Best College Football Head Coaches As Players

[Cairn Horn88 8202]

Best college football head coach as a player (current or former):

Mike Gundy?

[bluto 4895]

Best college football head coach as a player (current or former):
Mike Gundy?

Spurrier gotta be up there with a heisman.
Effin heupel

[C-Man 27071]

Off the top of my head, Harbaugh?

[bluto 4895]

Dkr

[C-Man 27071]

Didn't see "former" in there. My answer was for current.

Spurrier won a Heisman Trophy.

[satyanash 14281]

Pat Fitzgerald was a monster LB in college. 2× winner of the Chuck Bednarik Award and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy in 1995 and 1996.

Being the unquestioned best defensive player in all of college football for two straight seasons is tough to beat.

[Cairn Horn88 8202]

What about Kevin Sumlin?

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

I’ve always heard Mack Brown was an assassin. Scares you to death. 

[Brothahorn 10085]

Spurrier..Heisman and NC.

[Tylerocks 2551]

my first thought was Scott Frost..but yeah probably Fitzgerald.

[markstanco 12520]

29 minutes ago, Brothahorn said:

Spurrier..Heisman and NC.

Thats it, the end.  Next thread. 

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

I dunno, seeing this guy from when he returned to his alma mater really makes you wonder. Wonder what, I'm not sure, but it sure does make you wonder. 

[Don Johnson 4745]

51 minutes ago, Brothahorn said:

Spurrier..Heisman and NC.

Are we counting his NC as a coach?  Because he didn't win one as a player.  That said, he probably is the correct answer (although other Heisman winners did become coaches).  

Pat Fitz if we limit it to current coaches.

Edited June 29, 2020 by Don Johnson

[Don Johnson 4745]

2 minutes ago, Walden Ponderer said:

I dunno, seeing this guy from when he returned to his alma mater really makes you wonder. Wonder what, I'm not sure, but it sure does make you wonder. 

He looks slimmed down.

[Native Horn 3493]

Damn, he's all the way down to YMCA ball now?  How the mighty (fat) have fallen.

[Beau Vine 54012]

Tyrone Wheatley, Morgan State

Also, 

Ed McCaffery, Northern Colorado

Mike Minter, Cambell

[EvilCaseMcCoy 691]

21 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Tyrone Wheatley, Morgan State

Also, 

Ed McCaffery, Northern Colorado

Mike Minter, Cambell

Who?

[Cornfusion 250]

It's tough to compete with a coach that won the Heisman trophy.  I would go with Scott Frost being a legitimate contender since he won a (split) national championship as a quarterback and then played six years in the NFL as a safety.  Still, a Heisman is tough to beat.

[Beau Vine 54012]

Who?

Tyrone Wheatley, Morgan State
Also, 
Ed McCaffery, Northern Colorado
Mike Minter, Campbell

[MrPhlegm 3413]

It's tough to compete with a coach that won the Heisman trophy.  I would go with Scott Frost being a legitimate contender since he won a (split) national championship as a quarterback and then played six years in the NFL as a safety.  Still, a Heisman is tough to beat.

what if the aggy turd takes up coaching. invalidates that argument.


landry

[LTtxfan 49001]

19 hours ago, MrPhlegm said:

landry

 

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

[cochamps 1879]

Johnny Majors is a former coach that was a salty player.

[Doc Reeves 6434]

[MirrOlure 14637]

Obviously it is Turner Gill but we’re all too stupid to realize it.

[markstanco 12520]

Why this is still a thing since Spurrier has been mentioned is odd.

[HornsOverIthaca 2333]

On 6/29/2020 at 1:36 PM, Don Johnson said:

He looks slimmed down.

By a lot.   Wow.

[Armybrat 40751]

On 6/29/2020 at 1:36 PM, Don Johnson said:

He looks slimmed down.

Probably still has to use towels to wipe his ass though. 

[BornOrange 1441]

Knute Rockne.

All American as a senior.

Helped unbeaten Notre Dame win at Army and at Texas.

[Red Six 131]

Pat Sullivan won the Heisman. He led TCU to a SWC title*.