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The Top 20 College Football Coaches List: A pressure cooker of gridiron expectations.

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Trent Dilfer head coach of UAB - Coaches Hot Seat

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Stan Drayton - Temple - College Football Coaches Hot Seat

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Sonny Cumbie - Louisiana Tech - Coaches Hot Seat

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Mark Stoops - Kentucky Wildcats Head Coach - Coaches Hot Seat

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Neal Brown - Head Coach of West Virginia Mountaineers - Coaches Hot Seat

Bubbling Under

#11

Mike MacIntyre

Florida International

#12

Mike Norvell

Florida State

#13

Brent Venables

Oklahoma

#14

Gerad Parker

Troy

#15

Ryan Walters

Purdue

#16

Hugh Freeze

Auburn

#17

Kenni Burns

Kent State

#18

Gus Malzahn

UCF

#19

Kevin Wilson

Tulsa

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Scott Satterfield

Cincinnati

COACHES HOT SEAT RANKING

October 29, 2024 - Week 10

At Coaches Hot Seat, we're not just blowing smoke about who's on the chopping block. We've got a meticulously calculated list, ranking all 134 FBS coaches from sizzling to stone cold. And it's not just about who's getting canned. You'll find big names like Smart, Kiffin, and Sarkisian in the mix, and they're certainly not cleaning out their desks. Being closer to the top means one thing: pressure. Every move is under a microscope, and our top ten practically swim with the sharks. We mix analytics with expert opinions, shaken, not stirred, to create these rankings. It's as subjective as your grandma's secret sauce, but remember, your voice counts. Those fiery debates on our message boards? They're part of the formula.

Rank	Head coach	Team	Conference	Base/Yr	Sch Yrs	Sch Wins	Sch Loss	Sch Win %	Career Wins	Career Loss	Career Win %
1	Trent Dilfer	UAB	American	$ 1,300,000	2	5	14	0.26	5	14	0.263
2	Stan Drayton	Temple	American	$ 2,500,000	3	8	24	0.25	8	24	0.250
3	Dave Aranda	Baylor	Big 12	$ 3,021,003	5	27	29	0.48	27	29	0.482
4	Sam Pittman	Arkansas	SEC	$ 6,350,000	5	28	28	0.50	28	28	0.500
5	Billy Napier	Florida	SEC	$ 6,920,000	3	15	17	0.47	55	29	0.655
6	Sonny Cumbie	Louisiana Tech	C-USA	$ 950,000	3	8	22	0.27	11	25	0.306
7	Joe Moorhead	Akron	MAC	$ 620,000	3	6	26	0.19	20	38	0.345
8	Mark Stoops	Kentucky	SEC	$ 9,000,000	12	76	70	0.52	76	70	0.521
9	Mike Neu	Ball State	MAC	$ 675,000	9	40	61	0.40	40	61	0.396
10	Neal Brown	West Virginia	Big 12	$ 4,005,000	6	35	33	0.52	70	49	0.588
11	Mike MacIntyre	Florida International	C-USA	$ 750,000	3	10	22	0.31	56	87	0.392
12	Mike Norvell	Florida State	ACC	$ 7,300,000	5	32	24	0.57	70	40	0.636
13	Brent Venables	Oklahoma	SEC	$ 7,100,000	3	20	14	0.59	20	14	0.588
14	Gerad Parker	Troy	Sun Belt	$ 850,000	1	1	7	0.13	1	13	0.071
15	Ryan Walters	Purdue	Big Ten	$ 4,000,000	2	5	14	0.26	5	14	0.263
16	Hugh Freeze	Auburn	SEC	$ 6,500,000	2	9	12	0.43	92	55	0.626
17	Kenni Burns	Kent State	MAC	$ 525,000	2	1	19	0.05	1	19	0.050
18	Gus Malzahn	UCF	Big 12	$ 2,300,000	4	27	21	0.56	104	59	0.638
19	Kevin Wilson	Tulsa	American	$ 1,900,000	2	6	13	0.32	32	60	0.348
20	Scott Satterfield	Cincinnati	Big 12	$ 3,535,000	2	8	12	0.40	80	52	0.606
21	Brent Brennan	Arizona	Big 12	$ 2,200,000	1	3	5	0.38	37	53	0.411
22	Lincoln Riley	USC	Big Ten	$ 10,000,000	3	23	12	0.66	78	22	0.780
23	Justin Wilcox	California	ACC	$ 4,400,000	8	40	47	0.46	40	47	0.460
24	Ryan Day	Ohio State	Big Ten	$ 10,196,250	6	62	9	0.87	62	9	0.873
25	Shawn Clark	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	$ 925,020	5	38	22	0.63	38	22	0.633
26	Sherrone Moore	Michigan	Big Ten	$ 6,000,000	1	5	3	0.63	5	3	0.625
27	Brent Pry	Virginia Tech	ACC	$ 4,000,000	3	13	17	0.43	13	17	0.433
28	Jeff Lebby	Mississippi State	SEC	$ 4,510,000	1	1	4	0.20	1	5	0.167
29	Jim McElwain	Central Michigan	MAC	$ 1,025,420	6	32	31	0.51	76	59	0.563
30	Don Brown	UMass	Ind	$ 816,000	3	5	23	0.18	5	24	0.172
31	Sonny Dykes	TCU	Big 12	$ 5,000,000	3	21	11	0.66	92	74	0.554
32	Clay Helton	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	$ 752,000	3	15	16	0.48	62	40	0.608
33	Mike Locksley	Maryland	Big Ten	$ 5,500,000	6	31	35	0.47	33	62	0.347
34	Shane Beamer	South Carolina	SEC	$ 6,125,000	4	24	20	0.55	24	21	0.533
35	Lane Kiffin	Ole Miss	SEC	$ 9,000,000	5	37	16	0.70	98	50	0.662
36	Jay Norvell	Colorado State	Mtn West	$ 1,700,000	3	10	18	0.36	44	44	0.500
37	Matt Rhule	Nebraska	Big Ten	$ 5,500,000	2	9	9	0.50	56	52	0.519
38	DeShaun Foster	UCLA	Big Ten	$ 3,000,000	1	2	3	0.40	2	4	0.333
39	Mack Brown	North Carolina	ACC	$ 4,300,000	6	40	30	0.57	278	148	0.653
40	P.J. Fleck	Minnesota	Big Ten	$ 6,000,000	8	53	37	0.59	84	59	0.587
41	Butch Jones	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	$ 825,000	4	14	28	0.33	98	83	0.541
42	Charles Huff	Marshall	Sun Belt	$ 755,500	4	25	19	0.57	25	20	0.556
43	Kalani Sitake	BYU	Big 12	$ 3,000,000	9	64	41	0.61	65	41	0.613
44	Clark Lea	Vanderbilt	SEC	$ 3,051,881	4	13	28	0.32	14	28	0.333
45	Tony Elliott	Virginia	ACC	$ 4,250,000	3	10	18	0.36	10	19	0.345
46	Brent Key	Georgia Tech	ACC	$ 2,800,000	3	14	13	0.52	15	13	0.536
47	Bret Bielema	Illinois	Big Ten	$ 6,500,000	4	21	20	0.51	119	78	0.604
48	Deion Sanders	Colorado	Big 12	$ 5,500,000	2	7	9	0.44	7	10	0.412
49	Marcus Freeman	Notre Dame	Ind	$ 5,000,000	3	23	9	0.72	24	9	0.727
50	Pat Narduzzi	Pittsburgh	ACC	$ 5,875,817	10	70	50	0.58	71	50	0.587
51	Luke Fickell	Wisconsin	Big Ten	$ 7,625,000	2	11	7	0.61	75	32	0.701
52	Eric Morris	North Texas	American	$ 1,300,000	2	9	9	0.50	10	9	0.526
53	Ricky Rahne	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	$ 831,469	5	16	27	0.37	17	27	0.386
54	Joey McGuire	Texas Tech	Big 12	$ 4,104,960	3	20	13	0.61	20	13	0.606
55	Biff Poggi	Charlotte	American	$ 1,000,000	2	5	13	0.28	5	13	0.278
56	Dave Clawson	Wake Forest	ACC	$ 4,284,656	11	66	63	0.51	98	96	0.505
57	Tom Herman	Florida Atlantic	American	$ 700,000	2	5	12	0.29	59	35	0.628
58	Brian Kelly	LSU	SEC	$ 9,975,000	3	23	7	0.77	170	69	0.711
59	Kenny Dillingham	Arizona State	Big 12	$ 3,850,000	2	6	11	0.35	7	11	0.389
60	Tyson Helton	Western Kentucky	C-USA	$ 918,000	6	43	28	0.61	44	28	0.611
61	Thomas Hammock	Northern Illinois	MAC	$ 677,045	6	27	36	0.43	28	36	0.438
62	Derek Mason	Middle Tennessee	C-USA	$ 1,000,000	2	1	3	0.25	28	59	0.322
63	Scotty Walden	UTEP	C-USA	$ 800,000	1	0	4	0.00	1	8	0.111
64	Jedd Fisch	Washington	Big Ten	$ 7,700,000	1	4	1	0.80	21	24	0.467
65	James Franklin	Penn State	Big Ten	$ 8,500,000	11	93	39	0.71	118	54	0.686
66	Kalen DeBoer	Alabama	SEC	$ 10,000,000	1	3	2	0.60	41	11	0.788
67	Jim Mora	UConn	Ind	$ 1,800,000	3	13	17	0.43	59	47	0.557
68	Dave Doeren	NC State	ACC	$ 5,024,390	12	82	61	0.57	105	66	0.614
69	Rich Rodriguez	Jacksonville State	C-USA	$ 1,000,000	3	20	8	0.71	130	89	0.594
70	Timmy Chang	Hawaii	Mtn West	$ 600,006	3	10	21	0.32	10	22	0.313
71	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	Big Ten	$ 7,000,000	26	198	122	0.62	199	122	0.620
72	Brian Newberry	Navy	American	$ 1,600,000	2	10	7	0.59	10	7	0.588
73	Barry Odom	UNLV	Mtn West	$ 1,785,000	2	11	6	0.65	37	31	0.544
74	K.C. Keeler	Sam Houston	C-USA	$ 600,000	11	92	38	0.71	7	11	0.389
75	Tim Beck	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	$ 1,000,000	2	11	7	0.61	11	8	0.579
76	Jason Candle	Toledo	MAC	$ 1,125,000	9	68	36	0.65	68	37	0.648
77	Greg Schiano	Rutgers	Big Ten	$ 4,000,000	5	23	30	0.43	91	98	0.481
78	Chuck Martin	Miami Ohio	MAC	$ 575,300	11	57	64	0.47	58	64	0.475
79	Scot Loeffler	Bowling Green	MAC	$ 560,000	6	22	38	0.37	22	39	0.361
80	Troy Taylor	Stanford	ACC	$ 2,000,000	2	5	13	0.28	5	14	0.263
81	Pete Lembo	Buffalo	MAC	$ 500,000	1	2	3	0.40	36	32	0.529
82	Jeff Brohm	Louisville	ACC	$ 5,550,000	2	13	7	0.65	80	51	0.611
83	Tony Sanchez	New Mexico State	C-USA	$ 600,000	1	1	2	0.33	21	42	0.333
84	Bryant Vincent	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	$ 365,000	1	4	1	0.80	12	7	0.632
85	Chris Creighton	Eastern Michigan	MAC	$ 590,000	11	55	69	0.44	55	70	0.440
86	Rhett Lashlee	SMU	ACC	$ 3,500,000	3	21	11	0.66	21	11	0.656
87	Tim Albin	Ohio	MAC	$ 651,500	4	25	19	0.57	26	19	0.578
88	Nate Dreiling	Utah State	Mtn West	$ 800,000	1	1	4	0.20	1	5	0.167
89	Jonathan Smith	Michigan State	Big Ten	$ 4,850,000	1	2	3	0.40	36	38	0.486
90	Matt Campbell	Iowa State	Big 12	$ 4,000,000	9	58	48	0.55	94	63	0.599
91	Alex Golesh	South Florida	American	$ 2,500,000	2	8	9	0.47	8	10	0.444
92	G.J. Kinne	Texas State	Sun Belt	$ 800,000	2	11	7	0.61	12	7	0.632
93	David Braun	Northwestern	Big Ten	$ 3,500,000	2	9	9	0.50	10	9	0.526
94	Jay Sawvel	Wyoming	Mtn West	$ 1,100,000	1	1	7	0.13	1	7	0.125
95	Brian Bohannon	Kennesaw State	C-USA	$ 390,000	10	71	35	0.67	0	5	0.000
96	Lance Taylor	Western Michigan	MAC	$ 850,000	2	5	11	0.31	6	11	0.353
97	Mike Elko	Texas A&M	SEC	$ 7,000,000	1	4	1	0.80	20	10	0.667
98	Dell McGee	Georgia State	Sun Belt	$ 850,000	1	1	3	0.25	1	4	0.200
99	Jeff Choate	Nevada	Mtn West	$ 1,600,000	1	2	4	0.33	3	4	0.429
100	Major Applewhite	South Alabama	Sun Belt	$ 825,000	1	1	4	0.20	16	15	0.516
101	Manny Diaz	Duke	ACC	$ 3,600,000	1	4	1	0.80	25	16	0.610
102	Bronco Mendenhall	New Mexico	Mtn West	$ 1,200,000	1	1	2	0.33	22	42	0.344
103	Willie Fritz	Houston	Big 12	$ 2,842,000	1	1	5	0.17	72	59	0.550
104	Bill O'Brien	Boston College	ACC	$ 5,000,000	1	4	2	0.67	19	11	0.633
105	Tim Skipper	Fresno State	Mtn West	$ 500,000	1	2	2	0.50	2	3	0.400
106	Ken Niumatalolo	San Jose State	Mtn West	$ 2,300,000	1	3	1	0.75	112	85	0.569
107	Michael Desormeaux	Louisiana	Sun Belt	$ 755,000	3	17	15	0.53	18	15	0.545
108	Sean Lewis	San Diego State	Mtn West	$ 353,000	1	2	2	0.50	27	33	0.450
109	Jeff Traylor	UTSA	American	$ 2,500,000	5	40	15	0.73	40	16	0.714
110	Lance Leipold	Kansas	Big 12	$ 5,750,000	4	18	25	0.42	55	58	0.487
111	Ryan Silverfield	Memphis	American	$ 1,900,000	5	34	20	0.63	35	20	0.636
112	Chris Klieman	Kansas State	Big 12	$ 4,750,000	6	42	25	0.63	43	25	0.632
113	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	Mtn West	$ 3,000,000	18	131	86	0.60	131	87	0.601
114	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	Big 12	$ 7,625,000	20	168	83	0.67	168	83	0.669
115	Fran Brown	Syracuse	ACC	$ 3,000,000	1	4	1	0.80	5	1	0.833
116	Bob Chesney	James Madison	Sun Belt	$ 550,000	1	4	2	0.67	5	2	0.714
117	Eliah Drinkwitz	Missouri	SEC	$ 6,000,000	5	31	22	0.59	44	23	0.657
118	Trent Bray	Oregon State	Pac-12	$ 2,000,000	1	4	1	0.80	4	2	0.667
119	Jamey Chadwell	Liberty	C-USA	$ 4,000,000	2	17	1	0.94	57	23	0.713
120	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	Big 12	$ 6,325,000	20	165	81	0.67	165	82	0.668
121	Spencer Danielson	Boise State	Mtn West	$ 1,100,000	2	7	2	0.78	8	2	0.800
122	Jake Dickert	Washington State	Pac-12	$ 2,700,000	4	18	17	0.51	19	17	0.528
123	Curt Cignetti	Indiana	Big Ten	$ 4,000,000	1	5	0	1.00	24	4	0.857
124	Jon Sumrall	Tulane	American	$ 1,400,000	1	4	1	0.80	27	5	0.844
125	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	ACC	$ 10,758,575	16	174	44	0.80	175	44	0.799
126	Steve Sarkisian	Texas	SEC	$ 5,600,000	4	29	15	0.66	76	50	0.603
127	Josh Heupel	Tennessee	SEC	$ 9,000,000	4	30	13	0.70	59	21	0.738
128	Jeff Monken	Army	American	$ 2,000,000	11	75	55	0.58	76	55	0.580
129	Dan Lanning	Oregon	Big Ten	$ 6,624,999	3	26	5	0.84	27	5	0.844
130	Kirby Smart	Georgia	SEC	$ 10,505,600	9	97	17	0.85	98	17	0.852
131	Mario Cristobal	Miami Florida	ACC	$ 8,000,000	3	16	13	0.55	78	73	0.517
132	Mike Houston - out	East Carolina	American	$ 2,349,000	6	27	37	0.42	27	37	0.422
133	Will Hall - out	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	$ 824,000	4	14	28	0.33	14	28	0.333
134	Mike Bloomgren - out	Rice	American	$ 926,208	7	23	51	0.31	24	51	0.320
Rank	Head coach	Team	Conference	Base/Yr	Sch Yrs	Sch Wins	Sch Loss	Sch Win %	Career Wins	Career Loss	Career Win %

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