ACC Football: 3 most overrated head coaches ahead of 2022 season

1. Mario Cristobal, Miami Hurricanes

A lot of people are going to look at Mario Cristobal’s recent success at Oregon, including two Pac-12 titles and three straight division crowns, and think that I’m crazy for calling him overrated.

But hear me out.

One, the Pac-12 has been arguably the worst Power Five conference over the past few years, so his talented squads were expected to win the league. And two, Cristobal had the most talented team in the Pac-12 by a mile in 2021 and somehow stumbled to two blowout losses to Utah and a road upset defeat against a bad Stanford team. It was a disappointing year.

And then he bolted for Miami where he played from 1989-1992. He was welcomed back with open arms because he’s a top-tier recruiter and Manny Diaz fell short of expectations. Fans wanted a coach who could dominate the city of Miami in terms of recruiting and Cristobal can do just that. But coaching his team up may be a different story.

Cristobal went 35-13 at Oregon before taking the Miami job and many forget how bad he was at FIU from 2007-2012, going just 27-47. He’s just two games above .500 for his career.

And yet we’re supposed to believe he’s worth $80 million over 10 years?