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Who was the worst head coach to ever win a national championship?
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:05 pm
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:05 pm
Here are some of the candidates, most of whom are the usual suspects:
Ed Orgeron, LSU (67-47 overall record)
Jimbo Fisher, Florida State (128-48 overall record)
Gene Chizik, Auburn (38-38 overall record)
Les Miles, LSU (145-73 overall record)
Larry Coker, Miami (86-47 overall record)
Lloyd Carr, Michigan (122-40 overall record)
Gene Stallings, Alabama (97-61-2 overall record)
Someone else???
What say y'all?
Ed Orgeron, LSU (67-47 overall record)
Jimbo Fisher, Florida State (128-48 overall record)
Gene Chizik, Auburn (38-38 overall record)
Les Miles, LSU (145-73 overall record)
Larry Coker, Miami (86-47 overall record)
Lloyd Carr, Michigan (122-40 overall record)
Gene Stallings, Alabama (97-61-2 overall record)
Someone else???
What say y'all?
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Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:07 pm to RollTide1987
Gene Chizik and Gene Stallings. It's the name.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:07 pm to RollTide1987
My vote is for Gene
Rode Cam to the promised land and never had a single other notable moment
Rode Cam to the promised land and never had a single other notable moment
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:07 pm to RollTide1987
O/Mean Gene is close.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:10 pm to RollTide1987
Chizik
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:10 pm to RollTide1987
I think Jimbo was a good coach, but Aggy gave him a guaranteed contract and he got lazy
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:11 pm to Bunk Moreland
If you include basketball Kevin Ollie's in the running.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:12 pm to RollTide1987
I wouldn’t call Les Miles a bad coach or put him in the worst coach category. His run at LSU was pretty good.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:14 pm to RollTide1987
Stallings and Carr have zero business being on this list. Hell Jimbo and Les are much, much better than Coker, Chizik, or Orgeron.
This post was edited on 5/28/26 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:21 pm to RollTide1987
Les Miles definitely doesn’t belong anywhere near that list.
If Saban doesn’t go to Bama Les probably wins at least 3 championships.
The answer is Chizik, followed closely by Coach O and Coker.
If Saban doesn’t go to Bama Les probably wins at least 3 championships.
The answer is Chizik, followed closely by Coach O and Coker.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:22 pm to RollTide1987
It's one of these two.
Gene Chizik, Auburn (38-38 overall record)
Larry Coker, Miami (86-47 overall record)
Gene Chizik, Auburn (38-38 overall record)
Larry Coker, Miami (86-47 overall record)
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:23 pm to RollTide1987
Hard to argue against O
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:27 pm to RollTide1987
By coaching record?
158–151–3 (college)
4–13 (NFL)
Howard Schnellenberger often said that "they will write books and make movies about my time [at Oklahoma]...Schnellenberger resigned after one season at Oklahoma going 5-5-1.
But he always seemed to choose struggling programs or never was programs...so...that was his thing.
158–151–3 (college)
4–13 (NFL)
Howard Schnellenberger often said that "they will write books and make movies about my time [at Oklahoma]...Schnellenberger resigned after one season at Oklahoma going 5-5-1.
But he always seemed to choose struggling programs or never was programs...so...that was his thing.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:28 pm to RollTide1987
Chizik was 5–19 at Iowa State, fired 2 years after winning the natty at Auburn (after going 3–9 and 0–8 in SEC), and never again hired as a HC.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:28 pm to RollTide1987
I think Chizik was a worse coach overall in totality than Coker, but a toddler could’ve led that 01 Miami team (which Coker didn’t recruit or assemble as the HC, though he was on staff prior) to a championship.
Chizik (and Orgeron, for that matter) at least inherited not-amazing situations.
Chizik (and Orgeron, for that matter) at least inherited not-amazing situations.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:36 pm to RollTide1987
Even though he was at Bama, I always liked and respected Stallings. He doesn’t belong on this list.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:38 pm to RollTide1987
1. Chizik
2. Orgeron
.... I love Ed, but after this, there's a lot of space.
2. Orgeron
.... I love Ed, but after this, there's a lot of space.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:47 pm to RollTide1987
you forgot PHIL fulmer?
mack brown??
mack brown??
This post was edited on 5/28/26 at 9:58 pm
Posted on 5/28/26 at 10:21 pm to RollTide1987
I think I would take Chizik over Larry Coker.
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