Coach Babers ranked in Top 10 of Head Coaches

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2018 Final Ranking Of All 130 Head Coaches: How Good Were Their Seasons?

This might have been the craziest coaching carousel ever, with a whole slew of interesting moves – Kliff Kingsbury goes from fired to the NFL? Dana Holgorsen from West Virginia to Houston? Les Miles? Mack Brown? – but before diving into everything about the 2019 season, here’s one last look at how the coaches in 2018.

This is all very, very loosely based on opinions, expectations, who did the most with the least, and the least with the most.

This is NOT a ranking of how good or how talented each of these coaches are/were. This isn’t about who the best coaches are. This is a ranking on how good a job each coach did this season considering what each one had to work with and where things finished up.

If you were supposed to win your conference title, and didn’t, that’s a problem. If you weren’t supposed to do much and came up with a winning season and a bowl victory, boom.

Of course, as Bill Parcells famously said, you are what your record is. Start with that, throw in the schedules and talent level these guys had to work with, and …


10. Dino Babers, Syracuse

2017 Final Coach Ranking: 86
2018 Record: 10-3

He was just one … fourth … down … stop from beating Clemson for the second year in a row. Even with that loss, Babers made Syracuse football matter again with a ten-win season and a dominant bowl victory over West Virginia. With the attacking defensive style and fun offense, who doesn’t want to play for him?

 

[Chip]

We played 3 of the bottom 4. Funny.

 

[cuse309]

We played the #130, 128, 101, ranked head coaches.

 

[shandeezy7]

Very nice. Think their editor may need to update that list though, because for every coach it says 2017 Record, not 2018 Record.

 

[RF2044]

Very exciting to have a guy like this at the helm.

For as much as Coyle was a colossal douche, he sure got this one right.

 

[SaltineWarrior]

Well this confirms our worst fears: The cat is out of the bag with Babers. He is as good as wearing a scarlet R coaching for New Jersey State Vocational of New Brunswick by 2020 at the latest. SU can't possibly compete with a program that was a founding member of the American Athletic Conference.

 

[PAcuse]

He gone
/s

 

[SUFan44]

Very exciting to have a guy like this at the helm.

For as much as Coyle was a colossal douche, he sure got this one right.

In fairness to Coyle's douchiness, the hire was a no-brainer. Let's not overextend the credit here.

 

[Trueblue25]

Fascinating how quickly cincinnati turned around they have to be on the p5 shortlist

 

[Chip]

We played the #130, 128, 101, ranked head coaches.

Don't forget our old friend at 127.

 

[care taker]

Dino is a good person glad to see good guys sometimes win

 

[gbo]

Dabo not even top 2? Sad

 

[djorange1989]

Don't forget our old friend at 127.

and while we didn't play him, a shout out to the Vince Lombardi of New Brunswick at 126!

 

[721Comstock]

Dabo not even top 2? Sad

Ahem...

This is NOT a ranking of how good or how talented each of these coaches are/were. This isn’t about who the best coaches are. This is a ranking on how good a job each coach did this season considering what each one had to work with and where things finished up.

 

[Chip]

and while we didn't play him, a shout out to the Vince Lombardi of New Brunswick at 126!

He has to be so happy with that ranking.

#129 gets a lot of talk here as well. SoBeCuse probably thought 129 was kind.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Just 10? What a Slap In The Face.

 

[djorange1989]

He has to be so happy with that ranking.

#129 gets a lot of talk here as well. SoBeCuse probably thought 129 was kind.

SoBe would have him ranked 150, behind 20 FCS coaches

 

[javadoc]

Was he above or below Coach Barbers?

 

[SouthernCuse]

Just 10? What a Slap In The Face.

Hey, he was #60 in a ranking last year.