2024 Big 12 Head Coach Rankings
How good are all the college football head coaches going into the 2024 season? What are their records? We rank the ones from the Big 12 schools based on our very, very loose criteria.
1. Resumé. How good is their track record? Have they proven themselves?
2. Who’s Hot? Who are the innovative college football head coaches creating a buzz? And our offshoot of that …
3. Who has the expectations to do something big? Who’s a bit stagnant and which programs are rising? Basically, who are the big deals?
4. How good are they? It’s hard to define, but it’s our call – who do we want running our team?
One note, the brand new coaches with no experience are generally ranked at the bottom – we’ll believe the production when we see it.
These will change wildly when we do this at the end of the season. For now, here’s our ranking of the Big 12 college football head coaches going into the 2024 season.
16 Scott Satterfield, Cincinnati
3 straight Sun Belt titles from 2016 to 2018
Wins as FBS Coach: 75
Career FBS Win %: 60.5
Winning FBS Seasons: 7
FBS Conference Championships: 3
Total FBS Seasons: 10
Average Wins Per Season: 7.50
% Seasons With Winning Record: 70.00%
15 Deion Sanders, Colorado
Two SWAC titles in last two seasons at Jackson State
Wins as FBS Coach: 4
Career FBS Win %: 33.3
Winning FBS Seasons: 0
FBS Conference Championships: 0
Total FBS Seasons: 1
Average Wins Per Season: 4.00
% Seasons With Winning Record: 0.00%
14 Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State
Stunned UCLA with 17-7 road win
Wins as FBS Coach: 3
Career FBS Win %: 25.0
Winning FBS Seasons: 0
FBS Conference Championships: 0
Total FBS Seasons: 1
Average Wins Per Season: 3.00
% Seasons With Winning Record: 0.00%
13 Dave Aranda, Baylor
Won 2021 Big 12 Championship, Top 5 AP finish
Wins as FBS Coach: 23
Career FBS Win %: 47.9
Winning FBS Seasons: 1
FBS Conference Championships: 1
Total FBS Seasons: 4
Average Wins Per Season: 5.75
% Seasons With Winning Record: 25.00%
12 Kalani Sitake, BYU
11-1 2020 season with top 11 AP & Coaches finish
Wins as FBS Coach: 61
Career FBS Win %: 59.8
Winning FBS Seasons: 6
FBS Conference Championships: 0
Total FBS Seasons: 8
Average Wins Per Season: 7.63
% Seasons With Winning Record: 75.00%
11 Joey McGuire, Texas Tech
Two bowl wins in first two seasons
Wins as FBS Coach: 15
Career FBS Win %: 57.7
Winning FBS Seasons: 2
FBS Conference Championships: 0
Total FBS Seasons: 2
Average Wins Per Season: 7.50
% Seasons With Winning Record: 100.00%
10 Sonny Dykes, TCU
2022 Coach of the Year; 2011 WAC title at Louisiana Tech
Wins as FBS Coach: 89
Career FBS Win %: 55.3
Winning FBS Seasons: 7
FBS Conference Championships: 1
Total FBS Seasons: 13
Average Wins Per Season: 6.85
% Seasons With Winning Record: 53.85%
9 Neal Brown, West Virginia
31-8 with 3 bowl wins and 2017 Sun Belt title in last 3 years at Troy
Wins as FBS Coach: 66
Career FBS Win %: 59.5
Winning FBS Seasons: 5
FBS Conference Championships: 1
Total FBS Seasons: 9
Average Wins Per Season: 7.33
% Seasons With Winning Record: 55.56%
8 Gus Malzahn, UCF
Took Auburn to BCS Championship appearance; 2013 Coach of the Year
Wins as FBS Coach: 101
Career FBS Win %: 65.2
Winning FBS Seasons: 11
FBS Conference Championships: 2
Total FBS Seasons: 12
Average Wins Per Season: 8.42
% Seasons With Winning Record: 91.67%
7 Brent Brennan, Arizona
Two Mountain West championships in last four years
Wins as FBS Coach: 34
Career FBS Win %: 41.5
Winning FBS Seasons: 3
FBS Conference Championships: 2
Total FBS Seasons: 7
Average Wins Per Season: 4.86
% Seasons With Winning Record: 42.86%
6 Willie Fritz, Houston
2022 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year, 9th in both final 2022 polls
Wins as FBS Coach: 71
Career FBS Win %: 56.8
Winning FBS Seasons: 6
FBS Conference Championships: 2
Total FBS Seasons: 10
Average Wins Per Season: 7.10
% Seasons With Winning Record: 60.00%
5 Matt Campbell, Iowa State
AP Coach of the Year 2017 & 2020
Wins as FBS Coach: 88
Career FBS Win %: 58.3
Winning FBS Seasons: 10
FBS Conference Championships: 0
Total FBS Seasons: 12
Average Wins Per Season: 7.33
% Seasons With Winning Record: 83.33%
4 Chris Klieman, Kansas State
4 national titles in 5 years at North Dakota State
Wins as FBS Coach: 39
Career FBS Win %: 61.9
Winning FBS Seasons: 4
FBS Conference Championships: 1
Total FBS Seasons: 5
Average Wins Per Season: 7.80
% Seasons With Winning Record: 80.00%
3 Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
18 straight winning seasons, 2011 Coach of the Year
Wins as FBS Coach: 166
Career FBS Win %: 67.8
Winning FBS Seasons: 18
FBS Conference Championships: 0
Total FBS Seasons: 19
Average Wins Per Season: 8.74
% Seasons With Winning Record: 94.74%
2 Lance Leipold, Kansas
6 Division III National Titles at UW Whitewater
Wins as FBS Coach: 54
Career FBS Win %: 50
Winning FBS Seasons: 4
FBS Conference Championships: 0
Total FBS Seasons: 9
Average Wins Per Season: 6.00
% Seasons With Winning Record: 44.44%
1 Kyle Whittingham, Utah
2008 Bear Bryant Coach of the Year, 2019 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year
Wins as FBS Coach: 162
Career FBS Win %: 67.2
Winning FBS Seasons: 17
FBS Conference Championships: 3
Total FBS Seasons: 19
Average Wins Per Season: 8.53
% Seasons With Winning Record: 89.47%
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