Ohio - The Cradle of Football Coaches

ShakerBuck · #1 (**permalink**) 11-20-2007, 03:24 PM

Its amazing to me, how, year in and year out, how coaches that grew up in North Eastern Ohio are so prominent in the College football landscape.

4 of the top 5 teams in the current BCS poll grew up in NEO. (not even including those others that made stops at tOSU as assistants along the way ...i.e. Pete Carroll etc. )

#1 LSU -- Les Miles - grew up in Elyria
#2 Kansas -- Mark Mangino -- Grew up in New Castle PA (I know just over the border) but also went to YSU
#4 Mizzou - Pinkel - Grew up in Akron
#5 tOSU - Tressel - Grew up in Mentor/Berea

also

#10 Oklahoma - Bob Stoops -- Grew up in Youngstown
#12 Florida - Urban Meyer -- Grew up in Astabula
#17 Illinois -- Ron Zook -- Grew up in Loudenville

MililaniBuckeye · #2 (**permalink**) 11-20-2007, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ShakerBuck

Its amazing to me, how, year in and year out, how coaches that grew up in North Eastern Ohio are so prominent in the College football landscape.

4 of the top 5 teams in the current BCS poll grew up in NEO. (not even including those others that made stops at tOSU as assistants along the way ...i.e. Pete Carroll etc. )

#1 LSU -- Les Miles - grew up in Elyria
#2 Kansas -- Mark Mangino -- Grew up in New Castle PA (I know just over the border) but also went to YSU
#4 Mizzou - Pinkel - Grew up in Akron
#5 tOSU - Tressel - Grew up in Mentor/Berea

also

#10 Oklahoma - Bob Stoops -- Grew up in Youngstown
#12 Florida - Urban Meyer -- Grew up in Astabula
#17 Illinois -- Ron Zook -- Grew up in Loudenville

Bo Pelini (Youngstown Cardinal Mooney) is a hot commodity for a top head coaching job, and and Mike Trgovac (Austintown Fitch) is a serious contender for the Michigan job.

BuckeyeMike80 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-20-2007, 03:34 PM

Dom Capers was born in Cambridge....

'BusNative · #4 (**permalink**) 11-20-2007, 03:37 PM

Also Bo and Woody no to mention a bunch of other coaches not in the top 25 - Dantonio, the other Stoops, etc.

Edit: not necessarily from NEO, but from Ohio nonetheless... the best football is from the O-H

Bobby Hoying · #5 (**permalink**) 11-20-2007, 11:12 PM

I'll add in:

Lou Holtz - East Liverpool, Ohio

Zem · #6 (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 05:33 AM

Don James and Missouri's Pinkel coached at Kent State, and I think they were there simultaneously. Heard Pinkel say this in his interview on espnradio this morning.

Best Buckeye · #7 (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 08:19 AM

Pinkel also coached at Toledo.