Who currently are the top FCS coaches,with highest winning pct.

[ruready4somefootball]

We all know Rutgers won't spend top dollar if and when they go coach hunting. Since the next great coach is probably coaching in the FCS division,I was wondering if the knowledgeable fans on this board can identify who are the top 3 or 4 most successful coaches from there in the last 5 years? Who will be the next Brian Kelly, ready to step right into D1 and set the football world on it's ears?

 

[BoroKnight]

Brian Kelly never coached in FCS. He went from Division II to what we would now call a Group of Five FBS school to a then-BCS school to Notre Dame. A logical progression, really, with Central Michigan the only one taking even a moderate gamble on a coach from Grand Valley State.

Is D-II to the MAC a greater or lesser leap than FCS to Big Ten? Guess it depends on whether you're talking North Dakota State-Montana-top Colonial or MEAC.

 

[Dr. Potato]

Google it you lazy Mo Fo.

 

[rutgersguy1]

That's generally not the level you should be looking at. HCs from that level generally don't make the jump to the P5 level without intermediate steps in between. About the only one I can think of the top of my head is Jim Tressel from Youngstown St to OSU.

Brian Kelly from Grand Valley to CMU to Cincy to ND. Paul Johnson from Georgia Southern (now FBS but not at that time) to Navy to GT. RichRod from Glenville St to Clemson OC to WVU. Chip Kelly New Hampshire OC to Oregon OC to Oregon HC.

So you see there's always that intermediate step sometimes more than one. Point is the place to be looking IMO is to the coordinators at the P5 level or HCs at the high mid major level. I think that's the best probability for finding the next big coach. IMO it would take special circumstances like a long track record for a low mid major coach to come up to the P5 for example Gary Pinkel's 10 years at Toledo. Jerry Kill would probably be another from NIU but again like Pinkel a very long track record.

 

[StyleKnight]

You realize Rutgers is an intermediate step right?

 

[rutgersguy1]

You realize Rutgers is an intermediate step right?

You realize Rutgers is in the P5 right? It's not an intermediate step to the P5, it's already in it. It's an intermediate step to the elite of the P5. Did you read the post properly?

 

[StyleKnight]

We pay Flood the lowest salary of any P5 school. There are several non-P5 coaches that make more than Flood.

 

[rutgersguy1]

We pay Flood the lowest salary of any P5 school. There are several non-P5 coaches that make more than Flood.

Yes we do and we paid Flood exactly what he deserved. His salary is a function of his experience none of which was as a successful coordinator or mid major HC. If the next hire deserves more I expect he'll get more. P5 job is still a P5 job and many good mid major coaches will want the opportunity and I think we'll be paying enough to attract some. Maybe not all but more than enough and that also goes for a coordinators.

Did you read the article on Tom Herman I posted in the other thread. He makes more than Flood too. Did you see the part about him personally peeling up tiles in one of their facilities? HC jobs are coveted, a HC job in the B10 in a fertile recruiting ground will have enough applicants. Will some not be interested? Sure but they'll be enough interest.

 

[BeantownKnight]

Yesterday, I read one post that said RU should get Bo Pellini. Now, despite what you might think of him, he is a coach with winning record, he has a name, and - most importantly - due to circumstance, it might be possible to not have to pay him top-dollar.

I think this strategy - looking for successful coaches but who are also known for being problematic or who might have had issues in their past - might be a good one for RU because, as we know, we're on a budget. Think of it as the NY Yankees approach - who no longer try and fish out the top talent from the farm system and instead just pick out known commodities. The only difference is that RU won't pay top dollar for guys who are past their prime.

 

[ruready4somefootball]

Google it you lazy Mo Fo.

**** you

 

[LotusAggressor]

Yesterday, I read one post that said RU should get Bo Pellini. Now, despite what you might think of him, he is a coach with winning record, he has a name, and - most importantly - due to circumstance, it might be possible to not have to pay him top-dollar.

I think this strategy - looking for successful coaches but who are also known for being problematic or who might have had issues in their past - might be a good one for RU because, as we know, we're on a budget. Think of it as the NY Yankees approach - who no longer try and fish out the top talent from the farm system and instead just pick out known commodities. The only difference is that RU won't pay top dollar for guys who are past their prime.

Coaches with baggage are the only coaches that RU is going to be able to attract.

 

[LotusAggressor]

In an environment like this, do you honestly believe that someone like Pelini would be successful?

 

[Dr. Potato]

This guy is 25 - 6. In 2013 Carey led NIU to an undefeated regular season that included two wins over Big Ten Conference teams - a 30-27 last-minute win over Iowa in the season opener and a 55-24 blowout victory at Purdue. Behind All-Americans Jordan Lynch and Jimmie Ward, the Huskies spent 12 weeks in the Top 25 rankings and coasted through the league slate to win the MAC West title and advance to the MAC Championship game for the fourth straight year.

http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/rod_carey_740943.html

http://www.coacheshotseat.com/WinningestActiveCoachesIA.htm