SEC FOOTBALL COACHES RANKING AND TIER LIST 2024

[@Roll-Tide-99]

If anyone has someone other than Kirby at number 1, they’re either not paying attention or trolling

[@tylercourtney1218]

Off topic, but I like how you’ve done the helmets on your wall. Very clean

[@raywoodfin6465]

As a Tennessee guy I was trying to come up with an argument that Heupel should be higher but really there isn’t one. So I’m just hoping he himself can prove you wrong this coming up year. 4TH year he got all his guys in there now and got a culture built up. This is the year really he’s supposed to prove something and hopefully he does.

[@terranceallen2008]

I’m hoping you guys can put it all together this year and be a sneaky, playoff bubble team. Sadly, I think the offensive scheme is what holds you guys back. As a Dawgfan, I don’t think you can beat Kirby with a gimmick offense, respectfully. Y’all’s offense can generate 8 or 9 wins a year easy. Really the only way to stop it is having superior athletes. It’s just for a conference championship or a natty, you’re gonna play a defense that has superior athletes

[@killersaxsolo]

@@terranceallen2008 what about the Tennessee offense specifically makes it a gimmick?

[@raywoodfin6465]

@@terranceallen2008 you can say that I see what you’re saying. Because UGA is a hump Heupel has yet to conquer. The athletes play a big role and Kirby is such a great defensive minded coach it’s hard for all these offensive philosophy style coaches to get a W on him. With Tennessee he just dominates the time possession it’s hard to win when you only have the ball 15% of the game.

[@dannyfowler7055]

Great video Lou! Tough to rank these guys and too damn subjective for many people to agree.

[@davyboy9397]

Uncle Lou, please do the other conferences when you have time

[@BillyColeII-dr6dk]

Kirby for sure #1, can't argue hardware. Consideration for Heupel could be based on how quickly he turned the program around and his offensive rankings....Great video....

[@adamallison3685]

Great list Lou, hopefully John hopeful takes that leap to tier 2 this year

[@chunkynothing5773]

Actually pretty good list. I really can't argue about any of those placements. Kelly was my teams coach for a long time but never could get past the playoff slump. I hope he does with LSU. So having those 3 in front of him makes sense to me.

[@cane870]

Honestly a really good list. Cant disagree with a single thing honestly. Top 4 is correct for sure

[@kleins-v7v]

I'd have Sark below Kelly. He's had 6 or 7 seasons as a HC and only one great year. I get its "what have you done for me lately" but lets see if he can repeat and sustain success. So far he hasn't come close to doing that.

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

Texas improved year 2 to year 1 massively. Texas improved year 3 to year 2 massively. Logic says Texas at worst holds where they were in year 4, but probably takes another big step and wins big games.

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

Also, remember year 2 Ewers was injured for a decent portion of the season. Card was the backup. BIG dropoff going from Ewers to Card. Ewers stays healthy, I see Texas that year going to Arlington for a rematch against TCU and potentially a rematch against Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. I'm not a big injury excuse guy, but in year 2 when still building depth and your backup was Card for half the season and ALMOST made a Big 12 Championship, yeah I think that's a fair point. Year 1 was AWFUL tho.

[@texasrocks8428]

Sark took over an 0-12 program at UW, and turned that into a winner in 5 short years. “Great” is relative, and that job he did there is definitely great.

[@dougrose7334]

Longhorn here and I agree with you. I "think" sark is a better coach but to this point Kelly has proven much more than sark and deserves to be ranked ahead of him. We can revisit this in a few years to see if that changes

[@RobertMSupthin]

Uncle Lou great show but I'm can't wait till the call in show tonight.its been awhile

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

The Oklahoma fans won't like this video.

[@drbuckley1]

Especially the Sark snark.

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

@@drbuckley1 huh?

[@samright4661]

We don’t care about Chokelhoma

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

@@samright4661 Texas fan?

[@samright4661]

@@jonathonedwardmiller Hell no Dawgs ! I hate Texas

[@brandonreese1434]

As an LSU fan, this seems like a pretty fair list, to be honest. Great video man keep it up.

[@WARDADDY72]

Because your guy is way up. Of course it's fair. Lol.

[@haydenkmett9502]

DeBoer being a combined 5-0 vs. Dan Lanning and Steve Sarkisian is wild considering he's been in the P5 for 2 years and those are two very good coaches.

[@dougrose7334]

yep he should be higher. he's a fantastic coach

[@hudsondean2812]

As a Tennessee fan, I think this is a prove it year for Heupel. He needs to prove that 2022 wasn’t a fluke and that year wasn’t lightning in a bottle

[@davyboy9397]

8 and 4 is unacceptable imo. 9 and 3 is fine. Losing to Florida is unacceptable

[@briangregory8223]

The BEST thing about sports, is that if you are wrong, we have things called WINS and LOSSES to prove it or disprove it.

[@cane870]

That’s not how it always works though is it. There are other factors besides just wins and losses, and since it’s not as black and white as that, we are all here talking about it. Thats why sports are awesome.

[@briangregory8223]

@@cane870 Maybe not one game at a time, but OVER time, yeah, it's wins and losses. That's the only reason the games are played.

[@andrewbryant8653]

This will be an interesting college football season. Especially in the SEC.

[@Harrison244]

Before watching: 1. Smart 2. DeBoer 3. Sark 4. Kiffin 5. Fake Cajun 6. Drinkwitz 7. Heupel 8. Venables 9. Stoops 10. Elko 11. Freeze 12. Pittman 13. Beamer 14. Napier 15. Lebby 16. Lea

[@CarolinaJackpot]

Beamer is better than Pittman

[@davyboy9397]

I'm a Tennessee fan, I think your list is very good , and it's worlds better than anything ESPN has put out. Also, anyone who says that Kirby isn't the best coach in CFB is mental

[@zophix-5741]

Thanks for the video, this stuff is fun to evaluate over the off season. 1 Big 12 championship and Sark is the 3rd best SEC coach? I get it if you like a coach and their expected trajectory but what Sark has done so far does not equal a #3 ranking in the SEC imo, nor does it for Deboer, Elko or Venables. However, Sark and Venables are trending up and both have proven they can field top 5 recruiting classes every year. I expect Deboer to be able to recruit and he's beaten sark twice. Drinkwitz and Huepel have been trending up but are doing it in the SEC, however they have yet to field a top 10 recruiting class consistently. Kiffin has more consistent wins in the SEC than Drinkwitz and Huepel but doesn't recruit well and instead relies on the transfer portal. Kelly is a tenured head coach and has proven he can win and recruit in the SEC. I imagine LSU, Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma can all move to Tier 1 relatively soon with their current head coaches simply because they are out recruiting or are expected to be able to out recruit the other schools. But for heading into this year, this is what I would rank the coaches. Tier 1 1. Smart Tier 2 2. Kelly 3. Kiffin 4. Huepel 5. Drinkwitz 6. Deboer 7. Sark 8. Venables 9. Freeze 10. Stoops 11. Elko Tier 3 12. Beemer 13. Pittman 14. Napier 15. Lebby 16. Lea

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

There's no way you have Sark and DeBoer (playoff berth holders and conference champions) over Drinkwitz, Heupel and Kiffin. Also, Venables has 0 top 5 classes. He hasn't proven anything. What bc Oklahoma's 6th in April means they'll be #1 in December? Lmao. Kelly I'll give you but I disagree on him proving he can win the SEC. I still think Kelly is the first coach since Saban did it to not win a natty at LSU.

[@zophix-5741]

@@jonathonedwardmiller I did say every year when referencing Sark and Venables recruiting rankings, while that's not the case for top 5 classes, Venables has recruited a top 5 class, and they both have had a top 10 class every year, top 5 SEC every year. Like I said, I have Deboer and Sark behind some SEC coaches for the simple fact that they haven't done anything in the SEC yet, Deboer, Sark, Venables, Elko all need to prove themselves in the SEC. Maybe I should say it like this, what a coach has done outside the SEC does not translate 1:1 to the SEC. It doesn't mean what they've done is irrelevant.

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

@@zophix-5741 Against TCU, Kansas St, Oklahoma St and Baylor, Sark is 8-4 (6-2 since 2022). Venables is 2-4. They can't be the same tier.

[@crazydrummer181]

Call in show tonight? Fuck yeah

[@GMan_2000]

Can’t wait

[@toddgwinn8395]

Four new coaches in SEC this year, it's a wait and see

[@ComoSOONER]

Can't wait for this season!! BOOMER

[@chukwubuikemewelike2028]

I’m not buying Sark as a top coach in the SEC just yet. He’s being given way too much credit for beating the worst Bama team we’ve seen under Saban. Kiffin, Kelly, Deboer, and heck maybe even Heupel are all comfortably above him at this point.

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

Let's see: Major postseason wins: Sark, Kiffin, Heupel: 1 DeBoer: 2 Kelly: 0 Conference Championship Games: Sark, Kelly, DeBoer: 1 Heupel, Kiffin: 0 Top 6 Classes: Sark: 3 Kelly: 1 DeBoer, Kiffin, Heupel: 0 Average # of Wins: DeBoer: 12.5 over 2 (Washington) Sark: 8.3 over 3 (10 over 2022 and 2023) Kiffin: 8.5 over 4 Kelly: 10 over 2 Heupel: 9 over 3 Sark is a top coach in the SEC.

[@chukwubuikemewelike2028]

@@jonathonedwardmiller now let’s talk bowl wins: Kiffin, Heupel, Deboer, Kelly: at least 1 Sark: 0 Let’s add another coach to that list of top 6 classes: Tom Herman: 2 (must be a top head coach wonder what happened to him…) Average record: Numbers speaks for themselves… Losing seasons: Kiffin, Heupel, Deboer, Kelly: 0 Sark: 1 Conclusion, Sark is not yet a top SEC coach. Barely top 5 tbh.

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

@@chukwubuikemewelike2028 Conference championships and playoff berths are more important than winning the Citrus Bowl

[@chukwubuikemewelike2028]

@@jonathonedwardmiller losing seasons are much worse…

[@samright4661]

I love the Black Ga helmet. I hope the Dawgs open up in all black. Back in Black.

[@RB-.-]

Venables is an interesting wild card. The defense still being bad when he was a defensive genius at Clemson is concerning though.

[@Tijuanabill]

Personnel matters. It should be the strong point of the team this year. O line is the weakness.

[@zophix-5741]

Where OU's defense was when he took over to where it is now is a significant improvement.

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

@@zophix-5741 From 110s and 120s to 80s and 90s

[@willstrick9185]

@@zophix-5741danton lynn took over UCLA’s defense and it was ranked 99th when he took over. He turned it into a top ten defense in one season. Stop making excuses. Venebales isnt doing a good job

[@Tijuanabill]

@@willstrick9185 In the PAC....lol

[@Timatyhe_Flames]

Yea Brian Kelly is #2 and I don’t think it’s even debatable! Done everything but win a natty

[@chasehamilton5236]

Or a playoff game… or a conference… or a NY6

[@lukef5875]

He’s the regular season demon😂

[@nicholastaiariol2631]

He hasn’t done anything at all

[@crazyunclelou]

He's never done anything beyond win a regular season game or low level bowl.

[@chandlerwhite8302]

What a JOKE! 😂😂😂

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

I'm gonna go: 1. Smart 2. DeBoer 3. Sark 4. Kelly 5. Kiffin 6. Heupel 7. Drinkwitz 8. Stoops 9. Freeze 10. Beamer 11. Elko 12. Venables 13. Pittman 14. Lea 15. Napier

[@gavinboggs5787]

👌

[@Benchillin88]

Beamer over Napier? Beamer is the only coach Sec coach he hasn’t lost to, cmon Lou at least give us that

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

@@Benchillin88 Beamer outperformed expectations in both year 1 and year 2

[@CalvinK225]

Cool story. Deboer isn’t top 5 dreamer. Sit down and shut up.

[@gavinboggs5787]

@@CalvinK225 ok Calvin you’re clearly a casual goodbye have a good day

[@darthnatas953]

I got Lane better than Deboer. Other than that, you got them all mostly right. 1 SMART 2 SARK 3 KELLY 4 KIFFIN 5 DEBOER 6 HEUPEL 7 VENABLES 8 DRINK 9 FREEZE 10 STOOPS 11 BEAMER 12 ELKO 13 PITTMAN 14 LEBBY 15 NAPIER 16 LEA

[@sunson1491]

Laughable. What’s his record against top 10 teams?

[@DevsateMe]

Lane over Deboer 😂

[@ChickenBoneNews]

Go Georgia Bulldogs and future Georgia Bulldogs from Augusta Georgia 🏈🏈🏈

[@copocopocopocopo]

So Scottie Scheffler!

[@cadenanders2]

As a Gator fan, you are unfortunatley correct

[@scar0096]

Stoops was always a weird case to rank even with 10 win seasons at Kentucky it always went with a loss to Tennessee even when Tennessee was terrible

[@greatkentuckian9032]

Yeah, there are times he looks great, and then there are times he looks incompetent. It could be an ego thing but i cant really complain about Lous assessment with the two previous years (which were really great scheduling wise) being a stain on his legacy. If he cant get to a championship by his next contract talks in 2027 or 2028, he will likely be let go.

[@js9895]

As an OU fan, I'm fine waiting to see what BV does before saying he is one of the best. But give me break. Jumping 30 spots is not easy. You can't snap your fingers and have brand a new roster. And you wouldn't want to because that doesn't work. A great defense has to built and built with talent, development, and scheme. Literally no one who watched OU last year would say they haven't improved greatly. And that was with holes still in personnel. OU is in the best shape they've been in as a program in over a decade. They have the toughest schedule in the country so hopefully it comes together in time. The big question for Oklahoma is not the defense, it's the O-line.

[@CarolinaJackpot]

I would have put Drink in the tier below the one he’s in. He hasn’t done quite enough to be in that group. I would almost swap him and stoops because I think what stoops has done is impressive, but he’s got to get past the 7-8 win ceiling at some point to be taken seriously.

[@tieneeddoawestruck2036]

I think Stoops is in a good spot. I am a UK fan and he has got to let the OC coach the offense. He gets in his own head after a loss and reverts back to the slow grindy offense and total control and we go on a big losing streak. I love that stoops has elevated our program, but it seems he might have stalled out.

[@Logan-tv9ud]

Kentucky Fan… Only thing I would have done different is put Drink on the Stoops/Elko tier. I personally have Stoops above Drink because of Stoops having 2- 10 win seasons at UK, but I understand the other way around with recent results.

[@nicholastaiariol2631]

I’m excited to see Sherrone DaysDaddy do his thing

[@BigDaddyDoc93]

I'm an Alabama fan all my in-laws are Georgia fans so I love to talk trash about Georgia although I do root for them when they are not playing the Tide but in all honesty I don't see how Kirby is not number 1 in all of college football not just the SEC... name me a more successful coach as of today currently coaching. If you are being honest you can't. I love what he has done for not only UGA but the SEC because in the last 4 years he has won half of the Nattys and the SEC has won 3 of last 4 and if we include the last 5 the SEC has won 4 and if yall want me to go further back I will but its gonna be ugly. I hope Alabama whipps UGA this year but if they don't it's OK because I'm from the South and we are more than likely to get another Natty as a region... Roll Tide Go Dawgs when those two take the field against each other you know you are gonna have a ballgame.

[@jeffroy1463]

Im a BAMA fan and at this point Kirby is the #1 college football coach 🐘

[@samright4661]

Gee congrats on going off a limb . We all know Kirby is the best

[@copocopocopocopo]

Well, it helps that Saban retired. Otherwise, it'd be no debate HE'D still be #1.

[@samright4661]

@@copocopocopocopo Well Gramps is gone Kirby win 2 titles since gramps last won one

[@theread3480]

@@samright4661 And kirby is 1-6 against gramps

[@samright4661]

@@theread3480 Again Gramps is Gone

[@BustaNAugusta]

Lea beat Billy…they should be tied at the least

[@voiceofreason2674]

My thing about Brian Kelly is that i think him and his brother are master tricksters but im skeptical, cuz their philosophy and techniques arent proven to win at the highest level. Like yea LSU cranked out crazy offense, but we havent looked so legitimate under Kelly. Let him stay here and prove me wrong, but I think the kelly brothers ceiling is playing middleweight competition and establishing a new brand like Oregon or Cincinnati, or playing middleweight competition and resurrecting an old brand like Notre Dame. At lsu where we play almost nothing but big dogs, and have our eye on a natty, Coach Kellys gimmick style got us a nice Bama win and a Heisman spotlight. That aint bad, but ive also never seen an Lsu team this fundamentally unsound at the basics. Even Orgeron last couple years where we went abt .500 worst teams weve ever had but those teams had better defense and running back play than what weve seen under Kelly.

[@SammyJ..]

His brother?

[@voiceofreason2674]

@@SammyJ.. Chip Kelly. Both of them use a high tempo spread that is designed to let the QB have a quick read to one side, and get the wide side of the field open for the QB to take off running. Not knocking Jayden Daniels or any of the great QBs who have played under the Kelly Brothers. But look up how it's worked out for their teams in big time games.

[@SammyJ..]

@@voiceofreason2674 You might be joking, but they aren’t brothers. Also, to say that Notre Dame plays “middleweight competition” and LSU “almost nothing but big dogs” is laughably absurd.

[@voiceofreason2674]

@@SammyJ.. you can't tell me they aren't at least cousins. Fat New England dudes. And yea Notre Dame is a great program with a proud history and 2 wins in a row on LSU. But their schedule every year has enough middleweights to guarantee a bowl birth. LSU and every other SEC team plays an 8 game slate of HEAVYWEIGHTS where you stand a real chance of having a bad season look at the Florida gators. Notre Dame could never let that happen to themselves

[@lostaggie66-canderson17]

Over All I like your tiers as fair as anything else. I still think our schedule is favorable...NO BigBadAL, No UGA and BEVO & Rudy have to face the 12thMan at Kyle....9-3

[@arubial1229]

Pretty hard to argue with this list.

[@Ryan-mx2kr]

I would switch Heupel and Sark and that would be a pretty damn good list.

[@kevind9952]

12 team playoff starts this season. Going to be alot of good games. 3 titles out of 4 years coming soon! go DAWGS!

[@wordnerd2005]

Brian Kelly has been at elite schools that have won a lot of championships. If you're content with being in the top 25 with no championships, he's your guy.

[@christopherwelch192]

Way off topic, but are we ever going to hear anything more with Michigan's sign stealing/FBI investigation? Did all that just go away with JH's departure?

[@crazyunclelou]

2 years from now

[@frankiemorris8791]

ROLL TIDE LOU!!!

[@stvd1000]

Deboer beat Texas twice.

[@DarioT1210]

Kirby is clearly the best coach in the country. No question

[@gavinboggs5787]

1. Kirby 2. Deboar 3. Sark 4. Brian 16. Napier That’s the order and frankly there isn’t any argument against that.

[@BarbaraRay-m4r]

Lol Kiffin has done everything Kelly has ever done with half the talent and resources in less than half the time.

[@gavinboggs5787]

@@BarbaraRay-m4r I think you can make a argument for Kiffin but Kiffin has not done everything Kelly has that is false.

[@gavinboggs5787]

@@BarbaraRay-m4r but you know you’re right I wouldn’t be mad with switching Kiffin and Kelly but the top three is 100% correct

[@samright4661]

Debeers is not 2 Coaching in the sissy PAC 12 . Don’t count. Kiffin is a better Coach

[@BarbaraRay-m4r]

@@gavinboggs5787 the only thing Kelly has done is lose a National Championship but again how long has he been a head coach at Notre Dame and LSU? If he had made it to the Natty at LSU going through the SEC I would agree with the list. But I would be my life if Kiffin coached at ND for 10+ years he could at the very least lose a National Championship game. Kelly has had infinitely more talent and resources everywhere hes been. People sleep on Lane. There just aren't many people that can do what he has done at little Ole Miss.

[@curtisw1240]

Deboer also beat sark two years ago in the Alamo bowl

[@derrickmeade4891]

Deboer beat sark last year as well

[@coltonsilcox6970]

Napier is not proven to be a good head coach but Lou is hyperbolic about it lol.

[@christopherwelch192]

Its funny how, before last year, everyone said Tennessee's QB play was just Heupel's system and Hooker was a product of that system and thats why he was so good. Now, everyone is saying Heupel's system is QB dependent and dont work without a great one, hence the step back with Joe Milton. How Heupel's system was wide splits and deep ball with a few runs to keep teams honest. Then, they go out and gain more running yardage than any other team and barely throw a deep ball all year. Its clear to me that other than Kirby Smart, nobody knows whats going on with Heupel's system and how to stop it. Field a team with minimum of 4* talent and develop them to play above their rankings. Kirby is the top coach anywhere right now without any doubt. He is also the best recruiter. He has more 5* players than most teams have 4* players. That helps and is all on him. Kirby is the best.. right now. I can get behind this list and the reasons behind it. Good show as usual lou, Go Vols!

[@crazyunclelou]

Tennessee fans were the ones saying any qb could do it

[@christopherwelch192]

@crazyunclelou I think maybe everyone learned something after last year. That was the main talking points for all the big media types prior though.

[@theblackdog2399]

My list would have started wit Kelly first and then Kirby on down.

[@crazyunclelou]

Are you on a breathing machine?

[@theblackdog2399]

@@crazyunclelou How did you guess?

[@ThePapaPunny]

Lou, any chance you could drop the link for that jersey? I want to order one for myself.

[@HBTF-Dawgz]

I do think that Brock transferring to Kentucky with make the offense or better. He is a good qb, was just stuck behind better qbs before he left uga. I’m glad Beck stayed for as long as he did. Brock had to leave he was running out of time

[@flaming_sports_media]

Guess I haven’t made myself clear! Brian Kelly is the 2nd best coach in the SEC & is top 5 in CFB right now! He’s made it to every big game imaginable

[@flikkin]

And lost

[@BarbaraRay-m4r]

First off saying OM has always historically been a doormat is just complete BS. 3 National titles(OM had MORE than UGA just 2 years ago), 6 SEC titles, crapload of big bowl wins. Look at the all time head to head numbers and OM is around the middle. Not the bottom like you make it out to be. 2, Lane has done more than anything Kelly has done with half the talent and resources. Then you bring up the portal, who has done better than Kiffin in the portal? Literally noone. Including all the coaches you have above him.

[@givem110]

Kiffin has done more with less than any coach the last few years. He was tge best coach in the country last year where his only losses were to teams that had a giant talent gap

[@BarbaraRay-m4r]

@@givem110 Exactly. People talk all this shiitt about OM as a program then act like LK winning 10+ games twice the last 3 years isnt a big deal. Which one is it?

[@jakepadgett5569]

Hugh freeze crushed Kirby at ole miss . Then Kirby barely beat Hugh last year

[@crazyunclelou]

Beating uga 8 years ago in Kirbys 1st season doesn't change his place on this list.

[@crazyunclelou]

Any argument that Hugh Freeze is better than Kirby should result in you being institutionalized.

[@jakepadgett5569]

@@crazyunclelouthat wasn’t my argument. You stated that nobody on the list had ever beaten Kirby. In year at uga Hugh beat the brakes off Kirby. In year 1 at auburn Kirby squeaked by Hugh. Never said Hugh is better. Just stating some facts. Kirby has been beaten by someone on the list.

[@LukeHarper-wt4uk]

interesting question lou do you think if uf goes 6-6 with the schedule they have napier will be fired?

[@crazyunclelou]

I hope not

[@LukeHarper-wt4uk]

@@crazyunclelou I don’t think it matters personally the recruiting class falling apart says all that needs to be said. needed to take a step forward last season and they took one backwards. if we went 5-7 and kept a top 10 class and dominated the portal like texas did a few years back ide be encouraged but we went 5-7 and scared away everyone.

[@fratersol]

I have kelly above sark

[@EatChewReview]

Beamer ahead of a coach who's undefeated against him? (Napier)

[@ARMY-ep6fz]

Can't argue with that list. Saban is gone, kirby is definitely the man. I am a bama fan and DeBoer is still to be determined.

[@davidkirkpatrick712]

Heupel destroyed Kelly

[@WARDADDY72]

Freeze is way underated in this list. He has had big success in SEC and is now turning around a program that was gutted by an idiot.

[@crazyunclelou]

He had some success..... while cheating.

[@WARDADDY72]

@@crazyunclelou Technically yes. But it ain't cheating now Unc. Have a great day.

[@crazyunclelou]

@WarDaddy72 yes it is. Schools still can't pay players, nor can coaches. And facilitating prostitution for underage recruits will always be against the rules, and sick.

[@WARDADDY72]

@@crazyunclelou I'm just a pecker wood from Cullman . I have literally no control over who the school hires as head man. I know that HF is a flawed man with a checkered past . There is no doubt there. However everyone is entitled to a second chance in their profession or whatever they do in life. Peolp fuck up all the time and get second chances. I see a very driven coach with talent and I and many Auburn people are having faith that he has turned his life around and has turned the page on his dark past.

[@smitty2516]

Auburn didn’t have the WR’s, 0 separation, also didn’t have depth on DL to run real tempo. Freeze going to be allot higher on this list in 2025

[@rickrhoden1]

Calling Ole Miss a doormat team shows your bias or lack of SEC history knowledge. Ole Miss was an SEC blueblood in 50-60's, picked back up in 90's and early 2000's, each time knocked down by NCAA for doing no more than all other SEC teams. Plenty of teams you didn't call doormats were well below Ole Miss.

[@crazyunclelou]

They're a doormat. Congrats on 1 good run 60 years ago. They've won 50% of their games and have a losing record in the sec.

[@Bleedinbama]

Roll tide

[@royceturner9522]

Ole Miss has 3 national championships and 6 conference titles

[@dougrose7334]

I'd swap deboer and sark. Deboer has proven, at least at this point, he's a better coach than sark by beating him twice in the last 2 seasons

[@sancho........]

Whats up withbthe streams with peete? Is everything ok?

[@mattbraxton7016]

Coming from a Gator fan.... Napier is too high. If you didn't list him that would be acceptable.

[@brianroyster7510]

Where are damaged coaches doing now that the Nick Saban Coaches Rehabilitation Center has closed?

[@samright4661]

Beg King Kirby

[@brianroyster7510]

@@samright4661 take it easy with the crown waiving. Remember, he got it by default. He didn't knock the king off the hill. The Goat tipped his hat and walked away. If we were talking about professional wrestling the Goat would have put him over. But we're not so the Goat whipped him one more time on the way out the door.

[@samright4661]

@@brianroyster7510 Cry more. Grandpa is gone! Kirby time

[@samright4661]

@@brianroyster7510 I bet you cried when gramps retired didn’t you?

[@brianroyster7510]

@@samright4661 cry??? Maybe when I see UGA in those Sarah McLaughlin commercials. But we'll still be kicking his ass come September.

[@williamnicks2148]

I would have Stoops over Drink and Heupel. Stoops has done more with less at Kentucky than Heupel and Drink have done at Mizzou or Tennessee. Edit: Will it ever feel normal not seeing Saban on this list?

[@chandlerwhite8302]

Heupel has beaten Stoops like a drum 3 times. Stoops runs up his record by playing 3 MAC teams a year in non conference. He’s a fraud and a joke. That’s a big time no sell.

[@CalvinK225]

Kelly at ND wasn’t supposed to win the BCS and CFP games, he was the underdog in each and every game. So that’s a not so valid point to say he’s horrendous in those games. Next, he had ND in the top ten in 9 of 10:years at ND, who has the toughest academic standards in the Power 5. He also has the most wins of active D1 head coaches, including Saban. He is your clear cut #2. Deboer shouldn’t be in tier 2, as he doesn’t have the experience as a head coach with a track record, except getting his ass beat down in the CFP, like……oh Kelly. Lmao.

[@crazyunclelou]

He's 0-8 in major postseason games.

[@crazyunclelou]

Washington was an underdog to Oregon and Texas. Beat em both.

[@CalvinK225]

Kirby yes, Kelly is second period. Sark hasn’t done shit and Deboer got his ass whipped in the CFP and is a two year head coach.

[@crazyunclelou]

Kelly is 0-8 in major postseason games.

[@sNorENaDo777]

All I want to say is Josh Heupel and Tennessee have performed better than you have predicted every year

[@garrettmastin9777]

Sark had one good year and now everyone wants to pretend like he is the best coach

[@Dr_Dan7982]

I understand putting Kirby and Brian Kelly 1-2 but how can you put Sark over DeBoer, when he’s beaten him twice ? Sark never won the playoffs or took a 4-8 team to the national championship in just 2 years .

[@crazyunclelou]

I didn't have Kelly 2, and I didn't have sark over deboer.

[@Dr_Dan7982]

@@crazyunclelou ah ok misunderstanding

[@wesleygary6651]

Unless the season is underway than Lebby or Deboer should not be here. Same goes for players. Does the play on the field matter or not.....to me it's the only thing.

[@joeg4707]

Would Dan Mullen have ranked higher than Napier? Asking for a friend.

[@crazyunclelou]

Of course

[@WildBill312]

What makes a great coach?

[@crazyunclelou]

Recruiting, developing, winning

[@twoalpacas8me]

I judge a coach based upon what he does with the talent . Sorry bama and Georgia, I could’ve coached that team to two natties with that NFL roster

[@BradHinson-r9n]

Freeze has beaten Kirby. Agree with the rankings though.

[@jumpman1113]

Lots of sec coaches from the bob stoops tree

[@lilyt..]

Veneables>Freeze this is one of the better lists though

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

Based on what? Freeze prior to last year was undefeated against Saban

[@lilyt..]

@@jonathonedwardmiller venables is also undefeated lmfao

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

@@lilyt.. Venables didn't coach against Saban.

[@crazyunclelou]

Hugh Freeze was not undefeated against saban until last year I'm not sure what fantasy you're living in.

[@stevo306]

This is more of ranking the school than it is the coaches

[@crazyunclelou]

I don't think auburn is better than Texas a&m or OU, do you?

[@crazyunclelou]

I don't think lsu is better than tennessee, do you?

[@crazyunclelou]

I don't think Alabama is better than Texas, do you?

[@stevo306]

@@crazyunclelou yes on all of those actually Only one that doesn't fit the mold is Florida napier is doing a terrible job

[@crazyunclelou]

So it looks like a ranking of which school YOU think is better. Not who I think is better. Ok.

[@saleendriver]

#FireStricklin #FireNapier #CleanHouse Napier will not finish the season. He'll either be fired after the Tennessee game after that route, or most likely after The Cocktail Party after that blowout. Either way, he's gone. Can't happen soon enough.

[@Powerbacker]

You said Arkansas has done nothing in the SEC! They were Western Division Champions 3 times !!!

[@rebelmetal4233]

I want to argue with your list, but I can't. The only thing I will say is this: I don't think any coach listed above Lane could do more at Ole Miss than what Lane has done. However, given those top 4 guys rosters, Kiffin would have a Natty. His overall talent level at Ole Miss, even now, isn't anywhere close to Alabama, Georgia, Texas, and LSU. It's just not. No coach in the SEC gets more from their program than Kiffin. JMO.

[@jaesunsturkie7674]

Kiffen not having equal talent is part of his resume. It's a knock on him and not a positive

[@rebelmetal4233]

@@jaesunsturkie7674 Right. Because it's totally as easy to get players to Ole Miss as it is to get them to Georgia or Texas.***

[@jaesunsturkie7674]

@@rebelmetal4233 five years ago I would have agreed with you. Freeze was recruiting top classes there. He was paying them but, Kiffen can pay them now.

[@rebelmetal4233]

@@jaesunsturkie7674 And the classes are better...pulling in a top 15 class at a place like Ole Miss is a miracle.

[@jaesunsturkie7674]

@@rebelmetal4233 so Kiffen is such a great coach and person that he chooses to stay at a place where it is a miracle to recruit a competitive class

[@peytonclark1353]

Lou make a video ranting about Michigan's NCAA punishment about there cheating scandel

[@TreyBass-pw4nd]

Deboer has never lost to sark.

[@Jsimms1324]

I don’t think Stoops has peaked

[@ethancortez1823]

I hope one day you can just respect Mizzou a little bit. No reason Drink shouldn’t be in the second tier.

[@crazyunclelou]

He has 1 winning record in 4 years.

[@ethancortez1823]

@@crazyunclelou i just feel like it takes 4 years to rebound from what our program was…. He turned it around.

[@crazyunclelou]

@@ethancortez1823 look at the coaches in that 2nd tier and tell me with a straight face that Drink is on that level.

[@jimpann]

Yada, yada, yada

[@gabraham12]

Matt Campbell to OU if Venebles doesn't work out.

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

Please hire him.

[@sNorENaDo777]

Heupel destroyed Kelly in Baton Rouge with Daniels healthy at QB

[@jakepadgett5569]

Debore will be lower on the list after this year. The sec is different.

[@jonbailey3243]

How come you never made these coaching rankings when saban was at bama 🤔😏

[@crazyunclelou]

I did. Every year. You retarded?

[@charleychrlywd4114]

You think freeze was the only one buying recruits? Hahahaha. You're absolutely blind. Ask LSU about that