How would you rank coaches over the last 15 years?

Over the last 15 years?? There's Saban, then a huge drop off. Following is obviously Dabo, Kirby Smart, and Urban Meyer. As far as resumes go , those are the top 4 without argument IMHO.

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rank coaches over the last 15 years?

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Spurrier

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Huh...

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-Mark Richt
-Dan Mullen
-Mark Dantonio (I always like his teams at MSU)
-Mark Stoops

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You start throwing guys like that in there, then Gus Malzahn has to be in that group.

Saban



Meyer (OP said 15 years but if you extend this back to 2006, he has 3 titles)

Kirby
Dabo

Les

Harbaugh
Chip Kelly
Brian Kelly



Where would you rank someone like Chris Klieman? He has an interesting resume:

69-6 with 4 national titles in 5 seasons at North Dakota State

Rebuilt Kansas State after Snyder's retirement and won the Big 12 this season

Les miles is too high. I’d honestly take richt or Ryan day over les. Honestly I’d take Riley over him too

Saban
Smart
Meyer
Dabo

Gary Pinkel should be on that list. He coached 4 years in the SEC and won 2 East titles. His last 9 years he had 5 division titles and was the SEC coach of the year in 2014. In 2015 his final year he coached even though he had been diagnosed with cancer.

When Pinkel came to Mizzou they had 2 winning seasons in the previous 17 years. He turned the program around that had suffered underneath 4 terrible coaches and a Athletic Department that wouldn’t spend money on football.

Pinkel and Saban come from the same coaching tree. They were college teammates and coached together for 2 years under Don James. In 1990 Saban left Toledo and Pinkel took his place. What hurt Pinkel was his ability to recruit. His 18th ranked class in 2004 was his best recruiting class. Most of his recruiting classes were in the 30’s and 40’s. If he could have been half the recruiter Saban was he could have been an elite coach.

My top 6:

1. Saban
2. Meyer
3. Smart
4. Dabo
5. Spurrier
6. Bob Stoops

Remaining are interchangeable. Jimbo has dropped off significantly after joining A&M.

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How would you rank coaches over the last 15 years?

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Spurrier (above Smart if including 90s)

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if including 90s

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last 15 years

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