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OrangeAfroMan

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Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« on: March 15, 2026, 02:11:06 AM »
4 and only 4....your Mt Rushmore of college football HCs.  
Probably just rank them by Super Bowl wins, right?
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2026, 07:57:00 AM »
Bill Snyder
Barry Alvarez
Frank Beamer
Hayden Fry
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2026, 10:19:28 AM »
I think most today would include Saban first and then it would get more murky.  How can one judge coaches "back in the day", Heisman, Bryant, Vaught, compared with those today?  I don't know, so I don't have a list.

I just muse about which coaches I think did a lot with a little, and a lot with a lot.

I do like Bill Snyder on any list.
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2026, 10:23:16 AM »
Bobby Bowden also brought a program up from very little
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2026, 10:28:30 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on March 15, 2026, 10:23:16 AM
Bobby Bowden also brought a program up from very little
Cheating helps.
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2026, 10:37:19 AM »
agreed, verified cheaters not allowed

sorry Sooners
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« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2026, 10:43:41 AM »
Feel like the modern ones are Saban and Meyer. It's not just about winning NCs, but it's about the fact that both were successful coaches pretty much anywhere they went. Even Saban who didn't have a completely illustrious time record-wise at MSU, he was digging a team out of a big hole so he proved he could do a rebuild. (And hell, 'Bama was practically a rebuild when he took it over.) Meyer simply won wherever he went. 

And neither of them did anything in the NFL, so it'll make OAM happy :57:

I think they dominate the recent era so completely that you have to look to some previous era coaches to fill out the monument. Given that I didn't really follow CFB until '97, I'm going to recuse myself from the discussion beyond that. 
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2026, 10:44:26 AM »
I think about Spurrier and Meyer who both won at, um, lesser schools, and then again at elite programs.

Bryant won at Kentucky.

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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2026, 10:47:20 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on March 15, 2026, 10:37:19 AM
agreed, verified cheaters not allowed

sorry Sooners
Sorry Harbaugh :57:

(Not that I think he quite compares to the moderns like Saban or Meyer--but he has a track record of winning anywhere he goes, from mid-majors to doormat P4 teams to helmets.)
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2026, 10:49:57 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on March 15, 2026, 10:44:26 AM
I think about Spurrier and Meyer who both won at, um, lesser schools, and then again at elite programs.

Bryant won at Kentucky.


I think about Spurrier and Meyer who both won in, um, the SEC.

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« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2026, 01:41:03 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on March 15, 2026, 10:43:41 AM
Feel like the modern ones are Saban and Meyer. It's not just about winning NCs, but it's about the fact that both were successful coaches pretty much anywhere they went. Even Saban who didn't have a completely illustrious time record-wise at MSU, he was digging a team out of a big hole so he proved he could do a rebuild. (And hell, 'Bama was practically a rebuild when he took it over.) Meyer simply won wherever he went.

And neither of them did anything in the NFL, so it'll make OAM happy :57:

I think they dominate the recent era so completely that you have to look to some previous era coaches to fill out the monument. Given that I didn't really follow CFB until '97, I'm going to recuse myself from the discussion beyond that.

not sure if he's EVER happy
but, he wouldn't be quite so grumpy!
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2026, 01:43:44 PM »
Tress is on my Mount Rushmore
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2026, 02:03:39 PM »
No.
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2026, 02:21:45 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on March 15, 2026, 10:49:57 AM
I think about Spurrier and Meyer who both won in, um, the SEC.

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I am no Urban fan, and he definitely has his sleazy moments.   But he has never been credibly accused of cheating.  
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