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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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LINCOLN, NE – OCTOBER 14: Head coach Urban Meyer of the Ohio State Buckeyes watches player warm up before the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)
LINCOLN, NE – OCTOBER 14: Head coach Urban Meyer of the Ohio State Buckeyes watches player warm up before the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) /

Two undefeated seasons with two different teams. Three national championships with two different teams. Three conference losses in the past six years. Urban Meyer has shown that he can win, and win big, with any team. In 2014, he went through three quarterbacks from the start of the season and still won the National Championship. A true mastermind, Meyer is an all-time great coach.

Dabo Swinney comes in at second for a few reasons. First, he has been to the national championship twice in the last three years. Secondly, he isn’t really an “Xs and Os” coach, and that’s a positive. Where some coaches are heavily embedded in the direct schematics of the game, Dabo is much more of an inspirational player’s coach. Swinney has brought Clemson to the top of the ACC and to the top of college football and should remain their for years to come.

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Are you surprised? Six national championships and over 15 assistant coaches who have gone on to become head coaches. Nick Saban’s relentless pursuit of excellence and winning makes him the greatest coach of all time. The consistency and energy required to coach teams that are competing for the national championship for upwards of two decades is unworldly. Saban is the example for any coach in any sport.

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