Picking college football’s best head coaching jobs by conference

SEC: Texas A&M

It’s a tough decision to choose which program is the SEC’s best head coaching job.

Do you go with the dynasty of Nick Saban’s Alabama, one of the most formidable in college football history? Do you stick with talent-laden and booster-driven programs that are regularly contending for national titles, such as Florida, Georgia, Auburn and LSU? What about the upstart, lower-expectation programs like Kentucky and Missouri that still pay in the multimillions?

The margin of error at these programs, the cream of college football, is razor-thin. Win big, and fans will still clamor for your removal. The money is big-time and in the millions, but is the pressure worth it? Think of what Urban Meyer might say.

Jimbo Fisher, for the time being, has solved this dilemma. He has managed to be average while earning an enormous amount of money.

Fisher earns $7.5 million each year, and the Aggies have won 17 games and lost nine. Some head coaches don’t make it one season with such subpar results with such big money on the line, but Fisher is now entering his third season.

The traditions are poignant, the game day atmosphere is nearly unrivaled, and the high school recruiting is one of the nation’s hotbeds. With the big paycheck and average win-loss standards, Texas A&M is the winner here for the SEC.