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Despite rising coach salaries, the SEC has the best coaches for the money, according to Forbes.
Forbes calculated the value of top college football coaches based on their respective school’s ROI in football. According to the business publication, “in compiling this list, we concluded that the best way to rank a coach relative to his peers is not just based on the number of wins and losses alone but the the strength of those wins, as well as how much a coach wins and loses as compared to his salary and the total resources he has.”
Here are the best coaches for the money, according to Forbes:
- Brian Kelly, Notre Dame
- Jimbo Fisher, Florida State
- Nick Saban, Alabama
- Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
- Steve Spurrier, South Carolina
- Dabo Swinney, Clemson
- George O’Leary, UCF
- Tim DeRutyer, Fresno State
- Pete Lambo, Ball State
- Art Briles, Baylor
- Mark Richt, Georgia
- Todd Graham, Arizona State
- Jim Mora, UCLA
- Matt Campbell, Toledo
- Rocky Long, San Diego State
- David Bailiff, Rice
- Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss
- Al Golden, Miami
- Urban Meyer, Ohio State
- David Shaw, Stanford
- Mike Riley, Oregon State
- Frank Solich, Ohio
- Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M
- Rich Rodriguez, Arizona
- Les Miles, LSU
What are your thoughts on this list?
After living in Birmingham, Ala., Jordan left the ground zero of SEC Nation to head south to Florida to tell the unique stories of the renowned tradition of SEC football. In his free time, his mission is to find the best locales around.
