Ranking Big 12 Coaches Today

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I'm not sure who did these rankings. I saw the article in The Examiner and no name was given. Looking at the
list, guess I tend to agree. Keep in mind, this is based on coaching recently.

1. Gary Patterson, TCU, In 15 seasons, Patterson has only two losing seasons. Beat Ole Miss like a drum in
the Peach Bowl.

2. Art Briles, Baylor, The Bears had 14 straight losing seasons before Briles was able to turn the entire program
around. His fast break offenses are scoring machines.

3. Bill Snyder, Kansas State, On a daily basis, his teams are some of the best prepared teams in the nation. A
better coach who does more with less would be hard to find.

4. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma, Stoops has never had a losing season with the Sooners, but he's been prone to losing
some questionable games.

5. Charlie Strong, Texas, Still looking to get the Longhorns on track especially on offense.

6. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State, In his ten seasons with the Cowboys, Gundy has nine winning seasons. He is
84-44 during his tenure at Oklahoma State.

7. Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia, The question is how good can West Virginia be under Holgorsen? Not sure
anyone knows?

8. Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech, Started his coaching career at Tech with a bang, however, he hasn't produced
many wins since the latter half of 2013.

9. Paul Rhoads, Iowa State, The Cyclones have fallen on hard times. 2015 extremely important for Rhoads.

10. Clint Bowen, Kansas, Is Bowen the right coach to turn the Jayhawks around. Probably not.

Welcome your comments.................

 

[sendacash]

Rhoads seems a little low given what he has to work with in Ames.

Here's Steele's B12 coaches ranked:

1. Snyder
2. Patterson
2. Stoops
2. Briles
5. Gundy
6. Rhoads
7. Strong
8. Holgerson
9. Kingsbury
10. Bowen

 

[CoachCB]

I'd put Briles at the top. He's a Baylor! BAYLOR!

Patterson a close 2nd.

Snyder and Stoops a tie for 3rd.

The rest? Who gives a shit?

 

[GoSooners]

1.Briles (Briles is an innovator. That ranks high in my book)
2.Patterson (Best defensive coach-Motivator)
3.Snyder (Does the most with the least talent and sticks with the same system through thick and thin)
4.Stoops (The best fundamentals coach in the conference. When OU gets sloppy, it's usually the players fault)
5.Gundy (The best system coach in the conference. He can plug and play almost as good as Briles)
6.Strong (I still think this guy is a great defensive coach if given half a chance to put the pieces together)
7.Rhodes (The best motivational coach in the conference-has run into some bad luck lately)
8.Holgersen (Another good offensive coach-Still not sure about his head coahing skills. A little erratic at times)
9.Pretty Boy (Has proven nothing to me except the continuance of the Mike Leach system. Has had very bad luck with QB's in his first 2 years)
10.Bowen (although I have a feeling Bowen is better than this)

 

[BigdaddyQH]

Gundy certainly should rank above Strong, who has done nothing in Texas except make excuses and kick players off of the team. The rest seem to be in the right order.

 

[groundhog11]

I'd rate Grundy and holgs above strong...problem with holgs is he makes bone head decisions...he is growing as a coach slowly but he may not have enough time left...good thing he leaves the defense alone....this could be a make or break year for him...10 back on d...tough oct schedule...I see 7-8 wins for us...

 

[rolltide]

btw i'm a big Paul Rhoads fan and once Narduzzi departs Pitt for a top program I would love to see him return. Anyway, story on him today at ESPN:

Quick start key for Paul Rhoads, Iowa State in critical season

It’s no coincidence Iowa State’s past two seasons have gone badly, considering the way they’ve begun.
In the 2013 opener, Iowa State fell at home to FCS opponent Northern Iowa, setting the tone for a 3-9 finish. Then after jumping to an early two-touchdown lead to start last season, the Cyclones watched as another FCS program, North Dakota State, outscored them 34-0 the rest of the way; Iowa State would go on to win just twice.
Those back-to-back disappointing seasons sapped the momentum coach Paul Rhoads had built early in his tenure in Ames, when he took Iowa State to three bowls in four years while fashioning a reputation as a giant killer on the back of several monumental upsets.

"I think he's a guy that ... when it's all said and done, people will be talking about," Paul Rhoads said of Sam B. Richardson. AP Photo/Charlie NeibergallThis season, however, armed with a veteran quarterback, a host of playmaking receivers and a potential difference-making defensive arrival, Rhoads is hopeful his team can conquer its opening-game woes.
And, ultimately, get back on the bowl track.
“I don’t think you can underscore enough how important that first game is,” Rhoads told ESPN.com in a recent phone interview. “You spend the month of August working as hard as you do, coming out of the chute with success is critically important for your football team, especially with a schedule as loaded as ours. We can’t circle a bunch of victories; everyone is a dogfight for us.
“You have to gain confidence, and that’s what winning that first game creates.”
In 2011 and 2012, that’s exactly what the Cyclones generated out of their nonconference slate. In 2011, they swept through Northern Iowa, Iowa and Connecticut. Later on, they knocked off second-ranked Oklahoma State to make the Pinstripe Bowl.
The following year, Iowa State went 3-0 again in the nonconference, including another victory over the Hawkeyes, which fueled a run to the Liberty Bowl.
“Those years, we won our nonconference games,” Rhoads said. “It’s not hard to do the math. The nonconference is important to our postseason play.”
A healthy Sam B. Richardson figures to be tantamount to both success in nonconference games and a potential bowl appearance for the Cyclones.
Two seasons ago, Richardson suffered an ankle injury against Northern Iowa, which severely limited his effectiveness in the game, and really, for much of the season. Last year, he was almost perpetually banged up again.
“We’d like to put him in a bundle,” Rhoads said. “Some of his injuries have been a product of physical play; others have been accidental; some have been off the field. But [former Kansas State QB] Collin Klein, he got the heck beat out of him, and was able to stay healthy for whatever reason.
“Hopefully we’ll get some luck on our side, and have Sam for 13 games.”
When healthy, Richardson has been effective and efficient. He’s the only returning Big 12 quarterback outside of TCU’s Trevone Boykin who threw for more than 2,500 yards and rushed for at least 400 yards last year. Boykin is also the only Big 12 QB with more career starts than Richardson’s 21.
“Sam is an overlooked player,” Rhoads said. “He’s a darn good player. I think he’s a guy that, at the end of the season, when it’s all said and done, people will be talking about.”
Richardson could also get a boost from having the promising receiving trio ofQuenton Bundrage, Allen Lazard and D’Vario Montgomery at his disposal. Lazard was one of the top true freshmen in the league last year. Montgomery, a former South Florida transfer, led the Cyclones with 605 receiving yards in 2014. Bundrage, third in the Big 12 in touchdown grabs two years ago, has returned from the season-ending knee injury he suffered on the opening drive against North Dakota State last season.
“I like the makeup of our team,” Rhoads said.
Richardson and his receivers, however, aren't the only reasons why.
The Cyclones have been raving about ESPN JC 50 defensive tackle Demond Tucker, who was the story of the spring. Tucker, along with fellow junior college transfer Bobby Leath, could give Iowa State the disruption inside to dramatically turn around a run defense that ranked 123rd in the country last year.
“We haven’t had many productive defensive linemen, guys that can stay in a gap, get off a block and make a tackle,” Rhoads said. “Demond is clearly a guy that has an opportunity to be that guy, based on what we saw in 15 [spring] practices. He was going up against decently experienced offensive linemen, and gave them fits. He gives us a productive player up front.”
The big question looming, though, is whether any of this will take the Cyclones back to bowl eligibility? As it has in the past for Iowa State, the first game should reveal a lot.
“We gotta get back to where we were,” Rhoads said. “And there’s no better time to do it than now.”

 

[BigdaddyQH]

The fact is that Iowa State has had just one winning season since Rhodes became HC. He is 29-46 S/U at Iowa State. Only Kansas has a worse record in the Big 12. Unless Iowa State can pull a couple of big upsets, the best they can do this season is 4-8, and that is assuming that they get past Toledo in Toledo. That game is critical to Iowa State hopes of having any success at all in 2015.

 

[RunLeeRun]

The fact is that Iowa State has had just one winning season since Rhodes became HC. He is 29-46 S/U at Iowa State. Only Kansas has a worse record in the Big 12. Unless Iowa State can pull a couple of big upsets, the best they can do this season is 4-8, and that is assuming that they get past Toledo in Toledo. That game is critical to Iowa State hopes of having any success at all in 2015.

Against Rhodes in this thread.

Texas should have taken Rhoads instead of Charlie. Rhoads is a good HC with zero talent to work with.

For him in another.

I think you better take your meds. The personality swaps are becoming more frequent.

 

[RunLeeRun]

Snyder
Briles
Patterson
Stoops
Gundy
after that any order is just splitting hairs, imo.

 

[sendacash]

The Big 12 coaching fratenity has a history of some of the most notable turnaround success stories in college football history. Bill Snyder is obviously at the top of that list for what he has done with perenial also-ran Kansas State, twice. Art Briles is right up there as well with the job he has done with Baylor is simply remarkable. While not so much a turn around, one could also argue the ascension of TCU under Patterson from MWC wannabe to NC title contender is quite an accomplishment as well. You can even go back to former Colorado coach Bill McCartney as another example of a historic turnaround that actually turned into a National Championship. While Snyder never reached the NC levels, I think it is also interesting to note that the success stories that happened at Baylor, TCU, and even way back to the Colorado days also coincided with a downturns in both Texas and Oklahoma while Snyder's formula was not dependent on those scenarios.