Top 10 Coaches in 2025 | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.3 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Who are the 10 BEST coaches in College Football heading into the 2025 season? On this episode McElroy goes through and ranks 10 thru 1 based on longevity (which some coaches don’t have), program trajectory and year over year improvement and much more. It’s not just about where you coach but what you do with the resources made available to you, the list will surely be debated but truthfully probably the most accurate one out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.9	slash UK slash AI for people. People say, well, Steve Sarkesian, Dan Lannning, those are the best
0:34.1	coaches in the sport, or two of the three best coaches in the sport. I completely align and I completely agree with that. People say, well, Kirby Smart, one of the best coaches in the sport, or two of the three best coaches in the sport.
0:39.7	I completely align, and I completely agree with that.
0:42.2	People say, well, Kirby Smart, one of the best coaches of the sport.
0:43.1	All that is fair.
0:48.2	Kalin-Dabor's record against the aforementioned three coaches is 5'0.
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1:30.3	We have a great show for you today.
1:32.3	We will continue on with our ranking of the top 25 coaches in America.
1:38.0	We did 25 through 11 just a couple days ago.
1:42.2	So if you missed it, go back and check it out. It's been a little
1:45.3	controversial. Several people have pushed back. Several people have contributed their own thoughts to the
1:50.8	matter. That's the beauty of it. You may disagree. That's fine. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
1:56.3	And if your coach was omitted and or your rival coach was included, I get that.
2:01.5	I get the frustration.
2:03.3	And I think that's what's beautiful about college football is the tribal nature of our debate.
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