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Frank Spaziani

Boston College

Randy Edsall

Maryland

Robb Akey

Idaho

Mike Riley

Oregon State

T. Tuberville

Texas Tech

Dan Enos

Central Michigan

Derek Dooley

Tennessee

Kevin Wilson

Indiana

Bobby Hauck

UNLV

Mack Brown

Texas

KEY

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2010

2011

Rank

Coach Name

School

Age

Conf.

Compensation

Yrs.

W

L

T

Win %

Yrs.

W

L

T

Win %

W

L

W

L

1

Frank Spaziani Boston College 63 ACC $1,100,000 3 20 19 0 .513 3 20 19 0 .513 7 6 4 8

2

Randy Edsall

Maryland

53

ACC

$2,220,000

13

76

80

0

.487

1

2

10

0

.200

0

0

2 10

3

Robb Akey Idaho 44 WAC $380,000 4 19 43 0 .306 4 19 43 0 .306 6 7 2 10

4

Mike Riley

Oregon State

57

Pac 12

$1,500,000

11

72

63

0

.533

11

72

63

0

.533

5

7

3 9

5

Tommy Tuberville

Texas Tech

56

Big 12

$1,650,000

16

123

72

0

.631

2

13

12

0

.520

8

5

5 7

6

Dan Enos

Central Michigan

41 MAC $320,000 2 6 18 0 .250 2 6 18 0 .250 3 9 3 9

7

Derek Dooley

Tennessee

42

SEC

$1,800,000

4

28

34

0

.452

2

11

14

0

.440

6

7

5 7

8

Kevin Wilson Indiana 50 Big Ten $1,100,000 1 1 11 0 .083 1 1 11 0 .083 0 0 1 11

9

Bobby Hauck

UNLV

46

MWC

$500,000

9

84

38

0

.689

2

4

21

0

.160

2

11

2 10

10

Mack Brown

Texas 59 Big 12 $5,200,000 28 227 114 1 .664 14 141 39 0 .783 5 7 8 5

11

Rick Stockstill

Middle Tennessee

53

SunBelt

$450,000

6

35

40

0

.467

6

35

40

0

.467

6

7

2 10

12

David Cutcliffe Duke 56 ACC $1,650,000 11 59 62 0 .488 4 15 33 0 .313 3 9 3 9

13

Todd Berry La. Monroe 49 SunBelt $250,000 9 38 75 0 .336 3 9 15 0 .375 5 7 4 8

14

Rich Ellerson

Army

57

Ind.

$425,000

11

75

62

0

.547

2

15

21

0

.417

7

6

3 9

15

Skip Holtz

USF

46

Big East 

$1,900,000

11

85

62

0

.578

2

13

12

0

.520

8

5

5 7

16

Jerry Kill Minnesota 49 Big Ten $1,500,000 18 119 71 0 .626 1 3 9 0 .250 0 0 3 9

17

Jeff Quinn

Buffalo

48

MAC

$425000

2

6

20

0

.231

2

5

19

0

.208

2

10

3 9

18

George O'Leary

UCF

64

CUSA

$1,400,000

16

102

84

0

.548

8

50

51

0

.495

11

3

5 7

19

Don Treadwell

Miami, Ohio

51

MAC

$400,000

1

4

8

0

.333

1

4

8

0

.333

0

0

4 8

20

Jeff Tedford

California

49

Pac 12 

$2,800,000

9

79

48

0

.622

9

79

48

0

.622

5

7

7 6

21

Dave Clawson Bowling Green 43 MAC $375,000 13 72 72 0 .500 3 14 23 0 .378 2 10 5 7

22

Mike Price

UTEP

64

CUSA

$500,000

30

174

174

0

.500

7

45

52

0

 .464

6

7

5 7

23

Doug Marrone

Syracuse

46

Big East

 $1,200,000

3

17

20

0

.459

3

17

20

0

.459

8

5

5 7

24

Ruffin McNeill

East Carolina

52

CUSA

$1,100,000

3

11

14

0

.440

3

11

14

0

.440

6

7

5 7

25

Bill O'Brien Penn State 52 Big Ten $2,000,000 1 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0

KEY

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NEW COACHES CAREER RECORD RECORD WITH SCHOOL 2010 2011

Rank

Coach Name

School

Age

Conf.

Compensation

  Yrs.

W

L

T

Win %

Yrs.

W

L

T

Win %

W

L

W

L

26

Ellis Johnson Southern Miss 60 CUSA $750,000 4 17 28 0 .378 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0

27

Tim DeRuyter

Fresno State

49

WAC

$1,000,000

1

0

0

0

.000

1

0

0

0

.000

0

0

0 0

28

Norm Chow Hawaii 62 WAC $700,000 1 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0

29

Kevin Sumlin Texas A&M 48 Big 12 $2,000,000 4 35 17 0 .673 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0

30

Mike Leach Washington State 51 Pac 12 $2,000,000 10 84 43 0 .661 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0

31

Jim Mora

UCLA

51

Pac-12

$1,250,000

1

0

0

0

.000

1

0

0

0

.000

0

0

0 0

32

Garrick McGee

UAB

39

CUSA

$450,000

1

0

0

0

.000

1

0

0

0

.000

0

0

0 0

33

Todd Graham

Arizona State

48

Pac 12

$2,000,000

6

49

29

0

.628

1

0

0

0

.000

0

0

0 0

34

Charlie Weis

Kansas

56

Big 12

$2,000,000

5

35

27

0

.565

1

0

0

0

.000

0

0

0 0

35

Urban Myer

Ohio State

48

Big Ten

$4,000,000

10

65

15

0

.813

1

0

0

0

.000

0

0

0 0

36

Terry Bowden

Akron

56

MAC

$450,000

18

139

63

2

.681

1

0

0

0

.000

0

0

0 0

37

Tim Beckman

Illinois

47

Big Ten

$1,750,000

3

21

16

0

.568

1

0

0

0

.000

0

0

0 0

38

Justin Fuente

Memphis

36

CUSA

$800,000

1

0

0

0

.000

1

0

0

0

.000

0

0

0 0

39

Larry Fedora North Carolina 50 ACC $2,000,000 4 34 19 0 .642 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0

40

Hugh Freeze Mississippi 42 SEC $2,000,000 3 30 7 0 .811 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0

41

Curtis Johnson Tulane 52 CUSA $500,000 1 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0

42

Bob Davie

New Mexico

58

MWC

$800,000

5

35

25

0

.583

1

0

0

0

.000

0

0

0 0

43

Carl Pelini

Florida Atlantic

47

Sun Belt

$500,000

1

0

0

0

.000

1

0

0

0

.000

0

0

0 0

44

Jim McElwain Colorado State 50 MWC $1,000,000 1 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0

45

Tony Levine Houston 40 CUSA $800,000 1 1 0 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 0

46

Paul Chryst

Pitt

47

Big East

$1,750,000

1

0

0

0

.000

1

0

0

0

.000

0

0

0 0

47

Rich Rodriguez

Arizona

49

Pac 12

$2,000,000

18

120

84

2

.583

1

0

0

0

.000

0

0

0 0

48

Matt Campbell

Toledo

40

MAC

$400,000

1

1

0

0

1.000

1

1

0

0

1.000

0

0

1 0

49

Gus Malzahn

Arkansas State

47

SunBelt

$800,000

1

0

0

0

.000

1

0

0

0

.000

0

0

0 0

50

Will Muschamp

Florida

40

SEC 

$3,000,000

1

7

6

0

.538

1

7

6

0

.538

0

0

7 6

KEY

HOT SEAT

EDGE OF HOT SEAT

SAFE FOR NOW

CAREER RECORD RECORD WITH SCHOOL 2010 2011

Rank

Coach Name

School

Age

Conf.

Compensation

  Yrs.

W

L

T

Win %

Yrs.

W

L

T

Win %

W

L

W

L

51

DeWayne Walker

New Mexico State

50

WAC

$400,000

3

9

30

0

.231

3

9

29

0

.243

2

10

4 9

52

David Bailiff

Rice

52

CUSA

$500,000

8 44 53 0 .454 5 23 38 0 .377 4 8 4 8

53

Al Golden Miami 42 ACC $1,500,000 6 33 40 0 .452 1 6 6 0 .500 0 0 6 6

54

Paul Johnson

Georgia Tech

53

ACC

$2,600,000

15

141

58

0

.709

4

34

19

0

.642

6

7

8 5

55

Tom O'Brien

NC State

62

ACC

$1,300,000

15

108

75

0

.590

5

33

30

0

.524

9

4

8 5

56

Jim Grobe

Wake Forest

58

ACC

$2,400,000

17

101

100

.500

11

69

66

0

.511

3

9

6 7

57

Pete Lembo

Ball State

41

MAC

$400,000

11

85

42

2

.659

1

6

6

0

.500

0

0

6 6

58

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

55

Big Ten

$3,800,000

16

108

87

0

.554

13

96

66

.593

8

5

7 6

59

Ron English

Eastern Michigan

42

MAC

$350,000

3

8

28

0

.222

3

8

28

0

.222

2

10

6 6

60

June Jones

SMU

57

CUSA

$2,150,000

13

100

69

0

.592

4

24

28

0

.462

7

7

8 5

61

Ken Niumatalolo Navy 45 Ind. $1,115,000 4 31 21 0 .596 4 31 21 0 .596 9 4 4 7

62

Dan McCarney North Texas 58 Sun Belt $600,000 13 61 92 0 .399 1 5 7 0 .417 0 0 5 7
  63

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

44

Big East

$2,400,000

11

69

66

0

.511

11

69

66

0

.511

4

8

9 4

64

Joker Phillips

Kentucky

47

SEC

$1,750,000

2

11

14

0

.440

2

11

15

0

.440

6

7

5 7

65

Chris Ault

Nevada

64

WAC

$450,000

26

226

103

1

.685

26

226

103

1

.685

13

1

7 6

66

Mark Hudspeth

La. Lafayette

43

SunBelt

$400,000

8

75

25

0

.750

1

9

4

0

.692

0

0

9 4

67

Pat Fitzgerald

Northwestern

36

Big Ten

$800,000

6

40

36

0

.526

6

40

36

0

.526

7

6

6 7

68

Darrell Hazell

Kent State

48

MAC

$325,000

1

5

7

0

.417

1

5

7

0

.417

0

0

5 7

69

Larry Blakeney

Troy

62

Sun Belt

$375,000

21

164

91

1

.641

21

164

91

1

.641

8

5

3 9

70

Paul Pasqualoni

Connecticut

 62

Big East

$1,600,000

20

146

83

1

.635

1

5

7

0

.417

0

0

5 7

71

Steve Sarkisian Washington 36 Pac 12 $2,300,000 3 19 19 0 .500 3 19 19 0 .500 7 6 7 6

72

Dabo Sweeney Clemson 41 ACC $1,750,000 3 29 19 0 .604 3 29 19 0 .604 6 7 10 4

73

Doc Holliday Marshall 53 CUSA $600,000 2 12 13 0 .480 2 12 13 0 .480 5 7 7 6

74

Paul Rhoads Iowa State 43 Big 12 $1,150,000 3 18 20 0 .474 3 18 20 0 .474 5 7 6 7

75

Danny Hope

Purdue

51

Big Ten

$950,000

8

51

43

0

.543

3

15

22

0

.405

4

8

7 6

KEY

HOT SEAT

EDGE OF HOT SEAT

SAFE FOR NOW

CAREER RECORD RECORD WITH SCHOOL 2010 2011

Rank

Coach Name

School

Age

Conf.

Compensation

Yrs.

W

L

T

Win %

Yrs.

W

L

T

Win %

W

L

W

L

76

Jon Embree

Colorado

46

Big 12 

$1,100,000

1

3

10

0

.231

1

3

10

0

.231

0

0

3 10

77

Gene Chizik Auburn 49 SEC $3,500,000 5 35 29 0 .547 3 31 9 0 .775 14 0 8 5

78

Gary Pinkel

Missouri

58

Big 12

$2,750,000

21

157

91

3

.625

11

84

54

0

.609

10

3

8 5

79

Mike MacIntyre San Jose State 45 WAC $440,000 2 6 19 0 .240 2 6 19 0 .240 1 12 5 7

80

Dave Christensen

Wyoming

49

MWC

$700,000

3

18

20

0

.474

3

18

20

0

.474

3

9

8 5

81

Dan Mullen

 Mississippi State

38

SEC

$2,500,000

3

21

17

0

.553

3

21

17

0

.553

9

4

7 6

82

Bill Cubit

Western Michigan

57

MAC

$400,000

12

82

56

1

.590

7

47

39

0

.547

6

6

7 6

83

James Franklin

Vanderbilt

39

SEC 

$750,000

1

6

7

0

.462

1

6

7

0

.462

0

0

6 7

84

Mario Cristobal Florida Int'l. 40 Sun Belt $460,000 5 24 38 0 .387 5 24 38 0 .387 7 6 8 5

85

Kyle Whittingham

 Utah

51

MWC

 $1,300,000

7

65

25

0

.722

7

65

25

0

.722

10

3

8 5

86

Steve Addazio

Temple

52

MAC

 $675,000

1

9

4

0

.692

1

9

4

0

.692

0

0

9 4

87

Gary Anderson

Utah State

45

WAC

$425,000

3

15

22

0

.405

3

15

22

0

.405

4

8

7 6

88

Willie Taggart Western Kentucky 35 Sun Belt $300,000 2 9 15 0 .375 2 9 15 0 .375 2 10 7 5

89

Charlie Strong

Louisville

50

Big East

$1,600,000

2

14

12

0

.538

2

14

12

0

.538

7

6

7 6

90

Mike London

Virginia

50

ACC

$1,800,000

4

36

18

0

.667

2

12

13

0

.480

4

8

8 5

91

Butch Jones

Cincinnati

40

Big East 

$1,200,000

5

41

24

0

.631

2

14

11

0

.560

5

7

10 3

92

Bo Pelini Nebraska 43 Big 12 $2,800,000 4 39 16 0 .709 4 39 16 0 .709 10 4 9 4

93

Dana Holgorsen West Virginia 40 Big East $1,400,000 1 10 3 0 .769 1 10 3 0 .769 0 0 10 3

94

Troy Calhoun Air Force 44 MWC $800,000 5 41 24 0 .631 5 41 24 0 .631 9 4 7 6

95

Rocky Long

San Diego St.

61

MWC

$700,000

12

74

73

0

.503

1

8

5

0

.615

0

0

8 5

96

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

49

Ind.

$2,850,000

20

187

67

2

.730

2

16

10

0

.615

8

5

8 5

97

Bronco Mendenhall

BYU

44

 MWC

$850,000

7

66

24

0

.733

7

66

24

0

.733

7

6

10 3

98

Bill Blankenship Tulsa 53 CUSA $800,000

1

8

5

0

.615

1

8

5

0

.615

0

0

8 5

99

Jimbo Fisher

Florida State

45

ACC 

$1,800,000

2

19

8

0

.704

2

19

8

0

.704

10

4

9 4

100

Frank Solich

Ohio

66

MAC 

$475,000

13

108

59

0

.647

7

50

40

0

.556

8

5

10 4

KEY

HOT SEAT

EDGE OF HOT SEAT

SAFE FOR NOW

CAREER RECORD RECORD WITH SCHOOL 2010 2011

Rank

Coach Name

School

Age

Conf.

Compensation

Yrs.

W

L

T

Win %

Yrs.

W

L

T

Win %

W

L

W

L

101

Art Briles

Baylor

55

Big 12

$1,300,000

9

59

53

0

.527

4

25

25

0

.500

7

6

10 3

102

Mark Richt

Georgia

50

SEC 

 $3,500,000

11

106

38

0

.736

11

106

38

0

.736

6

7

10 4

103

Lane Kiffin

USC

35

Pac 10 

$3,600,000

3

25

13

0

.658

2

18

7

0

.720

8

5

10 2

104

Bill Snyder

Kansas State

71

Big 12

$1,950,000

20

160

82

1

.658

20

160

82

1

.658

7

6

11 2

105

Bobby Petrino Arkansas 49 SEC $3,700,000 7 75 26 0 .743 3 34 17 0 .667 10 3 11 2

106

Bob Stoops

Oklahoma

50

Big 12 

$4,600,000

13

139

34

0

.803

13

139

34

0

.803

12

2

10 3

107

Sonny Dykes La. Tech 41 WAC $400,000 2 13 11 0 .542 2 13 11 0 .542 5 7 8 4

108

Dave Doeren Northern Illinois 40 MAC $400,000 1 11 3 0 .786 1 11 3 0 .786 0 0 11 3

109

Brady Hoke

Michigan

53

Big 10

$2,000,000

9

59

52

0

.532

1

11

2

0

.846

0

0

11 2

110

Chip Kelly

Oregon

 47

Pac 12

$2,900,000

3

34

6

0

.850

3

34

6

0

.850

12

1

12 2

111

David Shaw Stanford 39 Pac 10 $1,000,000 1 11 2 0 .846 1 11 2 0 .846 0 0 11 2

112

Steve Spurrier

South Carolina

65

SEC 

$2,800,000

22

197

75

2

.719

7

56

34

0

.622

9

5

11 2
113

Bret Bielema

Wisconsin

40

Big Ten 

$1,600,000

6

60

19

0

.759

6

60

19

0

.759

11

2

11 3
114

Chris Petersen

Boise State

46

MWC

$1,500,000

6

73

6

0

.924

6

73

6

0

.924

12

1

12 1
115

Mark Dantonio

Michigan State

54

Big Ten

$1,950,000

8

60

39

0

.606

5

42

22

0

.656

11

2

11 3
116

Mike Gundy

Oklahoma State

43

Big 12

$2,000,000

7

59

30

0

.663

7

59

30

0

.663

11

2

12 1
117

Nick Saban

Alabama

59

SEC

$4.725,000

16

147

54

1

.728

5

55

12

0

.821

10

3

12 1
118

Gary Patterson

TCU

50

MWC

$3,000,000

12

109

30

0

.784

12

109

30

0

.784

13

0

11 2
119

Frank Beamer

Virginia Tech

64

ACC

$2,500,000

30

251

121

4

.668

25

209

98

2

.676

11

3

11 3
120

Les Miles 

LSU

57

SEC

$3,900,000

11

103

39

0

.725

7

75

18

0

.806

11

2

13 1