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

Posted on 12/25/25 at 9:31 am to
Posted by New Money
Athens, GA
Member since Jun 2023
3658 posts
Posted on 12/25/25 at 9:31 am to
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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.


Posted by TinGym
Member since Jun 2016
3221 posts
Posted on 12/25/25 at 9:59 am to
We turned down a young Steve Spurrier to hire good Ole local boy Rocky Felker.
Posted by TygerLyfe
Member since May 2023
2983 posts
Posted on 12/25/25 at 10:03 am to
Auburn's next one
Posted by SWOK Sooner
Member since Dec 2019
1186 posts
Posted on 12/25/25 at 10:03 am to
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Someone mentioned Gary Gibbs earlier. He had to follow a legend. He went 44-23 and wasn’t that bad.

Not only did he have to follow the King, his hands were tied in scholly/roster numbers due to NCAA violations under Barry if I remember correctly. The real kicker, was he couldn't beat our main rivals. I felt it was wrong to fire him when those limitations were placed on him and with the hell that followed with Smelly and Boo, I'm sure the AD regretted it to.
Posted by volinknox
Member since Sep 2024
309 posts
Posted on 12/25/25 at 10:07 am to
Lane Kiffin.....You can overcome a bad coach in short time. A punk arse birtch can set your program back 15 years!
Posted by CBandits82
Lurker since May 2008
Member since May 2012
58589 posts
Posted on 12/25/25 at 10:21 am to
Chad Morris
Posted by Smokeyone
Maryville Tn
Member since Jul 2016
20988 posts
Posted on 12/25/25 at 10:38 am to
Coordinator: Dave Clawson. He was a decent head coach and ran an interesting system but was just a terrible hire by Fulmer. It cost Fulmer his job and began the wandering in the Desert UT is just getting out of.

Coach: Dooley. He was just incapable of leading a program.
2nd coach: Pruitt, just an arrogant son of a bitch that couldn’t get out of his own way.
Posted by armtackledawg
Member since Aug 2017
14262 posts
Posted on 12/25/25 at 10:38 am to
Fir UGA, Ray Goff. We have been fortunate though. For people retiring now, there have only been 5 coaches in their lifetime. One was a bad hire, one a decent hire (Donnan-his record was similar to Heupel's) and three HOF coaches
Posted by BurgTiger
Member since Feb 2014
3351 posts
Posted on 12/25/25 at 10:52 am to
Charlie Strong was the ultimate pendulum hire from Mack in every way possible.
Posted by wartiger2004
9X National Champions WDE RIP CK
Member since Aug 2011
20032 posts
Posted on 12/25/25 at 10:55 am to
Harsin
Posted by dallasga6
Scrap Metal Magnate...
Member since Mar 2009
26625 posts
Posted on 12/25/25 at 11:32 am to
UGA has only had 7 Head Coaches since 1939 (86yrs) and Griffith is the only one with a losing record so he gets my vote...

Something else last happened in 1939 but can't quite remember what it was.
Posted by Themicah86
Member since Jun 2023
2647 posts
Posted on 12/25/25 at 11:49 am to
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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.



Butch Jones lost the SEC East title to a very mediocre derek mason ran vanderbilt program
Posted by Themicah86
Member since Jun 2023
2647 posts
Posted on 12/25/25 at 11:51 am to
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Butch Jones lost the SEC East title to a very mediocre derek mason ran vanderbilt program


Oh and he also put one of the better running backs in the NFL 2nd string to a guy that played a couple seasons in the NFL as a wide receiver
Posted by Mizzouligan
St. Louis, MO
Member since Aug 2014
2349 posts
Posted on 12/25/25 at 11:54 am to
It has to be Chad Morris or John L. Smith. Wtf, piggies…

For Mizzou, it’s Woody Widenhofer.

Fat. Lazy. Drunk. Incompetent.

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