Is back at Ohio State after starring for the Buckeyes as a wide receiver (2005-08). He is repeatedly hitting home runs on the recruiting front and is breeding high-upside players into elite-level route-runners. Was a linebacker at Georgia (2009-12) and made 17 career starts for the Bulldogs. Holtz won 76% of his games in South Bend. After all, coaches who win a seemingly endless number of games arent necessarily good, and those who lose games arent necessarily bad. Since 2016, the Utes have been the best defense in the conference, posting a cumulative -0.149 EPA allowed per play in those five seasons. Billy Gonzales, Florida -- $632,000+ 5. Jeff Monken, Army. Cortez Hankton, Georgia -- $550,000+ 6. As Charlottes offensive coordinator in 2019, Atkins led a unit that ranked 28th nationally in yards per play (6.31). He had 191 catches for 3,379 yards and 31 touchdowns in his four-year career. The Western Michigan program was trending way down when Fleck took over the program in 2013. These power rankings are adjusted based on coach, quarterback and the market each season. Posted 130 catches in six NFL seasons, including 47 catches for 754 yards and five touchdowns as a rookie. 7 in 2020 and No. Promoted to defensive pass game coordinator earlier this year. UAB has finished in the top-10 nationally in total defense in each of Simpsons two seasons as cornerbacks coach. George Pickens, who suffered a torn ACL during the spring, is viewed in the NFL scouting world as a potential Day 2 pick. We might forget that Urban Meyer served as Utah's head coach for only two seasons, and while he may have started the Utes down this track, Whittingham has sustained a level of success the school has never even come close to enjoying before. Theyve won 21 games in 11 years. Boston College is expected to hire former Iowa State head coach Paul Rhoads, sources told FootballScoop on Friday. 22. Has been one of the lead recruiters on six of the Scarlet Knights 14 commitments, including the primary recruiter on three four-star pledges. Has produced at least one first- or second-team All-Big 12 selection in each of the past five seasons. Yes, Alabama was already the college football program before Sabans arrival, but they were in a down period when they signed him. After a slow 4-8 start in his first year, Fickell is now 31-6 in the last three seasons, rivaling Brian Kellys 33-6 three-year stretch. His current wide receiver corps includes two players who have developed into 2022 NFL Draft prospects. In addition to his work with the Colts and St. Thomas High, he has been a Nike Elite 11 quarterbacks coach. It's also, at the highest levels, quite profitable. Fisher quickly got the program back on track, though, winning 78% of his games and bringing home a National Championship. At James Madison in 2019, Smith helped lead a defense that ranked No. Brennan Marion, Pitt WR coach. As the Mustangs running backs coach, Samples has aided in the progression of players such as Ulysses Bentley and Tyler Lavine. Junior Adams, Oregon -- $575,000+9. Highest-Paid OC/QB Coaches: 1. 25. Is seen in the coaching world as someone who will be a coordinator in the near future. While playing in eight games for Miami last season, he caught four passes for . The Rich Brooks era was longer yet still just as painful. Roman Sapolu, Fresno State, O-line Coach/Run Game Coordinator (28): One of the best young offensive line coaches in college football, Sapolu earned a dual promotion this offseason to. A former West Virginia and Florida A&M quarterback, he won the Doug Williams National Offensive Player of the Year award as a senior at Florida A&M in 1999. Has a twin brother, Kelsey, whos also an up-and-coming coach. Nate Scheelhassee, Iowa State -- $500,000+14. His 64 catches led the Big 12. Before Ohio State, Bailey spent two years as a recruiting analyst at Notre Dame. Jerry Rice. On this list for a second time, Duggan coached two of the ACC's best linebackers during his debut season with Boston College. These college football head coach rankings are a shoutout to the underdog and the unwanted, a chance to recognize those who might not be in the national spotlight but deserve their moment for clawing their programs up from the depths and steering it toward a new, compelling future. Has coached so well since arriving at West Point in 2014, he has passed 2 other . 12-4. 1 nationally in blocked kicks (six) and blocked punts (five) in 2019. His move to rival Oregon was profitable for him and for his replacement, JaMarcus Shepard. Tyler Grisham, Clemson -- $450,000+15. The highest-paid quarterbacks coach in college football will make $8.05 million this year. Worked under current Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule at Baylor and Temple. Had two all-conference defensive backs last year first-teamer Elijah Molden (who was picked by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of this years NFL draft) and second-team selection Trent McDuffie. Was an FCS All-American linebacker at Stony Brook as a player (2006-10) and was named to the Big South Conference All-Decade Team. Meanwhile, Joseph -- part of the fired staff at LSU -- got a 2-year deal at Nebraska, making him the second-highest paid member of Scott Frost's staff at $600,000 per year. (Obviously, Gattis is also an offensive coordinator.) Freakin superstar was the feedback from one LSU staffer. Because of his achievements with the Seminoles team of Florida State University, Bobby Bowden is one of the most famous and greatest college coaches of all time. Under Harris, FIU running back DVonte Price developed into one of the nations most productive running backs last season (116.2 yards per game) and a potential early-round 2022 NFL Draft pick. The future looks bright, as well, as they currently sit 24th on PFF's preseason ELO rankings. Had a second-team All-Sun Belt cornerback last season in his first year at Georgia State (Quavian White). Prior to his first recruiting class in 2016, Oklahoma had not ranked in the top 10 in recruiting since 2010. Was part of an Indiana staff that transformed the Hoosiers program from 23 losing records in a 24-year period to back-to-back winning seasons in 2019 and 20, including a 6-1 mark in Big Ten play last fall. The Rockets lurched back to 5-5-1 the year after under Gary Pinkel. Its easy to just think about Utah as a team that always competes for a conference title year in year out because of the recent past, but that is not how this program is viewed historically. 2017 New England Patriots (QB Coach/O-Cord) 13-3 Lost Super Bowl 52 to PHI. Lavine, a former walk-on, added 310 rushing yards. Michigan replaced Gattis by moving Ron Bellamy from safeties to wide receivers. Is the grandson of Lou Holtz. And we have a history of Saban turning around other programs. Due to the specialized nature of quarterback coaching, we've broken this list into two parts. Indianapolis is making MAJOR moves, set to hire FootballScoop's reigning top special teams coordinator. Was Greg Schianos first hire for his Rutgers staff. He's led the program to four national championship games and two national Championship wins, a feat very few would have imagined all those years ago. Abdul-Rahim was contacted about a Power 5 defensive coordinator job and at least one SEC secondary coach opening this past cycle. Its unfair, but its hard to hold two fluke comebacks against him not that hes totally off the hook for those two Bama losses but he has surpassed Mark Richts 74% win rate with his 79% win rate in six years. Liberty also was 15th in the country in average time of possession (32:58). Has been one of the lead recruiters on 10 four-star players that the Gators have landed the past three years. Zach has been FootballScoop's national columnist since 2012. 4 in 2020 (398.5). Here's what coaches look for in a great wideout. Before Oregon, Chance was part of Minnesota improving from No. A 3-4 season in the Covid-shortened 2020 campaign put a slight damper on Fleck's progress, so 2021 is a big year for him. Kentucky has been a hard team to win with, but Stoops has seemingly transformed them from bottom-feeders to a mid-table team with a chance to upset the apple cart and win the East every once in a while. In his first, he took Vallejo (Calif.) St. Patrick-St. Vincent to the playoffs in 2013 a year after the team finished 1-9. After feeling his way around early in his Bulls tenure, Leipold went 24-10 in his last three seasons before landing this Kansas job. Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave were first-round picks in the 2022 NFL Draft, but there's zero concern about the receiving corps in Columbus. It's a perfect process! In fact, it is a historically bad football program. Georgias defense had fallen to 13th in expected points added (EPA) allowed per play in the two years before Kirbys arrival, but hes since straightened that out. Has worked or played under several other prominent coaches, including Ohio State coach Ryan Day, ex-Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson, Florida State coach Mike Norvell and UCLA coach Chip Kelly. Other college position coaches who received mention: Josh Aldridge, Liberty defensive line coach; Matt Barnes, Ohio State secondary coach; Kelvin Bell, Iowa defensive line coach; Brian Braswell, Maryland offensive line coach; Elijah Brooks, Maryland running backs coach; Tashard Choice, Georgia Tech running backs coach; Michael Desormeaux, Louisiana co-OC/tight ends coach; Joe Graves, Georgia Southern tight ends coach/special teams coordinator; Tyler Grisham, Clemson wide receivers coach; Jim Harding, Utah offensive line coach; Jeremy Hawkins, Eastern Kentucky defensive line coach; Mark Hogan, Davidson safeties coach; Scott Huff, Washington offensive line coach; Chris Marve, Florida State linebackers coach; Gary McGraw, Sam Houston State cornerbacks coach/special teams coordinator; Slade Nagle, Tulane tight ends coach; Rod Ojong, Buffalo safeties coach; Clay Patterson, Minnesota tight ends coach; Lee Rousell, Nicholls offensive line coach; Eric Sanders, Stanford inside linebackers coach; DeRail Sims, Louisville running backs coach; Clint Sintim, Virginia defensive line coach; Omarr Smith, Morgan State secondary coach; Jeremy Springer, Marshall special teams coordinator; Cole Weeks, Troy running backs coach; Ron Whitcomb, Buffalo tight ends coach; Jeremiah Wilson, Akron secondary coach; Levar Woods, Iowa special teams coordinator. It's unlikely we'll ever learn what he's making at The U, a private school, but we do know he was set to become college football's first $1 million wide receivers coach had he remained in Ann Arbor. 1. Volatility is a hazard of the coaching business. Anyone who saw him play at N.C. State knew the Rams and the Greatest Show on Turf got something special. Has had members of his Florida linebacker room taken in two of the past three NFL drafts 2020 third-round pick Jon Greenard and 2019 fifth-round selection Vosean Joseph. Cale Gundy, Oklahoma -- $535,000 3. 2. Alvis Whitted, Wisconsin -- $400,00022. Was contacted by Boise State about a job with a bigger title this past coaching cycle. Josh Gattis, Michigan -- $900,000* 2. There were only two new entries in our top 25 at this point 12 months ago. In the end, nearly everybody is angry. Texas A&M ranked No. In the past three years, four A&M defensive linemen have been selected in the first four rounds of the NFL draft. Contributed to Southern Utah winning the Big Sky championship in 2017 with a defense that forced 29 turnovers and ranked third in the conference in scoring defense. There were also multiple Power Five programs (one in the Big 12 and one in the Pac-12) that inquired with Johnson about quarterbacks coach jobs this past cycle. -- Coordinators (or co-coordinators) not included in this list (because they're coordinators or co-coordinators): Clemson's Jeff Scott ($1 million), Michigan's Josh Gattis ($900,000), Nebraska's Troy Walters ($700,000), South Carolina's Bryan McClendon ($675,000), Mississippi State's Luke Getsy ($600,000), Florida's Billy Gonzales ($577,000) and NC State's George McDonald ($368,000). And thats what Clemson was: a good program left stranded in the shadow of some of their conference mates, far away from ever being a national power. Pasadena, CA, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba (11) runs in the second quarter against the Utah Utes during the 2022 Rose Bowl college football game at the Rose Bowl. As always, salaries based on publicly-available information, primarily theUSA Todaycoaching salary database. Was an all-conference defensive back in 2007 and 08 at Lambuth University, an NAIA school in Jackson, Tenn., playing for current Liberty coach Hugh Freeze. The Blazers also have been in the top 10 nationally in pass defense each of the past two seasons No. Flecks first team went 1-11, a three-loss decrease from the previous year, but he ultimately turned the boat around and went 8-5 the next two seasons before the incredible 13-1 season of 2016, where the team only lost in the Cotton Bowl to Wisconsin. Charges dropped against Georgia WR Rara Thomas, UCLA, Kelly agree to extension through 2027, Four Pac-12 programs renew contact with Big 12, NCAA committee approves new college football rules, Saban sounds off on proposed permanent opponents. Holmon Wiggins, Alabama -- $575,000+11. After going 3-9 in his first year as Iowa State head coach in 2016, Campbell has won 63% of his games in Ames, with three eight-plus-win seasons in his five years. Has been a catalyst in Ohio State building whats regarded as the nations best wide receiver unit entering the 2021 season. After moving from the Mountain West to the Pac-12 and starting 18-19 over the first three years, the Utes now have won at least nine games in five of the last six seasons, not including the shortened 2020 season. A 26-year-old who has quickly established himself as one of the premier recruiters and top young coaches in the nation. LSU had just three winning seasons in the entire decade coming into the 2000s, and then Saban won them a National Championship within three seasons. In his first season as Washingtons defensive backs coach, Harris was part of the Huskies improving from No. Was a quarterback at Oklahoma (2006-08) when Heupel was the Sooners quarterbacks coach, then got his start in coaching under Heupel as a support staffer at Oklahoma from 2009-14. His dad is legendary Florida high school coach Tim Ice Harris. David Johnson, Tennessee -- $505,000 4. Wide receiver from Crawford, Mississippi, USA. Tettleton, a former record-setting quarterback at Ohio (2009-13) and the son of former major league catcher Mickey Tettleton, was hired as the Bobcats running backs coach in late July. On Monday he will be coaching in the College Football Playoffs national championship game,. Was a three-year starting QB at Tulsa and was the 2010 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year with Chad Morris as his coordinator. Landed two four-star defensive backs in that 2021 class. 3), net punting (No. PFF's 2021 College Football Preview Magazine. Over the last two campaigns, Buffalo ranked fifth in EPA per rush in the FBS. 1 Brian Hartline Wide Receivers Coach 6 Commits 96.41 82.05 2 Todd Bates Co-Defensive Coordinator 6 Commits 95.55 79.52 3 Karl Scott Defensive Backs Coach 10 Commits 93.94 79.14 4 Rodney. As long as we're asking humans to complete this fundamentally thankless task, there's room at the table for people who really know ball. At Oregon in 2018, Williams cornerbacks group contributed to the Ducks posting 20 interceptions, which ranked second nationally. Three of the coaches in last season's the top 25 lost their jobs following the 2021 season, including a top-10 coach in Dan Mullen and another who won a national title in 2019, Ed Orgeron. And this is precisely why Dabo could be seen as more successful than Saban the Clemson program is not an important program in college footballs history, unlike the Crimson Tide. Ohio State wide receivers coach Brian Hartline has established himself as one of the best assistants in all of college football over the past few years. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. When we ranked Power Five college football coaches last year, there wasn't much change in the top 25. Jay Johnson, Michigan State -- $1.35 million 2. Here are the 25 best college football coaches in America heading into the 2022 season. Tyler Grisham is a top 5, maybe top 3, WR coach in the entire country. Jacob Peeler, Ole Miss -- $425,000 6. The Guy Morriss era was short and painful. Ole Miss, LSU and SMU competed for his services after the season before he ultimately decided to join Lane Kiffins staff at Ole Miss. Bryan McClendon, Georgia -- $700,000+ 4. In 2019, Bowman helped Austin Peay win its first Ohio Valley Conference title since 1977. Was UCFs quarterbacks coach last season after working as an analyst in 2019. Cale Gundy, Oklahoma -- $610,000+ 7. Does FSU or any ACC power actually have options. On3 is a registered trademark of On3 Media, Inc. nine non-Power 5 coordinators you need to know. Also was Indianas associate head coach last year. Cale Gundy, Oklahoma -- $580,000+ 6. In the 10 years leading up to the longtime head coach, the team had only won 55% of their games. His last team, the 1958 squad, went 8-0-1 and represented the end of the great Army football program of yesteryear. Cincinnati handed the reins to Mark Dantonio, Brian Kelly, Butch Jones, Tommy Tuberville and now Luke Fickell in consecutive seasons. When Ed Orgeron was fired and the staff was changed over, LSU paid a premium to pluck Cortez Hankton, still buzzed from the championship champagne, away from Georgia. Viewed as a rising star inside the Ohio State building and outside of it as well. Under Brock in 2019, Washington State ranked first in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage (95.2) as well as second in punt-return average and kick-return defense. Mario Williams Where he plays: USC 2021 stats: 35 rec, 380 yards, 4 TD Williams was a reliable fixture for Oklahoma a year. Hankton netted a $300,000 raise to become the highest-paid wide receivers coach in the industry. GIF ALT A note: We limited the list to coaches under 45 and did not include anyone who is already an offensive or defensive co-coordinator at the Power 5 level, which is why you wont see guys such as Glenn Schumann (Georgia), Jon Sumrall (Kentucky) or Brian Williams (Maryland) despite their names coming up several times during the information-gathering process. Samples, a former Oklahoma State and Houston wide receiver, currently is ranked among the top-15 recruiters in the country for the 2022 class. Williams coached Chris Steele to second-team All-Pac-12 honors in 2020. To put this list together, we gathered feedback from a combination of head coaches, coordinators, team officials, etc., around college football after asking them about position coaches whom they expect to be in line for bigger jobs this next coaching cycle or at some point in the near future. 1 in the Pac-12 last season (184.9 yards per game). Brocks special teams unit at Bowling Green in 2017 ranked in the top 20 nationally in kick-return defense (No. #625 of 880. We also shouldnt forget his sterling 60% win rate as head coach of Mississippi State, where he took over a program that had only gone 21-38 in the five previous years under Sylvester Croom. Jordan Addison has become a bona fide star under Marion at Pitt. Was a four-year starter at quarterback at Illinois (2010-13) and ranks seventh in Big Ten history in career total yardage (10,634 yards).
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