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Top Football Coaching Destinations in the Country

There is a lot of talk about who would even want to come to Nebraska to coach if Nebraska were to move on from Scott Frost and his staff. A lot of people think Nebraska would not be able to go out and make a good hire which begs the question:

Is Nebraska a sought after college football job?

Adam Rittenberg at ESPN was "told" that the TCU job that just opened up is a top 20 job in the country. So where does that put Nebraska?

Looking at Athletic Department Revenues through out the country:

Rank Team Conf Revenue Expense
1 Oregon Pac-12 $391,769,609 $120,884,588
2 Ohio State Big Ten $233,871,740 $215,209,566
3 Texas Big 12 $200,772,813 $173,648,028
4 Michigan Big Ten $192,403,168 $180,841,523
5 Alabama SEC $189,282,549 $173,141,125
6 Georgia SEC $179,295,904 $138,757,891
7 Florida SEC $174,950,823 $139,935,182
8 Texas A&M SEC $166,736,120 $159,136,624
9 Penn State Big Ten $165,077,390 $157,908,311
10 LSU SEC $160,433,475 $155,591,015
11 Oklahoma Big 12 $159,116,745 $157,494,527
12 Auburn SEC $153,703,749 $135,816,431
13 Wisconsin Big Ten $148,198,907 $149,196,055
14 Kentucky SEC $146,150,480 $140,578,623
15 Iowa Big Ten $145,636,544 $149,161,886
16 Louisville ACC $140,867,112 $138,830,169
17 Tennessee SEC $140,335,769 $140,824,626
18 Washington Pac-12 $137,573,939 $128,976,495
19 Nebraska Big Ten $133,629,080 $120,582,125
20 South Carolina SEC $133,011,012 $133,776,318
21 Michigan State Big Ten $130,636,629 $148,453,353
22 Clemson ACC $129,949,014 $131,781,294
23 Florida State ACC $129,481,351 $155,656,855
24 Arkansas SEC $123,357,572 $123,857,351
25 Illinois Big Ten $122,566,259 $121,638,435

This says Nebraska has the resources to be a top 20 program in the country. (note: this list does not include private schools such as USC, Notre Dame, Miami, Duke, Baylor, etc...).

Looking at fan attendance throughout the country for the last 5 years:

1 Michigan 110,884 Big 10
2 Ohio State 105,465 Big 10
3 Penn State 103,585 Big 10
4 Alabama 101,467 SEC
5 Texas A&M 100,329 SEC
6 Tennessee 95,636 SEC
7 Texas 94,943 Big 12
8 Georgia 92,760 SEC
9 Nebraska 89,676 Big 10
10 Florida 86,328 SEC

I only did the top 10 since that is what matters (25th avg attendance was <58k or 2/3s of Nebraska's average).

This says Nebraska is top 10 caliber fanbase even in a pretty rough past 5 years.

Looking at wins over the past 10 years:

Rank Team Total Games Won Lost Pct.
1 Alabama 139 124 15 89.2%
2 Ohio State 123 105 18 85.4%
3 Clemson 140 117 23 83.6%
4 Oklahoma 134 109 25 81.3%
5 Boise State 133 107 26 80.5%
6 LSU 131 103 28 78.6%
7 Appalachian State 78 61 17 78.2%
8 Oregon 133 101 32 75.9%
9 Wisconsin 136 102 34 75.0%
10 Stanford 133 98 35 73.7%
11 Georgia 136 100 36 73.5%
12 Florida State 133 96 37 72.2%
13 Oklahoma State 130 93 37 71.5%
14 Michigan State 132 92 40 69.7%
15 San Diego State 132 90 42 68.2%
16 UCF 130 88 42 67.7%
17 Penn State 129 87 42 67.4%
18 TCU 129 87 42 67.4%
19 Northern Illinois 135 91 44 67.4%
20 Toledo 128 85 43 66.4%
21 Auburn 132 87 45 65.9%
22 Michigan 129 85 44 65.9%
23 Notre Dame 108 71 37 65.7%
24 USC 131 86 45 65.6%
25 Texas A&M 130 84 46 64.6%
26 Washington 133 85 48 63.9%
27 Baylor 130 83 47 63.8%
28 Utah 130 83 47 63.8%
29 Florida 127 81 46 63.8%
30 Virginia Tech 123 84 49 63.2%
31 Kansas State 129 81 48 62.8%
32 Louisville 129 81 48 62.8%
33 Houston 128 80 48 62.5%
34 Iowa 130 81 49 62.3%
35 Ohio 131 81 50 61.8%
36 Arkansas State 128 79 49 61.7%
37 Cincinnati 128 79 49 61.7%
38 Navy 130 80 50 61.5%
39 Mississippi State 130 79 51 60.8%
40 Louisiana Tech 129 78 51 60.5%
41 Marshall 129 78 51 60.5%
42 South Carolina 129 78 51 60.5%
43 Missouri 128 76 52 59.4%
44 BYU 130 77 53 59.2%
45 West Virginia 127 75 52 59.1%
46 Miami (FL) 128 75 53 58.6%
47 Nebraska 129 75 54 58.1%
48 Air Force 128 73 55 57.0%
49 Western Kentucky 128 73 55 57.0%
50 Utah State 130 74 56 56.9%

This paints a pretty bleak outlook on the current state of affairs and has Nebraska barely in the top 50 of wins.

So what do all these cherry picked numbers mean?

I think it clearly shows that Nebraska has fallen out of the upper echelon of football HC jobs but how far is pretty subjective. I would still have Nebraska as a top 20 job. Currently LSU (top 10), USC (top 15), Texas Tech (top 40), TCU (top 50), Washington State, and Uconn have head coaching vacancies. I think Nebraska would shoot to #3 on that list of being able to pick and choose between the top 3 candidates. I also think a top 20 job would tempt any assistant in the country and most head coaches.

Where would you all put Nebraska?

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