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Pop quiz: Since 2000 there have been 242 head coaching changes in the FBS.

Gladstone
Gladstone Member Posts: 16,419
Of the ones from that 242 who won their conference, won 11 games, or reached a BCS bowl, how many of them needed more than 5 years?

(A) 0
(B) 1-2
(C) 3-5
(D) 6+

Comments

  • I'm going with zero.
  • DugtheDoog
    DugtheDoog Member Posts: 3,180
    Probably b. There's been some shitty teams sneak into BCS games. Randy Edsall? Jim Grobe? Dunno.
  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,331
  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,331
    edited November 2013
    Pinkel @ Mizzou, Mangino, Gundy, Spurrier @ SC, leach, schiano, Ault v2... Tubberville at auburn

    They are the ones that I could think of off the top of my head. Interesting thing is, I would be luke warm on most of these or an emphatic NO to coach any team I am a fan of.

    I will be excited when there are sightings of Spurrier in SeaTac again.
  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,419
    Coaches who were fired do not count.
  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,331
    If they were fired for performance I could understand. If they are fired because Craig James is a pussy I am not sure I understand.
  • loadsock
    loadsock Member Posts: 686
    edited November 2013
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,840
    edited November 2013
  • HeretoBeatmyChest
    HeretoBeatmyChest Member Posts: 4,295
    edited November 2013
    How many out of the 242 won their conference, had 11 wins or made a bcs bowl?

    7 out of what?
  • alumni94
    alumni94 Member Posts: 4,871
    I'm not sure I follow the question.

    So only 7 or the 242 met the criteria, and all of those needed 6+ years?

  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,840
    alumni94 said:

    I'm not sure I follow the question.

    So only 7 or the 242 met the criteria, and all of those needed 6+ years?

    I'm sure you don't follow the question.

  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,419
    edited November 2013
    Sorry for the slow reply, was backed up at work. I changed source to sports-reference.com (a wonderful site), and fixed some errors from my prior post.

    How many out of the 242 won their conference, had 11 wins or made a bcs bowl?

    7 out of what?

    OK so -- since the year 2000:

    80 of the 242 new D1 coaching hires won their conference, had 11 wins, or made a BCS bowl. 80! Of the 80, only 9 needed more than five years to accomplish this. 11%. Here's the list. Note that a star (*) denotes a coach who needed more than five years to satisfy the criteria.

    1. Chris Ault V2
    2. Gary Andersen
    3. Tom Amstutz
    4. Bill Blankenship
    5. David Bailiff
    6. Bret Bielema
    7. JD Brookhart
    8. Gregg Brandon
    9. Art Briles
    10. Larry Blakeney
    11. Jack Bicknell Jr
    12. Gene Chizik
    13. Mario Cristobal
    14. Pete Carroll
    15. Larry Coker
    16. Tim DeRuyter
    17. Dave Doeren
    18. Sonny Dykes
    19. Mark Dantonio
    20. Ralph Friedgen
    21. Larry Fedora
    22. Jimbo Fisher
    23. Hugh Freeze
    24. Chan Gailey
    25. Jim Grobe*
    26. Mike Gundy*
    27. Todd Graham
    28. Al Golden
    29. Dan Hawkins
    30. Brady Hoke*
    31. Skip Holtz
    32. Jim Harbaugh
    33. Michael Haywood
    34. Dana Holgersen
    35. Darrell Hazell
    36. Paul Johnson
    37. June Jones
    38. Butch Jones
    39. Jeff Jagodzinski
    40. Steve Kragthorpe
    41. Brian Kelly
    42. Jerry Kill
    43. Chip Kelly
    44. Mike Leach*
    45. Les Miles
    46. Urban Meyer
    47. Mark Mangino*
    48. Bronco Mendenhall
    49. Greg McMackin
    50. Ruffin McNeill
    51. Doug Marrone
    52. Mike MacIntyre
    53. Will Muschamp
    54. Gus Malzahn
    55. Gary Nord
    56. Gary Patterson
    57. Bobby Petrino
    58. Gary Pinkel*
    59. Bo Pelini
    60. Chris Petersen
    61. Rich Rodriguez
    62. Mark Richt
    63. Greg Schiano*
    64. Frank Solich
    65. Bill Snyder V2
    66. Nick Saban
    67. Steve Spurrier*
    68. Charlie Strong
    69. Rick Stockstill
    70. Dabo Swinney
    71. Kevin Sumlin
    72. Bill Stewart
    73. Mike Sherman
    74. David Shaw
    75. Jim Tressel
    76. Jeff Tedford
    77. Kyle Whittingham
    78. Charlie Weis
    79. Dave Wannstedt*
    80. Ron Zook


    Again, Spurrier is the only *'d coach who I'd argue is top tier. Maybe Gundy. Pinkel has a very low ceiling. Mangino and Wannstedt were fired for being terrible.

    tl;dr

  • TheKobeStopper
    TheKobeStopper Member Posts: 5,959
    Gladstone said:

    Sorry for the slow reply, was backed up at work. I changed source to sports-reference.com (a wonderful site), and fixed some errors from my prior post.

    How many out of the 242 won their conference, had 11 wins or made a bcs bowl?

    7 out of what?

    OK so -- since the year 2000:

    80 of the 242 new D1 coaching hires won their conference, had 11 wins, or made a BCS bowl. 80! Of the 80, only 9 needed more than five years to accomplish this. 11%. Here's the list. Note that a star (*) denotes a coach who needed more than five years to satisfy the criteria.

    1. Chris Ault V2
    2. Gary Andersen
    3. Tom Amstutz
    4. Bill Blankenship
    5. David Bailiff
    6. Bret Bielema
    7. JD Brookhart
    8. Gregg Brandon
    9. Art Briles
    10. Larry Blakeney
    11. Jack Bicknell Jr
    12. Gene Chizik
    13. Mario Cristobal
    14. Pete Carroll
    15. Larry Coker
    16. Tim DeRuyter
    17. Dave Doeren
    18. Sonny Dykes
    19. Mark Dantonio
    20. Ralph Friedgen
    21. Larry Fedora
    22. Jimbo Fisher
    23. Hugh Freeze
    24. Chan Gailey
    25. Jim Grobe*
    26. Mike Gundy*
    27. Todd Graham
    28. Al Golden
    29. Dan Hawkins
    30. Brady Hoke*
    31. Skip Holtz
    32. Jim Harbaugh
    33. Michael Haywood
    34. Dana Holgersen
    35. Darrell Hazell
    36. Paul Johnson
    37. June Jones
    38. Butch Jones
    39. Jeff Jagodzinski
    40. Steve Kragthorpe
    41. Brian Kelly
    42. Jerry Kill
    43. Chip Kelly
    44. Mike Leach*
    45. Les Miles
    46. Urban Meyer
    47. Mark Mangino*
    48. Bronco Mendenhall
    49. Greg McMackin
    50. Ruffin McNeill
    51. Doug Marrone
    52. Mike MacIntyre
    53. Will Muschamp
    54. Gus Malzahn
    55. Gary Nord
    56. Gary Patterson
    57. Bobby Petrino
    58. Gary Pinkel*
    59. Bo Pelini
    60. Chris Petersen
    61. Rich Rodriguez
    62. Mark Richt
    63. Greg Schiano*
    64. Frank Solich
    65. Bill Snyder V2
    66. Nick Saban
    67. Steve Spurrier*
    68. Charlie Strong
    69. Rick Stockstill
    70. Dabo Swinney
    71. Kevin Sumlin
    72. Bill Stewart
    73. Mike Sherman
    74. David Shaw
    75. Jim Tressel
    76. Jeff Tedford
    77. Kyle Whittingham
    78. Charlie Weis
    79. Dave Wannstedt*
    80. Ron Zook


    Again, Spurrier is the only *'d coach who I'd argue is top tier. Maybe Gundy. Pinkel has a very low ceiling. Mangino and Wannstache were fired for being terrible.

    tl;dr

    Fixed.
  • Mosster47
    Mosster47 Member Posts: 6,246
    I'm going to exclude four names because the guy before than did basically everything for them to win instantly. Chris Peterson, Brett Bielema, Larry Cooker, and Mark Helfrich. Held hasn't technically met the criteria, but we all know he's going to this year.

    Other than that, solid post!
  • HeretoBeatmyChest
    HeretoBeatmyChest Member Posts: 4,295
    Some of those did not meet the criteria like Zook and Pelini. Saban did it twice.
  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,419
    edited November 2013
    Zook made the BCS in year 3, so he's good

    pelini made the CCG 3 times but got plungered each time, oops. so he was 1 game off either a BCS or conference championship 3 separate times. he won his division 4 times though.

    i'll alter the criteria to include winning conference division as a minimum. still way too much of a leap for SSWS :(
  • HeretoBeatmyChest
    HeretoBeatmyChest Member Posts: 4,295
    Gladstone said:

    Zook made the BCS in year 3, so he's good

    pelini made the CCG 3 times but got plungered each time, oops. so he was 1 game off either a BCS or conference championship 3 separate times. he won his division 4 times though.

    i'll alter the criteria to include winning conference division as a minimum. still way too much of a leap for SSWS :(

    If you do that then tell us what that 80 goes to....maybe 90?

    Also, I wonder what the total is if you only include the big 6 conferences...then the 242 would also be much less.
  • alumni94
    alumni94 Member Posts: 4,871
    Curious, of those 80 coaches which one took over a team with a winning record, which had a losing record? I would like to measure the coaches that took over a crap team and then made it something. Those coaches should be the list of coaches UW should look at. If that list is still be big, filter out the teams that have strong football traditions. If a coach can take a bad team at a non-football school and make them winners….
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,147
    This info is all great, but we already know what kind of coach Sark is.
  • alumni94
    alumni94 Member Posts: 4,871
    I think the goal is to help figure out who should/could be the new coach.
  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    alumni94 said:

    Curious, of those 80 coaches which one took over a team with a winning record, which had a losing record? I would like to measure the coaches that took over a crap team and then made it something. Those coaches should be the list of coaches UW should look at. If that list is still be big, filter out the teams that have strong football traditions. If a coach can take a bad team at a non-football school and make them winners….

    I'd rather find a guy who can take a mediocre team and make them great. We already have the guy to go from crap to average.
  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,331
  • HFNY
    HFNY Member Posts: 5,401
    Do we have final numbers on this? I want to email the stats to a few people (people who are actually intelligent and rely on numbers and figures to make real-world life decisions rather than hoping for the best and seeing what happens).
  • CFetters_Nacho_Lover
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 32,326 Founders Club

    I want a guy that gets more and then does more with it

    Pretty sure there's something in the NCAA rule book that prevents UW from doing this although other teams are allowed to do so.