SEC Football: Power ranking every coach in the SEC

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 08: Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide holds the trophy while celebrating with his team after defeating the Georgia Bulldogs in overtime to win the CFP National Championship presented by AT&T at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 8, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

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10. Chad Morris and Arkansas

The stories get a lot less dramatic from here on out. Bret Bielema was fired after consistently underperforming at Arkansas. Record wise, when he was hired from Wisconsin, Arkansas fans had every reason to get excited. He was 68-24 in his six years in Madison. However, when he got to Arkansas things went south.

Call it lack of talent, call it harder competition, call it whatever you want but it just didn’t fit. He finished 29-34 at Arkansas, fired as he was walking off the field from a loss to the Missouri Tigers in the final week of the season. He finished 2017 with a 4-8 record and just one conference win.

Chad Morris is making the big leap from SMU to Arkansas, where competition is about to get significantly tougher. He spent three years as the offensive coordinator at Clemson before taking over the SMU Mustangs, effectively turning the program around. He went only 14-22 at SMU, but with what he inherited that is a pretty big improvement. His third year of coaching the Mustangs went 7-5 and played the Frisco Bowl, though he wouldn’t coach the game.

He comes in at number 10 on this power ranking simply due to his lack of overall success at a small school like SMU. If you can’t win games over the likes of Houston and Temple, how do you expect to beat the likes of Alabama, Auburn and Texas A&M?

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