Most Wins in First 5 Years

[golfballvol]

Most wins in first 5 years:

Fulmer - 50

Battle - 46

Heupel - 45

Neyland - 43

Dickey - 37

Wyatt - 33

Majors - 27

 

[Carl Pickens]

Fahr him!

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Most wins in first 5 years:

Fulmer - 50

Battle - 46

Heupel - 45

Neyland - 43

Dickey - 37

Wyatt - 33

Majors - 27

What's your point? You can throw out Fulmer and Battle because they both took over loaded programs

 

[#1fulmerite]

Yeah but seasons weren’t as many games for some of those coaches compared to now.

 

[#1fulmerite]

Only a couple of those coaches walked into an already established program.

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Yeah but seasons weren’t as many games for some of those coaches compared to now.

Not to mention a fraction of the number of bowl games compared to now. Plus they didnt let teams with .500 records in bowl games back then like they do now.

 

[MAD]

Most wins in first 5 years:

Fulmer - 50

Battle - 46

Heupel - 45

Neyland - 43

Dickey - 37

Wyatt - 33

Majors - 27

Butch had 34

 

[MurphyVol]

I bet Cignetti already has the first 5 years record at IU

 

[orangerush]

Yawn

 

[Wahoooo]

Most wins in first 5 years:

Fulmer - 50

Battle - 46

Heupel - 45

Neyland - 43

Dickey - 37

Wyatt - 33

Majors - 27

Not comparable, especially Neyland, if you consider they played 9,9,10,10,10, total games in those 5 years, that’s a winning percentage of almost 90%.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

And considering what Heupel walked into, the strength of the SEC from top to bottom and now the transfer portal/NIL era, I think what Heupel has done is better than any coach above him.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

I bet Cignetti already has the first 5 years record at IU

Who cares?

 

[Heupel's Side Chick]

More telling (though not that much different...)

 

[VOLfrombama]

And considering what Heupel walked into, the strength of the SEC from top to bottom and now the transfer portal/NIL era, I think what Heupel has done is better than any coach above him.

Agreed. Folks want to win now, and the frustration is warranted due to silly decisions and mistakes, but how soon they forget how far this guy has come in a short time.

Heup needs a strong portal pull and make the right S&C coaching move. This team could be primed for success for a long time.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

I think a better stat is that we’ve been the 8th winningest program in the country since Heupel got here. That includes some small G5 schools too. He’s done a helluva job and now it’s time to take the next step for the program to consistently be a CFP team and win some games when you get there .

 

[VolPack22]

More telling (though not that much different...)

Clevenger and Banks laid the foundation for Neyland to succeed

 

[EastTNVol6240]

You’re right. I all of the sudden feel bad for griping about embarrassing losses to Vandy and Illinois, among other losses where we looked like we had never touched a football. Or coached football. I shall pray about it tonight.

 

[MurphyVol]

Who cares?

who cares that you don't care?

 

[rocketskates]

who cares that you don't care?

Who cares that you don’t care that he doesn’t care?

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Who cares?

Corso

 

[golfballvol]

Butch had 34

I tried to forget about him

 

[temptn]

I bet Cignetti already has the first 5 years record at IU

Does anybody in here think that the big10 is as tough as the SEC top-to-bottom?

 

[207 others]

Most wins in first 5 years:

Fulmer - 50

Battle - 46

Heupel - 45

Neyland - 43

Dickey - 37

Wyatt - 33

Majors - 27

Fill it in, you know the words @#1fulmerite

 

[#1fulmerite]

Fill it in, you know the words @#1fulmerite

Not exactly sure about Wyatt but think he fits in with this; of that list, only Battle and Fulmer took over a winning program.

 

[#1fulmerite]

Does anybody in here think that the big10 is as tough as the SEC top-to-bottom?

I do. NIL has created so much parity in college football and, some of those schools have fairly large donor bases.