Coach Power Rankings

I've been working on these rankings for quite a while now. I always seem to be making little changes here and there, so I decided to finally post them so I couldn't make any further changes.

There are several factors I've taken into account for these rankings. Wins, recruiting ability, prestige, job security, off field reputation and reputation among other coaches all played a part in how I determined these rankings.

Keep in mind that these rankings are somewhat fluid, even though they won't be updated continuously.

Rank	Coach	Team	Comments
1	Urban Meyer	Florida Gators	The pinnacle of the coaching profession. Two titles in 3 years and looking for more.
2	Nick Saban	Alabama Crimson Tide	He may be Satan, but the bastard can coach.
3	Pete Carroll	USC Trojans
4	Mack Brown	Texas Longhorns
5	Les Miles	LSU Tigers	Possibly the biggest balls among the coaching ranks.
6	Jim Tressel	Ohio St. Buckeyes	The Vest is taking a lot of flack this year. He’s still one of the best in the game.
7	Chris Petersen	Boise St. Broncos	Possibly the second biggest balls among the coaching ranks.
8	Bob Stoops	Oklahoma Sooners	“Big Game Bob” may not deserve his moniker any longer, but he can still recruit and coach better than most.
9	Frank Beamer	Virginia Tech Hokies	Maybe one of the more consistent coaches this side of Los Angeles.
10	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa Hawkeyes	May be a little high. This year’s success definitely helps his ranking.
11	Houston Nutt	Ole Miss Rebels	Built both Arkansas and Ole Miss into SEC West title contenders.
12	Brian Kelly	Cincinnati Bearcats
13	Gary Patterson	TCU Horned Frogs
14	Steve Spurrier	South Carolina Gamecocks	The ‘Ol Ball Coach still carries one of the best legacies in all of CFB.
15	Mark Richt	Georgia Bulldogs
16	Paul Johnson	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	His triple option is wreaking havoc throughout the ACC. And they said it wouldn’t work…
17	Bronco Mendenhall	BYU Cougars	Brought BYU back to relevancy.
18	Mike Riley	Oregon St. Beavers
19	Joe Paterno	Penn St. Nittany Lions
20	Mike Leach	Texas Tech Red Raiders
21	Gary Pinkel	Missouri Tigers
22	Bobby Petrino	Arkansas Razorbacks	He may be a douche, but he an coach. Just look at what’s happened to Louisville now that he’s gone.
23	Greg Schiano	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Maybe wished he would have took some bigger jobs while he had the chance.
24	Butch Davis	North Carolina Tar Heels
25	Mark D’Antonio	Michigan St. Spartans	Built a great team at Cincinnati before coming to East Lansing. Has the Spartans playing competitively in the Big Eleven once again.
26	Rich Rodriguez	Michigan Wolverines	Making people forget the offseason with each win.
27	Art Briles	Baylor Bears	Built the Houston program that’s tearing it up right now. Has Baylor playing competitive football.
28	Kyle Whittingham	Utah Utes	Took over for Urban Meyer and the Utes haven’t missed a beat.
29	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	“The Speech” will forever haunt this man.
30	Mark Mangino	Kansas Jayhawks
31	Jim Grobe	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Any coach will tell you that Grobe is perhaps the best in-game coach in the country.
32	Jim Leavitt	South Florida Bulls	The only coach South Florida has ever known.
33	Jeff Tedford	California Golden Bears	I can’t believe I actually wanted this guy to be Florida’s coach. Then again, anything was an upgrade over the Zooker.
34	Todd Graham	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	Had Rice competitive before taking over for Steve Kragthorpe at Tulsa. That’s amazing in itself.
35	Jim Harbaugh	Stanford Cardinal	Brought Stanford back from the Walt Harris years.
36	Bo Pelini	Nebraska Cornhuskers	Brought Nebraska back from the Bill Callahan years.
37	Kevin Sumlin	Houston Cougars	Took over a solid program from Art Briles and possibly made it better.
38	Randy Shannon	Miami(FL) Hurricanes
39	Dennis Erickson	Arizona St. Sun Devils	One of the legends.
40	David Cutcliffe	Duke Blue Devils	One of the best assistants of all time. Ole Miss hasn’t been the same since he left.
41	Rick Neuheisel	UCLA Bruins	The best CFB coach to ever get busted for filling out a March Madness bracket.
42	Butch Jones	Central Michigan Chippewas	One of the few coaches with a national title on his resume. Granted it was at Grand Valley St.
43	Bobby Bowden	Florida St. Seminoles	Has definitely slipped this season.
44	Chip Kelly	Oregon Ducks
45	Turner Gil	Buffalo Bulls	May no longer be the hot coaching candidate that he was last season.
46	Ken Niumatalolo	Navy Midshipmen
47	Skip Holtz	East Carolina Pirates	See #45.
48	Tom O’ Brien	North Carolina St. Wolfpack
49	Tim Brewster	Minnesota Golden Gophers	One of the best recruiters out there.
50	Brett Beilema	Wisconsin Badgers
51	Randy Edsall	Connecticut Huskies	Brought UCONN up from literally nothing.
52	Charlie Weis	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
53	Pat Fitzgerald	Northwestern Wildcats
54	Lane Kiffin	Tennessee Volunteers
55	Bill Stewart	West Virginia Mountaineers	Is proving that he wasn’t such a bad hire after all.
56	Dave Wannstedt	Pittsburgh Panthers
57	Ralph Friedgen	Maryland Terrapins	May be time for Ralphie to leave the program that he has single handedly resurrected.
58	Rich Brooks	Kentucky Wildcats	Might want to think about stepping aside so Joker Phillips can take over.
59	Gene Chizik	Auburn Tigers	See #55.
60	Al Groh	Virginia Cavaliers	One of the best second half of the season coaches ever.
61	Frank Solich	Ohio Bobcats
62	Steve Fairchild	Colorado St. Rams
63	June Jones	SMU Mustangs
64	Mike Sherman	Texas A&M Aggies	He sure can recruit. Coaching not one of his strongpoints, however.
65	Mike Stoops	Arizona Wildcats
66	Frank Spaziani	Boston College Eagles
67	Steve Sarkisian	Washington Huskies
68	Larry Blakeney	Troy Trojans	The most tenured coach that no one outside of Alabama knows about.
69	Al Golden	Temple Owls	I still think Golden is doing a tremendous job with this Temple program.
70	Bill Lynch	Indiana Hoosiers
71	Chris Ault	Nevada Wolfpack	Chris Ault is to Nevada football what Bobby Knight is to Indiana basketball. Only he doesn’t choke his players.
72	Derek Dooley	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
73	Bill Cubit	Western Michigan Broncos
74	Brady Hoke	San Diego St. Aztecs	Look at what’s happened to Ball St. now that Hoke is no longer there.
75	Dan Mullen	Mississippi St. Bulldogs
76	Troy Calhoun	Air Force Falcons
77	Bobby Johnson	Vanderbilt Commodores	Brought the Dores to their first bowl since ever.
78	Dabo Swinney	Clemson Tigers	Cemson may have went out too far on the limb for this one.
79	Robb Akey	Idaho Vandals	His stock is sky rocketing with his coaching job this season.
80	Pat Hill	Fresno St. Bulldogs
81	Dan Hawkins	Colorado Buffaloes	Should have stayed in Boise.
82	Mark Snyder	Marshall Thundering Herd
83	Rick Stockstill	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
84	Larry Fedora	Southern Miss Golden Eagles
85	Mike Price	UTEP Miners	Should have stayed in the strip club.
86	David Bailiff	Rice Owls
87	Charlie Weatherbie	Louisiana-Monroe War Hawks	Is 1-0 against Nick Saban in head-to-head match-ups.
88	Bill Snyder	Kansas St. Wildcats	The game has passed him a looooong time ago.
89	DeWayne Walker	New Mexico St. Aggies
90	Steve Roberts	Arkansas St. Red Wolves
91	Paul Rhoads	Iowa St. Cyclones	Is doing more with Iowa St. than Gene Chizik ever did.
92	Dave Christensen	Wyoming Cowboys
93	George O’Leary	UCF Knights	Is looking for good resume writers.
94	Howard Schnellenberger	Florida Atlantic Owls	May be time to let someone else take over the Owls. He’s done a nice job getting the program started.
95	Dick Tomey	San Jose St. Spartans
96	David Clawson	Bowling Green Falcons
97	Gary Andersen	Utah St. Aggies
98	Tim Beckman	Toledo Rockets	Has already led Toledo to a victory over Colorado in his first season.
99	Tommy West	Memphis Tigers
100	Doug Martin	Kent St. Golden Flashes
101	Todd Dodge	North Texas Mean Green
102	Doug Marrone	Syracuse Orange
103	Rich Ellerson	Army Black Knights
104	J.D. Brookhart	Akron Zips
105	Gene McMackin	Hawaii Warriors	Hates the gays.
106	Jerry Kill	Northern Illinois Huskies	Has the best name in the business.
107	Ron Zook	Illinois Fighting Illini	Fans are growing weary of the Zooker quicker than I had expected. This is more than likely his last season with the Illini.
108	Danny Hope	Purdue Boilermakers
109	Ron English	Eastern Michigan Eagles
110	Rickey Bustle	UL-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns
111	Mike Sanford	UNLV Rebels
112	Neal Calloway	UAB Blazers
113	David Elson	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	Is still in transition mode as the Hilltoppers adjust to 1-a play.
114	Steve Kragthorpe	Louisville Cardinals	He is just over his head in the Big East. Could be a great Non-BCS lifer coach.
115	Mario Cristobal	FIU Golden Panthers
116	Bob Toledo	Tulane Green Wave	I still don’t think Toledo should be coaching any longer.
117	Mike Haywood	Miami(OH) Red Hawks
118	Paul Wulff	Washington St. Cougars	The worst coach in 1-a. At least he lived up to his promise to beat Washington.
119	Stan Parrish	Ball St. Cardinals	One of the worst head coaches in the history of head coaching. Just go ahead and look up his lifetime record. It’s scary.
120	Mike Locksley	New Mexico Lobos	Is the worst because the amount of shittiness he has brought to the Lobos in such a short period of time. He is still winless and he has already faced legal issues in his first season.