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Ranking SEC Coaches at Current Jobs
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:09 am
Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:09 am
*These rankings are of the coaches at their current school. This means coached a game on the field
1. Kirby Smart - UGA
-This is obvious
2. Steve Sarkisian - Texas
-1 Conference Title, 2 Playoff Appearances, 2 top 5 finishes, 3 double digit win seasons
3. Kalen DeBeor - Bama
-1 Playoff Appearance, 1 SEC Title Appearance, 1 Top 10 finish
4. Josh Heupel - Tennessee
- 1 Playoff Appearance, 2 Top 10 finishes, 2 Double-digit win seasons
5. Mike Elko - Aggies
- 1 Playoff Appearance, 1 Top 10 finish, 1 Double Digit win season
6. Brent Venables - OU
- 1 Playoff Appearance, 2 Double-Digit win seasons, 2 losing seasons
7. Eliah Drink, Mizzou
-1 Top 10 finish, 2 double digit win seasons, 2 losing seasons
8. Clark Lea - Vandy
- 1 Double Digit win season
9. Shane Beamer - Carolina
- 2 ranked finishes
10. Pete Golding - Ole Miss
-won 2 playoff games but not coached a full season
11. Jeff Lebby - State
-no winning seasons
1. Kirby Smart - UGA
-This is obvious
2. Steve Sarkisian - Texas
-1 Conference Title, 2 Playoff Appearances, 2 top 5 finishes, 3 double digit win seasons
3. Kalen DeBeor - Bama
-1 Playoff Appearance, 1 SEC Title Appearance, 1 Top 10 finish
4. Josh Heupel - Tennessee
- 1 Playoff Appearance, 2 Top 10 finishes, 2 Double-digit win seasons
5. Mike Elko - Aggies
- 1 Playoff Appearance, 1 Top 10 finish, 1 Double Digit win season
6. Brent Venables - OU
- 1 Playoff Appearance, 2 Double-Digit win seasons, 2 losing seasons
7. Eliah Drink, Mizzou
-1 Top 10 finish, 2 double digit win seasons, 2 losing seasons
8. Clark Lea - Vandy
- 1 Double Digit win season
9. Shane Beamer - Carolina
- 2 ranked finishes
10. Pete Golding - Ole Miss
-won 2 playoff games but not coached a full season
11. Jeff Lebby - State
-no winning seasons
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 11:14 am
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Posted on 5/17/26 at 11:40 am to VFL67
Posted on 5/17/26 at 12:17 pm to That LSU Guy
How did it go for #3 ?
Blown the frick out in both games.
Blown the frick out in both games.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 12:51 pm to navy
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How did it go for #3 ? Blown the frick out in both games.
I mean I hate them but they did get a road playoff win and went to the SEC title. More than anyone else below on the list
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:00 pm to VFL67
Remember when we had Meyer, Saban, Miles, Spurrier, Petrino, Richt. Fulmer, etc in 08..
We were fricking loaded with great head coaches
We were fricking loaded with great head coaches
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:01 pm to navy
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How did it go for #3 ?
First place conference regular season finish, championship game appearance, CFP appearance, 1-1 in the CFP losing to the eventual national champions, finished 11-4 and ranked in the top 10. It was a better season than LSU has had this decade.
LSU football (record, final ranking, championship or playoff wins).
2020: 5-5, unranked, 0
2021: 6-7, unranked, 0
2022: 10-4, 16th, 0
2023: 10-3, 13th, 0
2024: 9-4, unranked, 0
2025: 7-6, unranked, 0
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:09 pm to Gatorbait2008
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Remember when we had Meyer, Saban, Miles, Spurrier, Petrino, Richt. Fulmer, etc in 08..
The 2020s SEC coaches are better than the 2010s at least. From 1980-2010 we were blessed with hall of famers on almost every sideline
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:30 pm to VFL67
Agreed..it was very fun to watch.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 2:22 pm to VFL67
Fulmer treated florida like that coach In the waterboy. We should have beat them so many more times than we did but fulmer was terrified of them. I pray to god that I don't ever get in a situation where i'm as scared of anything as philip fulmer was of florida
Posted on 5/17/26 at 3:12 pm to VFL67
I wouldn't rank De Boer as high as #3 period, and if you're just ranking him at his current job (which seemingly should exclude his more successful tenure at Washington), I'd rank him as below average so far.
This really has not been a very successful tenure for a guy who inherited Nick Saban's fricking program. I'd rank DeBoer behind Elko, Heupel, and Lea at minimum. I'd also probably rank him behind Drinkwitz, and Golding is basically a too early to be graded.
This really has not been a very successful tenure for a guy who inherited Nick Saban's fricking program. I'd rank DeBoer behind Elko, Heupel, and Lea at minimum. I'd also probably rank him behind Drinkwitz, and Golding is basically a too early to be graded.
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 3:16 pm to VFL67
Damn our coaches fricking suck now besides Kirby..wtf happened to us as a conference?
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:17 pm to navy
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How did it go for #3 ?
Considering the talent DeBoer inherited he needs to be moved below Elko. Otherwise list is ok.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 4:20 pm to VFL67
deboer is 2-0 vs sark. He should be ahead of him. He's a better coach.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 6:00 pm to Gatorbait2008
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Remember when we had Meyer, Saban, Miles, Spurrier, Petrino, Richt. Fulmer, etc in 08..
We were fricking loaded with great head coaches
Are you saying Drinkwitz will be the next SEC to be let go or be fired at the end of this season?
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 6:01 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 7:34 pm to VFL67
This is likely Sark’s last season at Texas, he’s all in for better or for worse. He has the roster to win it all and is free of the personal distractions that clouded the program last offseason. There’s a reason he has been so candid with the media. He’s gunning for a title and will follow manning to nfl or will go his own nfl way if Texas doesn’t get there.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 8:11 pm to UFFan
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This really has not been a very successful tenure for a guy who inherited Nick Saban's fricking program
How did the guys who followed Spurrier and Meyer fare at Florida? The site I am looking at shows the guy who took over after Spurrier went 8-5, 8-5, and 7-5. And the guy who took over after Meyer went 7-6, 11-2, 4-8, and 7-5. Is that right?
Posted on 5/17/26 at 8:51 pm to captdalton
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How did the guys who followed Spurrier and Meyer fare at Florida? The site I am looking at shows the guy who took over after Spurrier went 8-5, 8-5, and 7-5. And the guy who took over after Meyer went 7-6, 11-2, 4-8, and 7-5. Is that right?
Probably why those guys got fired, if I had to guess.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:15 pm to SidewalkTiger
Interesting facts about Kalen Deboer. Kalen Deboer has been a power 4 coach for 4 seasons. He has a record of 45-11. He has had 11 or more wins in three of those four seasons. He has made the CFP twice in those four seasons. He is 2-2 in those games.
His 2 CFP appearances are more than any SEC school not named Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma or Texas. Kalen Deboer has more CFP appearances in 4 seasons than 12 SEC schools have in the history of the CFP.
His 2 CFP wins are as many or more than all but two SEC schools, Alabama and Georgia.
Kalen Deboer is one of four current SEC coaches to have won a CFP game. Kirby has 5 wins, Deboer, Sark and Golding each have 2 apiece.
His 2 CFP appearances are more than any SEC school not named Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma or Texas. Kalen Deboer has more CFP appearances in 4 seasons than 12 SEC schools have in the history of the CFP.
His 2 CFP wins are as many or more than all but two SEC schools, Alabama and Georgia.
Kalen Deboer is one of four current SEC coaches to have won a CFP game. Kirby has 5 wins, Deboer, Sark and Golding each have 2 apiece.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 9:20 pm to captdalton
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Interesting facts about Kalen Deboer. Kalen Deboer has been a power 4 coach for 4 seasons. He has a record of 45-11.
It's wild that he lost 2 games total, in 2 seasons at Washington.
And 8 in 2 seasons at Alabama.
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