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Active (minimum 100 career wins):
Active (minimum 100 career wins):
1. Chris Petersen: In 14 years at Boise State and Washington, Petersen has 133 victories, good for a winning percentage of .808 that is easily the highest of any active coach with more than 25 victories. He went undefeated twice at Boise State and has reached the playoff at Washington, something he’d probably have done a time or two with the Broncos had the playoff existed then.
Here’s to him staying on that list until he retires.
Am I the only one who doesn't think Kyle Whittingham is really that impressive? He went 13-0 one season, cool. That was 11 years ago and he was in the Mountain West Conference.
Brian Kelly had a 12-0 final record in 2009 at a Big East school (Cincinnati). He also has seven 10+ win seasons (3 of last 4 seasons), Finished Top 5 three different times. Kyle Whittingham finished Top 5 once going 13-0 at a mid-major.
I was going to bring up Chip Kelly, but he doesn't have 100 wins in his 5 seasons.
So, I will bring up Kirk Ferentz. He has five 10-win seasons (at a P5 team), been Top 20 AP 6x, had a 12-0 season with a P5 team, has 5 seasons < .500 (Whittingham has 4 seasons < .500 with 6 less seasons, 11 less with P5 team).
I also think Patterson should be above Peterson, as he has gotten closer to the NCG at a P5 school.
Ah so the tallest midget list, yes yes very good
1. Yes, you are the only one. I think a lot of it goes to the perception you have of Utah. Prior to Wittingham, Utah only had a handful of decent seasons.... now they are a P5 team and one that many people expect to contend for the conference title. That is a big deal. He took them from G5 to P5 and responded really well against programs that are well established in P5.
2. Depends on how you want to look at Cincy. Was it Kelly that did the heavy lifting or was it D'Antonio? d'Antonio at least had them going in the right direction before he left. Kelly kept it going. Then Kelly took over a storied program with tons of talent... and he has under performed according to many, especially when considering their schedules (I don't think very highly of ND schedules, some are tough, but not too many in my opinion). If I remember correctly, ND had a bunch of things just happen to go their way in 2012 which helped them go undefeated.... then got dominated by Bama.
3. Patterson has gotten closer than Peterson? You do realize that Peterson was in the playoff right? Patterson has NOT gotten closer than Peterson.
Some forget that Utah was the only undefeated team in '08, and is the only non AQ/G5 team to ever be ranked #2, only because of SOS. Going from MWC to P12 was a huge step. @AlaskaGuy posted a tweet in the PAC 12 thread about how many 4-5 stars USC recruited vs Utah and then compared it to how may were drafted...
List of Utah Utes in the NFL Draft - Wikipedia <--- Whittingham's recruiting classes have never broken into the top 20 and in fact are usually ranked in the top 40's yet him and his staff have managed to put a fvckload of players into the NFL.Some forget that Utah was the only undefeated team in '08, and is the only non AQ/G5 team to ever be ranked #2, only because of SOS. Going from MWC to P12 was a huge step. @AlaskaGuy posted a tweet in the PAC 12 thread about how many 4-5 stars USC recruited vs Utah and then compared it to how may were drafted...
2. Depends on how you want to look at Cincy. Was it Kelly that did the heavy lifting or was it D'Antonio? d'Antonio at least had them going in the right direction before he left. Kelly kept it going. Then Kelly took over a storied program with tons of talent... and he has under performed according to many, especially when considering their schedules (I don't think very highly of ND schedules, some are tough, but not too many in my opinion). If I remember correctly, ND had a bunch of things just happen to go their way in 2012 which helped them go undefeated.... then got dominated by Bama.