Kirk Ferentz: Where Does He Rank Among Big Ten Coaches?
By Jeremy Karll
A ranking of every head football coach in the Big Ten
The Big Ten is not short of great coaches. The longest tenured coach in the nation, Kirk Ferentz, is in the conference, and four of the top-15 highest paid head coaches in 2016 come from the Big Ten, as well. It has led to the conference making the College Football Playoff in each of its first two seasons and also having four top-11 teams in the AP Poll this year.
The conference has a chance to get even stronger, though. Purdue fired Darrell Hazell a couple of weeks ago and might be interested in long-time LSU coach Les Miles. It might be a long shot, however it would be a great addition for the Boilermakers and make the coaches in the Big Ten even stronger as a whole.
That being said, the Big Ten continuously has some of the best coaches in the nation. Plus, there are less experienced coaches starting to make their mark in 2016 and showing that they might be considered among the elite coaches in the nation very soon.
There are currently 13 head coaches in the Big Ten and one interim coach. Here’s a definitive ranking of every coach in the conference.