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Football/BBall coaches for the next decade
With Jim Tressel and Thad Matta in place, tOSU has great coaches for the 2 major revenue sports, and it seems that both of them will be at tOSU for many years to come.
Limiting the discussion to football and men's basketball, which other Division 1 Universities have 2 coaches that are both well-positioned for success over the next 10 years? Here's a list to start the discussion, ranked in order of which pair of coaches I'd prefer: tOSU - JT and Thad Matta (incoming AD Gene Smith can worry about other things) Oklahoma - Bob Stoops and Kelvin Sampson Texas - Mack Brown (yeah, yeah - but they're top-10) and Rick Barnes Florida - Urban Meyer (still has to prove it in the SEC) and Billy Donovan Arizona - Mike Stoops (building program) and Lute Olson (though Lute may retire in 5 years or so) Louisville - Bobby Petrino (may leave soon for $) and Rick Pitino Maryland - Ralph Friedgen (if his health holds) and Gary Williams USC - Pete Carroll and incoming Tim Floyd UConn - Randy Edsall (building well from scratch) and Jim Calhoun Boston College - Tom O'Brien and Al Skinner (but the ACC will be tougher on both) In the Big-10: good combos: Wisconsin - Barry Alvarez (but how long as both HC and AD) and Bo Ryan Minnesota - Glen Mason and Dan Monson (both have improved their teams) scUM St. - John L. Smith (still to prove it in big-10) and Tom Izzo Iowa - Kirk Ferentz (doing great, but may leave for pros) and Steve Alford Illinois - Ron Zook (not yet proven as HC) and Bruce Weber (only has 1 loss this year, but I can't recall it!) OK combos: Purdue - Joe Tiller (probably their best ever) and Matt Painter (replacing Gene Keady) Indiana - Terry Hoeppner (new to Big-10) and Mike Davis Northwestern - Randy Walker and Bill Carmody AD's should be checking resumes: Penn St. - JoePa (will need a new guy soon) and Ed DeChellis (had to look it up!) scUM - LLLoyd (1-3) Carr (but please keep him so JT can keep whuppin' his ass!) and Tommy Amaker (depleted team lost 13 of last 14) |
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Good list.
In the Big 10, Davis is on the hot seat big time-next year or bust for him. Carr, IMO, is at scUM as long as he wants-an NC buys a lot of rope, and he has made consecutive Rose Bowl appearances in the last two years. Out of conference, California and Washington have pretty darn good combos in Tedford/Braun and Willingham/Romar-that should stick around for quite a while, if they choose. I also think Shula is going to clean up the mess at Alabama and be around for some time, along w/ Mark Gottfried-one of the most underrated coaches in hoops,IMO. |
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