OT- Bob Stoops' coaching tree
Besides wins and losses, I feel that one of the hallmarks of a successful head coach is one whose assistants go onto greater roles with other teams. With the latest hiring of Kevin Wilson at Indiana, this is a bit of a hat tip to Bob Stoops at Oklahoma. Considering he was hired in 1999, this is a pretty impressive string of HC hires from his staff. You can say what you want about some of the characters on this list, but it is still a list.
Mike Leach- HC Texas Tech
Mark Mangino- HC Kansas
Chuck Long- HC San Diego State
Mike Stoops- HC Arizona
Bo Pelini- HC Nebraska (with a short stint with Les, can count this either way)
Kevin Sumlin- HC Houston
Kevin Wilson- HC Indiana
This does not count the list of assistants that went on to become OCs or DCs with other major programs. I have no idea how he keeps reloading with that coaching churn.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:31 AM ^
Personally I have always thought Bob Stoops was a good coach. He is a well liked and respectable guy, IMO.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:40 AM ^
I thought the same thing until I saw Oklahoma's graduation rate -- 44%?
December 7th, 2010 at 10:44 AM ^
Wow I guess I didn't know that. So it seems like he may focus more on being an athlete than a student athlete.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:52 AM ^
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2010-10-27-ncaa-graduation-rates-study_N.htm
Michigan comes in at 72% for football.
Sparty comes in at a lowly 55%.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:35 AM ^
I'm not sure if you saw the piece on ESPN Gameday on Saturday, but they linked the Stoops, Pelini, and Tressel back to their days at Youngstown State. In my opinion, this is an amazing fact - that all of these arguably great coaches got their starts at Youngstown State.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:39 AM ^
Although I hate his scheduling (I live in Kansas City) and how he positioned his school I understand his strategy. Bill Snyder has much to do with Stoops and more.
December 7th, 2010 at 12:24 PM ^
Then I saw your graphic, which whetted my appetite. So, thanks.
December 7th, 2010 at 12:37 PM ^
churns out douchebag coaches like Bret Bielema, Jim Levitt, and Mark Mangino.
December 7th, 2010 at 4:12 PM ^
Which is odd since Snyder looks like a milquetoast, mild-mannered accountant whose favorite time of the year is dressing up as Santa Claus at his church.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:39 AM ^
that. I think the figure they mentioned was 15% of all coaches in D-1 A (?) were from Youngstown, OH!
December 7th, 2010 at 10:42 AM ^
December 7th, 2010 at 11:30 AM ^
I have high hopes for Ray Vinopal!
December 7th, 2010 at 11:09 AM ^
as a resident, gotta I love it. You can add Bob Davie and Mark Mangino to the list, as they both attended Youngstown State.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:37 AM ^
At Florida State
December 7th, 2010 at 10:38 AM ^
Wasn't the old USF coach somehow connected to stoops? If so, that is an interesting connection between all the coaches to recently get fired for some type of player abuse.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:42 AM ^
Wiki says they were co-DCs at Kansas State 92-95.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:41 AM ^
Go up a branch and Bill Snyder had almost all if these guys at K State during their run in the 90's. He had a crazy good staff.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:43 AM ^
Sorry a bit behind on my Snyder post.
December 7th, 2010 at 12:38 PM ^
has good players like Michael Bishop and Darren Sproles.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:47 AM ^
My understanding is that Snyder's coaching tree starts with Hayden Fry, under whom Snyder got his start. Fry's coaching tree is truly impressive.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:57 AM ^
Former Fry assistants or players who have taken over Division I-A college football programs include:
- Kirk Ferentz, Iowa, 1999–present
- Bob Stoops, Oklahoma, 1999–present
- Mike Stoops, Arizona, 2004–present
- Bill Snyder, Kansas State, 1989–2005, 2009–present
- Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin, 1990–2005
- Bret Bielema, Wisconsin, 2006–present
- Dan McCarney, Iowa State, 1995–2006
- Chuck Long, San Diego State, 2006–2008
- Jim Leavitt, South Florida, 1996–2009
- Bo Pelini, Nebraska, 2008–present
Long is really the only true 100% bust in the group. McCarney had a couple of decent years at ISU, and beat Iowa a few times in the process.
One of the things that gives me pause about RR is the fact that he's been a D1A head coach for 10 years, and I'm not aware of any of his assistants getting a HC gig on their own; I don't really count Opie Stewart in there. Virtually all of the truly top-notch college coaches spawn other coaches; within Bo's first ten years, he had five or six guys go on to HC jobs. Young, Stobart, Maloney, Uzelac, Moeller, and Smith come to mind.
December 7th, 2010 at 12:12 PM ^
Leach is off the Mumme tree and as mentioned earlier a lot of those guys are from Bill Snyder's program.
And as painful as this is to mention, check the Woody Hayes tree.
December 7th, 2010 at 12:43 PM ^
I've always been impressed by Mike Holmgren's 1992 Green Bay staff - some good (and mediocre) future head coaches on that staff: Steve Mariucci, Jon Gruden, Andy Reid, Ray Rhodes,and Dick Jauron all went on to be head coaches. I guess you could always link them all the way back to Bill Walsh as well. Plus the picture is awesome...
December 7th, 2010 at 5:39 PM ^
Mike Leach- HC Texas Tech
Mark Mangino- HC Kansas
Chuck Long- HC San Diego State
None of these are head coaches anymore. Are they really that good?