With the retirement of Nick Saban, the firing of Jimbo Fisher and the move by Harbaugh to the NFL, there are now only three active NCAA head coaches who have won a national title.
Only 3 Active College Football Coaches Have Won a National Title
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I anticipate a revival for Swinney and continuation of championship appearances from Smart; sprinkle in Ryan Day now with the “sayonara” of Harbaugh to the NFL.
swinney only 54 y/o. he could do it again if finds another qb. he is surrounded by talent
Day and Sarkisian would be my selections for most likely to join the list. Brian Kelly would be up there too.
nah won't happen.
Clemson's success was predicated on a combination of heisman-level QB play and coordinator retention that is almost unprecedented. They had a total of 5 losses over the 5 year stretch where they had Watson & Lawrence at QB, and Scott/Elliott/Venables as coordinators.
Since the advent of NIL, expansion of the transfer portal, and losing those coordinators, they've had double the losses and their recruiting classes have been steadily declining.
Saban/Meyer/Smart were successful long term because they could adapt, Swinney cannot. Does that mean they'll be terrible? Absolutely not, but they'll likely top out at Penn State/Notre Dame levels of success.
He doesn’t like it but doesn’t mean he doesn’t allow it. dj uiagalelei was one of the first ones I remember being on a national commercial
... who went on to transfer not once but twice as his NIL value doubled. bad example
