Top 25 coaches and their previous jobs

[NateDawgUM]

I put this together yesterday and I guess I've decided to post it just to show people where successful coaches tend to come from. Obviously each program has its own set of obstacles, but I enjoy looking for trends.


Where coaches were prior to their current job as an AP Top 25 coach:

1. Nick Saban, Alabama: Head Coach, Miami Dolpins.
2. Jim Tressel, Ohio State: Head Coach, Youngstown State
3. Chris Petersen, Boise State: Offensive Coordinator, Boise State
4. Gary Patterson, TCU: Defensive Coordinator, TCU
5. Chip Kelly, Oregon: Offensive Coordinator, Oregon
6. Mack Brown, Texas: Head Coach, North Carolina.
7. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma: Defensive Coordinator, Florida.
8. Bo Pelini, Nebraska: Defensive Coordinator, LSU
9. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa: Offensive Line Coach Baltimore Ravens
10. Urban Meyer, Florida: Head Coach, Utah
11. Bret Bielema, Wisconsin: Defensive Coordinator, Wisconsin
12. Bobby Petrino, Arkansas: Head Coach, Atlanta Falcons
13. Steve Spurrier, Florida: Head Coach, Washington Redskins
14. Kyle Whittingham, Utah: Defensive Coordinator, Utah
15. Les Miles, LSU: Head Coach, Oklahoma State
16. Gene Chizik, Auburn: Head Coach, Iowa State
17. Randy Shannon, Miami: Defensive Coordinator, Miami
18. Lane Kiffin, USC: Head Coach, Tennessee
19. Jim Harbaugh, Stanford: Head Coach, San Diego
20. Rich Rodriguez, Michigan: Head Coach, West Virginia
21. Bill Stewart, West Virginia: Associate Head Coach, West Virginia
22. Joe Paterno, Penn State: Beginning of time.
23. Kevin Sumlin, Houston: co-Offensive Coordinator, Oklahoma
24. Mike Stoops, Arizona: Assistant, Oklahoma
25. Mike Riley, Oregon State: Head Coach, San Diego Chargers/OC USC

Trends:

4 former NFL head coaches. All three had success at the college level before failing in The League. Mike Riley has done a Grover Cleveland at Oregon State. For his first stint, he came from USC where he was offensive coordinator.

6 coaches were hired directly from their head coaching jobs at another FBS school, all of which would arguably be considered “moving on up.”

7 coordinators were hired from within. With the exception of Randy Shannon at Miami, all of these hires were made after the former coach left on their own accord (retirement, taking another job.)

2 head coaches from non-FBS teams. Tressel was dominant at Youngstown State, Jim Harbaugh put together a fantastic record at San Diego.

4 were hired from coordinator jobs at BCS powerhouse programs.

1 was an NFL position coach.

 

[GopherinPhilly]

Thanks for this...but a better question is salary of these coaches with their top 25 teams. How many do you think make less than twice what we pay Brewster...I am not suggesting we double Brew's salary...I am wondering how we are going to get a top tier coach for the peanuts we pay Brew and Co?

 

[Tater]

Not a whole lot of trends per se, although it appears that there is a good number of coaches either from within traditionally good college programs and from other traditionally good college programs.

If this information means anything, I'd say it is time to find a solid assistant from a solid college program.

 

[50PoundHead]

And Ferentz--the NFL position coach--did have college head-coaching experience although at a smaller program.

 

[GopherFB]

Tim Brewster:

Graduate Assistant @ Purdue
2 years as Head Coach at Central Catholic High School (15-8 record)
Unpaid Assistant to Mack Brown @ North Carolina
Special Teams, TE and Recruiting Coordinator under Mack Brown @NC (13 years with NC)
TE Coach for the Chargers
Assistant Head Coach San Diego Charges (2004)
Broncos TE Coach
Gophers Head Coach

Obviously not up to par with the guys listed above. I gotta believe that the SD Assistant Head Coach title was just a junk title becauise if you were that good you could find a better job than TE coach after leaving SD.

This is the very reason I don't pin all of this on Brewster. Sure, he's not very good, in fact bad but the AD should have been able to look at this resume and tell he's not qualified.