He was good at Washington and was on a decent trajectory at usc before rehab. So he has head coaching experience outside of Texas to consider. Also nobody has been able to have one great season at Texas since Mack brown, so it’s an accomplishment that should propel him up the list.Sark has had one good year.
Norvell turned around a struggling fsu team and in year 4 was undefeated until the bowl game without most of their starters.Look at 11 to 13.
How are they ranked that high?
Norvell started out worse than Napier.Norvell turned around a struggling fsu team and in year 4 was undefeated until the bowl game without most of their starters.
Franklin won 9 games at vandy twice in a row. That’s unheard of! (He’s had some great seasons at Penn state but hasn’t lived up to the expectations they had for him when hired I’d assume)
Gundy has won 12 games twice, 11 once, 10 games 7 times and 9 games twice. That’s strong in a conference with Texas and Oklahoma.
He took over a far worse situation than Napier. Norvell also won 9 in year 3 so it might be premature to compare to Napier when norvell also went undefeated in the regular season year 4.Norvell started out worse than Napier.
Franklin doesn't do anything in the Big 10 against OSU or Michigan.
I like coach Kiffin but he isn't better than Kelly.I would definitely put Freeman, Drinkwitz, Brohm and Fickell ahead of Norvell, and maybe Kiffen above Brian Kelly. Other than that, it is a pretty good list.