Read a post that said anyone could win at LSU, so I wanted to take a look at the top jobs and the turnover they had there. Orgeron might not be a top 10 coach, but there is a lot of fail at top teams. Not anyone can win at LSU, same as the criticism Mack Brown always got. Texas is one of the best jobs for a HC, but nobody there has come close to what Mack accomplished.
This list has the top 10 jobs from an Athalon list in 2019, and all coaches 2000 to present. Nebraska was at 19 and I included us as well.
Georgia – Mark Richt (145-51) 2001-2015, Kirby Smart (44-12) 2016-Present
Alabama – Mike DuBose (24-23) 1998-2001, Dennis Franchione (17-8) 2001-2002, Mike Shula (10-23) 2003-2006, Nick Saban (165-23) 2007-Present
Ohio St – Jim Tressel (106-22) 2001-2010, Luke Fickell (6-7) 2011, Urban Meyer (83-9) 2012-2018, Ryan Day (23-2) 2018-Present
Texas – Mack Brown (158-48) 1998-2013, Charlie Strong (16-21) 2014-2016, Tom Herman (23-13) 2017-2020, Steve Sarkisian 2021-Present
Florida – Steve Spurrier (122-27-1) 1990-2001, Ron Zook (23-14) 2002-2004, Charlie Strong (0-1) 2004, Urban Meyer (65-15) 2005-2010, Will Muschamp (28-21) 2011-2014, Jim McElwain (22-12) 2015-2017, Randy Shannon (1-3) 2017, Dan Mullen (29-9) 2018-Present
USC – Pete Carroll (83-18) 2001-2009, Lane Kiffin (28-15) 2010-2013, Ed Orgeron (6-2) 2013, Steve Sarkisian (12-6) 2014-2015, Clay Helton (40-22) 2015-Present
Clemson – Tommy Bowden (72-45) 1999-2008, Dabo Swinney (140-33) 2008-Present
Oklahoma – Bob Stoops (190-48) 1999-2016, Lincoln Riley (45-8) 2017-Present
Florida St – Bobby Bowden (304-97-4) 1976-2009, Jimbo Fisher (83-23) 2010-2017, Odell Haggins (4-2) 2017,2019, Willie Taggert (9-12) 2018-2019, Mike Norvell (3-6) 2020-Present
LSU – Nick Saban (48-16) 200-2004, Les Miles (114-34) 2005-2016, Ed Orgeron (28-12) 201-Present
Nebraska – Frank Solich (58-19) 1998-2003, Bill Callahan (27-22) 2004-2007, Bo Pelini (67-27) 2008-2014, Barney Cotton (0-1) 2014, Mike Riely (19-19) 2015-2017, Scott Frost (12-20) 2018-Present
This list has the top 10 jobs from an Athalon list in 2019, and all coaches 2000 to present. Nebraska was at 19 and I included us as well.
Georgia – Mark Richt (145-51) 2001-2015, Kirby Smart (44-12) 2016-Present
Alabama – Mike DuBose (24-23) 1998-2001, Dennis Franchione (17-8) 2001-2002, Mike Shula (10-23) 2003-2006, Nick Saban (165-23) 2007-Present
Ohio St – Jim Tressel (106-22) 2001-2010, Luke Fickell (6-7) 2011, Urban Meyer (83-9) 2012-2018, Ryan Day (23-2) 2018-Present
Texas – Mack Brown (158-48) 1998-2013, Charlie Strong (16-21) 2014-2016, Tom Herman (23-13) 2017-2020, Steve Sarkisian 2021-Present
Florida – Steve Spurrier (122-27-1) 1990-2001, Ron Zook (23-14) 2002-2004, Charlie Strong (0-1) 2004, Urban Meyer (65-15) 2005-2010, Will Muschamp (28-21) 2011-2014, Jim McElwain (22-12) 2015-2017, Randy Shannon (1-3) 2017, Dan Mullen (29-9) 2018-Present
USC – Pete Carroll (83-18) 2001-2009, Lane Kiffin (28-15) 2010-2013, Ed Orgeron (6-2) 2013, Steve Sarkisian (12-6) 2014-2015, Clay Helton (40-22) 2015-Present
Clemson – Tommy Bowden (72-45) 1999-2008, Dabo Swinney (140-33) 2008-Present
Oklahoma – Bob Stoops (190-48) 1999-2016, Lincoln Riley (45-8) 2017-Present
Florida St – Bobby Bowden (304-97-4) 1976-2009, Jimbo Fisher (83-23) 2010-2017, Odell Haggins (4-2) 2017,2019, Willie Taggert (9-12) 2018-2019, Mike Norvell (3-6) 2020-Present
LSU – Nick Saban (48-16) 200-2004, Les Miles (114-34) 2005-2016, Ed Orgeron (28-12) 201-Present
Nebraska – Frank Solich (58-19) 1998-2003, Bill Callahan (27-22) 2004-2007, Bo Pelini (67-27) 2008-2014, Barney Cotton (0-1) 2014, Mike Riely (19-19) 2015-2017, Scott Frost (12-20) 2018-Present
