Rank the Top 5 CFB coaches of all time

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RhodeIslandVol

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Let's hear it...

Mine as follows...Off the top of my head.

5. Hayes
4. Rockne
3. Bryant
2. Neyland
1. Osborne
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RhodeIslandVol said:
Let's hear it...

Mine as follows...Off the top of my head.

5. Hayes
4. Rockne
3. Bryant
2. Neyland
1. Osborne
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:eek:lol:

You have some good coaches on there, but number 1 certainly isn't a coach who pumped his players full of steroids and couldn't win anything until Switzer quit.
 
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tvolsfan said:
:eek:lol:
You have some good coaches on there, but number 1 certainly isn't a coach who pumped his players full of steroids and couldn't win anything until Switzer quit.
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60-3! And I don't care about roids. Good. I'm glad he did that.
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I don't think its possible to compare coaches (or programs) that are separated in history by 40, 50, and 60 years.
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1. Bryant(as much as i hate to admit it)
2. Paterno
3. Rockne
4. Bowden
5. Neyland.
 
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5 worst coaches
1. Lame Kiffin
2. Ed Orgeron
3. Monte Kiffin
4. 2001 Phil fulmer (We should have went undefeated that yr)
5.Lame Kiffin.
 
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I wonder how many times Neyland will be listed ahead of Bryant...Just because Neyland beat Bryant when he was at UK doesn't make Neyland the better head coach. Bryant's only competition for #1 should be Knute Rockne
 
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crusse10 said:
I wonder how many times Neyland will be listed ahead of Bryant...Just because Neyland beat Bryant when he was at UK doesn't make Neyland the better head coach. Bryant's only competition for #1 should be Knute Rockne
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Neyland DID go 5-0-2 against Bryant. That should be worth something. Not saying that Neyland is the better of the two, just saying that facing Bryant seven times and finishing with a 5-0-2 record in those games carries a bit of weight.

Just my two cents.
 
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iuvol2012 said:
Neyland DID go 5-0-2 against Bryant. That should be worth something. Not saying that Neyland is the better of the two, just saying that facing Bryant seven times and finishing with a 5-0-2 record in those games carries a bit of weight.

Just my two cents.
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Not really. It was Neyland in his prime v. Bryant with his first team as a brand new head coach. If Neyland coached against a Bryant-led Bama team, things wouldn't be lopsided like that
 
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I'm surprised no one has said saban. Like it or not he is the only coach to win a championship with two different schools in the modern era.
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crusse10 said:
Not really. It was Neyland in his prime v. Bryant with his first team as a brand new head coach. If Neyland coached against a Bryant-led Bama team, things wouldn't be lopsided like that
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Again, I am not saying that Neyland was better than Bryant. I was just stating why some people feel that he is.
 
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Alltime great coaches and their records. In no paticular order

Robert Neyland: 173-31-12 (.801) 7 conference and 4 national championships
Bear Bryant: 323-85-17 (.780), 14 Conference and 6 national championships
Joe Paterno: 394-129-3 (.749), 3 conference and 2 national championships
Bobby Bowden: 377-129-4 (.739) 12 conference and 2 national championships
Woody Hayes: 238-72-10 (.759) 13 conference and 5 national championships
Bud Wilkinson: 145-29-4 (.826) 14 conference and 3 national championships
Barry Switzer: 157-29-4 (.837) 12 conference and 3 national championships
Tom Osborne: 255-49-3 (.830) 14 conference and 3 national championships
Darrel Royal: 167-47-5 (.762) 11 conference and 2 national championships
Knute Rockne: 105-12-5 (.881) 4 national championships
 
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orangespirit said:
I'm surprised no one has said saban. Like it or not he is the only coach to win a championship with two different schools in the modern era.
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I think he is the best in the game right now, but I don't think his overall body of work is enough to place him with the all time greats yet. If he can keep Bama at the level they're at right now he'll be there.

Nick Saban: 124-50-1 (.708) 4conference and 2 national championships
 
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MyBloodRunnethOrange said:
Alltime great coaches and their records. In no paticular order

Robert Neyland: 173-31-12 (.801) 7 conference and 4 national championships
Bear Bryant: 323-85-17 (.780), 14 Conference and 6 national championships
Joe Paterno: 394-129-3 (.749), 3 conference and 2 national championships
Bobby Bowden: 377-129-4 (.739) 12 conference and 2 national championships
Woody Hayes: 238-72-10 (.759) 13 conference and 5 national championships
Bud Wilkinson: 145-29-4 (.826) 14 conference and 3 national championships
Barry Switzer: 157-29-4 (.837) 12 conference and 3 national championships
Tom Osborne: 255-49-3 (.830) 14 conference and 3 national championships
Darrel Royal: 167-47-5 (.762) 11 conference and 2 national championships
Knute Rockne: 105-12-5 (.881) 4 national championships
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Good list - but I think it should definitely include:
John McKay: 127-40-8 (.726) 9 conference and 4 national championships
Howard Jones: 194-64-21 (.695) 7 conference and 4 national titles



Two other groups of coaches could make the picture even foggier

non-FBS coaches:
John Gagliardi: 471-126-11 (.775) 30 conference and 4 national championships
Eddie Robinson: 408-168-15 (.690)

really old (pre-Rockne) coaches:
Amos Alonzo Stagg: 314-199-35 (.573) 12 conference and 2 national championships
Glen Pop Warner: 318-106-32 (.697) 7 conference and 4 national championships
Fielding Yost: 198-35-12 (.808) 10 conference and 6 national championships
John Heisman: 185-66-16 (.692) 5 conference and 1 national championship
 
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