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College Football: Top 25 head coaches ahead of 2018 season

By Gavin Jernigan

NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 01: Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide and head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers greet after the AllState Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 1, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 01: Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide and head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers greet after the AllState Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 1, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /
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Gary Patterson is TCU’s winningest coach with a record of 160-57. Furthermore, he has taken the team to a bowl game 12 of the past 13 years, winning all but three of those games. Additionally, he commands great respect from other head coaches. Last year, after a very strong start, TCU finished the season at 11-3. Look for continued, yet quiet, success from Patterson and the small school in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Jimbo Fisher’s dominance while coaching the Florida State Seminoles has placed him among the best college football coaches. Great records nearly every year (with 2017 as the exception) and big wins in bowl games as the norm, Fisher holds the highest winning percentage in FSU history. To continue, a national championship in the Alabama domination era is impressive in itself. Fisher looks to reinforce his success with a struggling Texas A&M program.

What Kirby Smart has accomplished in just two years in the SEC East is remarkable. If it weren’t for Alabama’s savior in Tua Tagovailoa, he would have claimed his first title as a head coach against his previous boss, Nick Saban. A defensive guru, Smart has put together one of the most dominant defenses the SEC has seen in years. Also, the recruiting classes for Georgia over the past two years projects Georgia to be strongly competitive in the SEC for years to come.

When you build two struggling programs up to the top of their conferences, and stay there, you earn yourself a lot of credibility as a head coach. Chris Petersen averaged less than two losses a year in his eight years at Boise State. Then, after a couple years to warm-up at Washington, he reached the Pac-12 Championship Game in both of the last two seasons and a New Year’s Six bowl. Petersen has yet to win a big game at Washington, but no doubt it’s on the horizon.

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