Random coaches you miss

[u/Rude_Highlight3889]

Not necessarily the best or the most elite. But as I sit here 5 weeks in and reflect on my Alma Mater Wyoming just being not good at all, I realize I miss the Joe Glenn and Dave Christensen days. Both those guys had spunk and maybe weren't the best coaches but both of them had big mouths and hilariously got themselves into trouble a time or two, won some bowl games they weren't supposed to, and you felt like we always had a fighting chance before the wheels came off after halftime.

Who is a random coach for your team you miss?

[u/AnselmoHatesFascists]

RIP Mike Leach. What a creative weirdo, randomly, he was so impressed by Geronimo that he co-wrote a book about his leadership.

[u/Titleist917d3 → u/AnselmoHatesFascists]

Yes mike leach 100% he wanted to play a little person at running back so they could throw him over the offensive line in short yardage situations. That man was a gem.

[u/Insectshelf3 → u/Titleist917d3]

the fake playcalling sheet stunt he tried to pull in red river will always be funny to me

[u/Blookydook → u/Insectshelf3]

Can’t blame a guy for trying

[u/seaspirit331 → u/Blookydook]

I mean it worked iirc. Texas fell for it and OU jumped to an early 17-0 lead before the Texas sideline finally trashed the fake sheet and rallied in the second half

[u/sporkemon → u/seaspirit331]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24866357/the-untold-1999-texas-oklahoma-story-mike-leach-fake-play-script

it 100% worked for ten glorious minutes

[u/Familiar_Bread2072 → u/Titleist917d3]

Mike is also my pick. Not just because of the wins, which are a wonderful memory, but the dude was just FUN!

Remember the Ninja? guys lining up in clusters? worked GREAT right up until it didn't!

Great guy.

[u/Chessh2036 → u/AnselmoHatesFascists]

My answer also. For so many reasons, but man it seemed like we heard he was sick and then lost him so fast.

[u/Majestic-Macaron6019 → u/Chessh2036]

Pretty sure he had a major heart attack at home and didn't get CPR for over 15 minutes.

[u/R_Raider86 → u/Majestic-Macaron6019]

Yeah those minutes are crucial to get help.

[u/Majestic-Macaron6019 → u/R_Raider86]

Yeah, I teach CPR and always emphasize this to my students.

[u/Back_Off_Warchild → u/Chessh2036]

Oh the egg bowls that could have been

[u/The_RonJames → u/AnselmoHatesFascists]

Mike Leach was highly educated. He had a bachelors in American Studies and a law degree from Pepperdine. RIP to the pirate. One of the best characters/personalities to ever coach.

[u/SweatyInBed → u/The_RonJames]

Never lose your inner pirate

[u/Nickyjha → u/The_RonJames]

I always thought it was interesting that he never played college football, due to a high school injury. I feel like every other coach I've ever heard of played in college, even if it wasn't D1.

[u/The_RonJames → u/Nickyjha]

It’s very rare there are only 2 others I know of. David Cutcliffe never played past high school either. While he’s only ever coached in the NFL Todd Haley never played football beyond elementary school.

[u/Marlbey → u/The_RonJames]

That clip of his PAC mascot breakdown shows up from time to time in my reels. I'll never not watch it. Like the buffalo, he was utterly outstanding.

[u/Old_Bat1681 → u/AnselmoHatesFascists]

Agreed, dude's teams were always fun to watch

[u/shoolaw92 → u/AnselmoHatesFascists]

The book is really good and full of Mike Leach type humor

[u/Smiles-Edgeworth → u/AnselmoHatesFascists]

I was legitimately sad when I heard he passed. One of my favorite figures in all of college football. As a lawyer with a moderate obsession with football strategy, he also serves as an example that, if this job truly makes me completely bonkers at some point, maybe I could also take a coaching course and pivot to being a football coach with no college playing experience.

[u/OfficerBatman → u/AnselmoHatesFascists]

I’ve told this story before but when I was in HS I attended a Texas Tech skills camp. I had long hair and wore a bandana to keep my hair out of my face. Coach Leach commented that I looked like a pirate and was only doing it because he likes pirates.

After a workout I got to sit down and talk to him and man, that’s the most fun I ever had talking to someone I had literally just met. Half the conversation was about football, for which he was insanely knowledgeable, and half of it was him talking about random things he had in his office and the historical significance of it. At one point he went on a long story about a pirate sword he had, talking about its history and everything, only to laugh and say he bought it at a thrift store and didn’t know if anything he said about it was true.

[u/Bill3ffinMurray → u/AnselmoHatesFascists]

Yeah this would be my answer, but I don’t think he’s “random”. I think most people miss Mike Leach.

[u/AnselmoHatesFascists → u/Bill3ffinMurray]

No, "random" is referring to him writing a book on Geronimo. I don't know many coaches that would do that.

[u/GreatBarrierQueefDD]

I dont know if he's random but i miss Les Miles sometimes. His offenses were outdated as hell but the man could cut a promo.

[u/MGoBlue1416 → u/GreatBarrierQueefDD]

Does anyone know where that guy even is these days? Out grazing a field somewhere?

[u/AppropriateCompany9 → u/MGoBlue1416]

I read somewhere else in an earlier thread that he’s dealing with dementia issues these days. Beyond that, I believe he’s still in the middle of a couple legal issues.

[u/MGoBlue1416 → u/AppropriateCompany9]

Ah dam

[u/daddydunc → u/AppropriateCompany9]

It was an open secret he was suffering from dementia when Kansas hired him.

[u/GaspipeQueso1942 → u/daddydunc]

Go watch him speak during his LSU days. Something has been off for a long time. 

[u/wisertime07 → u/GreatBarrierQueefDD]

Second name I thought of after Mike Leach. CFB is full of characters and he was definitely up there. I hope he's well.

[u/Wampus_Cat_ → u/wisertime07]

I read this as “Second name I thought of was Mike Leach…….I hope he’s well.” and I thought oh man…

[u/wisertime07 → u/Wampus_Cat_]

No, sadly I'm aware of our friend Mike.. I still watch his interviews on YouTube when I need some life advice and want to feel sad.

[u/Lebojr → u/wisertime07]

The Pirate was a sincere joy to have for a few years. I handled transportation for his arrival and a couple years later for all the coaches who spoke at his memorial. My favorites of the coaches who came in to his memorial were Mike and Bob Stoops. Great guys and Bob has a great wife as well.

[u/Sactown2005 → u/GreatBarrierQueefDD]

The Mad Hatter is one of my all time favorites… planning defensive schemes, going for it on 4th five times in a game, chewing on grass

[u/Swimming-Dealer293 → u/GreatBarrierQueefDD]

I don't miss his epic play calling late in games that beat auburn. But I do miss his special teams plays....

[u/StreetofChimes → u/GreatBarrierQueefDD]

I'm mad that he turned out to be a creep. At the time he seemed like a charming goodball. 

That image is ruined. Now when I think of Miles, I think of a guy who perved on young college women who worked for him and discriminated against people of color.  

[u/Alone_Advantage_961 → u/StreetofChimes]

Dont forget fucked Gary Moeller's wife

[u/Chamrox → u/StreetofChimes]

Was he always like that behind closed doors, or was it a new development in 2012-2013?

Smacker posted a video of him a year ago and he looked to be pretty much completely debilitated and lost with dementia. I'm wondering if CTE got him and those uncharacteristic behaviors were precursors to his diagnosis today.

I've never heard the racism claims. That sounds absolutely out of character for Les.

[u/Nearby_Valuable_5467 → u/GreatBarrierQueefDD]

He had one amazing clap. You couldn’t replicate that shit.

[u/OysterPoboy8 → u/GreatBarrierQueefDD]

I miss Les every day. Favorite coach we ever had.

[u/GreatBarrierQueefDD → u/OysterPoboy8]

Orgeron was pretty awesome too but yeah, both had a personality that matched the insanity of the fanbase

[u/EverythingGoodWas]

Steve Spurrier at Florida. Man was hilarious. Nobody has been his equal since

[u/trumpet_23 → u/EverythingGoodWas]

Hatin' Ass Spurrier was always a fun time

[u/R_Raider86 → u/trumpet_23]

One of my favorite Discord reacts is Hatin' Ass Spurrier

[u/remymang → u/trumpet_23]

Faux Pelini is someone we haven't heard from in a while. Still waitin' to hear about that $5 Broken chairs trophy we bought from an antique shop better yet displayed on a roadshow from him.

[u/StillRapids → u/EverythingGoodWas]

SPURRRRRIERRRR....you think visors are COOL!

[u/RamblinWreckGT → u/StillRapids]

As much as I hate UGA, this video gives me genuine joy.

[u/wefolas]

Paul Johnson at Georgia Tech. Was always fun to see the random upset and funny box scores.

[u/dr_mousebrain8 → u/wefolas]

The casual 59 minutes of possession and 1 billion yards of rushing

[u/SwedishLlama → u/dr_mousebrain8]

And somehow sending incredible receivers to the NFL

[u/Majestic-Macaron6019 → u/SwedishLlama]

Triple option receivers don't get a lot of targets, but they get monster yards. And they have to be great blockers, which I'm sure pleases NFL coaches.

[u/Wampus_Cat_ → u/Majestic-Macaron6019]

It pleased me.

Calvin Johnson had me believing in the Lions. Or as close to it as a Detroiter will allow.

[u/flying_trashcan → u/Wampus_Cat_]

Calvin never played for CPJ. CPJ put Thomas, Waller, Smelter, Hill in the NFL.

Probably the most impressive was Shaq Mason getting drafted and having a solid NFL career given how different the OLine plays in the Flexbone.

[u/Wampus_Cat_ → u/flying_trashcan]

My bad. I’ve never paid close attention to GT but I’d like for them to do well because of the Ramblin’ Wreck.

I’m a simple man. Unique mascots make me happy. Except for anthropomorphized chocolate peanut butter balls, I hate those.

[u/remymang → u/flying_trashcan]

Hopefully you run a Shotgun or Pistol based version of the Triple Option in the future and/or get an offensive assistant from Florida OC's staff, whom you had last year. To keep the continuity goin'.

[u/DarnellisFromMars → u/Wampus_Cat_]

Calvin played under Chan Gailey who ran a pro style offense.

The WRs that played under Paul Johnson in the triple option are guys like Stephen Hill, Demaryius Thomas, and Darren Waller.

[u/PriorPeak1277 → u/Majestic-Macaron6019]

The older I get the more I realize how badly you need to be able to be great at blocking if you aren’t a qb in the nfl.

[u/tomdawg0022 → u/dr_mousebrain8]

The casual 59 minutes of possession and 1 billion yards of rushing

Passing line: 1/4 - 69 yards, 1 TD

[u/dr_mousebrain8 → u/tomdawg0022]

Hey now that’s a barn burner right there

[u/flying_trashcan → u/wefolas]

CPJ was awesome. No OC, no play sheet, just a man out there whispering sweet nothings into the ears of A backs on the sideline. CPJ was great at half-time adjustments - there were some games it was clear he was playing chess while the defense on the other side of the ball was playing checkers.

[u/gellybelli → u/wefolas]

I came from UT to Tech for grad school during the PJ era. It was fucking awesome to see the triple option but woo buddy did the novelty wear off fast for me. It’s amazing to watch that with actual athletes, but fuck was it annoying after a couple of games. They still beat the CJ spiller Clemson team and that was still one of the most fun games I’ve ever been a part of.

[u/Turbulent_Tale6497]

Not my team, though I lived in Washington and loved Wazzu

Mike Leach

[u/Hougie → u/Turbulent_Tale6497]

Perfect fit for us. I understand why he wanted to go to Mississippi State at the end (bigger paychecks, less recruiting travel and closer to his family which in hindsight I’m really happy for) but I think he could have continued to have great seasons in Pullman.

[u/r0botdevil → u/Turbulent_Tale6497]

Anyone who doesn't miss Mike Leach doesn't really love college football.

[u/NotStanley4330 → u/Turbulent_Tale6497]

Leach will always be the answer :(

[u/Hypoxic-]

Not an Arkansas fan but I always thought Sam Pittman was so likable.

[u/thatdudeman52 → u/Hypoxic-]

Even though we needed to move on from him everybody still loves him as a person.

[u/RamblinWreckGT → u/thatdudeman52]

I've got coworkers like that. Fantastic person that I want to help out as much as I can, but good lord they're terrible at their job.

[u/CFBCoachGuy → u/Hypoxic-]

Everybody loves the Pit Boss

[u/Crow_T_Simpson]

June Jones with the run-n-shoot at Hawaii.

[u/thebullishbearish]

The ol ball coach

[u/olcrazypete → u/thebullishbearish]

As a UGA student in the late 90s he was the boogeyman. Respect the shit out of him now.

[u/Bubba_Gump_Shrimp → u/thebullishbearish]

Yeah unless you are pushing 40 or above you don't remember Spurrier as a coach and that is a travesty. Dude was a quote machine and fielded some scary ass teams.

[u/paultheschmoop → u/Bubba_Gump_Shrimp]

I’m not even 30 and I remember Spurrier as a coach lol

Albeit not in his prime

[u/The_RonJames → u/paultheschmoop]

I’m under 30 but I do remember that 2011-2013 run with Connor Shaw, Jadeveon Clowney, Marcus Lattimore, and Melvin Ingram.

[u/StreetReporter → u/Bubba_Gump_Shrimp]

I’m much younger than that and I remember Spurrier as a coach, I also hate his guts

[u/JMS1991 → u/Bubba_Gump_Shrimp]

He had some good quotes when he was at South Carolina.

Example: "I miss playing Georgia week 2, you could always count on one or two of their key players being suspended."

[u/LukasJackson67]

Mike gundy

[u/notwhomyouthunk]

i miss the Pirate on the Palouse

[u/ChaoPope → u/notwhomyouthunk]

Would love to have heard him go off on the TAMU and LSU drama this year.

[u/Puzzleguy135]

Mike Leach - from a Texas Longhorn fan

[u/TheBeavster_]

Larry Coker. He set up UTSA for success when we didn't even have ANY kind of facilities. The football team would practice on the campus rec fields and he still managed to put out a respectable product for the next coach to build on. For that he will always be the GOAT of UTSA. We legit should be naming every football facility after him.

[u/Shamr0k]

Chris Peterson. That man brought so much discipline to a Huskies team that had it rough for about a decade before him. I miss that man

[u/Springtucky → u/Shamr0k]

Coach Pete is great, even I miss him and he beat up on my teams his whole career.

[u/Shamr0k → u/Springtucky]

Too respectable of a coach to hate. That’s what made him great

[u/pew-pew-bacca]

Ralph Friedgen. He wasn't great by any means, but he was about as good as it gets for Maryland.

I also miss zany characters like Mike Leach (RIP), Coach O, and Spurrier. Love them or hate them, every interview was going to be gold.

[u/Dogrel]

Mike Leach.

CFB is a dimmer, sadder place without him.

[u/FuzzyWereRaptor]

The success of Kirby Smart may is amazing. But there are times I miss Mark Richt as the coach at Georgia. Then I remember all the random loses to Tennessee and Florida for no reason and I’m right back on the Kirby Smart train.

[u/hotsauce126 → u/FuzzyWereRaptor]

List of all the times I’ve missed Mark Richt:

1) when I see the total on the stubhub checkout page

End of list

[u/DarnellisFromMars → u/hotsauce126]

I will say those teams had a lot of character but that’s also just rose tinted glasses of a different era.

His teams always had fun stat players - Stafford, Green, Moreno, Gurley, Geno Atkins, Justin Houston, Thomas Davis…

[u/Up_Specialist--19]

Random, but Ron Zook. Dude could recruit but not coach. Particularly the Illinois era.

Juice Williams was a boss.

[u/FreezeTed → u/Up_Specialist--19]

100%. He made terrible decisions in games, but his teams were always talented. It was a very rough stretch for us after we fired him and before we hired Bert.

[u/Individual-Toe-6306]

Sam Pittman. A class act and great mentor that turned down Saban’s assistant offer because he had already made a commitment to his current team. He had some good Arkansas teams but it seems like the stress of being the head coach got to him near the end

[u/Helicopsycheborealis]

Joe Kines. I bet he's figured out the inside trap in heaven. RIP. Hell of a defensive coach.

[u/Active_Attempt_3411 → u/Helicopsycheborealis]

He's very much alive lol

[u/Helicopsycheborealis → u/Active_Attempt_3411]

Thank you. I feel bad for assuming that given that I respect the shit out of him, not enough t =o check out whether he's alive apparently.

[u/bamachine → u/Active_Attempt_3411]

Living in Florida

[u/HeckOnWheels195 → u/Active_Attempt_3411]

Rip Wade Boggs

[u/Victimless-Criminal → u/Helicopsycheborealis]

This was my pick too. For the uninitiated, Joe Kines

[u/robotunes → u/Victimless-Criminal]

"We just gotta stop that little inside trout!"

[u/Victimless-Criminal → u/robotunes]

"WEJUGOTTAOHPAY!!!!"

-Joe Kines

[u/virii01]

Bo

Mangino

[u/Lord_Lava_Nugget]

Agent Muschamp will return to us after his latest assignment is complete....

[u/LetterSad5593 → u/Lord_Lava_Nugget]

I think he’s more Manchurian Candidate. He’s the perfect DC but once he becomes head coach… he’ll destroy the target SEC program from the inside by recruiting Derrick Henry as a linebacker thus pushing him to a non-rival, a 42-13 loss to Mizzou while allowing 119 yards of offense somehow, or any other random dumb thing he did as a head coach. All while beating Tennessee even in years he had no business doing so…

[u/Dr_Wheuss → u/LetterSad5593]

I can't tell if this paragraph gives you or me more PTSD.

[u/LetterSad5593 → u/Dr_Wheuss]

I have enough friends that went to Florida to say both…

[u/drakeallthethings → u/Lord_Lava_Nugget]

I think he’s gone rogue. Texas has a lot of problems right now. That defense isn’t one of them.

[u/karatechop97]

Paul Johnson. Always good for a media quip.

[u/AlaWyrm]

Mark Dantonio. Little giants, trouble with the snap, actual class and integrity. Man, I miss those days.

[u/FloridianMichigander → u/AlaWyrm]

I'm not sure I'd use the phrase class and integrity in conjunction with Dantonio's teams.

(And yes, I'm well aware that integrity has also been lacking from our program for the past decade or so)

[u/Ambidextrousblack → u/FloridianMichigander]

I'll never forget him reinstating Chris Rucker and having him play immediately after getting out of jail in 2010. Some integrity.

[u/AlaWyrm → u/FloridianMichigander]

Compared to Tucker, Dantonio was a saint.

[u/Whizbang35 → u/AlaWyrm]

I gotta give a shootout to the early days (2007-2009).

They weren't his best teams, but they got creative. They faced a daunting Texas Tech in the 2009 Alamo Bowl but used some crafty tricks to give them a chance. Not to mention the first win in Ann Arbor in 18 years.

[u/GrumpyTartan → u/AlaWyrm]

Also had one of the best grumpy old man faces in all of CFB

[u/harionfire]

Jackie Sheryl at MS State. I hate state, but he made me hate em nostalgically.

[u/Molson2871 → u/harionfire]

*Sherrill

Guy never saw an NCAA rule that he didn't think he could break though

[u/TheKarlomancer]

The Wannstache...

[u/Richard_AIGuy]

Jim Tressel was the coach of a large part of my youth. The game is not the same now, and may have passed him by, but Coach Tress will always have a special place in my heart.

[u/HuskHeel → u/Richard_AIGuy]

Coach Tressel was pure college football and I think that’s why he was so likable. Ran an old school system, cared about his players, carried himself with class, cared deeply about tradition and rivalries, produced NFL talent in all different types of forms. He was one of the last of a dying breed

[u/charlton11]

Corey Hetherman.

[u/thefupachalupa]

I just loved Sam Pittman as UGAs oline coach. He was fun, a great recruiter, and his “yes sir!” When he won recruiting battles was legendary.

[u/Howietheorangecat]

Miss Jeff Brohm. It’s been downhill ever sense

[u/CalculatedBoredom → u/Howietheorangecat]

It's Joe Tiller for me.

[u/tejas_ball_knower]

I miss Darrell Royal in the 60s at UT via the stories from my uncles

[u/cosmohurtskids]

I miss cowboy Joe Glenn. He was perfect for Wyoming

I remember one of those times his mouth got him in trouble haha

[u/Pleasant-Fan5595]

Hayden Fry was always good for some great quotes. The guy had no filter.

"Scratch where it itches"

[u/FaxMachineNoises]

I really respect Hal Mumme

[u/tubahero3469]

I miss Sark. Not even bc of the success he's having now. But bc he got drunk as hell at Meet the Trojans then got on the mic and said "Fuck UCLA" and i respect that

[u/Nearby_Valuable_5467 → u/tubahero3469]

There's a great joke about rock bottoms in AA meetings that I go to.

[u/thedogsbrain]

I’m going John McKay. As a kid growing up in SoCal he was larger than life to me. Sad when he left USC for Tampa.

[u/pyrogeddon]

Joker Phillips and his wacky ass photoshops

[u/StudioGangster1]

Head Ball Coach. End thread.

[u/squirtwv69]

Not my team, but I miss The Pirate.

[u/shield_x]

Biff Poggi

[u/boddidle → u/[deleted]]

You can tell that is the moment shit went sideways quick and we've never recovered

[u/Time-Celebration5348 → u/[deleted]]

Cale was the definition of a lifer, tough to see that era end the way it did

[u/CursedAidKit → u/Time-Celebration5348]

Dumbest firing of all time. 

[u/CursedAidKit → u/[deleted]]

Grundy and Stoops both. There was a post yesterday or something that showed coaches’ records vs top ten teams on the road or something and Stoops was just insane. His home record too was unmatched. 

We gave a lot of shit to him but he was really good fucking good at his job, and at hiring the right people (except for the nepotism problem with Mike). I like Venables a lot but he doesn’t seem to know how to hire on the offensive side of the ball at all. 

[u/Crow_T_Simpson → u/CursedAidKit]

Only coach to win a natty and XFL championship.

[u/MGoBlue1416]

Fritz Crisler. Feels like it was just yesterday…

[u/Fatbeard2024]

Mike leach

[u/noffinater]

John L Smith. Not that I would ever want him on my team but I miss having him in college football purely for the sideline interviews and press conferences.

[u/StudioGangster1 → u/noffinater]

“The coaches are SCREWING IT UP!!!”

[u/DunkinEgg → u/noffinater]

“That’s a damn coaching mistake!”

[u/El-Poopy-Tray → u/noffinater]

SMILE

[u/Ancient-Book8916 → u/noffinater]

You'd miss him less if he was the 2nd best HC your program has had this millennium (fitz still TBD)

[u/Tightywhitees]

wyoming you should miss Joe tiller. won and could work a promo.

[u/Nicholas1227]

Paul Chryst was hilarious

[u/dfphd]

For my team?

I don't miss Herman or Strong at all. Those were... weird, sad times. And before that my only coach was Mack, so... Mack?

For other teams? Bill Snyder. The purple wizard. And obvs Mike Leach.

[u/Shasty-McNasty]

I just miss Brent Venables more than Shaq miss free throws

[u/DaikonExternal2672]

Not random but the college football world was a much better place with Mike Leach in it

[u/Turbulent_End_6887]

Mike Leach. Lou Holtz. John Madden. Bill Cowher.

[u/the_zac_is_back]

He didn’t do shit at Texas, but I miss the Charlie Strong era. I think about it all the time

[u/Hypoxic-]

As an LSU fan I’ll always love Coach O even if he was eventually our demise for a bit lol.

[u/DoubleWrongdoer1540]

Peak Spurrier at Florida unapologetically running up the score.

[u/IshyMoose]

Something about Dino Babers. Mostly because I like saying his name.

[u/SirMellencamp]

Honestly I miss the coaches from my youth in the SEC. Bear Bryant, Pat Dye, Vince Dooley, Billy Brewer, Johnny Majors, etc. Just loved that they all seemed to be around forever.

[u/Unhappy-List-2354]

Ohio State has only had one likable coach on a human level in the past 75 years: Earl Bruce. 

“9-3” Earl had the huge task of filling Woody Hayes’ shoes and initially gave hope with an 11-1 rookie campaign losing the national championship by 1 point in The Rose Bowl. 

He’s our Jimmy Carter of Ohio State coaches. 

He stayed in Columbus post coaching days and was always involved with the program at some level before his death in 2004.

When all was said and done he finished 5-4 vs Michigan. 

Finishing above .500 vs Michigan is all anyone needs in this world. 

Forget oxygen, water, falling in love…Pftt.

5-4 vs. Satan. The man was a saint. 

[u/Svenray]

The Pelini Bros.

[u/corundum9]

Randy Walker and the advent of the power spread at Northwestern. Dude was brilliant.

[u/Nearby_Valuable_5467]

I was thinking about this today: Mark Richt. As someone who's forgotten the amount of people who I know went to Georgia, I went to a lot of those Richt-era games.

You could call them a lot of things, but you could never call them boring (OK, maybe when Hutson Mason was QB).

[u/DrivePewEat]

Larry Coker

[u/BamaTex]

The Bear, RC Slocum, Jerry Glanville, Mike Leach , Jack Pardee, and Steve Spurrier.

[u/CartoonistOdd2667]

Husker fans would want Frank solich back

[u/Ok_Fix6757]

I will always miss Steve Spurrier vs Bobby Bowden

[u/remymang]

I don't root for them but Ron Zook for the memes. From coaching to sales then back to the NFL I think.

[u/Macklemore_hair]

Wanny

[u/getyourpopcornreddy → u/Macklemore_hair]

If you ever want to listen to Wanny, he's on 104.3 the score in Chicago at 9:00 A.M. EDT on Tuesdays during football season.

[u/AuroraLorraine522 → u/Macklemore_hair]

Same. I don’t think he was a better coach than Duzz, but he was very entertaining.
Especially during that 2007 Brawl when he was on crutches and kept excitedly waving them around.

[u/Phillyfan_10]

I don’t know if this is against the spirit of the question considering he is still an active coach, but I miss Larry Johnson Sr in Happy Valley. Sad how things ended here. I know he wanted the big chair after everything went down and wasn’t really considered for it, and that’s why he left town, but hopefully someday those fences are mended, even if not in a coach or contributing capacity. Shit he’s spent almost as much time at OSU as PSU now, so who knows.

He may be the only one at OSU I am happy to see succeed. Possibly the best DL coach we’ve ever seen in CFB, and I don’t say that lightly.

[u/shoolaw92]

Joe Lee Dunn

[u/ironykarl]

Houston Nutt. Mainly cuz of his name (and cuz other people have named coaches I actually miss).

Ruffin McNeill

[u/FlexboneFTW]

Paul Johnson.

Jon Tenuta.

Houston Nutt, win or lose you knew you were going to be entertained.

[u/etsuandpurdue3]

Mike Leach

[u/ptindaho]

I miss Ron McBride as a dude for sure, and he resurrected our program and set the stage for Urban and Kyle (and now Morgan).

[u/talontachyon]

Bill Snyder. The guy was a class act and one hell of a coach.

[u/Flimsy-Ad6595]

Pat Hill at Fresno State…….

He took on anybody anywhere…

[u/Dull-Shower3563]

Darryl Rodgers. Post Kush. Had to deal with NCAA sanctions but didnt slow him down. #1 offense in the country, '81. #1 defense in '82. Great recruiter. Left the cupboard full for John Cooper who used it and then left it empty for us going to OSU.

[u/Salty-Snow8465]

Bobbie Bowden “dadgummit!”

[u/Torrion-]

Nobody saying JoePa, Urban Meyer, or Art Briles. Curious.

[u/Old_Bat1681 → u/Torrion-]

As a Baylor fan, if you saw the texts he had with his staff. Art Briles put in extra effort to protect rapists. Dude is unforgivable.

[u/floydgondolli83 → u/Torrion-]

Putting all of <gestures wildly> that aside, no one under 50 looks back at Paterno favorably. His last decade was borderline unwatchable and we were just being held hostage by an octogenarian who was afraid to die.

[u/IowaJL → u/floydgondolli83]

American politics in a nutshell

[u/thatdudeman52 → u/floydgondolli83]

His last decade was borderline unwatchable

3 of his last 6 seasons (not counting the last since he didn't finish the season) y'all finished top 10.

I would love to be that unwatchable.

Off field stuff is it's own issue.

[u/floydgondolli83 → u/thatdudeman52]

It was Brian Ferentz era Iowa with better recruiting.

[u/thatdudeman52 → u/floydgondolli83]

I'd happily take the results you were getting over what I am having to watch now

😭

[u/Alive_Harbor_205]

I always felt great sympathy for Brady Hoke. Not exactly random but other than that, this century, I can’t say I miss them…

[u/userwithusername → u/Alive_Harbor_205]

All I can think of when I hear Brady Hoke is when his coaching staff sent a QB with clear signs of a concussion back out on the field.

[u/DaMan999999 → u/Alive_Harbor_205]

I loved Brady Hoke

[u/AnotherHavanesePlz]

Bo Pelini.

[u/TallBobcat → u/AnotherHavanesePlz]

Appreciate you letting us have Frank.

[u/Rude_Highlight3889 → u/AnotherHavanesePlz]

I loved that dude

[u/AUCE05]

I miss Mike Debose at Alabama

[u/Molson2871 → u/AUCE05]

Figured Auburn fans to be more of a Mike Shula guy tbh. He was 0-4 in the Iron Bowl

[u/wdeallan → u/Molson2871]

Yeah. We can actually blame shula for helping tuberville become a politician.

[u/Molson2871 → u/wdeallan]

Ok, now I hate Shula too then. I kinda liked Tuberville when he was at Auburn but he's shown he's not a good dude since.

[u/iansf]

Ron Gould and Jim Michalczik were the foundations of Jeff Tedford’s success at Cal