Unleash
Your Inner
Fandom!

Name*

Email*

Hidden

Membership

Free

Monthly MEMBERSHIP

SPECIAL LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP

79513

HOW OUR TOP 20 COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES LIST IS COMPILED

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

We’re not calling for heads to roll, but let’s be real—the heat gets turned up when your team’s floundering. This list isn’t about who’s getting fired, it’s about who’s feeling the burn.

Registered (it’s free!) members of Coaches Hot Seat get to stoke the flames (or douse them) with daily votes.

Upvote a coach? You’re saying the pressure’s on, the seat’s getting hotter. Downvote? Maybe there’s a flicker of hope, a chance for redemption.

Go ahead – hit the sign-up button above and join the inferno of opinions!

WEEK 7: TOP 20 COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES HOT SEAT

#01

#02

#03

#04

Sonny Cumbie - Louisiana Tech - Coaches Hot Seat

#05

Trent Dilfer head coach of UAB - Coaches Hot Seat

#06

#07

#08

Stan Drayton - Temple - College Football Coaches Hot Seat

#09

Scott Satterfield - Cincinnati Bearcats - Big 12

#10

Bubbling Under

#11

Mike Houston

East Carolina

#12

Mike Bloomgren

Rice

#13

Hugh Freeze

Auburn

#14

Mike Norvell

Florida State

#15

Mike MacIntyre

Florida International

#16

Brent Pry

Virginia Tech

#17

Kenni Burns

Kent State

#18

Jay Norvell

Colorado State

#19

Don Brown

UMass

#20

Sonny Dykes

TCU

COACHES HOT SEAT RANKING

October 7, 2024 - Week 7

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 Contract/Yr	Yrs at School	School Wins	School Losses	School Winning Percent	New Career Wins	New Career Loss	New Career %
1	Dave Aranda	Baylor	Big 12	$3,021,003	5	25	29	0.463	25	29	0.463
2	Billy Napier	Florida	SEC	$6,920,000	3	14	16	0.467	54	28	0.659
3	Will Hall	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	$824,000	4	14	27	0.341	14	27	0.341
4	Sonny Cumbie	Louisiana Tech	C-USA	$950,000	3	7	21	0.250	9	24	0.273
5	Trent Dilfer	UAB	The American	$1,300,000	2	4	11	0.267	4	11	0.267
6	Joe Moorhead	Akron	MAC	$620,000	3	5	25	0.167	19	37	0.339
7	Sam Pittman	Arkansas	SEC	$6,350,000	5	27	27	0.500	27	27	0.500
8	Stan Drayton	Temple	The American	$2,500,000	3	7	23	0.233	7	23	0.233
9	Scott Satterfield	Cincinnati	Big 12	$3,535,000	2	6	11	0.353	78	51	0.605
10	Mike Neu	Ball State	MAC	$675,000	9	38	60	0.388	38	60	0.388
11	Mike Houston	East Carolina	The American	$2,349,000	6	27	36	0.429	27	36	0.429
12	Mike Bloomgren	Rice	The American	$926,208	7	23	50	0.315	23	50	0.315
13	Hugh Freeze	Auburn	SEC	$6,500,000	2	7	11	0.389	89	54	0.622
14	Mike Norvell	Florida State	ACC	$7,300,000	5	32	22	0.593	70	37	0.654
15	Mike MacIntyre	Florida International	C-USA	$750,000	3	10	19	0.345	56	84	0.400
16	Brent Pry	Virginia Tech	ACC	$4,000,000	3	13	17	0.433	13	17	0.433
17	Kenni Burns	Kent State	MAC	$525,000	2	1	16	0.059	1	16	0.059
18	Jay Norvell	Colorado State	Mountain West	$1,700,000	3	10	18	0.357	43	44	0.494
19	Don Brown	UMass	Independent	$816,000	3	5	23	0.179	5	23	0.179
20	Sonny Dykes	TCU	Big 12	$5,000,000	3	20	11	0.645	91	74	0.552
21	Shane Beamer	South Carolina	SEC	$6,125,000	4	23	20	0.535	23	20	0.535
22	Brent Brennan	Arizona	Big 12	$2,200,000	1	3	1	0.750	37	49	0.430
23	Lincoln Riley	USC	Big Ten	$10,000,000	3	21	10	0.677	76	20	0.792
24	Ryan Walters	Purdue	Big Ten	$4,000,000	2	5	12	0.294	5	12	0.294
25	Jeff Lebby	Mississippi State	SEC	$4,510,000	1	1	3	0.250	1	3	0.250
26	DeShaun Foster	UCLA	Big Ten	$3,000,000	1	1	3	0.250	1	3	0.250
27	Mack Brown	North Carolina	ACC	$4,300,000	6	40	30	0.571	278	147	0.654
28	P.J. Fleck	Minnesota	Big Ten	$6,000,000	8	53	37	0.589	83	59	0.585
29	Butch Jones	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	$825,000	4	14	28	0.333	98	82	0.544
30	Charles Huff	Marshall	Sun Belt	$755,500	4	25	19	0.568	25	19	0.568
31	Neal Brown	West Virginia	Big 12	$4,005,000	6	34	30	0.531	69	46	0.600
32	Kalani Sitake	BYU	Big 12	$3,000,000	9	64	41	0.610	64	41	0.610
33	Clay Helton	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	$752,000	3	15	16	0.484	61	40	0.604
34	Jim McElwain	Central Michigan	MAC	$1,025,420	6	32	30	0.516	76	57	0.571
35	Shawn Clark	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	$925,020	5	36	22	0.621	36	22	0.621
36	Clark Lea	Vanderbilt	SEC	$3,051,881	4	12	28	0.300	12	28	0.300
37	Deion Sanders	Colorado	Big 12	$5,500,000	2	7	9	0.438	7	9	0.438
38	Marcus Freeman	Notre Dame	Independent	$5,000,000	3	23	9	0.719	23	9	0.719
39	Kevin Wilson	Tulsa	The American	$1,900,000	2	6	12	0.333	32	59	0.352
40	Pat Narduzzi	Pittsburgh	ACC	$5,875,817	10	70	50	0.583	70	50	0.583
41	Tony Elliott	Virginia	ACC	$4,250,000	3	10	17	0.370	10	17	0.370
42	Bret Bielema	Illinois	Big Ten	$6,500,000	4	21	20	0.512	118	78	0.602
43	Ricky Rahne	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	$831,469	5	16	27	0.372	16	27	0.372
44	Luke Fickell	Wisconsin	Big Ten	$7,625,000	2	10	7	0.588	73	32	0.695
45	Gerad Parker	Troy	Sun Belt	$850,000	1	1	4	0.200	1	10	0.091
46	Brent Key	Georgia Tech	ACC	$2,800,000	3	14	12	0.538	14	12	0.538
47	Dave Clawson	Wake Forest	ACC	$4,284,656	11	65	63	0.508	97	95	0.505
48	Eric Morris	North Texas	The American	$1,300,000	2	9	8	0.529	9	8	0.529
49	Tyson Helton	Western Kentucky	C-USA	$918,000	6	43	28	0.606	43	28	0.606
50	Justin Wilcox	California	ACC	$4,400,000	8	38	45	0.458	38	45	0.458
51	Joey McGuire	Texas Tech	Big 12	$4,104,960	3	20	12	0.625	20	12	0.625
52	Ryan Day	Ohio State	Big Ten	$10,196,250	6	61	8	0.884	61	8	0.884
53	James Franklin	Penn State	Big Ten	$8,500,000	11	93	39	0.705	117	54	0.684
54	Kenny Dillingham	Arizona State	Big 12	$3,850,000	2	6	10	0.375	6	10	0.375
55	Biff Poggi	Charlotte	The American	$1,000,000	2	5	12	0.294	5	12	0.294
56	Tom Herman	Florida Atlantic	The American	$700,000	2	5	11	0.313	59	33	0.641
57	Jim Mora	UConn	Independent	$1,800,000	3	13	16	0.448	59	46	0.562
58	Rich Rodriguez	Jacksonville State	C-USA	$1,000,000	3	20	8	0.714	129	89	0.592
59	Dave Doeren	NC State	ACC	$5,024,390	12	82	61	0.573	105	65	0.618
60	Brian Kelly	LSU	SEC	$9,975,000	3	23	7	0.767	169	69	0.710
61	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	Big Ten	$7,000,000	26	198	121	0.621	198	121	0.621
62	Thomas Hammock	Northern Illinois	MAC	$677,045	6	27	35	0.435	27	35	0.435
63	Derek Mason	Middle Tennessee	C-USA	$1,000,000	2	1	3	0.250	28	58	0.326
64	Brian Newberry	Navy	The American	$1,600,000	2	10	7	0.588	10	7	0.588
65	K.C. Keeler	Sam Houston	C-USA	$600,000	11	92	37	0.713	7	10	0.412
66	Scotty Walden	UTEP	C-USA	$800,000	1	0	4	0.000	1	7	0.125
67	Jedd Fisch	Washington	Big Ten	$7,700,000	1	4	1	0.800	21	23	0.477
68	Timmy Chang	Hawaii	Mountain West	$600,006	3	10	20	0.333	10	20	0.333
69	Barry Odom	UNLV	Mountain West	$1,785,000	2	11	6	0.647	36	31	0.537
70	Chuck Martin	Miami Ohio	MAC	$575,300	11	57	64	0.471	57	64	0.471
71	Tim Beck	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	$1,000,000	2	11	6	0.647	11	6	0.647
72	Mark Stoops	Kentucky	SEC	$9,000,000	12	76	66	0.535	76	66	0.535
73	Rhett Lashlee	SMU	ACC	$3,500,000	3	21	11	0.656	21	11	0.656
74	Scot Loeffler	Bowling Green	MAC	$560,000	6	22	38	0.367	22	38	0.367
75	Tony Sanchez	New Mexico	C-USA	$600,000	1	1	2	0.333	21	42	0.333
76	Matt Rhule	Nebraska	Big Ten	$5,500,000	2	9	8	0.529	56	51	0.523
77	Jason Candle	Toledo	MAC	$1,125,000	9	68	36	0.654	68	36	0.654
78	Chris Creighton	Eastern Michigan	MAC	$590,000	11	55	69	0.444	55	69	0.444
79	Jeff Brohm	Louisville	ACC	$5,550,000	2	13	6	0.684	79	50	0.612
80	Matt Campbell	Iowa State	Big 12	$4,000,000	9	58	48	0.547	93	63	0.596
81	Gus Malzahn	UCF	Big 12	$2,300,000	4	25	18	0.581	102	56	0.646
82	Alex Golesh	South Florida	The American	$2,500,000	2	8	9	0.471	8	9	0.471
83	Tim Albin	Ohio	MAC	$651,500	4	25	18	0.581	25	18	0.581
84	Bryant Vincent	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	$365,000	1	4	1	0.800	11	7	0.611
85	Greg Schiano	Rutgers	Big Ten	$4,000,000	5	23	29	0.442	91	96	0.487
86	Pete Lembo	Buffalo	MAC	$500,000	1	2	2	0.500	35	31	0.530
87	Troy Taylor	Stanford	ACC	$2,000,000	2	5	12	0.294	5	12	0.294
88	Jonathan Smith	Michigan State	Big Ten	$4,850,000	1	2	3	0.400	36	38	0.486
89	G.J. Kinne	Texas State	Sun Belt	$800,000	2	11	6	0.647	11	6	0.647
90	Lance Taylor	Western Michigan	MAC	$850,000	2	5	11	0.313	5	11	0.313
91	Mike Elko	Texas A&M	SEC	$7,000,000	1	4	1	0.800	20	10	0.667
92	Nate Dreiling	Utah State	Mountain West	$800,000	1	1	3	0.250	1	3	0.250
93	Major Applewhite	South Alabama	Sun Belt	$825,000	1	1	4	0.200	16	15	0.516
94	David Braun	Northwestern	Big Ten	$3,500,000	2	9	8	0.529	9	8	0.529
95	Brian Bohannon	Kennesaw State	C-USA	$390,000	10	71	34	0.676	0	4	0.000
96	Manny Diaz	Duke	ACC	$3,600,000	1	4	1	0.800	25	16	0.610
97	Bronco Mendenhall	New Mexico	Mountain West	$1,200,000	1	1	2	0.333	21	42	0.333
98	Jay Sawvel	Wyoming	Mountain West	$1,100,000	1	1	3	0.250	1	3	0.250
99	Jeff Choate	Nevada	Mountain West	$1,600,000	1	2	3	0.400	2	3	0.400
100	Willie Fritz	Houston	Big 12	$2,842,000	1	1	4	0.200	72	58	0.554
101	Michael Desormeaux	Louisiana	Sun Belt	$755,000	3	17	15	0.531	17	15	0.531
102	Tim Skipper	Fresno State	Mountain West	$500,000	1	2	2	0.500	2	2	0.500
103	Dell McGee	Georgia State	Sun Belt	$850,000	1	1	2	0.333	1	2	0.333
104	Ryan Silverfield	Memphis	The American	$1,900,000	5	34	20	0.630	34	20	0.630
105	Chris Klieman	Kansas State	Big 12	$4,750,000	6	42	25	0.627	42	25	0.627
106	Bill O'Brien	Boston College	ACC	$5,000,000	1	4	1	0.800	19	10	0.655
107	Sean Lewis	San Diego State	Mountain West	$353,000	1	2	2	0.500	26	33	0.441
108	Ken Niumatalolo	San Jose State	Mountain West	$2,300,000	1	3	1	0.750	112	84	0.571
109	Sherrone Moore	Michigan	Big Ten	$6,000,000	1	4	2	0.667	4	2	0.667
110	Lance Leipold	Kansas	Big 12	$5,750,000	4	18	25	0.419	55	58	0.487
111	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	Mountain West	$3,000,000	18	131	85	0.606	131	85	0.606
112	Jeff Traylor	UTSA	The American	$2,500,000	5	40	15	0.727	40	15	0.727
113	Bob Chesney	James Madison	Sun Belt	$550,000	1	4	1	0.800	4	1	0.800
114	Mike Locksley	Maryland	Big Ten	$5,500,000	6	31	35	0.470	33	61	0.351
115	Fran Brown	Syracuse	ACC	$3,000,000	1	4	1	0.800	4	1	0.800
116	Spencer Danielson	Boise State	Mountain West	$1,100,000	2	7	2	0.778	7	2	0.778
117	Jake Dickert	Washington State	Pac-12	$2,700,000	4	18	17	0.514	18	17	0.514
118	Curt Cignetti	Indiana	Big Ten	$4,000,000	1	5	0	1.000	24	4	0.857
119	Jamey Chadwell	Liberty	C-USA	$4,000,000	2	17	1	0.944	56	23	0.709
120	Brent Venables	Oklahoma	SEC	$7,100,000	3	19	11	0.633	19	11	0.633
121	Jon Sumrall	Tulane	The American	$1,400,000	1	4	1	0.800	27	5	0.844
122	Trent Bray	Oregon State	Pac-12	$2,000,000	1	4	0	1.000	4	0	1.000
123	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	ACC	$10,758,575	16	174	44	0.798	174	44	0.798
124	Kalen DeBoer	Alabama	SEC	$10,000,000	1	3	1	0.750	40	10	0.800
125	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	Big 12	$7,625,000	20	168	82	0.672	168	82	0.672
126	Eliah Drinkwitz	Missouri	SEC	$6,000,000	5	31	22	0.585	43	23	0.652
127	Josh Heupel	Tennessee	SEC	$9,000,000	4	30	13	0.698	58	21	0.734
128	Jeff Monken	Army	The American	$2,000,000	11	75	55	0.577	75	55	0.577
129	Dan Lanning	Oregon	Big Ten	$6,624,999	3	26	5	0.839	26	5	0.839
130	Lane Kiffin	Ole Miss	SEC	$9,000,000	5	37	16	0.698	98	49	0.667
131	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	Big 12	$6,325,000	20	165	80	0.673	165	80	0.673
132	Kirby Smart	Georgia	SEC	$10,505,600	9	97	17	0.851	97	17	0.851
133	Mario Cristobal	Miami Florida	ACC	$8,000,000	3	16	13	0.552	78	73	0.517
134	Steve Sarkisian	Texas	SEC	$5,600,000	4	29	14	0.674	75	49	0.605
Rank	Head coach	Team	Conference	Base Contract/Yr	Yrs at School	School Wins	School Losses	School Winning Percent	New Career Wins	New Career Loss	New Career %

Unleash
Your Inner
Fandom!

HOW OUR TOP 20 COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES LIST IS COMPILED

WEEK 7: TOP 20 COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES HOT SEAT