Post the Top 10 All Time CFB Coaches/In Order

[AlaskaGuy]

This is what Don James did to Switzer and Osborne. 3 - 0.

 

[rmilia1]

. John Gagliardu
2. Eddie Robinson
3. Nick Saban
4. Tom Osborne
5. Joe Paterno
6. Amos Alonzo Staff
7. Pop Warner
8. Knute Rockne
9. Bobby Bowden
10. Bud Wilkinson

 

[4down20]

This is difficult...

10. Bob Devaney
9. Frank Leahy
8. Robert Neyland
7. Fielding Yost
6. Woody Hayes
5. Barry Switzer
4. Urban Meyer
3. Bear Bryant
2. Nick Saban
1. Tom Osborne

call me biased, but TO has a better winning percentage (83%) than everyone else I listed (only exception is Urban Meyer at 85%, but TO has coached 9 more years than Meyer currently). He also has 3 national titles, 12 Big Eight titles, 1 Big 12 title, and he never won less than 9 games and never lost more than 3 his entire coaching career. And a very classy guy.

Bob Devaney thought Bear Bryant was the great coach ever - Direct quote: "He was simply the best there ever was,"

 

[4down20]

Btw, if we are going all time, Wallace Wade probably deserves a mention. He won 3 national championships at Alabama, and is the coach that put Alabama and the south on the football map by winning multiple Rose Bowls etc.

He ended up leaving and going to Duke after, and I think they claim a NC under him as well. I know they named their stadium after him.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

1) Woody Hayes
2) Urban Meyer
3) Jim Tressel
4) Earle Bruce
10) John Cooper

It's pretty sad that 1/2 of your top 4 got fired from their school....

 

[Deep Creek]

I'll play

1. Nick Saban
2. Bud Wilkinson
3. Bear Bryant
4. Tom Osborne
5. Joe Paterno
6. Barry Switzer
7. Woody Hayes
8. Darrell Royal
9. General Neyland
10. Pete Carroll

 

[Deep Creek]

Mike Price did more with less while at Washington State than just about anyone that ever coached the game.

He did less with less when we had him.

In all fairness, he did pretty well as long as he had his sons as assistants. Once he lost them, it was ugly.

 

[BigRedMoe]

I'm sorry, but Barry Switzer owned Tom Osborne, so you have to reverse those.

If you're going to use transitive reasoning in this debate you mind as well put them in a circle.... or maybe that's a circle you want to be in the middle of and that was the whole point of this thread?!?!?

This much is true sure... but we are talking all time careers, not head to heads.

TO: Coached 25 years. Went to 25 bowls.
Switzer: Coached 16 years. Went to 13 bowls.

TO: 255-49-1
Switzer: 157-29-4

TO: 83% win percentage
Switzer: 82% win percentage

TO: Never won less than 9, never lost more than 3.
Switzer: Had 3 seasons below 9 wins... same 3 seasons had more than 3 losses.

TO: 12 Big Eight titles, 1 Big 12 title
Switzer: 12 Big Eight titles.

TO: 3 claimed natties
Switzer: 3 claimed natties.

TO: very classy guy
Switzer: son of a whore

TO and Barry was buddies dough. Also, see last line for correction.

 

[Scapegoat]

Gibbs and Blake are tied imo

Nothing is worse then John Blake.
He switched his offense to a wishbone during the week mid-season.
He totally changed offenses 3 times in one season.
Brandon Daniels started at QB, WR and Safety in the same season.

 

[Kevin12773]

Nothing is worse then John Blake.
He switched his offense to a wishbone during the week mid-season.
He totally changed offenses 3 times in one season.
Brandon Daniels started at QB, WR and Safety in the same season.

True but I do give johnny a little bit of a pass since the national championship team was a lot of his players

 

[Scapegoat]

True but I do give johnny a little bit of a pass since the national championship team was a lot of his players

Almost all his players. But that's recruiting. He was great at that. If you remember when Stoops came in he moved lots of players to different positions. Even from one side of the ball to the other. Misuse of talent. Bad coaching. No strength and conditioning.

 

[Scapegoat]

I'll play

1. Nick Saban
2. Bud Wilkinson
3. Bear Bryant
4. Tom Osborne
5. Joe Paterno
6. Barry Switzer
7. Woody Hayes
8. Darrell Royal
9. General Neyland
10. Pete Carroll

 

[Tin Man]

Robert Neyland.
Everyone coaching football (even Nick Saban) lives by his seven maxims.
His incomparable record includes an un-scored-upon season.
/thread.

 

[Sgt Brutus]

. John Gagliardu
2. Eddie Robinson
3. Nick Saban
4. Tom Osborne
5. Joe Paterno
6. Amos Alonzo Staff
7. Pop Warner
8. Knute Rockne
9. Bobby Bowden
10. Bud Wilkinson

Bowden, interesting

 

[Voltaire26]

1. Fielding H. Yost
2. Nick Saban
3. Knute Rockne
4. Bear Bryant
5. Eddie Robinson
6. Bo Schembechler
7. Urban (I hate your face) Meyer
8. Frank Leahy
9. Bud Wilkinson
10. Tom Osborne

 

[rmilia1]

Bowden, interesting

Love what he did at FSU. Taking a program like that to the heights he did is pretty insane

 

[Ewa PGH Fan]

Johnny Majors

 

[Wamu]

Robert Neyland.
Everyone coaching football (even Nick Saban) lives by his seven maxims.
His incomparable record includes an un-scored-upon season.
/thread.

Fielding Yost's team didn't give up a single point in 1901. Yeah, it was a loooooong time ago. What season did Neyland's Crew do that?


fuck meeeechegan!

 

[4down20]

Funny thing I've noticed about this thread.

If these lists were turned into a poll, Nick Saban would easily be #1 and Bear Bryant #2, all the while neither of them would have a single 1st place vote.

Oops, I take that back, just noticed @Deep Creek put Saban #1.

 

[Deep Creek]

Funny thing I've noticed about this thread.

If these lists were turned into a poll, Nick Saban would easily be #1 and Bear Bryant #2, all the while neither of them would have a single 1st place vote.

Oops, I take that back, just noticed @Deep Creek put Saban #1.

Hell, most of the turdheads didn't even follow ooym's instructions and stick to the list. But, that ain't nuttin' new. I'm just a real obedient sumbitch!