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HOW OUR TOP 20 COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES LIST IS COMPILED

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

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#01

#02

#03

#04

Scott Satterfield - Cincinnati Bearcats - Big 12

#05

#06

Stan Drayton - Temple - College Football Coaches Hot Seat

#07

Shane Beamer - College Football Coaches Hot Seat - South Carolina Gamecocks

#08

#09

Sonny Cumbie - Louisiana Tech - Coaches Hot Seat

#10

Mike Norvell, Head Coach of Florida State Seminoles - Coaches Hot Seat

Bubbling Under

#11

Brent Pry

Virginia Tech

#12

Mike Houston

East Carolina

#13

Mike Neu

Ball State

#14

Don Brown

UMass

#15

Butch Jones

Arkansas State

#16

P. J. Fleck

Minnesota

#17

Mike MacIntyre

Florida International

#18

Mike Bloomgren

Rice

#19

Neal Brown

West Virginia

#20

Kalani Sitake

BYU

COACHES HOT SEAT RANKING

Rank	Head coach	Team	Conference	Base Contract/Yr	Yrs at School	School Wins	School Losses	School Winning Percent	Career Wins	Career Losses	Career Winning Percent
1	Billy Napier	Florida	SEC	$ 6,920,000	3	12	16	0.429	52	28	0.650
2	Sam Pittman	Arkansas	SEC	$ 6,350,000	5	25	26	0.490	25	26	0.490
3	Dave Aranda	Baylor	Big 12	$ 3,021,003	5	25	26	0.490	25	26	0.490
4	Scott Satterfield	Cincinnati	Big 12	$ 3,535,000	2	5	10	0.333	77	50	0.606
5	Joe Moorhead	Akron	MAC	$ 620,000	3	5	22	0.185	19	34	0.358
6	Stan Drayton	Temple	The American	$ 2,500,000	3	6	21	0.222	6	21	0.222
7	Shane Beamer	South Carolina	SEC	$ 6,125,000	4	22	19	0.537	22	19	0.537
8	Will Hall	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	$ 824,000	4	14	25	0.359	14	25	0.359
9	Sonny Cumbie	Louisiana Tech	C-USA	$ 950,000	3	7	19	0.269	9	22	0.290
10	Mike Norvell	Florida State	ACC	$ 7,300,000	5	31	20	0.608	69	35	0.663
11	Brent Pry	Virginia Tech	ACC	$ 4,000,000	3	12	15	0.444	12	15	0.444
12	Mike Houston	East Carolina	The American	$ 2,349,000	6	26	34	0.433	26	34	0.433
13	Mike Neu	Ball State	MAC	$ 675,000	9	38	57	0.400	38	57	0.400
14	Don Brown	UMass	Independent	$ 816,000	3	4	21	0.160	4	21	0.160
15	Butch Jones	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	$ 825,000	4	13	27	0.325	97	81	0.545
16	P.J. Fleck	Minnesota	Big Ten	$ 6,000,000	8	52	35	0.598	82	57	0.590
17	Mike MacIntyre	Florida International	C-USA	$ 750,000	3	9	18	0.333	55	83	0.399
18	Mike Bloomgren	Rice	The American	$ 926,208	7	23	48	0.324	23	48	0.324
19	Neal Brown	West Virginia	Big 12	$ 4,005,000	6	32	30	0.516	67	46	0.593
20	Kalani Sitake	BYU	Big 12	$ 3,000,000	9	62	41	0.602	62	41	0.602
21	Kenni Burns	Kent State	MAC	$ 525,000	2	1	14	0.067	1	14	0.067
22	Charles Huff	Marshall	Sun Belt	$ 755,500	4	23	18	0.561	23	18	0.561
23	Jim McElwain	Central Michigan	MAC	$ 1,025,420	6	30	30	0.500	74	57	0.565
24	Clay Helton	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	$ 752,000	3	14	15	0.483	60	39	0.606
25	Deion Sanders	Colorado	Big 12	$ 5,500,000	2	5	9	0.357	5	9	0.357
26	Jay Norvell	Colorado State	Mountain West	$ 1,700,000	3	9	17	0.346	42	43	0.494
27	Brent Brennan	Arizona	Big 12	$ 2,200,000	1	2	0	1.000	36	48	0.429
28	Clark Lea	Vanderbilt	SEC	$ 3,051,881	4	11	27	0.289	11	27	0.289
29	Ryan Walters	Purdue	Big Ten	$ 4,000,000	2	5	9	0.357	5	9	0.357
30	Hugh Freeze	Auburn	SEC	$ 6,500,000	2	7	8	0.467	89	51	0.636
31	Trent Dilfer	UAB	The American	$ 1,300,000	2	4	9	0.308	4	9	0.308
32	Pat Narduzzi	Pittsburgh	ACC	$ 5,875,817	10	68	50	0.576	68	50	0.576
33	Marcus Freeman	Notre Dame	Independent	$ 5,000,000	3	21	9	0.700	21	9	0.700
34	Tony Elliott	Virginia	ACC	$ 4,250,000	3	8	17	0.320	8	17	0.320
35	Ricky Rahne	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	$ 831,469	5	15	26	0.366	15	26	0.366
36	Bret Bielema	Illinois	Big Ten	$ 6,500,000	4	20	19	0.513	117	77	0.603
37	Shawn Clark	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	$ 925,020	5	36	19	0.655	36	19	0.655
38	Kevin Wilson	Tulsa	The American	$ 1,900,000	2	5	10	0.333	31	57	0.352
39	Luke Fickell	Wisconsin	Big Ten	$ 7,625,000	2	9	6	0.600	72	31	0.699
40	Sonny Dykes	TCU	Big 12	$ 5,000,000	3	19	9	0.679	90	72	0.556
41	Eric Morris	North Texas	The American	$ 1,300,000	2	7	8	0.467	7	8	0.467
42	Brent Key	Georgia Tech	ACC	$ 2,800,000	3	13	11	0.542	13	11	0.542
43	Dave Clawson	Wake Forest	ACC	$ 4,284,656	11	64	62	0.508	96	94	0.505
44	Joey McGuire	Texas Tech	Big 12	$ 4,104,960	3	17	12	0.586	17	12	0.586
45	Ryan Day	Ohio State	Big Ten	$ 10,196,250	6	58	8	0.879	58	8	0.879
46	James Franklin	Penn State	Big Ten	$ 8,500,000	11	90	39	0.698	114	54	0.679
47	Justin Wilcox	California	ACC	$ 4,400,000	8	38	43	0.469	38	43	0.469
48	Biff Poggi	Charlotte	The American	$ 1,000,000	2	3	11	0.214	3	11	0.214
49	Tom Herman	Florida Atlantic	The American	$ 700,000	2	4	10	0.286	58	32	0.644
50	Dave Doeren	NC State	ACC	$ 5,024,390	12	81	59	0.579	104	63	0.623
51	Brian Kelly	LSU	SEC	$ 9,975,000	3	21	7	0.750	167	69	0.708
52	Jim Mora	UConn	Independent	$ 1,800,000	3	10	16	0.385	56	46	0.549
53	Rich Rodriguez	Jacksonville State	C-USA	$ 1,000,000	3	18	8	0.692	127	89	0.588
54	Gerad Parker	Troy	Sun Belt	$ 850,000	1	0	2	0.000	0	8	0.000
55	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	Big Ten	$ 7,000,000	26	197	120	0.621	197	120	0.621
56	Kenny Dillingham	Arizona State	Big 12	$ 3,850,000	2	5	9	0.357	5	9	0.357
57	Tyson Helton	Western Kentucky	C-USA	$ 918,000	6	42	27	0.609	42	27	0.609
58	Mack Brown	North Carolina	ACC	$ 4,300,000	6	40	27	0.597	278	144	0.659
59	Brian Newberry	Navy	The American	$ 1,600,000	2	7	7	0.500	7	7	0.500
60	K.C. Keeler	Sam Houston	C-USA	$ 600,000	11	89	37	0.706	4	10	0.286
61	Scotty Walden	UTEP	C-USA	$ 800,000	1	0	2	0.000	1	5	0.167
62	Timmy Chang	Hawaii	Mountain West	$ 600,006	3	9	19	0.321	9	19	0.321
63	Barry Odom	UNLV	Mountain West	$ 1,785,000	2	10	5	0.667	35	30	0.538
64	Tim Beck	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	$ 1,000,000	2	10	5	0.667	10	5	0.667
65	Mark Stoops	Kentucky	SEC	$ 9,000,000	12	74	66	0.529	74	66	0.529
66	Chuck Martin	Miami Ohio	MAC	$ 575,300	11	56	62	0.475	56	62	0.475
67	Rhett Lashlee	SMU	ACC	$ 3,500,000	3	18	11	0.621	18	11	0.621
68	Scot Loeffler	Bowling Green	MAC	$ 560,000	6	21	36	0.368	21	36	0.368
69	Chris Creighton	Eastern Michigan	MAC	$ 590,000	11	53	69	0.434	53	69	0.434
70	Thomas Hammock	Northern Illinois	MAC	$ 677,045	6	26	33	0.441	26	33	0.441
71	Derek Mason	Middle Tennessee	C-USA	$ 1,000,000	2	1	1	0.500	28	56	0.333
72	Tony Sanchez	New Mexico	C-USA	$ 600,000	1	0	1	0.000	20	41	0.328
73	Jedd Fisch	Washington	Big Ten	$ 7,700,000	1	2	0	1.000	19	22	0.463
74	DeShaun Foster	UCLA	Big Ten	$ 3,000,000	1	1	0	1.000	1	0	1.000
75	Jeff Lebby	Mississippi State	SEC	$ 4,510,000	1	1	1	0.500	1	1	0.500
76	Jeff Brohm	Louisville	ACC	$ 5,550,000	2	12	4	0.750	78	48	0.619
77	Matt Rhule	Nebraska	Big Ten	$ 5,500,000	2	7	7	0.500	54	50	0.519
78	Jason Candle	Toledo	MAC	$ 1,125,000	9	67	35	0.657	67	35	0.657
79	Matt Campbell	Iowa State	Big 12	$ 4,000,000	9	55	48	0.534	90	63	0.588
80	Greg Schiano	Rutgers	Big Ten	$ 4,000,000	5	21	28	0.429	89	95	0.484
81	Gus Malzahn	UCF	Big 12	$ 2,300,000	4	25	16	0.610	102	54	0.654
82	Tim Albin	Ohio	MAC	$ 651,500	4	24	17	0.585	24	17	0.585
83	Pete Lembo	Buffalo	MAC	$ 500,000	1	1	1	0.500	34	30	0.531
84	Alex Golesh	South Florida	The American	$ 2,500,000	2	8	7	0.533	8	7	0.533
85	Bryant Vincent	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	$ 365,000	1	2	0	1.000	9	6	0.600
86	Mike Elko	Texas A&M	SEC	$ 7,000,000	1	1	1	0.500	17	10	0.630
87	Troy Taylor	Stanford	ACC	$ 2,000,000	2	4	10	0.286	4	10	0.286
88	G.J. Kinne	Texas State	Sun Belt	$ 800,000	2	10	5	0.667	10	5	0.667
89	Lance Taylor	Western Michigan	MAC	$ 850,000	2	4	10	0.286	4	10	0.286
90	Bronco Mendenhall	New Mexico	Mountain West	$ 1,200,000	1	0	1	0.000	20	41	0.328
91	Jay Sawvel	Wyoming	Mountain West	$ 1,100,000	1	0	2	0.000	0	2	0.000
92	Jeff Choate	Nevada	Mountain West	$ 1,600,000	1	1	2	0.333	1	2	0.333
93	Nate Dreiling	Utah State	Mountain West	$ 800,000	1	1	1	0.500	1	1	0.500
94	Sean Lewis	San Diego State	Mountain West	$ 353,000	1	1	1	0.500	25	32	0.439
95	Michael Desormeaux	Louisiana	Sun Belt	$ 755,000	3	15	14	0.517	15	14	0.517
96	Jonathan Smith	Michigan State	Big Ten	$ 4,850,000	1	2	0	1.000	36	35	0.507
97	Willie Fritz	Houston	Big 12	$ 2,842,000	1	0	2	0.000	71	56	0.559
98	Ken Niumatalolo	San Jose State	Mountain West	$ 2,300,000	1	2	0	1.000	111	83	0.572
99	Major Applewhite	South Alabama	Sun Belt	$ 825,000	1	0	2	0.000	15	13	0.536
100	Manny Diaz	Duke	ACC	$ 3,600,000	1	2	0	1.000	23	15	0.605
101	Brian Bohannon	Kennesaw State	C-USA	$ 390,000	10	71	32	0.689	0	2	0.000
102	David Braun	Northwestern	Big Ten	$ 3,500,000	2	9	6	0.600	9	6	0.600
103	Tim Skipper	Fresno State	Mountain West	$ 500,000	1	1	1	0.500	1	1	0.500
104	Spencer Danielson	Boise State	Mountain West	$ 1,100,000	2	4	2	0.667	4	2	0.667
105	Fran Brown	Syracuse	ACC	$ 3,000,000	1	2	0	1.000	2	0	1.000
106	Bill O'Brien	Boston College	ACC	$ 5,000,000	1	2	0	1.000	17	9	0.654
107	Curt Cignetti	Indiana	Big Ten	$ 4,000,000	1	2	0	1.000	21	4	0.840
108	Sherrone Moore	Michigan	Big Ten	$ 6,000,000	1	2	1	0.667	2	1	0.667
109	Jon Sumrall	Tulane	The American	$ 1,400,000	1	1	1	0.500	24	5	0.828
110	Dell McGee	Georgia State	Sun Belt	$ 850,000	1	1	1	0.500	1	1	0.500
111	Bob Chesney	James Madison	Sun Belt	$ 550,000	1	2	0	1.000	2	0	1.000
112	Jeff Traylor	UTSA	The American	$ 2,500,000	5	39	14	0.736	39	14	0.736
113	Trent Bray	Oregon State	Pac-12	$ 2,000,000	1	2	0	1.000	2	0	1.000
114	Mike Locksley	Maryland	Big Ten	$ 5,500,000	6	30	34	0.469	32	60	0.348
115	Ryan Silverfield	Memphis	The American	$ 1,900,000	5	33	19	0.635	33	19	0.635
116	Chris Klieman	Kansas State	Big 12	$ 4,750,000	6	41	24	0.631	41	24	0.631
117	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	Mountain West	$ 3,000,000	18	131	83	0.612	131	83	0.612
118	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	ACC	$ 10,758,575	16	171	44	0.795	171	44	0.795
119	Lance Leipold	Kansas	Big 12	$ 5,750,000	4	18	22	0.450	55	55	0.500
120	Jamey Chadwell	Liberty	C-USA	$ 4,000,000	2	15	1	0.938	54	23	0.701
121	Jeff Monken	Army	The American	$ 2,000,000	11	72	55	0.567	72	55	0.567
122	Dan Lanning	Oregon	Big Ten	$ 6,624,999	3	24	5	0.828	24	5	0.828
123	Jake Dickert	Washington State	Pac-12	$ 2,700,000	4	17	16	0.515	17	16	0.515
124	Kalen DeBoer	Alabama	SEC	$ 10,000,000	1	2	0	1.000	39	9	0.813
125	Eliah Drinkwitz	Missouri	SEC	$ 6,000,000	5	30	21	0.588	42	22	0.656
126	Josh Heupel	Tennessee	SEC	$ 9,000,000	4	29	12	0.707	57	20	0.740
127	Brent Venables	Oklahoma	SEC	$ 7,100,000	3	18	10	0.643	18	10	0.643
128	Lincoln Riley	USC	Big Ten	$ 10,000,000	3	20	8	0.714	75	18	0.806
129	Mario Cristobal	Miami Florida	ACC	$ 8,000,000	3	13	13	0.500	75	73	0.507
130	Steve Sarkisian	Texas	SEC	$ 5,600,000	4	27	14	0.659	73	49	0.598
131	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	Big 12	$ 7,625,000	20	168	79	0.680	168	79	0.680
132	Lane Kiffin	Ole Miss	SEC	$ 9,000,000	5	35	15	0.700	96	48	0.667
133	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	Big 12	$ 6,325,000	20	164	79	0.675	164	79	0.675
134	Kirby Smart	Georgia	SEC	$ 10,505,600	9	96	16	0.857	96	16	0.857
Rank	Head coach	Team	Conference	Base Contract/Yr	Yrs at School	School Wins	School Losses	School Winning Percent	Career Wins	Career Losses	Career Winning Percent

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