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SEC Football: Power ranking the head coaches ahead of 2022 season

By Connor Muldowney

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JANUARY 10: Head coach Kirby Smart of the Georgia Bulldogs holds up the National Championship trophy after the Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide 33-18 in the 2022 CFP National Championship Game at Lucas Oil Stadium on January 10, 2022 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JANUARY 10: Head coach Kirby Smart of the Georgia Bulldogs holds up the National Championship trophy after the Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide 33-18 in the 2022 CFP National Championship Game at Lucas Oil Stadium on January 10, 2022 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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SEC football coaches have huge personalities and even bigger resumes. Let’s take a look at how they all rank before the 2022 season.

SEC football fans have been spoiled over the years with great play on the field and top-tier coaches to go along with it.

Some of these coaches have massive personalities (looking at you, Lane Kiffin) while others like to work in silence. No matter what these coaches bring to the table, personality-wise, they’re some of the best college football has to offer.

Heading into the 2022 season, how would you rank the head coaches in the SEC? Well, here’s my order.

Clark Lea was one of the best defensive coordinators in the country before accepting the Vanderbilt job last year and he may not have been quite prepared for the size of the rebuild he was taking on. He went just 2-10 in his first year with the Commodores and it feels like he has a mountain the size of Everest to climb here.

Poor Clark Lea.

Bryan Harsin isn’t last on this list solely because Vanderbilt exists and Lea is probably stuck in two or three-win purgatory for the next couple of years. Harsin was on the hot seat this offseason after just one year with the Tigers and it had to do with an underwhelming season as well as some off-field issues.

Going 69-19 at Boise State should have him higher on this list, but he couldn’t have had a worse first season at Auburn so until he proves he can be more than a sub-.500 coach in the SEC, he belongs here.

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