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re: Are these the Top 10 greatest head coaches in SEC football history?
Posted on 5/4/26 at 11:10 am to wesfau
Posted on 5/4/26 at 11:10 am to wesfau
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So, what are the parameters?
They are listed in the OP:
- Conference wins
- Conference winning percentage
- Conference championships
- National championships
- Major bowl wins.
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Posted on 5/4/26 at 11:11 am to wesfau
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I'd throw Spurrier in off the cuff, but a deeper dive might disqualify him.
Why? In what scenario is Spurrier not in the top 10, especially compared to others on that list.
This post was edited on 5/4/26 at 11:13 am
Posted on 5/4/26 at 11:43 am to bgator85
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In what scenario is Spurrier not in the top 10, especially compared to others on that list.
The scenario of someone who either wasn't alive for or was too young to remember Spurrier's run in the 1990s. He might be the greatest X's and O's coach in the history of the conference. His teams weren't all that talented but the man could scheme an offense like you wouldn't believe. Tennessee regularly had a more talented roster but Fulmer struggled to beat Spurrier time and time again.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 11:44 am to bgator85
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Why? In what scenario is Spurrier not in the top 10
Raw numbers of MNCs? I dunno, that was the point of my post.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 11:51 am to wesfau
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Raw numbers of MNCs?
In the Poll Era, the following are the only coaches in SEC history to win a national championship:
1. Robert Neyland (1951)
2. Ralph "Shug" Jordan (1957)
3. Paul Deitzel (1958)
4. Paul "Bear" Bryant (1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979)
5. Vince Dooley (1980)
6. Gene Stallings (1992)
7. Steve Spurrier (1996)
8. Phillip Fulmer (1998)
9. Nick Saban (2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020)
10. Urban Meyer (2006, 2008)
11. Les Miles (2007)
12. Gene Chizik (2010)
13. Ed Orgeron (2019)
14. Kirby Smart (2021, 2022)
Of that number, only four (Bryant, Meyer, Saban, and Smart) have won more than one. With that in mind, how do you rank Spurrier outside of the Top 10 based on MNCs alone?
This post was edited on 5/4/26 at 11:53 am
Posted on 5/4/26 at 11:58 am to wesfau
Spurrier won 11 games at South Carolina 3 times in a row. It’s the football equivalent of parting the Red Sea
Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:12 pm to RollTide1987
frick's sake, man, it's not my position that SS should be left out.
What I said was "depending on the criteria you might make a case to leave SOS out."
What I said was "depending on the criteria you might make a case to leave SOS out."
Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:17 pm to RollTide1987
I’d move Dooley down to number 9
Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:25 pm to wesfau
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What I said was "depending on the criteria you might make a case to leave SOS out."
Sure...if you're stupid.
There is no bit of criteria that would leave Spurrier out of a Top 10 list for all-time SEC coaches. He averaged over 10 wins per season from 1990-2001, won a national championship, and also won six SEC championships. And then at South Carolina he had three straight seasons of 11 wins, to include one Top 5 finish, before things fell apart for him in his final season and a half.
There is no leaving SOS out.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:27 pm to RollTide1987
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There is no leaving SOS out.
Spurrier is in due to his sarcastic humor alone.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:33 pm to RollTide1987
Thank you for your effort in so thorough demolishing an argument that nobody made. That is solid posting. Hit showers, chief.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:45 pm to RollTide1987
No Less and Ogre? List is shite!!
Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:51 pm to wesfau
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Thank you for your effort in so thorough demolishing an argument that nobody made.
Someone asked why Spurrier was on the list. You replied that it was a legitimate question depending on the criteria being used. It doesn't matter the criteria, Spurrier is in regardless.
I was merely disabusing you of the notion that it was a legitimate question. It wasn't.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 1:22 pm to RollTide1987
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It doesn't matter the criteria, Spurrier is in regardless.
No you're just being obtuse and hyperbolic. I can easily craft a list that leaves him out. It wouldn't be much of a football argument, but I can do it.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 1:25 pm to TigerLunatik
Two are in the top 20 one is not.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 1:26 pm to RollTide1987
What.... no Jimbo Fisher w/aggies??? LOLOLOLOL
Posted on 5/4/26 at 1:42 pm to RollTide1987
kirby smart is realistically 3rd but i get it
Posted on 5/4/26 at 1:50 pm to wesfau
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Raw numbers of MNCs? I dunno, that was the point of my post.
You are 12 or stupid. Spurrier is the reason the SEC isn’t 3 yards and a cloud of dust anymore.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 1:58 pm to Freon
Bear Bryant took Kentucky to the Sugar Bowl, Cotton Bowl and Orange Bowl. That is a great coach.
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