Ranking the top 15 active college football coaches without a national championship

Mar 8, 2014; Louisville, KY, USA; Louisville Cardinals head coach Bobby Petrino speaks during a press conference at KFC Yum! Center. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports

Petrino has led Louisville to a top-five finish when the Cardinals won the Orange Bowl behind quarterback Brian Brohm to finish 12-1 in 2006 and another with Arkansas in 2011 after going 11-2 with both losses to Alabama and LSU who played in the national championship game that year.

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Bobby Petrino

Head Coach, Louisville

Bobby Petrino has an ugly reputation as a coach who is always looking for his next promotion in a new place and his infamous motorcycle wreck that exposed his affair with an Arkansas staffer led to his exit from the Razorbacks and cast a huge black eye on a talented coach.

Say what you will about Petrino as a human being, but as a coach, few understand the x’s and o’s and how to beat a defense like him. Currently in his second stint with Louisville, Petrino has a career record of 92-34 with stops at Louisville, Arkansas, Western Kentucky and now at Louisville again. In 11 seasons on the sideline, Petrino has only one losing season, his first at Arkansas when he went 5-7.

Petrino has led Louisville to a top-five finish when the Cardinals won the Orange Bowl behind quarterback Brian Brohm to finish 12-1 in 2006 and another with Arkansas in 2011 after going 11-2 with both losses to Alabama and LSU who played in the national championship game that year.

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