re: What was your worst coaching hire all time. ?

Posted by TigerLunatik

Baton Rouge, LA

Member since Jan 2005

104529 posts

Posted on 12/24/25 at 7:34 pm to Goalpost

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Curley will always be the worst.

I think we can all agree on this one. Lou Tepper being the worst coordinator might be another we could all agree on.

Posted by Gatorbait2008

Member since Aug 2015

27238 posts

Posted on 12/24/25 at 7:38 pm to RoscoeSanCarlos

Ray Wolf
Billy Napier
Doug Dickey

Posted by Rip Torn

Member since Mar 2020

5920 posts

Posted on 12/24/25 at 8:39 pm to boston vol

Bill Battle won 31 games during his first three seasons as a head coach lol that’s laughably dumb over Butch Jones

Posted by theyatoak

Member since Dec 2024

155 posts

Posted on 12/24/25 at 8:58 pm to PapaDunk

I knew Charlie was cooked when his core values included: no drugs, no guns, treat women with respect….wtf?

This is UT Austin here, not maximum security prison. Charlie was so in over his head.

Posted by Scoob

Near Exxon

Member since Jun 2009

22970 posts

Posted on 12/24/25 at 9:07 pm to TigerLunatik

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I think we can all agree on this one. Lou Tepper being the worst coordinator might be another we could all agree on.

I think you're on to something there.

Tepper was impressive in how badly he undermined the 1998 season.
LSU, which started the season #7, was able to score 36 against Kentucky, 31 against Ole Miss, and 36 against Notre Dame... and lose all three games.

Posted by boston vol

Lexington-Fayette, KY

Member since Sep 2015

6724 posts

Posted on 12/24/25 at 9:13 pm to Rip Torn

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Bill Battle won 31 games during his first three seasons as a head coach

That’s because he was handed the keys to a great program. Tennessee had won three SEC titles in the six years before Battle took over. He then proceeded to run the program into the ground because he didn’t recruit worth a damn. He’s basically Tennessee’s Larry Coker.

Posted by Landmass

Premium Member

Member since Jun 2013

24945 posts

Posted on 12/24/25 at 11:03 pm to Zgeo

Chad Morris is the worst of all.

For Ole Miss it was Steve Sloan.

Posted by semjase

New Smyrna Beach FL

Member since May 2014

14629 posts

Posted on 12/24/25 at 11:17 pm to BlackCloud

Mike Archer was a close second because both Steve Spurrier and Mike Shanahan wanted the LSU job after Arnsparger left and I don't recall if either one of them were ever even interviewed by DAJD. (Dumb arse Joe Dean)

Posted by IrishDave

Member since Jan 2025

674 posts

Posted on 12/24/25 at 11:22 pm to semjase

No contest. George O'Leary for my Notre Dame and it doesnt even come close to any of you SEC fans teams. We hired this dude from Georgia Tech and he lied on his resume and didnt even coach 1 game for us. Our vetting team must have been complete shite. Let me know if any of your teams have hired a coach and fired him weeks later before even coaching a game.