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Most successful coaches to ever be fired
Posted on 9/26/16 at 10:58 am
Posted on 9/26/16 at 10:58 am
Not counting people like Woody Hayes and Jim Tressel who were fired for reasons unrelated to on field play, who are the most successful coaches to have been fired? Is Miles the most successful ever?
This post was edited on 9/26/16 at 11:00 am
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Posted on 9/26/16 at 10:59 am to UFFan
Bowden
Posted on 9/26/16 at 10:59 am to UFFan
Depends on what you consider fired.
Plenty of coaches "retire" but were really fired.
If that's the case, I'd say Bear Bryant.
Plenty of coaches "retire" but were really fired.
If that's the case, I'd say Bear Bryant.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:00 am to UFFan
Cooper, OSU, fired because he couldnt beat Michigan.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:01 am to UFFan
most coaches are smarter than Les miles and they retire so they aren't forced to be fired.
FSU basically fired Bobby Bowden
FSU basically fired Bobby Bowden
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:02 am to CBandits82
Well he wasn't really a successful coach at the time he was fired. Not was he going to be a good coach again.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:02 am to UFFan
Coker was fired pretty quickly during the Miami decline
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:03 am to agrunner
quote:Who fired Bear? Certainly not UK, aTm, or Bama. Did he get fired when he was young?
f that's the case, I'd say Bear Bryant.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:03 am to agrunner
Bryant was literally his own boss. No way was he going out on anything but his own terms. He was practically on his deathbed his final season.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:03 am to UFFan
Jimmy Johnson from the Dallas Cowboys
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:04 am to biggsc
Fulmer
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:04 am to heartbreakTiger
quote:I agree
most coaches are smarter than Les miles
quote:That is not a good indication of first quote. Les would have to be dumber than Forrest Gump to quit with $13m buyout on the table.
hey retire so they aren't forced to be fired.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:04 am to TheTideMustRoll
he was forced to retire by state law ... he was neither fired nor "fired" ...
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:21 am to UFFan
Bill Curry
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:23 am to TheTideMustRoll
Wasn't Bryant the athletic Director too?
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:23 am to Fear The Thumb
He was very successful for Auburn.
But alas, he left Alabama and was not fired.
But alas, he left Alabama and was not fired.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:24 am to UFFan
Mack Brown has got to be one of them.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:28 am to bamaboy87
Yep.
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:38 am to bamaboy87
quote:yes and make no mistake about it, he also ran the whole conference. He was a legend and absolutely was not fired and left Bama on his own terms. I know for a fact UK offered him more money to stay, but he told them he didn't want to play second fiddle to the basketball coach. He turned a horrible aTm program around and was absolutely not fired there. This much I know. I don't really know where and if he was an assistant coach, and if he was ever fired. Maybe, but I never heard of it.
Wasn't Bryant the athletic Director too?
Posted on 9/26/16 at 11:39 am to UFFan
Miles hasnt been very successful for several yrs.
Glad I could help you understand.
Glad I could help you understand.
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