| 08 May 2012
West Virginia and Big 12 fans took to social media outlets and message boards on Monday when the Sporting News released its top coaches in the conference. Sporting news is running a series of ranking FBS conference coaches from 1 to 124.
They admit this is the strongest conference coach wise, and the hardest to rank. Let’s take a look at the Top 10.
1. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
Age: 51
2011 record: 10-3, 6-3
At Oklahoma (13 years): 139-34
FBS career (13 years): 139-34
2. Gary Patterson, TCU
Age: 52
2011 record: 11-2, 7-0 (MWC)
At TCU (12 years): 109-30
FBS career (12 years): 109-30
3. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
Age: 44
2011 record: 12-1, 8-1
At Oklahoma State (7 years): 59-30
FBS career (7 years): 59-30
4. Bill Snyder, Kansas State
Age: 72
2011 record: 10-3, 7-2
At Kansas State (20 years): 159-83-1
FBS career (20 years): 159-83-1
5. Mack Brown, Texas
Age: 60
2011 record: 8-5, 4-5
At Texas (14 years): 141-39
FBS career (27 years): 221-108-1
6. Charlie Weis, Kansas
Age: 56
2011: Assistant coach at Florida
FBS career (5 years): 35-27
7. Art Briles, Baylor
Age: 56
2011 record: 10-3, 6-3
At Baylor (4 years): 25-25
FBS career (9 years): 59-54
8. Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia
Age: 40
2011 record: 10-3, 5-2 (Big East)
At West Virginia (1 year): 10-3
FBS career (1 year): 10-3
9. Paul Rhodes, Iowa State
Age: 45
2011 record: 6-7, 3-6
At Iowa State (3 years): 18-20
FBS career (3 years): 18-20
10. Tommy Tuberville, Texas Tech
Age: 57
2011 record: 5-7, 2-7
At Texas Tech (2 years): 13-12
FBS career (16 years): 123-72
The beauty with college sports is debate that comes with it. It doesn't take much for fans to be set off defending their school, and the head coach.
We decided to put out our own rankings for fun. Now figuring out my 10, I used the complete body of work from each coach. Yes WVU fans, I know Dana Holgorsen is an offensive mastermind, but I took years of coaching, bowl games, and championships into account.
My Top 10
1. Bob Stoops
2. Bill Snyder
3. Gary Patterson
4. Mack Brown
5. Mike Gundy
6. Dana Holgorsen
7. Art Briles
8. Paul Rhodes
9. Charlie Weis
10. Tommy Tuberville
Now the Big 12 Conference hopes one of these coaches can break the stranglehold the SEC has on the BCS title.
Let the debate begin!
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