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Who are the top CFB HC candidates (let's do it with tiers) ?

Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:30 pm
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:30 pm
Look to be great but are at their alma matter:

Brent Key (GTech)
Kenny Dillingham (AS)
Clark Lea (Vandy)
Jeff Brohm (UL)


Major school upgrade candidates:

Lane Kiffin (Ole Miss)
Drink (Missouri)


Mid-tier school stepstone candidates:

Jon Sumrall (Tulane)
Alex Gloesh (USF)
Ryan Silverfield (Memphis)
Rhett Lashlee (SMU)


Low-tier school stepstone candidates

Charles Huff (USM)


Up and coming coordinators and positional coaches:

Ryan Grubb (Bama)
Brian Hartline (OSU)
Tim Banks (UTenn)
Chris Hampton (Oregon)
Will Stein (Oregon)
Mack Leftwich (TX Tech)


Old retreads:

James Franklin
Jimbo Fisher
Dan Mullen (UNLV)
Brian Kelly (hopefully)


***Updated Monday morning***
This post was edited on 10/26/25 at 4:43 pm
Posted by KosmoCramer
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:31 pm to
Jon Gruden
Clark Lea
This post was edited on 10/19/25 at 2:32 pm
Posted by Civildawg
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:32 pm to
USF coach
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:32 pm to
Where is Lanning from? I know Oregon has deep pockets but somebody is going to throw a boatload of money at him.
Posted by TigersHuskers
Nebraska
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:34 pm to
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Old retreads:

James Franklin
Jimbo Fisher
Brian Kelly





Fixed
Posted by goldennugget
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:34 pm to
Mike Tice

Jim Tomsula

Mike Mularkey
Posted by BOSCEAUX
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:34 pm to
Would Brohm leave Louisville? His record against ranked teams is pretty impressive.
Posted by BCLA
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:34 pm to
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Clark Lea


Definitely belongs in the alma mater tier
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:35 pm to
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Where is Lanning from?


William Jewell College

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I know Oregon has deep pockets but somebody is going to throw a boatload of money at him.

Oregon is an apex program.
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:38 pm to
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Oregon is an apex program.


Coaches have left big name programs before. I wouldn’t leave personally since his road to the playoffs every year is not overly difficult.
Posted by Mr Roboto
Seattle
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:39 pm to
Coach Prime

FSU fires Norvell and hires Deion. Book it
Posted by boston vol
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:40 pm to
Alex Golesh has to be in the mid-tier with Sumrall. Depending on how you want to classify SMU, Rhett Lashlee should be somewhere on the list.
Posted by TigersHuskers
Nebraska
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:40 pm to
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Jon Gruden


Almost every year his name comes up.
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:40 pm to
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Brian Hartline (OSU)


Somebody is going to roll the dice on this guy.
Posted by 9Fiddy
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:41 pm to
I know he was a disaster at Detroit, but given what Matt Patricia is doing at tOSU with the defense, should he be on the list of coordinators who can move to HC?
Posted by dupergreenie
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:41 pm to
Ryan Silverfield Memphis. You think Florida St goes after another Memphis coach?

Alex Golesh South Florida.
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:42 pm to
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want to classify SMU, Rhett Lashlee should be somewhere on the list.


I wouldn’t want to get in a bidding war with SMU.
Posted by Globetrotter747
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:44 pm to
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Look to be great but are at their alma matter:


Posted by footswitch
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:46 pm to
Clark Lea and Brohm are at their Alma maters also.
Posted by usc6158
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 2:55 pm to
Will Stein from Oregon in the up and coming coordinators . Glen Schumman will be a HC when he wants to as well.

Overall that’s a pretty rough list. Not like a Chris Peterson or Urban at a small school that is basically a lock to have success
This post was edited on 10/19/25 at 2:58 pm
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