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State your Top ten, post WWII college football coaches.

CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited April 9, 2018 9:13PM in Sports Talk

Include only those that are retired or deceased.

I have Bear at one and Bo at three.

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  • garnettstylegarnettstyle Posts: 2,143 ✭✭✭✭
    1. Woody Hayes
    2. Joe Paterno
    3. Bear Bryant
    4. Bobby Bowden
    5. Tom Osborne

    IT CAN'T BE A TRUE PLAYOFF UNLESS THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONS ARE INCLUDED

  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 9, 2018 11:35PM
    1. Bryant
      2 Bowden
      3 Osborne
      4 Paterno
      5 Hayes
      6 Switzer
      7 Bo
      8 Holtz

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  • TabeTabe Posts: 5,920 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Justacommeman said:
    1. Bryant
    2 Bowden
    3 Osborne
    4 Paterno
    5 Hayes
    6 Switzer
    7 Bo
    8 Holtz

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    Holtz and Bo are probably too high. I'd have Darrell Royal and maybe Mack Brown higher.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 27,582 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Considering the way he stressed graduating and learning over football, considering the way the national poll voters were always biased against Eastern schools, and considering his win record and longevity, Joe Paterno has to be #1. The debate can be for second place and the other spots.

    I realize the OP said "retired or deceased" for this thread...but to expand on it a bit if I may, and I hate to say this but the facts are the facts...one day I may have to consider placing Nick Saban ahead of Paterno as the greatest college football coach of all time. Saban is simply one heluva football coach...a genius for sure.

    I think Saban is the college football version of Bill Belichick, and I've stated before that in my opinion, Belichick is the greatest NFL football coach of all time.

  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 10, 2018 7:49AM

    I'll make Eddie Robinson #2 after Bear.

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 10, 2018 8:36AM

    1 Rich Rod
    2+ everyone else

  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:
    1 Rich Rod
    2+ everyone else

    Lawyers certainly have him at the top of the list.

  • ebaytraderebaytrader Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭

    Covering all divisions - Larry Kehres - 25+ years as head coach with 90%+ winning percentage. And, Jake Gaither that coached at Florida A&M in the 1950s & 60s. Big winner.
    For Div 1-
    Osborne
    Bryant
    Saban
    Schembechler
    Hayes
    Paterno
    Bowden

    For coaches that at least feigned education first - Joe Pa, and Eddie Robinson.

  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’d have Saban #2 and Meyer #10 if the OP would have included active coaches

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  • BullsitterBullsitter Posts: 5,320 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1. Bryant
    2. Bowden
    3. Wilkinson
    4. Robinson
    5. Osborne
    6. Spurrier
    7. Parseghian
    8. Bo
    9. Schnellenberger
    10. Royal
  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Bullsitter said:
    1. Bryant
    2. Bowden
    3. Wilkinson
    4. Robinson
    5. Osborne
    6. Spurrier
    7. Parseghian
    8. Bo
    9. Schnellenberger
    10. Royal

    Wait for your LOL from garnettstyle

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  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Justacommeman said:
    I’d have Saban #2 and Meyer #10 if the OP would have included active coaches

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    Only if I can include Knute Rockne.

  • BullsitterBullsitter Posts: 5,320 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 10, 2018 12:05PM

    @garnettstyle said:
    1. Woody Hayes
    2. Joe Paterno
    3. Bear Bryant
    4. Bobby Bowden
    5. Tom Osborne

    Bryant #3 huh?

    He was 4-0 against your #2 Paterno.

    He was 1-0 against your #1 Hayes....beat 'em 36-6 as I recall. Dang Woody, look him in the eye.

  • BullsitterBullsitter Posts: 5,320 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Coinstartled said:

    @Justacommeman said:
    I’d have Saban #2 and Meyer #10 if the OP would have included active coaches

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    Only if I can include Knute Rockne.

    And Wallace Wade... B)

  • garnettstylegarnettstyle Posts: 2,143 ✭✭✭✭

    1-0 during one of ohio states best Hayes teams? I think not.

    IT CAN'T BE A TRUE PLAYOFF UNLESS THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONS ARE INCLUDED

  • BullsitterBullsitter Posts: 5,320 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:
    1 Rich Rod
    2+ everyone else

    Rich Rod almost got the Bama job before Saban. Mrs. Rod heard the Finebaum show one day and they were making fun of her and Rich. She told Rich she wasn't going to Bama and history was made.

    Thanks Mrs. Rod, and thanks to Finebaum.... :|

  • stevekstevek Posts: 27,582 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Top right hook of all time by a college football coach:

    Congrats to Woody Hayes

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEVJyf0ft3I

  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 10, 2018 3:37PM

    Unfortunately that’s how most remember Woody. That was awful. Time had past him by.

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  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Heh heh.

  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 22,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bud Wilkinson
    Bear Bryant
    Tom Osborne
    John McKay
    Eddie Robinson
    Woody
    Bo
    Johnny Vaught
    Bobby Bowden
    Vince Dooley

    Tough choices... Not sure about my order, but I see Bud Wilkinson as the best. Some were left out based on the limitation of Ten. Others were left out because I could not include them and some were included with great reluctance.

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 22,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There are those coaches such as Biggie Munn, Red Sanders and Forest Evashevski that had short but brilliant coaching careers that I would consider great but you asked for ten. Then there are others that had a longer and a great career but you asked for ten... Not easy. And I suspect some will not agree that Bud Wilkinson should be at the top of the list.

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