As the subject line ask, who are the top 10 sure fire can't miss coaches in the NCAA. That if hired would consitently have the program in contention for league and National Championships. Obviously, the program has a lot to do with success so let's say for programs with a legitimate chance to win a CFPO.

Current College Coaches that are constantly ranked toward the top by most publications.

1 Saban
2 Urban
3 Harbough
4 Dantonio
5 Stoops
6 Fisher
7 Snyder- top old?
8 Patterson
9 Cutcliff
10 Briles, Shaw, Patterson?

Spurrier before he quit.

Are all of them home run hires for any program?

What about these SEC guys?

Les, Richt, Sumlin, Gus, Mullens, Freeze, McEllwain, Bret

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Posted by WG_Dawg

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Posted on 11/24/15 at 1:26 pm to spacewrangler

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constantly ranked toward the top by most publications.

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Spurrier before he quit.

you mean UF-era spurrier, right? His record at SC:

7-5
8-5
6-6
7-6
7-6
9-5
11-2
11-2
11-2
7-6
2-4 (in 15 before retiring)

He had a 3 year run that was astounding by SC standards but I would hardly say they were "ranked toward the top" during his tenure there.

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Posted by saint amant steve

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Posted on 11/24/15 at 1:29 pm to spacewrangler

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1 Saban
2 Urban
3 Harbough
4 Dantonio
5 Stoops
6 Fisher
7 Snyder- top old?
8 Patterson
9 Cutcliff
10 Briles, Shaw, Patterson?

How can you honestly include David Cutcliffe with the rest of these champions? He couldn't even win a division title with Eli Manning as his QB.

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Posted by higgins

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Posted on 11/24/15 at 1:56 pm to saint amant steve

ole miss firing cutcliffe was a huge error, imo

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Posted by saint amant steve

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Posted on 11/24/15 at 2:06 pm to higgins

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ole miss firing cutcliffe was a huge error, imo

I'm not saying it wasn't. But come on, this guy isn't on par with the likes of such company.

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Posted by bayoujd

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Posted on 11/24/15 at 2:09 pm to spacewrangler

Miles should be in there. Oh wait.

1 Saban
2 Urban
3 Harbaugh
4 Dantonio
5 Stoops
6 Fisher
7 Swinney
8 B. Kelly
9 Patterson
10 Briles

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Posted by Broseph Barksdale

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Posted on 11/24/15 at 2:12 pm to spacewrangler

Fitzgerald in there somewhere

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Posted by spacewrangler

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Posted on 11/24/15 at 2:13 pm to saint amant steve

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How can you honestly include David Cutcliffe with the rest of these champions? He couldn't even win a division title with Eli Manning as his QB.

Maybe, just maybe he has gotten a lot better and learned from his time at Ole Miss. He is at Duke and is winning a lot of games there which is remarkable. Prior to coming to LSU Nick Saban have not won any championships he quickly established himself as one of the best coaches while at LSU and has improved since his time there as evidenced at Bama. He may not be a top 10 surefire can't miss type of coach but cut is definitely a very good coach and he would do extremely well now at a program such as LSU. I would not want him at Bama just because of his ties to Tennessee and that is me being a dumbass fan for not wanting him

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Posted by jrodLSUke

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Posted on 11/24/15 at 2:40 pm to saint amant steve

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How can you honestly include David Cutcliffe with the rest of these champions? He couldn't even win a division title with Eli Manning as his QB.