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This is a serious question: does anyone know, currently, how many great head coaches or HC's in charge of great teams aren't a specialist on one side of the ball?

Just for fun...

Top 20 coaches in the nation according to Foxsports

1. Saban - def genius
2. Meyer - off genius
3. Harbaugh - off genius
4. Petrino - off genius
5. C Petersen - off specialist
6. Swinney - nothing
7. David Shaw - off specialist
8. Dantonio - def specialist
9. Bob Stoops - def specialist
10. Gary Patterson - def genius
11. Mark Richt - off specialist
12. Herman - off genius
13. Kyle Whittingham - def specialist
14. Freeze - off specialist
15. Jimbo Fisher - off specialist
16. Sumlin - off specialist
17. Ken Niumatalololololol - off specialist
18. Bieliema - def specialist
19. Fleck - nothing ???
20. Brian Kelly - def specialist

So out of those 20, they were all either excellent coordinators OR ran their off/def while they were HCs at smaller schools...save Dabo and Fleck(i dont claim to be an expert on Fleck)

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Posted by tigerfoot

Alexandria

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Posted on 10/25/16 at 9:09 am to SportTiger1

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Top 20 coaches in the nation according to Foxsports

If you look back at the top new coaches hired in 2011, you had names like:

Al Golden
Brady Hoke
Jerry Kill
Randy Edsall
Addazio
Shaw

David Shaw has been the only hire that has stuck.
These guys were coordinators too,

In you list, look at the tenure, it isn't like those guys are available with exception to Herman or Fisher...and shite, two years ago Miles was on that list too!

There are about 20 new coaches hired each year, the odds of getting one that will be in the Top 10 on any list of great coaches is damn slim. Especially since 1 and 2 are taken, and looks like Peterson, Swinner, and Petrino will cement themselves in there too.

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