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re: Who’s the worst college football head coach of all time?

Posted on 1/3/21 at 3:33 am to
Posted by TrueLefty
St. Louis County
Member since Oct 2017
18411 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 3:33 am to
I say the Browns are the worst NFL team of all time! I have a huge feeling about the final game and the Browns will lose and be out of the playoff once again!
Posted by SpartyGator
Detroit Lions fan
Member since Oct 2011
81944 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 3:45 am to
Rick Venturi at Northwestern

1-31-1
This post was edited on 1/3/21 at 3:46 am
Posted by UncleLester
West of the Mississippi
Member since Aug 2008
9091 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 4:50 am to
Chris Scelfo.

Tulane's 1999 offense returned 8 starters and another 7 starters on defense and their Redshirt Sophomore QB would go on to be an NFL 1st Round Pick, however, Chris Scelfo would mustard a 3-9 record against a very weak schedule with them.
Posted by Strannix
C.S.A.
Member since Dec 2012
52927 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 5:20 am to
Les Miles since 2012
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
69849 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 7:00 am to
Watson Brown was 136-211-1 as a collegiate head coach. No coach in the history of college football has more losses than him. That record also includes a brief five season stint at Vanderbilt where he went 10-45.
Posted by MasterAbe1
Member since Oct 2016
6621 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 7:06 am to
Putting in my vote for Mike Locksley.
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
20545 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 7:12 am to
Kevin Steele:

quote:

9–36 overall and 1–31 in the Big 12 Conference.


Actually 9-37 after Auburn’s bowl loss.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
19056 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 7:17 am to
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Curley went 10-2 at Southern Miss one year and was a .500 coach at 39-39. Nowhere near the worst of all time.


You’re right but remember who had winning him all those games at Southern Miss. I still blame Brett for the 90s.
Posted by BuddyRoeaux
Northshore
Member since Jun 2019
2778 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 7:19 am to
Jerry Baldwin coached at UL-L from 99-01 with a incredible record of 6-27. He filed a lawsuit when he was fired on the premises of racial discrimination. Finally in 2018, a state district judge Dismissed the charges citing;
quote:

UL-Lafayette has said Baldwin was fired because of his poor overall record, a decline in football attendance and revenue and flagging community support for the struggling football program


ETA: Some scars are still felt from those years in the Athletic Department.
This post was edited on 1/3/21 at 7:54 am
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
79330 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 7:23 am to
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Find a coach at a school with more resources who failed miserably. Like, say, Cam Cameron who was utter arse at the NCAA and NFL levels as a head coach.




Gerry Faust?
Posted by tress4pres
Columbus, OH
Member since Dec 2007
4012 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 7:28 am to
Tyrone Willingham
Gerry DiNardo
Posted by theOG
Member since Feb 2010
10783 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 7:32 am to
John Blake (RIP)

12-22 over three years at OU.
Posted by footswitch
New Market
Member since Apr 2015
4653 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 8:38 am to
Bill Callahan...worst coach period.
Posted by Bamadog75
Alabama
Member since Mar 2017
1691 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 8:44 am to
Ears wittworth went 4-24-2 at bama for three years before the bear got there. 0-10,2-7-1,2-7-1. Also went 22-27 at okie state before he got to bama. Career record of 26 - 51-4.
This post was edited on 1/3/21 at 8:48 am
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
32753 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 8:45 am to
Statistics seem to be driving answers here....
Posted by tigernchicago
Alabama
Member since Sep 2003
5075 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 8:47 am to
Ears Whitworth:

coached 3 years at ALABAMA and had records of:

0 - 10
2 - 7 - 1
2 - 7 - 1

3 years at ALABAMA and went a combined 4 - 24 - 2.


Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Posted by Lunchbox48
Member since Feb 2009
932 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 8:48 am to
This question begins and ends with Larry Porter at Memphis. Unbelievably bad.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
20733 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 8:51 am to
Blake at Oklahoma was the first name that came to mind.

He had to be a complete imbecile to lose with all that talent.

Watson Brown was never at a football school and never had any talent.
Posted by msudawg1200
Central Mississippi
Member since Jun 2014
10685 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 8:54 am to
JIm Shofner went 2-31 at TCU from 1974-76. Some of losses include Texas 81-16, Nebraska 56-14 and 64-10, and A&M 59-10 just to mention a few. In 1974, Texas scored more points(81) in the 1974 win over TCU than what TCU scored all season(79 points in 11 games). There was also a 20 game losing streak during his tenure. Shofner also went 1-6 as interim coach for the Browns in 1990, in which the Browns incurred one of the worst losses in franchise history. 58-14 to the Oilers.
This post was edited on 1/3/21 at 8:57 am
Posted by Rig
BHM
Member since Aug 2011
41869 posts
Posted on 1/3/21 at 8:59 am to
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He was also at Auburn and suggested they put a guy in the EZ on the Kick Six play.
That isn’t credited to Ellis Johnson. He coached from the booth and we had one of our own players go back toward the end zone before we called timeout. He had nothing to do with that play and I’ve never heard a story stating otherwise.

Dude was arguably the worst DC Auburn has ever employed.
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