Jan 18, 2022. He was Auburns recruiting coordinator in 2019 in addition to being the Tigers secondary coach. Leipold has shown that he can turn around a downtrodden program. A 2004 second-round pick of the Carolina Panthers. Texas A&M ranked No. Florida State offensive line coach Alex Atkins, Recent jobs: FSU (2020-present), Charlotte offensive coordinator (2019), Tulane offensive line coach (2016-18), Boston College defensive backs coach Aazaar Abdul-Rahim, Recent jobs: BC (2020-present), UMass defensive coordinator (2019), Maryland cornerbacks/defensive backs coach (2016-18), Alabama assistant director of player personnel/analyst (2014-15), Ohio State offensive quality control coach Keenan Bailey, Recent jobs: Ohio State quality control coach (2019-present), Ohio State offensive intern (2016-18), Houston running backs coach Marquel Blackwell, Recent jobs: Houston running backs coach (2020-present), Houston co-coordinator/quarterbacks coach (2019), West Virginia running backs coach (2018), Toledo running backs coach (2016-17), Marshall cornerbacks coach Dominique Bowman, Recent jobs: Marshall (2021), Austin Peay co-coordinator/secondary coach (2019-20), UT-Martin secondary coach/assistant head coach (2017-18), Mississippi State special teams coordinator/outside linebackers coach Matt Brock, Recent jobs: Mississippi State (2020-present), Washington State special teams coordinator/outside linebackers coach (2018-19), Bowling Green special teams/linebackers coach (2016-17), Texas Tech inside linebackers coach (2014-15), Recent jobs: Rutgers (2020-present), Temple co-coordinator/cornerbacks coach (2019), Baylor assistant head coach/cornerbacks coach (2017-18), Temple associate head coach/secondary coach (2016), James Madison special teams coordinator/tight ends coach Grant Cain, Recent jobs: James Madison (2019-present), Mercer special teams coordinator/inside linebackers coach (2013-18), Oklahoma outside linebackers/defensive ends coach Jamar Cain, Recent jobs: Oklahoma (2020-present), Arizona State defensive line coach (2019), Fresno State defensive line coach (2017-18), North Dakota State defensive ends coach (2014-16), Recent jobs: Oregon (2020-present), Minnesota cornerbacks coach (2019), Oregon defensive analyst (2018), Southern Utah defensive coordinator (2016-17), Vanderbilt defensive quality control coach (2013-15), Recent jobs: USC (2018-present), USC quality control assistant (2016-17), Alabama analyst (2014-15), Recent jobs: Army (2019-present), Kansas Wesleyan head coach (2014-18), St. Ambrose University offensive coordinator (2012-13), Recent jobs: Auburn (2021), Houston cornerbacks coach (2019-20), Louisiana cornerbacks coach (2018), Western Carolina outside linebackers coach (2016-17), Oklahoma tight ends/H-backs coach Joe Jon Finley, Recent jobs: Oklahoma (2021), Ole Miss tight ends coach/pass game coordinator (2020), Texas A&M tight ends coach (2019), Missouri tight ends coach (2016-18), Recent jobs: Texas (2021), Ole Miss special teams coordinator (2020), Houston special teams coordinator/nickel backs coach (2019), Georgia State cornerbacks coach (2018), Western Carolina secondary coach/defensive pass game coordinator (2016-17), Recent jobs: TCU safeties coach (2018-present), TCU cornerbacks coach (2015-17), TCU defensive graduate assistant (2012-14), Recent jobs: Liberty (2019-present), West Georgia offensive coordinator (2014-18), West Alabama offensive coordinator/offensive line coach (2008-13), Recent jobs: Tennessee (2021), UCF quarterbacks coach (2020), UCF offensive analyst (2019), Missouri analyst (2016), Georgia wide receivers coach Cortez Hankton, Recent jobs: Georgia (2018-present), Vanderbilt wide receivers coach (2015-17), Dartmouth wide receivers coach (2012-14), UCF co-offensive coordinator/running backs coach Tim Harris, Recent jobs: UCF (2021), FIU running backs coach (2015-20), Recent jobs: Washington secondary coach (2020-present), Washington assistant defensive backs coach (2018-19), San Jose State secondary coach (2016-17), Dixie State secondary coach (2015), Recent jobs: Michigan (2021), Indiana running backs coach (2017-20), Syracuse running backs coach (2016), Western Michigan running backs coach (2014-15), Ohio State wide receivers coach Brian Hartline, Recent jobs: Ohio State wide receivers coach (2018-present), Ohio State graduate assistant (2017), Louisiana Tech inside wide receivers coach Trey Holtz, Recent jobs: Louisiana Tech (2020-present), Ohio State graduate assistant (2017-19), Indianapolis Colts offensive quality control coach Jerrod Johnson, Recent jobs: Colts (2019-present), Houston St. Thomas High offensive coordinator (2017-18), UCF co-coordinator/quarterbacks coach G.J. 1 nationally in blocked kicks (six) and blocked punts (five) in 2019. Was part of an Indiana staff that transformed the Hoosiers program from 23 losing records in a 24-year period to back-to-back winning seasons in 2019 and 20, including a 6-1 mark in Big Ten play last fall. One could assume that Riley is just continuing the tradition of excellence left by Bob Stoops, but the Sooners experienced a big dip in offensive output in the mid-2010s. Kasey Dunn, Oklahoma State -- $800,000*3. Ole Miss, LSU and SMU competed for his services after the season before he ultimately decided to join Lane Kiffins staff at Ole Miss. David Johnson, Tennessee -- $505,000 4. Kasey Dunn, Oklahoma State -- $410,000 7. Syndication Montgomery By Seth Galina Jul 7, 2021 Has been one of the lead recruiters on eight top-50 overall recruits that Ohio State has landed in its past three classes, including two quarterbacks and three five-star wide receivers. Cortez Hankton, Georgia -- $375,000 10. Has coached so well since arriving at West Point in 2014, he has passed 2 other . Ranked as the No. He has gone 14-7 over the last two seasons, a mark that would have been much better if Indiana could have feasted on some non-conference opponents last year. All Rights Reserved. Made a big-time impression with people at LSU during his one season on the Tigers staff. On this list for a second time, Duggan coached two of the ACC's best linebackers during his debut season with Boston College. Brocks special teams unit at Bowling Green in 2017 ranked in the top 20 nationally in kick-return defense (No. But, as we'll explain below, there are reasons for that. A rise this rapid from the FCS ranks is almost unheard of. In-depth analysis. The Cyclones' last four defenses rank eighth, 11th, 14th and 17th in EPA allowed per play among the 40 team seasons in the Big 12 since 2017. Chadwell arrived at Coastal Carolina from Charleston Southern, where he won two of the school's three conference championships and clinched the program's only two playoff berths. Washington, who has known Ohio State coach Ryan Day since they were together at Boston College in 2003 and 04, joined the Buckeyes staff after Day became coach. When Buffalo came back to Division I-A football in 1999, they embarked on a journey of countless losses. Was contacted about an FBS special teams coordinator job this past cycle but opted to stay at James Madison. Power Rankings are PFFs NCAA power ratings based on weekly player grades in each facet of play. His 2020 Ole Miss special teams unit ranked 17th nationally in kick-return defense and 23rd in kick-return average. 20). Thomas Cahill enjoyed mild success in the mid-1960s, going 23-7. Fisher quickly got the program back on track, though, winning 78% of his games and bringing home a National Championship. They ranked 108th in the FBS in EPA per play over 2014 and 2015. His last team, the 1958 squad, went 8-0-1 and represented the end of the great Army football program of yesteryear. Justin Stepp, Arkansas -- $350,000, PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS:Offensive line | Running backs | Tight ends |Defensive line | Linebackers |Defensive backs | Special teams. If this were 2013, when Mack Brown was hobbling to the end of his very successful stint as the head coach of Texas, theres no way he would be this high. Returner Trestan Ebnar was the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year and became the first player in modern school history with two kick-return touchdowns in one game. Has been contacted about at least a couple of coordinator opportunities the past few years. Smith, who filled in as the Hokies defensive play-caller during a 45-24 win over NC State, was promoted to defensive pass game coordinator earlier this year. Joined Charles Huffs first Marshall staff after initially planning to return to UT-Martin as the programs co-coordinator and secondary coach. Kasey Dunn, Oklahoma State -- $800,000* 3. 2 in the SEC in pass defense in its first season under Rushing and should be even better this fall. Posted 130 catches in six NFL seasons, including 47 catches for 754 yards and five touchdowns as a rookie. As a new season approaches, let's take a moment to compare Saban's accomplishments -- and those of other active coaches -- to the best of college football's modern times. New hire replaces Marc Vottler following Vottler's hiring at Ohio State. Yes, Alabama claimed 12 championships before Saban's arrival, but it was a program going through turmoil and probation before he took the reins. Courtney Hawkins, Michigan State -- $425,00020. Was a four-year starter at quarterback at Illinois (2010-13) and ranks seventh in Big Ten history in career total yardage (10,634 yards). Anyone who saw him play at N.C. State knew the Rams and the Greatest Show on Turf got something special. (McClendon was set to follow Mario Cristobal to Miami before returning to Athens.). 2. Was part of helping Liberty go 10-1 in 2020. Kelly has won 72% of his games with the Golden Domers to go along with an incredible four-year run at Cincinnati that saw him win 34 of 40 games, three years at Central Michigan where he produced the school's first double-digit-win season since 1979 and a 118-52-2 mark with Grand Valley State that culminated in two Division II Championship titles. On3 is a registered trademark of On3 Media, Inc. nine non-Power 5 coordinators you need to know. Cortez Hankton, LSU -- $850,000+2. He'll earn $250,000 in 2022, per the 2-year deal he signed upon joining the Wolverine staff from Michigan's West Bloomfield High School. Kelly has led the Bruins to 17 total wins over the past two seasons. Josh Gattis, Michigan -- $900,000* 2. In fact, it is a historically bad football program. Brennan Marion, Pitt WR coach. Emmett Jones, Texas Tech -- $450,000+18. Braden Layer is set to return to the Gators after spending 2022 at Dayton. Abdul-Rahim was contacted about a Power 5 defensive coordinator job and at least one SEC secondary coach opening this past cycle. Is the right-hand man for highly regarded Mississippi State coordinator Zach Arnett. Alvis Whitted, Wisconsin -- $400,00022. But those were the high points until Monken turned the program around. -- Equally worth of mentioning: Alabama does not have a wide receivers coach as of this moment. Due to the specialized nature of quarterback coaching, we've broken this list into two parts. It's a perfect process! That came after Brocks group ranked either first or second in the Pac-12 in net punting, kick-return average and kick-return defense in 2018. He is repeatedly hitting home runs on the recruiting front and is breeding high-upside players into elite-level route-runners. Another Trojans cornerback, Olaijah Griffin, finished with the third-highest Pro Football Focus grade for 2020 among Pac-12 corners. That includes 2020 Jim Thorpe Award winner Trevon Moehrig, who was selected by the Las Vegas Raiders in the second round of this years NFL draft. Was an FCS All-American linebacker at Stony Brook as a player (2006-10) and was named to the Big South Conference All-Decade Team. From 1953 (when they joined the Big Ten) to 2006, they had two finishes in the AP Top 25. But instead of kicking him to the curb, the program stayed with him and has gone 23-14 in the last three years, the team's best three-year stint since the mid-1970s. The Stoops era of Kentucky football is a case study in not giving up too soon on a coach when you are not a national power. Volatility was profitable for college football's elite wide receivers coaches in 2021. Worked at West Georgia with three other current Flames coaches (defensive coordinator Scott Symons, defensive line coach Josh Aldridge and cornerbacks coach Rickey Hunley). In their history, Minnesota has only won more games in a season twice in 1903 and 1904. The future looks bright, as well, as they currently sit 24th on PFF's preseason ELO rankings. section: | slug: ranking-the-top-25-power-five-college-football-coaches-entering-the-2022-season | sport: collegefootball | route: article_single.us | These power rankings are adjusted based on coach, quarterback and the market each season. The Best Athletes Of All Time. In his first, he took Vallejo (Calif.) St. Patrick-St. Vincent to the playoffs in 2013 a year after the team finished 1-9. Hicks, who committed to the Buckeyes in May. 1 thus far for the 2022 class. 1 or No. 1 in Conference USA in sacks and tackles for loss last season. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports. Brown has since come back with a vengeance. The Florida State dynasty of the late 1980s and 1990s produced 14 straight years where the team finished in the top five of the AP Poll under Bobby Bowden. But that is not the program Jimbo Fisher inherited in 2010. The headliners are preseason All-Americans Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave, who has evolved from a three-star recruit into a first-round 2022 draft prospect under Hartlines coaching. Was promoted earlier this year to associate head coach. Also is a respected special teams coordinator. Kelly, who is widely known as one of the top innovators in the rise of the spread offense in college football, helped the Bruins rack up 503.6 yards per game and 7.01 yards per play, both of which . Thats not good enough at Notre Dame. And thats what Clemson was: a good program left stranded in the shadow of some of their conference mates, far away from ever being a national power. A former All-Big 12 tight end at OU who played five seasons in the NFL. Has coached four top-10 kickoff-return units in his career. Was his fathers offensive coordinator at Miami Booker T. Washington from 2009-13 and then served as the teams coach in 2014 before being hired at FIU. From 2016 to the present day, this is the No. Ranking the 20 best head coaches in college football Alabama head coach Nick Saban and offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian against Arkansas at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Saturday October 26, 2019. Mark Hudspeth improved the Rajin' Cajuns' win total from three to nine in his first year in charge, which started a four-year run of 9-4 finishes and a New Orleans Bowl victory each season. They have played in 10 under Fitzgerald. Turned down an NFL linebackers coach job and an SEC defensive run game coordinator opportunity this past cycle. Cincinnati handed the reins to Mark Dantonio, Brian Kelly, Butch Jones, Tommy Tuberville and now Luke Fickell in consecutive seasons. The best record over that timeframe stands at a meager 3-9. Bob Sutton won 10 games in 1996. 2 ranking nationally from USA Today and was a finalist for U.S. Army All-American National Coach of the Year. A former NFL receiver who played for the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2003-06. Interviewed for the Alabama running backs coach opening this past coaching cycle. Its unfair, but its hard to hold two fluke comebacks against him not that hes totally off the hook for those two Bama losses but he has surpassed Mark Richts 74% win rate with his 79% win rate in six years. Jerry Rice. Was promoted to associate head coach after last season. 2017 New England Patriots (QB Coach/O-Cord) 13-3 Lost Super Bowl 52 to PHI. 1. It's unlikely we'll ever learn what he's making at The U, a private school, but we do know he was set to become college football's first $1 million wide receivers coach had he remained in Ann Arbor. Whether it was nobody crashing and burning or soaring higher than ever -- or none of our voters wanting to take anything that happened during a pandemic season too seriously -- things remained largely the same. FSU has gone 14-20 in that period. It's also, at the highest levels, quite profitable. Has received interest for both college and NFL jobs in recent years, including from Notre Dame in 2019. Ron Dugans, Florida State -- $450,00015. Zach has been FootballScoop's national columnist since 2012. 4 in NAIA in scoring, total offense and passing offense. Finished his career with 344 catches, two 1,000-yard seasons and 14 career touchdowns. Produced a first-team All-AAC selection in his first season at Memphis (OBryan Goodson). (Running backs being the other.) Then, after coming back from the NFL, Saban took over a Michigan State program that had gone 19-26 in the four years before his arrival and shepherded them to a 34-24-1 record during his tenure. The group also includes talented young players such as sophomore Jermaine Burton and promising freshman Adonai Mitchell, whom Hankton landed after he was initially committed to Ole Miss. Lonnie Galloway, North Carolina -- $440,000+19. That's when Fleck headed to Minnesota to rebuild the Gophers. That includes Xavier Hutchinson, who emerged as a first-team all-conference player as a freshman under Scheelhaase in 2020. Initially was hired by Healy at Chattanooga in 2009 and has worked for him every year since other than the one season at Minnesota. Was an all-conference defensive back in 2007 and 08 at Lambuth University, an NAIA school in Jackson, Tenn., playing for current Liberty coach Hugh Freeze. The Heupel-led staff felt like they uncovered a diamond in the rough when they initially hired Merritt at UCF. They helped West Georgia advance to the Division II playoffs four times in five years. Healy has said before of West: I dont think theres a better defensive line coach in the country. Its always difficult to examine coaches through the prism of wins, losses and efficiency rankings. George McDonald, Illinois -- $550,000+11. 2 overall player in the On3 2022 rankings. Alabama head coach Nick Saban and offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian against Arkansas at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Saturday October 26, 2019. That came after Powledges 2019 return man at Louisiana (Raymond Calais) earned first-team all-conference honors and led the Sun Belt in kick-return average. In fact, at $350,000, we've now found the low end of the high end among FBS position coaches. Fickells record would surely have him higher on this list if it weren't for the fact that the Bearcats program has been wildly successful over the last couple of decades. Highest-Paid OC/QB Coaches: 1. Landed two four-star defensive backs in that 2021 class. Has produced at least one first- or second-team All-Big 12 selection in each of the past five seasons. Was looked at by Kentucky for its secondary coach opening this offseason. Three of the coaches in last season's the top 25 lost their jobs following the 2021 season, including a top-10 coach in Dan Mullen and another who won a national title in 2019, Ed Orgeron. The belief with some in the coaching world is that Samples could be this years Randall Joyner. Dameyune Craig, Texas A&M -- $675,000 5. Kentucky welcomed Stoops in 2013 but won just 12 games in three seasons. This upcoming weekend Alabama football is set to host multiple top recruits in the 2024 class on campus as head coach Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide gear up for another calendar year of. When Bud Wilkinson took over in Norman in 1947, the University of Oklahoma was still a stepping-stone destination for head coaches in college football. We are now in Position 8 of 9 in our series examining the highest-paid position coaches in college football, and for just the second time we've found a position where the low end does not hit the $400,000 mark. The former Buffalo Bulls head coach is set to take over a program that has been a shambles since the end of the Mark Mangino era. Interviewed for the Boston College coaching job two years ago and turned down the Tennessee coordinator job this past cycle. Whereas Nick Saban will always be Alabama's defensive backs coach in a wink-wink way, Lincoln Riley is actually Oklahoma's quarterbacks coach -- it says so right there on his bio. The program ranks sixth in the same metric in the five years since he became head coach. at Darrin Chiaverini, Colorado -- $400,000 7. Red Blaik won 77% of his games as the head coach of Army during an 18-year stint that coincided with Army pulling in the best football players in the country because of war efforts. Quarterback Elite (QBE) is one of the premier QB & WR development programs in the nation headquartered in Utah. Mario Williams Where he plays: USC 2021 stats: 35 rec, 380 yards, 4 TD Williams was a reliable fixture for Oklahoma a year. Threw for 3,579 yards and 30 touchdowns as a junior at A&M in 2009. (Part one in the series was on Group of 5 and FCS head coaches; part two was on nine non-Power 5 coordinators you need to know.). Of course, he was wildly successful in the years before his Buffalo tenure. 4 in 2020 (398.5). 56 nationally in pass defense in 2019 (222.2 yards per game) to No. UAB has finished in the top-10 nationally in total defense in each of Simpsons two seasons as cornerbacks coach. 11 in 2019 (467.5) to No. Williams coached Chris Steele to second-team All-Pac-12 honors in 2020. Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater was already somewhat of a national power at that level when Leipold took over the team in 2007, but his 109-6 record with the team is still truly remarkable. Two of Simpsons cornerbacks were named second-team All-Conference USA last season (Brontae Harris and TD Marshall). Was hired as the replacement for Jon DeCoster, who now works for the Cleveland Browns. Jul 6, 2021 Replying to @BigGameBoomer Lmao another ranking where you disrespect Clemson. Its hard to truly describe the offensive mess that Florida found itself in before Dan Mullen arrived in Gainesville. Has a twin brother, Kelsey, whos also an up-and-coming coach. His current wide receiver corps includes two players who have developed into 2022 NFL Draft prospects. A former West Virginia and Florida A&M quarterback, he won the Doug Williams National Offensive Player of the Year award as a senior at Florida A&M in 1999.
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