Coaches Final Grades 2007

Les Miles	LSU	A	12-2	A great season and a Championship. Great job!
Mark Richt	Georgia	A	11-2	Another great season by Mark Richt
Gary Pinkel	Missouri	A	12-2	Pinkel has hit his stride and so has Missouri
Mark Mangino	Kansas	A	12-1	A terrific coaching job by Mangino and his staff
Todd Graham	Tulsa	A	10-4	A great 1st season at Tulsa for Graham
George O'Leary	UCF	A	10-3	Imagine what he would be doing a Notre Dame!
Rich Brooks	Kentucky	A	8-5	They are playing football now at Kentucky
Brian Kelly	Cincinnati	A	10-3	This guy can coach the game of football
June Jones	Hawaii	A	12-1	A great season for UH, and the new SMU coach
Bronco Mendenhall	BYU	A	11-2	28 wins in 3 seasons at BYU. Impressive!
Sylvester Croom	Miss. St.	A	8-5	What can you say but, WOW!
Jeff Jagodzinski	Boston College	A	11-3	A great 1st season for Jag. What will '08 bring?
Troy Calhoun	Air Force	A	9-4	A great first year at the Academy
Bill Lynch	Indiana	A	7-6	A great coaching job in a tough spot
Rocky Long	New Mexico	A	9-4	A nice season in Long's 10th year at UNM
H. Schnellenberger	Florida Atlantic	A	8-5	This guy can coach the game of football
Paul Johnson	Navy	A-	8-5	If Paul can win at Navy, he can win big at Tech
Dennis Erickson	Arizona St.	A-	10-3	Dennis is back, and looks to be sticking around
Ron Zook	Illinois	A-	9-4	Ron Zook has arrived, now can he stick?
Jim Grobe	Wake Forest	A-	9-4	A great comeback after starting 0-2
Randy Edsall	Connecticut	A-	9-4	A very good season for UConn and Edsall
Mike Riley	Oregon St.	A-	9-4	Nice comeback after starting 3-3
Philip Fulmer	Tennessee	B+	10-4	A great comeback, but must keep it going in '08
Mike Leach	Texas Tech	B+	9-4	One of the most underrated coaches in the game
Kyle Whittingham	Utah	B+	9-4	Better than '06. How did they lose to UNLV?
Pat Hill	Fresno St.	B+	9-4	Pat Hill and the Bulldogs are back!
Butch Jones	Central Michigan	B+	8-6	Nice season for a 1st year head coach
Turner Gill	Buffalo	B+	5-7	Great improvement in '07, next step in 2008?
David Elson	Western Kentucky	B+	7-5	Nice 1st season in I-A
Charlie Weatherbie	La. Monroe	B	6-6	Late win over Bama saved the season
Jim Tressel	Ohio St.	B	11-2	Tressel can do better, and he knows it
Al Groh	Virginia	B	9-4	Nice year, but Gator Bowl loss leaves bad taste
Art Briles	Houston	B	8-5	Another solid season by Briles
Joe Paterno	Penn St.	B	9-4	Doesn't care about the record? Yea, right!
Lloyd Carr	Michigan	B	9-4	Not the best year, but a great career
Greg Schiano	Rutgers	B	8-5	A step back from '06, but still good for Rutgers
Mark Dantonio	Michigan St.	B	7-6	A good 1st season for a very good coach
Jim Leavitt	South Florida	B	9-4	Another step forward for USF and Leavitt
Chris Peterson	Boise St.	B	10-3	10 wins is a disappointment at Boise now
Pat Fitzgerald	Northwestern	B	6-6	An improvement on '06, and competitive a lot
Jim Harbaugh	Stanford	B	4-8	A very nice 1st season on the Farm by Jimmy
Bob Toledo	Tulane	B	4-8	A decent first year in a very tough job
Skip Holtz	East Carolina	B	8-5	A great finish after starting 4-4
Derek Dooley	La. Tech.	B	5-7	Seems to be destined for the big time
Pete Carroll	USC	B-	11-2	11 wins, but disappointed. Life in Trojan land
Mack Brown	Texas	B-	10-3	Nice finish, but not really what they want at UT
Rich Rodriguez	West Virginia	B-	10-2	How can you lose to Pitt? The were way to tight
Tommy Tuberville	Auburn	B-	9-4	4 losses, but changes for the better for '08?
Frank Beamer	Virginia Tech	B-	11-3	11 wins but disappointed. That says a lot
Butch Davis	N. Carolina	B-	4-8	A winning season is expected in 2008
Tommy Bowden	Clemson	B-	9-4	A championship of some kind is necessary soon
Bret Bielema	Wisconsin	B-	9-4	Started 5-0, finished 9-4. Disappointment
Mike Bellotti	Oregon	B-	9-4	Oregon and Bellotti can do better
Larry Blakeney	Troy St.	B-	8-4	Florida Atlantic loss was devastating
Brady Hoke	Ball St.	B-	7-6	Bad end to a nice season
Shane Montgomery	Miami, Ohio	C+	6-7	Decent season, but Shane can do better
Bob Stoops	Oklahoma	C	11-3	Very average with all the talent in Norman
Nick Saban	Alabama	C	7-6	This guy is making $4 million a year?
Urban Meyer	Florida	C	9-4	4 losses with all that talent?
Houston Nutt	Arkansas	C	8-4	4 losses with all that talent?
Jeff Tedford	California	C	7-6	Mediocre for a team with so much talent
Joe Tiller	Purdue	C	8-5	The natives are getting restless in W. Lafayette
Steve Kragthorpe	Louisville	C	6-6	A lot more is now expected at Louisville
Gary Patterson	TCU	C	8-5	Not what we have come to expect from Patterson
Tom O'Brien	NC State	C	5-7	Much more expected of O'Brien
Bill Doba	Washington St.	C	5-7	A bad season, but an Apple Cup win
Mike Gundy	Oklahoma St.	C	7-6	18-19 in 3 seasons at OSU. Mediocre is the word
Tommy West	Memphis	C	7-6	Won 5 of last 6 games to save his job
Jeff Bower	Southern Miss	C	7-6	Not up to Bower's ability, nor standards
Bobby Johnson	Vanderbilt	C	5-7	Good for Vandy, but Johnson can do better
Dave Wannstedt	Pitt	C	5-7	WVU win saved the season. More wins in '08 a...
Stan Brock	Army	C	3-9	Not very good, and more is expected in '08
Dick Tomey	San Jose St.	C	5-7	A disappointment after '06. Had Hawaii beat.
Chris Ault	Nevada	C	6-7	A disappointment for all, even Coach Ault
Rick Stockstill	Middle Tennessee	C	5-7	La. Lafayette loss was devastating
Frank Solich	Ohio	C	6-6	Very mediocre for the former Husker coach
Bill Cubit	Western Michigan	C	5-7	Late wins over Iowa, Temple save job
Robb Akey	Idaho	C	1-11	Must see improvement in 2008
Gregg Brandon	Bowling Green	C	8-5	Better than '06, but the bowl game was a disaster
Sonny Lubick	Colorado St.	C	3-9	A few bad seasons after a great career
David Bailiff	Rice	C-	3-9	A step down for Rice after '06
Al Golden	Temple	C-	4-8	A little better, but not much
Gene Chizik	Iowa St.	C-	3-9	Much more is expected out of Chizik
Dan Hawkins	Colorado	C-	6-7	We love you Hawk, but you have to do better
Ron Prince	Kansas St.	C-	5-7	A big disappointment after '07. Must win in '08
Dennis Franchione	Texas A&M	D	7-5	Fired for his record, not the newsletter
Steve Spurrier	South Carolina	D	6-6	Spurrier's legacy is being tarnished at USC
Ralph Friedgen	Maryland	D	6-7	6-7 is not good enough for Maryland anymore
Bobby Bowden	Florida St.	D	7-6	Mediocrity is accepted at FSU now
Ty Willingham	Washington	D	4-9	In a lot of games, but didn't win many
Mike Stoops	Arizona	D	5-7	It is 7 wins or bust for Mike Stoops in '08
Randy Shannon	Miami	D	5-7	Lost 6 of the last 7. Not good enough for the U
Chuck Long	San Diego St.	D	4-8	1 more losing season and it's turn out the lights
Joe Glenn	Wyoming	D	5-7	A major underachievement after a good start
Mark Snyder	Marshall	D	3-9	Terrible. How did ECU lose to this team?
Mike Price	UTEP	D	4-8	4-8 in not acceptable, even at UTEP
Mario Cristobal	Fla. Int'l.	D	1-11	At least 4 wins was expected, but 1 was gotten
Hal Mumme	N. Mexico St.	D	4-9	Once a hot coach in the game, now?
Tom Amstutz	Toledo	D	5-7	Disappointing finish. Disappointing year.
Neil Callaway	UAB	D	2-10	Highlight was beating Tulane, enough said
Todd Dodge	North Texas	D	2-10	High school is not college
JD Brookhart	Akron	D	4-8	Just not good enough
Jeff Genyk	Easter Michigan	D	4-8	Way too inconsistent. '08 success vital
Steve Roberts	Arkansas St.	D	5-7	Early win against Memphis raised hopes, then...
Karl Dorrell	UCLA	D	6-7	Very average, and fired for it
Joe Novak	N. Illinois	D	2-10	A bad year, and a change was made
Chan Gaily	Georgia Tech	D	7-5	Mediocrity is not acceptable at Ga. Tech
Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	D-	6-6	Is anyone coaching this Iowa football team?
Ricky Bustle	La. Lafayette	D-	3-9	When little is expected, little is achieved
Doug Martin	Kent St.	D-	3-9	Coaching 2008 for his job
Charlie Weis	Notre Dame	F	3-9	No excuse to lose 9 games at Notre Dame
Ed Orgeron	Ole Miss	F	3-9	A terrible experiment gone awry
Bill Callahan	Nebraska	F	5-7	A terrible hire and a terrible season
Mike Sanford	UNLV	F	2-10	How does Sanford keep his job? He is at UNLV
Brent Guy	Utah St.	F	2-10	We could have coached this team to 2-10
Ted Roof	Duke	F	1-11	No improvement, and his job was lost
Guy Morriss	Baylor	F	3-9	Not even close to being competitive in Big 12
Phil Bennett	SMU	F	1-11	Pitiful, just pitiful
Greg Robinson	Syracuse	F	2-10	7-28 in 3 seasons at SU? Unacceptable!
Tim Brewster	Minnesota	F	1-11	A disaster. Lots more wins in '08 or....