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re: Who was the worst head coach to ever win a national championship?
Posted on 5/28/26 at 11:04 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 5/28/26 at 11:04 pm to RollTide1987
Les miles has no business being on this list
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Posted on 5/28/26 at 11:15 pm to RollTide1987
It’s gene chizik easily..
Ed O and Coker are similar to me. Both understood how to manage talent and let them win..
They also couldn’t contain the madness in the end. Both could coach at the base level and understood talent and recruiting as the engine.
The others don’t belong in this discussion imo
Ed O and Coker are similar to me. Both understood how to manage talent and let them win..
They also couldn’t contain the madness in the end. Both could coach at the base level and understood talent and recruiting as the engine.
The others don’t belong in this discussion imo
Posted on 5/28/26 at 11:16 pm to RollTide1987
quote:
Ed Orgeron, LSU (67-47 overall record)
Worst coach in Ole Miss history, assembled the GOAT team at LSU
Posted on 5/28/26 at 11:51 pm to RollTide1987
Does Sherrone Moore count?
Guy couldn’t coach his way out of a paper bag, not to mention trying to kill his side piece and crying like a bitch about it.
Coach O sucked too but assembled the greatest roster of all time
Guy couldn’t coach his way out of a paper bag, not to mention trying to kill his side piece and crying like a bitch about it.
Coach O sucked too but assembled the greatest roster of all time
Posted on 5/29/26 at 12:24 am to RollTide1987
Easily Chizik
Posted on 5/29/26 at 12:25 am to Zzyzx
quote:
Does Sherrone Moore count?
He wasn't the head coach when they won it all
Posted on 5/29/26 at 12:33 am to RollTide1987
Bobby Ross had some success in the NFL but was barely above .500 as a college coach
This post was edited on 5/29/26 at 12:54 am
Posted on 5/29/26 at 12:52 am to boston vol
quote:
Stallings
I only put him on the list because of his time before he got to Alabama. He held two coaching stints, one in college and one in the NFL.
- At Texas A&M he was 27-45-1
- At Phoenix he was 23-34-1
He was a combined 50-79-2 when he was hired to coach the Tide in 1990. He had an amazing four-year stretch from 1991-1994 at Alabama where he went 45-5-1. His other three seasons with the Tide he went 25-11. That 1991 recruiting class just might be among the best in program history. If it wasn't for them he might not be as well remembered.
Great human being though. I don't think there is any doubt or question about that.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 1:15 am to RollTide1987
Ed O, and it's not particularly close
Posted on 5/29/26 at 2:47 am to OleVaught14
Chizik >>>>>>>>>>>> Larry Coker
Posted on 5/29/26 at 6:27 am to theballguy
It was Ed's decision to bring in Joe Brady from the Saints, which lead to the greatest single season offense in the history of college football. He is also a great recruiter and locker room motivator.
I don't consider him an above average coach, but his decisions on personell and assistant coaches were spot-on that year.
I don't consider him an above average coach, but his decisions on personell and assistant coaches were spot-on that year.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 6:29 am to AnchorDownVU
quote:
I wouldn’t call Les Miles a bad coach or put him in the worst coach category. His run at LSU was pretty good.
I think Les Miles like Coker inherited a REALLY ideal situation where everything was up an running and organized from top to bottom.
He did not run it into the ground, which after hearing him speak the first time I thought he would, so I have to give him credit for that. But I always thought had he stayed at Okie State he would not have made much of a mark - LSU made him much more than he made LSU IMHO.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 6:54 am to RollTide1987
Easily Orgeron followed by Chiz.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 7:18 am to Schmelly
quote:
Les miles has no business being on this list
I’m certain being a rival of LSU had nothing to do with his list /s
Posted on 5/29/26 at 7:21 am to RollTide1987
quote:There's probably a better case for Miles being a top ten coach in SEC history than there is for being on this list.
Les Miles
Posted on 5/29/26 at 7:22 am to RollTide1987
In no order:
Chizik
Orgeron
Coker
Ross
Chizik
Orgeron
Coker
Ross
Posted on 5/29/26 at 7:25 am to Buckeye Fan 19
quote:
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.
In the NFL and major college football, winning a championship is a noteworthy accomplishment. I don’t care how talented the team is.
A lot of people here revere Jimmy Johnson - and he was a great coach - but he blew two national championships in bowl games at Miami with largely Howard Schnellenberger’s recruits.
You can win with “someone else’s team,” but you can also lose with them too.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 8:15 am to RollTide1987
This is an epic failure of a list when you included Jimbo, Les, and Lloyd Carr
Posted on 5/29/26 at 8:17 am to Zzyzx
quote:
Does Sherrone Moore count?
When did he win a Natty?
Posted on 5/29/26 at 8:20 am to Gnash
Ross always was on a short list in the 80s and 90s.
He really backed into the 1990 NC, beyond that he was an average college coach. However he did have 4 ACC championships over 10 years first at Maryland and the at GT. He could rebuild a program but sustained winning was not his thing.
He was a marginally better pro coach
He really backed into the 1990 NC, beyond that he was an average college coach. However he did have 4 ACC championships over 10 years first at Maryland and the at GT. He could rebuild a program but sustained winning was not his thing.
He was a marginally better pro coach
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