Elated, but obviously not gonna happen, a national championship caliber coach:
Urban, Bob Stoops
An obvious step forward, a successful Power 5 coach with a track record of competing for conference championships:
PJ Fleck, James Franklin, Bronco Mendenhall, Bryan Harsin (obviously not
P5, but competes against those programs)
A lateral move with higher upside, has succeeded in the past in a P5 conference but some risk:
Matt Campbell, Dave Clawson, Gus Malzahn
An uncertain gamble, but high upside, has succeeded at a lower level, but uncertain if they can win in the SEC:
Matt Norvel, Luke Fickell, Billy Napier, Bill Clark, Jason Candle, Blake Anderson
A lateral-ish move with little upside
Jeff Tedford,
A lateral move likely to fail.
Bret Bielema, Butch Jones, Chip Kelly, Greg Schiano, Hugh Freeze
Unproven
Alex Grinch, Dave Aranda, Major Applewhite
Urban, Bob Stoops
An obvious step forward, a successful Power 5 coach with a track record of competing for conference championships:
PJ Fleck, James Franklin, Bronco Mendenhall, Bryan Harsin (obviously not
P5, but competes against those programs)
A lateral move with higher upside, has succeeded in the past in a P5 conference but some risk:
Matt Campbell, Dave Clawson, Gus Malzahn
An uncertain gamble, but high upside, has succeeded at a lower level, but uncertain if they can win in the SEC:
Matt Norvel, Luke Fickell, Billy Napier, Bill Clark, Jason Candle, Blake Anderson
A lateral-ish move with little upside
Jeff Tedford,
A lateral move likely to fail.
Bret Bielema, Butch Jones, Chip Kelly, Greg Schiano, Hugh Freeze
Unproven
Alex Grinch, Dave Aranda, Major Applewhite
