June Jones; University of Hawaii 1999-present; This coach took over a program which went 0-12 in 1998 and led it unprecedented heights over his eight year tenure. Highest ranking ever, possible BCS birth, numerous NFL draft picks, explosive offense, Heisman candidate, TV exposure(last 4 games this season on ESPN). This man gave up a chance to be a NFL Head Coach with San Diego and triple his salary to coach at his "dream job". He is now the all time winning coach at UH and is having success with the same budget that he had when he was hired. Think about how difficult a job it is to recruit when you are so "isolated". You can't just get in your car and drive a couple hours to Ohio, Iowa, or Kansas like you can on the "mainland" and get from one state to another in 2-3 hours. You are 5 hours off the west coast by flight and that can be very expensive if you're not selective with who you go after in recruiting. When you play for UH you are playing for the whole state also. Coach Jones has gotten people to believe and take interest nationally in UH football. High school players of Polynesians descent want to return to roots/culture and play for UH. The Pride is back and the tradition continues with the pre-game "Haka". To better understand go to warriorshaka.com and join the ohana!
2007-11-10 06:13:48
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answered by Willie Survive 4
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Dennis Erickson ASU
this is the same team from last 2 years were 7-6, and 7-5
Erickson like Spurrier did not do well in the NFL but has won at every college he has coached not to mention his two nation titles
2007-11-10 07:38:14
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answered by Anonymous
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It would have to be Jim Tressel of Ohio State Univ. The guy recruits and coaches a great team year after year and the program under him is always highly ranked.
2007-11-10 06:08:21
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answered by Jason 2
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Jim Tressel - Ohio State
4 national championships at Youngstown State and a record of 135-57-2.
207-71-2 record at Ohio State, 1 national championship and 3 conference championships in 6 years.
2007-11-10 05:52:53
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answered by Mr_Z 2
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Ty Willingham. He always takes a bad college football program and within 3 years turns it around. He did it at Stanford, Notre Dame, and is doing it now at Washington.
2007-11-10 05:44:21
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answered by WestCoastin4Life 7
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Jim Tressel, The Ohio State Buckeyes.
IF that coach @ Kansas can keep up that act, AND lose weight, he may be qualified to have more recruiting WEIGHT....
2007-11-10 05:37:15
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answered by Anonymous
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Bob Stoops
2007-11-10 05:41:20
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answered by Anonymous
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I was going to say Jim Tressel, but Steve Spurrier is hard to argue with.
2007-11-10 05:43:07
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answered by Anonymous
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This LSU fan says Saban. He gets his teams firing on all cylinders to the best of their ability and knows how and when to attack other teams' weaknesses.
2007-11-10 05:41:01
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answered by Roy 6
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I would have to say JoePa....he is 800 years old and he still gets his team to a bowl game every year.
and this is coming from a Pitt fan.
2007-11-10 05:34:32
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answered by jovenitti_13 3
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