Athlon's Ratings of CUSA Football Coaches

UNTLifer · May 17, 2017

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/ranking-conference-usas-college-football-coaches-2017?_ga=2.87274584.1593324987.1495032981-1166664571.1474898755

This list seems all over the place to me. Holtz, Stockstill and Wilder are probably rated correctly, but from there on down it is a crap shoot. I don't understand Clark, Kiffin, Davis and Sanford being rated so high considering they have yet to produce anything. Well, Clark had a fairly good season, but it is difficult to gauge how his program will respond after a two year absence. Wilson should probably be rated ahead of Littrell considering he beat us last year. Holiday at Marshall has produced mixed results and doesn't seem to have the Herd headed in the right direction. Thoughts?

Ben Gooding · May 17, 2017

2 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/ranking-conference-usas-college-football-coaches-2017?_ga=2.87274584.1593324987.1495032981-1166664571.1474898755

This list seems all over the place to me. Holtz, Stockstill and Wilder are probably rated correctly, but from there on down it is a crap shoot. I don't understand Clark, Kiffin, Davis and Sanford being rated so high considering they have yet to produce anything. Well, Clark had a fairly good season, but it is difficult to gauge how his program will respond after a two year absence. Wilson should probably be rated ahead of Littrell considering he beat us last year. Holiday at Marshall has produced mixed results and doesn't seem to have the Herd headed in the right direction. Thoughts?

Kiffin and Davis are where they are on name only. Clark is rated well by Athlon because he won at UAB a few years back, kind of enough said there. Holiday has had success nearly his entire time at Marshall until this previous year. Wilson, up to this point, has been a better hire than Littrell. Wilson beat Littrell head to head and has recruited circles around Littrell. I think this ranking is fairly accurate. Kiffin could probably be dropped down a few pegs. Wilson could probably be bumped up a couple as well.