Worst hire in college football history

[sammyjoey]

He probably deserves to be on a list of worst coaches at major programs. But I don't know that I'd put him on a list of "worst hires." It's not like it was down to Dooley and Saban and we picked Dooley. Losing record at C-USA school was how far down our list we had to go to find someone who would take the job given the state of the program in 2009.

In terms of terrible hires, I'd put someone like Rich Rod at Michigan or Ron Zook at UF much higher. Program was in good shape, the job was very attractive, and they could've gotten someone much better, but they bombed the hire. But neither Rich Rod nor Zook is as bad a coach as Dooley.

 

[DaddyChad]

It begs the question why in the absolute hell was Hamilton allowed to make the Dooley hire after hiring Lane who was the worst UT hire up until Dooley was hired.

Mike Hamilton has the privilege of making the two worst hires in UT football history.

 

[HollowaytoSeivers]

Henry Winkler

Where did he coach?

 

[Chilmonty]

College Football

Probably already posted but:

Actually the worst hire in history was Hamilton! :banghead2::banghead2:


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[508mikey]

Where did he coach?

Jefferson High in Milwaukee

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

I really don't understand the "Kiffin/Fulmer left the place in really bad shape, and the guy after him is bad cause he wasn't given enough time to make it better" mindset that makes him the worst ever. That's just stupid. Not only was the actual program in dire straits so was the AD. Do people really have no ability to comprehend the difficulty of rebuilding a business??? Especially one that is as highly regulated as CFB. Remember how the AD was in debt?? Dealing with a team full of issues that kif and Fulmer left, and a new boss after the 1st year. How is a guy suppose to fill the cupboard when he is on the hot seat after the first year. Having to kick off top talent due to many issues. You think he wanted to kick players off like Jansen Jackson so that he would be in a worse position?? Especially after Kiffen left him with what..65 or so scholarship players?? Leaving him no depth and huge QB issues. Imagine if Bray had to compete with the likes of Bryce Petty or Taj Boyd. Yall think Bray would have been such a pos brat taking advantage of the fact that he couldn't be benched if he had to compete for the job???

I'm a smart successful guy and all, but it baffles me how stupid it is that people can't put it all together. Expecting that a complete program and AD rebuild could take less than 3 seasons. CBJ is just having to deal with minor program issues compared to Dooley. Many of yall need to go back and get a refresher on all the issues at UT when Dooley came on board and truly compare it to CBJ situation. Then u'll understand why CBJ is getting paid to get the job done now not "rebuild excuse" money. 3mil for WAY less stress and issues than Dooley's 1.8mil a year.(and no u can't add the buyout money to this comparison)
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Congrats another pro Dooley ignorant post :clapping:

 

[HazMat]

Can't believe it but there are 4 Tennessee coaches with worse W/L percentage

James DePree - .306
S. D. Crawford - .389
Andrew A. Stone -.389
Butch Jones - .400
Derek Dooley - .417

 

[VolStrom]

Can't believe it but there are 4 Tennessee coaches with worse W/L percentage

James DePree - .306
S. D. Crawford - .389
Andrew A. Stone -.389
Butch Jones - .400
Derek Dooley - .417

Yep, fire Jones, it's obvious he sucks and will never make it as a coach.

 

[k-town_king]

Dooley is hands down the worst hire/coach in FBS history.

 

[MFL]

but he did not start the fall of Rome just another coach over his head in the SEC

 

[HazMat]

What if UT had hired a High School football coach instead of CBJ ? One that never coached previously (Head Coach, Assistant or otherwise) in either College or the Pros. And played college football in a D II school.

Notre Dame did this in 1981. Gerry Faust

 

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

Yep, but this statement baffles me. "We are only listing coaches who were hired after a program reached national prominence. Thus, pre-Nick Saban coaches at LSU ... for example, were not considered."

LSU has a very strong tradition including a national championship in 1958. Makes no sense.

Agree, and I would rank Curly Hallman right up there with Dooley. It took LSU a decade to recover from that hire.
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[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

Croom and Orgeron should be listed - I would like to see one with just SEC hires --- John L Smith put the Arkansas program in the trash in just 1 season

Ole Miss and Miss St have never been national powers.
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[Gramps]

Can't believe it but there are 4 Tennessee coaches with worse W/L percentage

James DePree - .306
S. D. Crawford - .389
Andrew A. Stone -.389
Butch Jones - .400
Derek Dooley - .417

What UT coach has the best winning percentage?

 

[vol-un-tear]

Yuck! It's legit

 

[Doyle Hargraves]

Congrats another pro Dooley ignorant post :clapping:

Wrong. He's not ignorant at all. It says he's a smart guy right there in his post.

 

[BanditVol]

I don't understand why they say that LSU wasn't a nationally prominent program until Saban. They had some great teams in the '80's and the Dinardo hire was bizarre. He never had a winning record at Vandy and lost his last game 65-0 to Tennessee in '94 (and we had a very young team that year)....One name they didn't mention was Foge Fazio at Pitt - that was a top ten program from 1976-1983 and he ran them into the ground in record time.

I think they would have been better off saying "of the last 50 years" because that really would be a better description.

 

[BanditVol]

At least we only appear on the list once. There are a few teams who made multiple disastrous hires. It's easier to bounce back when you have minimal damage. Look at Bama and Notre Dame that have missed several times.

Actually Lane Kiffin is 19th as SoCal coach...and probably should be higher as UT coach.

 

[508mikey]

Ole Miss and Miss St have never been national powers.
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Ole Miss has been

 

[Jake]

Gerry Faust should be numbers 1-10. It was insane to hand a program like Notre Dame to a high school coach.

Exactly what I thought when I read the list.

Although, I'm certainly amongst the rest of us that despises the Dooley hire, I'm not sure he derserves to be the #1 worst hire EVER. Gerry Faust should be #1...hands down.

 

[508mikey]

Exactly what I thought when I read the list.

Although, I'm certainly amongst the rest of us that despises the Dooley hire, I'm not sure he derserves to be the #1 worst hire EVER. Gerry Faust should be #1...hands down.

Oust Faust was the chant LOL