1. Ed Orgeron, LSU

2017 Final Coach Ranking: 45
2018 Final Coach Ranking: 7
2019 Record: 15-0

His assistants might have received most of the credit, but Orgeron is an elite recruiter, phenomenal line coach, and was a perfect figurehead for one of the greatest seasons of all-time.

It wasn’t just a 15-0 national championship season; it was a dominant one with road wins at Alabama and Texas, and victories over Florida, Auburn, Texas A&M, Georgia, Oklahoma, and of course, for the whole ball of wax against Clemson. Orgeron was the tone-setter … “Geaux Tigers.”

College Football Head Coaches: Ranking All 130 Seasons 2019

Rest of the top 10:
2. Matt Rhule, Baylor
3. PJ Fleck, Minnesota
4. Sean Lewis, Kent State
5. Dabo Swinney, Clemson
6. Ken Niumatalolo, Navy
7. Scott Satterfield, Louisville
8. Troy Calhoun, Air Force
9. Ryan Day, Ohio State
10. Mark Stoops, Kentucky

For entertainment purposes here is a Rant thread from last year on Athlon's coach rankings
https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/lsu-sports/athlons-ranking-of-130-college-football-head-coaches/84145502/

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Posted by magildachunks

Member since Oct 2006

32479 posts

Posted on 1/30/20 at 10:58 am to Tiger Ree

Damn...when's the last time we didn't see Saban in a top ten coaches list?

2006?

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Posted by JBREAUX4LSU

Dallas, TX

Member since Jun 2009

1708 posts

Posted on 1/30/20 at 10:58 am to Tiger Ree

I feel like this is some dream and I’m going to wake up any minute now.

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Posted by JonTheTigerFan

Central, LA

Member since Nov 2003

6784 posts

Posted on 1/30/20 at 11:06 am to Tiger Ree

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Rickdaddy4188

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only gets worse if O wins a title. perma ban bet that o doesnt win the sec title in the next 2 years? since you're so confident in O lets agree on that perma ban bet.

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Posted by tomato patch

Member since Apr 2019

652 posts

Posted on 1/30/20 at 11:16 am to Tiger Ree

very accurate in my opinion

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Posted by hophead

Member since Nov 2007

1969 posts

Posted on 1/30/20 at 11:16 am to Tiger Ree

I'm glad stoops is getting a little love. What they did with the QB position this year was amazing.

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Posted by Tiger Ree

Houston

Member since Jun 2004

24538 posts

Posted on 1/30/20 at 11:44 am to JonTheTigerFan

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Rickdaddy4188

What's really funny to me is that he was a huge Matt Canada fan after the fact.

"its funny how every o fanatics says give O time but are able to accurately judge Canada after 1 year while never having time to get players to run his offense."

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Posted by Dlab2013

Pineville, Luzianna

Member since Jun 2013

9219 posts

Posted on 1/30/20 at 12:00 pm to Tiger Ree

Rickdaddy4188

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whats the going rate for a 55 year old career dline coach that had never in his life proven he could run a successful side of the ball, let alone a program?

Apparently around 7 million....

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Posted by Tiger Ree

Houston

Member since Jun 2004

24538 posts

Posted on 1/30/20 at 12:05 pm to Dlab2013

This dude must have been on a days-long bender.

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00 Tech Grad

Ok let’s talk about ideas. I live in a world of ideology. As it relates to the world of LSU football (while less significant in overall philosophy of life), ideally you don’t fire a guy for one who is worse on paper. Ideally you choose a proven replacement. Ideally you don’t try to reinvent the wheel. Ideally you have someone guaranteed better in hand before you let what you have go.

Don’t talk to me about ideas when you tout the worst coach in Ole Miss history as not only better than Les Miles, but the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ as HC of LSU football.

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