below average, for Bama.

But Bama was still doing above average as far as nationwide standards go. That would be the most successful decade in history of a number of programs out there, 3 conference titles and one NC.

 

[CapstoneStan]

I am glad Richard Williamson didn't get the job. The only thing I had against him was his age, but I definitely thought we needed a younger guy. And Shula fit the bill perfectly. I am very pleased with him and I don't see that changing.

 

[GreatDanish]

From the ACC...
Florida State
Miami

From the Big 12...
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska

From the Big 10...
Michigan
Ohio State
Penn State

[Notre Dame]

From the Pac 10...
USC
UCLA -if for no other reason, the exposure

From the SEC...
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Florida

Those are my 15 top jobs based on:
1. Recruitability
2. Great Fan base
3. Opportunity for high pay
4. Administrative support (based on how important football is to the school)
5. Good opportunity to win

 

[UA All the Way]

One school worth mentioning is Hawaii. You have a great climate, a good fan base and easy expectations. Not a bad job at all.

 

[96Gators]

One school worth mentioning is Hawaii. You have a great climate, a good fan base and easy expectations. Not a bad job at all.

How many Bama fans do you think would have been insulted if June Jones had been offered the job at Alabama and he would have turned them down. I know alot of Gator fans would have been. There where alot of Notre Dame fans upset because they felt Florida had less to offer Urban Meyer. Meyer had said many times before that Notre Dame and Ohio State were his "dream jobs".
My opinion is that rather than calling them big time coaches who coach at big time schools, let's just call them coaches. Good coaches can be anywhere. It's hard for them to say no to the dollars that schools with large budgets can throw at them, but sometimes they do. Coaching is a profession, being a fan isn't.

 

[Jaco]

1.Alabama
2. Troy University
3. USC
4. Oklahoma
5. Miami
6. Ohio State
7. Texas
8. LSU
9. Georgia
10. Florida
11. Florida State
12. Penn State
13. Tennessee
14. UCLA
15. Alabama A&M

 

[WrollTyde]

That looks pretty good to me.

Florida, Florida State, & Miami don't belong on that list. Virtually all their success has occurred in the last 20 years. They are the "nouveau riche" of college football.

 

[BamaJeff]

Florida, Florida State, & Miami don't belong on that list. Virtually all their success has occurred in the last 20 years. They are the "nouveau riche" of college football.

They DO belong on the list. Their tradition may not go back as far as ours or ND but they are currently among the elite programs in the nation. Right now, those are big time coaching jobs.

 

[graydogg85]

I pretty much agree with what thunder said. As much as we would like to think, Alabama hasn't been what most would consider an "elite" job over the past several years. Remember that during the coaching searches to replace Dubose, Franchione and Price, we didn't really have anyone beating our doors down to get the job. Heck, we were spurned by the likes of Mike Riley and Jim Leavitt during the search to replace Fran. And Fran himself was probably our third or fourth choice. I can think of a few other "big names" that have said thanks but no thanks in some of our recent searches, like Frank Beamer, Butch Davis and Tommy Bowden.

It's not because of a lack of tradition, or championships, or facilities or anything of that nature. I think a lot of coaches don't really want to deal with the expectations from our rabid fan base. It's like someone else said, we lose one game and we're already screaming for said coach's head. It's pretty obvious that Mike Price had no idea what he was getting himself into - if he had known I think he might have reconsidered. The head coach at Alabama easily garners more attention than the state's governor. That's not true for too many schools, and there are only a select few coaches who will willingly submit themselves to such pressure and attention for the sake of our University. That is why Mike Shula should be commended - he's doing this because he loves the University and wants to see us succeed.

So I guess my point is that I'm not here to bash our school or fans or anything like that - I just think that from an outsider's perspective Alabama wouldn't be the most attractive of jobs.

 

[cbi1972]

High fan expectations and pressure are properties of elite athletic programs.

 

[OrleansDawg]

Georgia
Auburn
LSU
Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Texas
Southern California
Florida State
Miami
Nebraska
Penn St
Michigan
Ohio State

 

[wishbonesooner]

Just to give an outsider's point of view, back in the early 80's, at the height of his success, a writer asked Barry Switzer if he had the best job in college football. He said absolutely not, the best football coaching job was being the head coach at the U of Texas. They have enough high school talent to literally field 10 or 12 D-1 programs, they have the biggest athletic budget in America, and their facilities are among the best anywhere.
Makes it even more amazing that Mack Brown just won his first championship of any kind by getting out of Vince Young's way.