http://cfn.scout.com/2/1282032.html

Quote:We did this two years ago. Take a guess how many of the 120 head coaches in 2011 aren't with their programs anymore? 57. Almost have of the coaches from just two years ago are gone, and it'll probably be close to that many two years from now. So with that in mind, which coaches would you want to bring in to build around?

It's simple: you have to hire a coach for your program with a five-year plan to build it up. Who'd be the best coach to take? No, this isn't a ranking of the best coaches in college football right now; this is a ranking of who'd be best to take over and be in for the relative long haul.

That's why age plays a huge factor - it's not a lock that a coach will still want to do this into his 70s - but it's mostly about who can get the job done. The younger, though, the better.

Quote:1. Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M
2. Urban Meyer, Ohio State
3. Nick Saban, Alabama
4. Les Miles, LSU
5. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame
6. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
7. Brady Hoke, Michigan
8. Bobby Petrino, Western Kentucky
9. Chris Petersen, Boise State
10. Charlie Strong, Louisville
11. Gary Patterson, TCU
12. Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
13. David Shaw, Stanford
14. Art Briles, Baylor
15. Mark Hudspeth, Louisiana
16. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
17. James Franklin, Vanderbilt
18. Larry Fedora, North Carolina
19. Dabo Swinney, Clemson
20. Bronco Mendenhall, BYU
21. Willie Taggart, South Florida
22. Jim Mora Jr., UCLA
23. Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
24. Bill O’Brien, Penn State
25. Dave Doeren, NC State
26. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State
27. Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss
28. Mark Helfrich, Oregon
29. Mike MacIntyre, Colorado
30. Al Golden, Miami
31. Lane Kiffin, USC
32. Tim DeRuyter, Fresno State
33. Will Muschamp, Florida
34. Butch Jones, Tennessee
35. Bryan Harsin, Arkansas State
36. Mark Richt, Georgia
37. Bo Pelini, Nebraska
38. Gary Andersen, Wisconsin
39. Bobby Wilder, Old Dominion
40. Steve Sarkisian, Washington
41. Rich Rodriguez, Arizona
42. Bret Bielema, Arkansas
43. Dan Mullen, Mississippi State
44. Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech
45. Troy Calhoun, Air Force
46. Todd Graham, Arizona State
47. Kyle Flood, Rutgers
48. Kevin Wilson, Indiana
49. Mike London, Virginia
50. Darrell Hazell, Purdue
51. Paul Rhoads, Iowa State
52. Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech
53. Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati
54. Randy Edsall, Maryland
55. Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia
56. Gus Malzahn, Auburn
57. Todd Monken, Southern Miss
58. Paul Chryst, Pitt
59. Ron Caragher, San Jose State
60. Ken Niumatalolo, Navy
61. Dave Clawson, Bowling Green
62. Matt Campbell, Toledo
63. Bill Blankenship, Tulsa
64. Dave Christensen, Wyoming
65. Kyle Whittingham, Utah
66. Pete Lembo, Ball State
67. Garrick McGee, UAB
68. Sean Kugler, UTEP
69. Gary Pinkel, Missouri
70. Jim McElwain, Colorado State
71. Mark Stoops, Kentucky
72. Skip Holtz, Louisiana Tech
73. Justin Fuente, Memphis
74. Jerry Kill, Minnesota
75. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
76. David Cutcliffe, Duke
77. David Baliff, Rice
78. Mack Brown, Texas
79. Charlie Weis, Kansas
80. Doc Holliday, Marshall
81. Bob Davie, New Mexico
82. Matt Wells, Utah State
83. Todd Berry, ULM
84. Mike Riley, Oregon State
85. Steve Addazio, Boston College
86. Rod Carey, Northern Illinois
87. Carl Pelini, Florida Atlantic
88. Matt Rhule, Temple
89. Trent Miles, Georgia State
90. Paul Haynes, Kent State
91. Ruffin McNeill, East Carolina
92. Curtis Johnson, Tulane
93. June Jones, SMU
94. Brian Polian, Nevada
95. Scott Shafer, Syracuse
96. Mike Leach, Washington State
97. Dennis Franchione, Texas State
98. Ron English, Eastern Michigan
99. Paul Petrino, Idaho
100. P.J. Fleck, Western Michigan
101. Terry Bowden, Akron
102. Ron Turner, FIU
103. Tony Levine, Houston
104. Doug Martin, New Mexico State
105. Joey Jones, South Alabama
106. Don Treadwell, Miami University
107. Sonny Dykes, California
108. Rocky Long, San Diego State
109. Charley Molnar, Massachusetts
110. Dan Enos, Central Michigan
111. Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee
112. Jeff Quinn, Buffalo
113. Jim Grobe, Wake Forest
114. Bobby Hauck, UNLV
115. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
116. George O’Leary, UCF
117. Tim Beckman, Illinois
118. Paul Pasqualoni, Connecticut
119. Larry Blakeney, Troy
120. Dan McCarney, North Texas
121. Rich Ellerson, Army
122. Larry Coker, UTSA
123. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina
124. Frank Solich, Ohio
125. Bill Snyder, Kansas State
126. Norm Chow, Hawaii

CFN is a dirty rag. IMO it's full of its own self-importance, and not worth reading any longer...