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10 most overrated head coaches in college football ahead of 2022 season

By Connor Muldowney

Nov 20, 2021; University Park, Pennsylvania, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin walks off the field following the game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Beaver Stadium. Penn State defeated Rutgers 28-0. Mandatory Credit: Matthew OHaren-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 20, 2021; University Park, Pennsylvania, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin walks off the field following the game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Beaver Stadium. Penn State defeated Rutgers 28-0. Mandatory Credit: Matthew OHaren-USA TODAY Sports /
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Tennessee Head Coach Josh Heupel calls during an NCAA college football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the South Carolina Gamecocks in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021.Kns Tennessee South Carolina Football
Tennessee Head Coach Josh Heupel calls during an NCAA college football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the South Carolina Gamecocks in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021.Kns Tennessee South Carolina Football /

While Josh Heupel isn’t exactly considered an “elite” coach, he went from the UCF job to Tennessee after just a few years in charge of the Knights. That’s crazy to me.

The Knights were fresh off an undefeated season under Scott Frost when Heupel took over in 2018 and he picked up where his predecessor left off, going 12-1 before losing the Fiesta Bowl and finishing the regular season ranked No. 11. His teams got worse each year he was there, going from 12 wins in 2018 to 10 wins in 2019, and then he went 6-4 in a COVID-shortened 2020 season. Yet Tennessee came calling? Why?

No one is truly hyping Heupel up but he’s getting called an “up-and-coming” head coach after leading Tennessee to a 7-6 season which ended with a Music City Bowl loss in 2021.

Heupel has been a head coach for four seasons and when he had to piece together his own rosters (2019-2021), he’s 23-13 at UCF and Tennessee. That’s not awful, but it’s not SEC head coach-worthy.

He could prove me wrong, but I just don’t think he did enough to really earn the job in Knoxville.

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