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Mount Rushmore of SEC Head Coaches in any sport. I will leave my original 4 names.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:09 pm
I'm going with...
Bryant
Saban
Rupp
Neyland
Baseball fans may add names I'm unfamiliar with.
Who are your picks?
Bryant
Saban
Rupp
Neyland
Baseball fans may add names I'm unfamiliar with.
Who are your picks?
This post was edited on 2/5/26 at 6:30 pm
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Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:11 pm to BuckI
Skip Bertman is on there over Neyland
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:15 pm to BuckI
An Ohio State fan is starting this topic?
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:15 pm to BuckI
If you are going Big 3 mens sports (football, men's basketball, and baseball)
-then put Skip over Neyland
If you are going Big 3 most-watched sports (football, men's basketball, women's basketball)
-then put Pat Summit over Neyland
General Neyland is on the Mt Rushmore of SEC Football Coaches though
I like the troll though, they are gonna get mad lol
-then put Skip over Neyland
If you are going Big 3 most-watched sports (football, men's basketball, women's basketball)
-then put Pat Summit over Neyland
General Neyland is on the Mt Rushmore of SEC Football Coaches though
I like the troll though, they are gonna get mad lol
This post was edited on 2/5/26 at 3:16 pm
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:19 pm to VFL67
Summit is on there, no doubts about it.
Agree with Neyland on the football only placement.
Agree with Neyland on the football only placement.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:22 pm to BuckI
Mike Price
Chad Morris
Curry Hallman
Bryan Harsin
Chad Morris
Curry Hallman
Bryan Harsin
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:24 pm to RaginAstros
quote:I love college football and am currently catching up on Adolph Rupp in hoops.
An Ohio State fan is starting this topic?
I might look into SEC baseball if someone can give me some ideas.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:28 pm to BuckI
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Neyland
why?
Not trolling or being facetious.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:29 pm to VFL67
quote:lol no troll, I was only wondering what the thoughts were on who belongs on it and I think your 4 are the legit.
I like the troll though, they are gonna get mad lol
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:34 pm to BuckI
Skip Bertman
Nick Saban
Pat Summit
John Calipari
Nick Saban
Pat Summit
John Calipari
This post was edited on 2/5/26 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:35 pm to mckibaj
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Mike Price
Chad Morris
Curley Hallman
Bryan Harsin
While keeping with the theme, Curley Hallman equates to the Washington Monument. It’s a disservice to the other three to bundle them with Curley.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:37 pm to WG_Dawg
quote:Proven winner over a period of time. Credited with multiple national titles and was said to be an innovator.
Neyland
why?
Not trolling or being facetious.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:45 pm to WG_Dawg
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why?
Not trolling or being facetious.
- 4 National Titles
- 7 Conference Titles
- 112 victories came via shutout
- NCAA record 17 straight shutouts
- NCAA record 71 consecutive quarters shutouts
- 1939 team last team to hold every regular season opponent scoreless
- Never lost to Bear Bryant
- Bear Bryant said he learned everything from Neyland
- Left twice to go to war and became a General
- Awarded Distinguished Service Medal and Legion of Merit
- Made a member of the Order of the British Empire
- SEC founded in Knoxville because he was dominant leader at the time
- SI voted him DC for the "all 20th century football team"
- First coach to implement phones on the sideline and watch game film
Neyland is just one of those larger than life all time football figures in SEC history like, Bear Bryant, and what Saban will be in 30 years. He will never not be on the Mt Rushmore of SEC football coaches because he is the OG. He was a war hero, great coach, and an innovator who laid the foundations for Bryant and Saban
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:46 pm to BuckI
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Proven winner over a period of time
of course, but that can apply to tons of sec coach legends
quote:
Credited with multiple national titles
if we're being honest he won one legitimate no-doubter. Could possibly claim a second.
quote:
was said to be an innovator.
I'd say spurrier would rate pretty high in that category as well
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:47 pm to VFL67
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VFL67
good info, didn't know a lot of that
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:51 pm to RaginAstros
Buckl pretty cool, he comes in peace. Just a fan of good sports. That’s like me man you know I’m a Gator fan but the B1G is my 2nd favorite conference and I like college football in general and tons of other sports as well.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:58 pm to BuckI
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Baseball fans may add names I'm unfamiliar with.
Who are your picks?
Bertman and Polk are the godfathers of SEC basball despite Polk not having a national title. Should be absolutely no debate with either of those two being on the Mt Rushmore.
After that, I'd probably put Ray Tanner. Then you've got Corbin who has two national titles as well. Jay Johnson has 2 but has only coached in the SEC 4 years. A handful of guys have one title, some with a ton of career wins, some who don't. You even have guys like Van Horn who have been consistently elite without a title. The 4th guy on Mt. Rushmore would be really hard and a coin toss between a bunch of coaches TBH. I'd probably go with Corbin for now if I had to pick someone.
So my four would be: Bertman, Polk, Tanner, and Corbin
ETA: I realized you're trying to a combined Mt. Rushmore for the big 3. Yeah, not even trying to touch that. Way too many answers that wouldn't "wrong"
This post was edited on 2/5/26 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 2/5/26 at 3:59 pm to VFL67
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Pat Summit
As someone that's in his mid 30s, Summit wasn't just a UT institution she was a conference institution. She was just one of those personalities where you may not have liked UT, and pretty much no one cared about WBB writ large, but I felt like she was an exception that had universal respect across the conference - fanbases included.
This post was edited on 2/5/26 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:00 pm to RaginAstros
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An Ohio State fan is starting this topic?
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:11 pm to BuckI
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I love college football and am currently catching up on Adolph Rupp in hoops.
Rupp was an all time great, but many schools didn't take basketball seriously at all back in the day. In the 50's, Florida's head basketball coach was the DB coach of the football team. In 1966 Florida hired Tennessee's tennis coach to be the head basketball coach. So while Rupp was great, the competition in the SEC was not always so great.
This post was edited on 2/5/26 at 4:12 pm
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