Whereas Nick Saban will always be Alabama's defensive backs coach in a wink-wink way, Lincoln Riley is actually Oklahoma's quarterbacks coach -- it says so right there on his bio. Its easy to just think about Utah as a team that always competes for a conference title year in year out because of the recent past, but that is not how this program is viewed historically. But instead of kicking him to the curb, the program stayed with him and has gone 23-14 in the last three years, the team's best three-year stint since the mid-1970s. Just look at his top two wide receivers heading into the 2021 season. 56 nationally in pass defense in 2019 (222.2 yards per game) to No. To put this list together, we gathered feedback from a combination of head coaches, coordinators, team officials, etc., around college football after asking them about position coaches whom they expect to be in line for bigger jobs this next coaching cycle or at some point in the near future. Is seen in the coaching world as someone who will be a coordinator in the near future.
The highest-paid wide receivers coaches in college football: 2022 Monken has not only surpassed those seven wins four times in seven years but hes also added two double-digit winning seasons. Has mentored a first- or second-team All-Big 12 selection each of his first three season with the Cyclones. Brennan Marion, Pitt WR coach. Has been one of the lead recruiters on 10 four-star players that the Gators have landed the past three years. As the Mustangs running backs coach, Samples has aided in the progression of players such as Ulysses Bentley and Tyler Lavine. 9), punt-return average (No. Was part of an Indiana staff that transformed the Hoosiers program from 23 losing records in a 24-year period to back-to-back winning seasons in 2019 and 20, including a 6-1 mark in Big Ten play last fall. Cale Gundy, Oklahoma -- $580,000+ 6. Assuming 2020 was just a blip and not the beginning of a downward trend, Franklin has proven himself to be one of the top coaches in college football. But that is not the program Jimbo Fisher inherited in 2010. Then, after coming back from the NFL, Saban took over a Michigan State program that had gone 19-26 in the four years before his arrival and shepherded them to a 34-24-1 record during his tenure. Brocks special teams unit at Bowling Green in 2017 ranked in the top 20 nationally in kick-return defense (No. Ole Miss, LSU and SMU competed for his services after the season before he ultimately decided to join Lane Kiffins staff at Ole Miss. Within a four-day period in July, he landed two of the top-ranked recruits in SMU program history five-star wide receiver Jordan Hudson and four-star safety Chace Biddle. 4 in NAIA in scoring, total offense and passing offense. At Sam Houston State, one of Wrights linemen (P.J. The Elite Quarterback Training Program. Big 12 Baylor: Antwan Goodley and Levi Norwood. Rejoined Will Healy in 2019 after one season at Minnesota. Well, volatility will always play a role in the process because our group of voters, consisting of writers from both CBS Sports and 247Sports, aren't given a set of guidelines to follow. Initially was hired by Healy at Chattanooga in 2009 and has worked for him every year since other than the one season at Minnesota. Lavine, a former walk-on, added 310 rushing yards. Whether it was nobody crashing and burning or soaring higher than ever -- or none of our voters wanting to take anything that happened during a pandemic season too seriously -- things remained largely the same. The Chanticleers head coach goes into this season looking for a shot at back-to-back Sun Belt titles. As a player, Wright was an All-American defensive lineman at Texas and was one of the leaders of the Longhorns 2005 national championship team. Has worked with coaches such as Syracuse coach Dino Babers, Orange offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert and Kent State coach Sean Lewis. His last team, the 1958 squad, went 8-0-1 and represented the end of the great Army football program of yesteryear. Sure, there might be an inclination to not have them at No. As always, salaries based on publicly-available information, primarily theUSA Todaycoaching salary database. Justin Stepp, Arkansas -- $350,000, PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS:Offensive line | Running backs | Tight ends |Defensive line | Linebackers |Defensive backs | Special teams. Dennis Simmons, Oklahoma -- $460,000 5. 1 recruiter in the country in 2020 and is No. Fickells record would surely have him higher on this list if it weren't for the fact that the Bearcats program has been wildly successful over the last couple of decades. Ohio State wide receivers coach Brian Hartline has established himself as one of the best assistants in all of college football over the past few years. The highest-paid quarterbacks coach in college football will make $8.05 million this year. One is five-star cornerback Travis Hunter, rated as the nations No.
Miami Hurricanes Passing Statistics Must Improve, Starting with Spring Two of Simpsons cornerbacks were named second-team All-Conference USA last season (Brontae Harris and TD Marshall). Three of the coaches in last season's the top 25 lost their jobs following the 2021 season, including a top-10 coach in Dan Mullen and another who won a national title in 2019, Ed Orgeron. Returner Trestan Ebnar was the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year and became the first player in modern school history with two kick-return touchdowns in one game. As Charlottes offensive coordinator in 2019, Atkins led a unit that ranked 28th nationally in yards per play (6.31). Also has been contacted in recent years about NFL and SEC offensive line jobs. #625 of 880. 6-keys: media/spln/collegefootball/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. Due to the specialized nature of quarterback coaching, we've broken this list into two parts. After the championship-winning year of 2013, the FSU offenses that ranked 38th nationwide in EPA per play under his watch dropped down to 107th in the three years since he left. LSU paid Mickey Joseph $407,000 to coach its wide receivers in 2021. Was a leader in the recruitment of recent LSU tight end commit Mason Taylor, the son of former NFL star Jason Taylor. 22. Had two all-conference defensive backs last year first-teamer Elijah Molden (who was picked by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of this years NFL draft) and second-team selection Trent McDuffie. Assisted with Ohio States running backs and tight ends for three seasons in his role as a Buckeyes graduate assistant from 2017-19. Has been one of the lead recruiters on six of the Scarlet Knights 14 commitments, including the primary recruiter on three four-star pledges. Behind Greggs line, the Flames ran for a school-record 2,776 yards in 2020 and ranked No. Flecks first team went 1-11, a three-loss decrease from the previous year, but he ultimately turned the boat around and went 8-5 the next two seasons before the incredible 13-1 season of 2016, where the team only lost in the Cotton Bowl to Wisconsin. From 1953 (when they joined the Big Ten) to 2006, they had two finishes in the AP Top 25. Received inquiries about at least a few Power 5 defensive line coach openings this offseason and turned down a job offer from a Big 12 program. 1 nationally (both FBS and FCS) with nine blocked kicks and set a Colonial Athletic Association record with 27 made field goals by Ethan Ratke. He went on to be selected in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. 2 in the SEC in pass defense in its first season under Rushing and should be even better this fall. Has secured commitments from five four-star recruits in the past two recruiting classes, including top-100 2022 prospect Derrick Moore. Played three seasons with the Indianapolis Colts. Helped BCs defense improve by an average of 71 yards per game against conference opponents in 2020 (from 494 yards per game under the previous staff in 2019 to 422.8 yards per game last season). Under Woodson at Auburn, Noah Igbinoghene developed into a first-round pick at cornerback after. Another stint in the NFL led to the Alabama job, where he has won six National Championships. Brian Early has been a part of the Houston staff since 2019 and was at Arkansas State previously. -- Ron Dugans signed a new deal in January; the $450,000 salary was his 2021 figure. Marion is an expert in the "Go-Go . He has gone 14-7 over the last two seasons, a mark that would have been much better if Indiana could have feasted on some non-conference opponents last year. When Ed Orgeron was fired and the staff was changed over, LSU paid a premium to pluck Cortez Hankton, still buzzed from the championship champagne, away from Georgia. Because of his achievements with the Seminoles team of Florida State University, Bobby Bowden is one of the most famous and greatest college coaches of all time. Volatility is a hazard of the coaching business. Ranked as a top-10 recruiter nationally for the 2019 class and currently is ranked as one of the top recruiters in the Big Ten for the 2022 class. Has received NFL interest each of the past two years. The feel in the coaching world is that Odom likely would be a top contender for the Oklahoma coordinator job if Alex Grinch leaves for a head-coaching opportunity. Was under consideration for the Marshall coaching job before the hire of Charles Huff. Other college position coaches who received mention: Josh Aldridge, Liberty defensive line coach; Matt Barnes, Ohio State secondary coach; Kelvin Bell, Iowa defensive line coach; Brian Braswell, Maryland offensive line coach; Elijah Brooks, Maryland running backs coach; Tashard Choice, Georgia Tech running backs coach; Michael Desormeaux, Louisiana co-OC/tight ends coach; Joe Graves, Georgia Southern tight ends coach/special teams coordinator; Tyler Grisham, Clemson wide receivers coach; Jim Harding, Utah offensive line coach; Jeremy Hawkins, Eastern Kentucky defensive line coach; Mark Hogan, Davidson safeties coach; Scott Huff, Washington offensive line coach; Chris Marve, Florida State linebackers coach; Gary McGraw, Sam Houston State cornerbacks coach/special teams coordinator; Slade Nagle, Tulane tight ends coach; Rod Ojong, Buffalo safeties coach; Clay Patterson, Minnesota tight ends coach; Lee Rousell, Nicholls offensive line coach; Eric Sanders, Stanford inside linebackers coach; DeRail Sims, Louisville running backs coach; Clint Sintim, Virginia defensive line coach; Omarr Smith, Morgan State secondary coach; Jeremy Springer, Marshall special teams coordinator; Cole Weeks, Troy running backs coach; Ron Whitcomb, Buffalo tight ends coach; Jeremiah Wilson, Akron secondary coach; Levar Woods, Iowa special teams coordinator. Was a high school head coach at Friendship College Academy in Washington, D.C., for 10 seasons (2004-13). Breaking news. Has coached 11 All-American offensive linemen throughout his career. He landed one of the. A former All-Big 12 tight end at OU who played five seasons in the NFL.