College football: Bob Stoops moving up the longevity list
I’ve written extensively on how Bob Stoops (and Mack Brown, naturally) are fast moving up the longevity list of college football coaches. Stoops and Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz are tied for fourth in years on the job: Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer (25 years), Troy’s Larry Blakeney (21 years), Texas’ Brown (14 years) and then Stoops and Ferentz (13 years each).
But that’s a list for job stability as much as anything. You want an old-timers list, you need to add in head coaching seasons at other schools. With Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden now out of the profession, here’s the list of the college football coaches with the most seasons as a college head coach:
31: Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer. Six at Murray State, 25 at VPI.
30: Texas-El Paso’s Mike Price. Eight at Weber State, 14 at Washington State, eight at UTEP.
28: Texas’ Mack Brown. One at Appalachian State, three at Tulane, 10 at North Carolina, 14 at Texas.
26: Nevada’s Chris Ault. All at Nevada, but with an eight-year interruption (1996-03).
22: South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier. Three at Duke, 12 at Florida, seven at South Carolina.
21: Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly. Thirteen at Grand Valley State, three at Central Michigan, three at Cincinnati, two at Notre Dame.
21: Troy’s Larry Blakeney. All at Troy.
21: Missouri’s Gary Pinkel. Ten at Toledo, 11 at Mizzou. Pinkel and Mack Brown are the only current college football coaches with double-digit seasons at two schools.
20: Kansas State’s Bill Snyder. All at KSU, but with a three-year interruption (2006-08).
20: Connecticut’s Paul Pasqualoni. Five at Western Connecticut Stat e, 14 at Syracuse, one at UConn.
18: Minnesota’s Jerry Kill. Five at Saginaw Valley State, seven at Southern Illinois, three at Northern Illinois, one at Minnesota.
18: Akron’s Terry Bowden. Three at Salem, six at Samford, six at Auburn, three at North Alabama.
18: Arizona’s Rich Rodriguez. One at Salem, seven at Glenville State, seven at West Virginia, three at Michigan.
17: Wake Forest’s Jim Grobe. Six at Ohio, 11 at Wake Forest.
16: Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz: three at Maine, 13 at Iowa.
16: Texas Tech’s Tommy Tuberville. Four at Ole Miss, 10 at Auburn, two at Tech.
16: Alabama’s Nick Saban. One at Toledo, five at Michigan State, five at LSU, five at Alabama.
16: Central Florida’s George O’Leary. Eight at Georgia Tech, eight at UCF.
15: North Carolina State’s Tom O’Brien. Ten at Boston College, five at N.C. State.
15: Georgia Tech’s Paul Johnson. Five at Georgia Southern, six at Navy, four at Georgia Tech.
13: Maryland’s Randy Edsall. Twelve at Connecticut, one at Maryland.
13: OU’s Bob Stoops. All at Oklahoma.
13: North Texas’ Dan McCarney. Twelve at Iowa State, one at North Texas.
13: Ohio’s Frank Solich. Six at Nebraska, seven at Ohio.
13: SMU’s June Jones. Nine at Hawaii, four at SMU.
12: TCU’s Gary Patterson. All at TCU.
12: Army’s Rich Ellerson. One at Southern Utah, eight at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, three at Army.
12: Western Michigan’s Bill Cubit. Five at Widener, seven at Western Michigan.
12: South Florida’s Skip Holtz. Five at Connecticut, five at East Carolina, two at USF.
12: San Diego State’s Rocky Long. Eleven at New Mexico, one at San Diego State.
Now, if you only want to count major-college coaching stops, the list is a little different:
27: Texas’ Mack Brown. Three at Tulane, 10 at North Carolina, 14 at Texas.
26: Nevada’s Chris Ault. All at Nevada, but with an eight-year interruption (1996-03).
25: Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer. All at VPI.
22: Texas-El Paso’s Mike Price. 14 at Washington State, eight at UTEP.
22: South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier. Three at Duke, 12 at Florida, seven at South Carolina.
21: Troy’s Larry Blakeney. All at Troy.
21: Missouri’s Gary Pinkel. Ten at Toledo, 11 at Mizzou. Pinkel and Mack Brown are the only current college football coaches with double-digit seasons at two schools.
20: Kansas State’s Bill Snyder. All at KSU, but with a three-year interruption (2006-08).
17: Wake Forest’s Jim Grobe. Six at Ohio, 11 at Wake Forest.
16: Texas Tech’s Tommy Tuberville. Four at Ole Miss, 10 at Auburn, two at Tech.
16: Alabama’s Nick Saban. One at Toledo, five at Michigan State, five at LSU, five at Alabama.
16: Central Florida’s George O’Leary. Eight at Georgia Tech, eight at UCF.
15: Connecticut’s Paul Pasqualoni. Fourteen at Syracuse, one at UConn.
15: North Carolina State’s Tom O’Brien. Ten at Boston College, five at N.C. State.
13: Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz. All at Iowa.
13: Maryland’s Randy Edsall. Twelve at Connecticut, one at Maryland.
13: OU’s Bob Stoops. All at Oklahoma.
13: North Texas’ Dan McCarney. Twelve at Iowa State, one at North Texas.
13: Ohio’s Frank Solich. Six at Nebraska, seven at Ohio.
13: SMU’s June Jones. Nine at Hawaii, four at SMU.
12: TCU’s Gary Patterson. All at TCU.
12: San Diego State’s Rocky Long. Eleven at New Mexico, one at San Diego State.
So there you have it. Frank Beamer is the longest-tenured coach in major college football at one school, and Beamer has more years as a college head coach than anyone else in major college football. But Mack Brown has most the years as a major-college head coach.
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[...] College football: Bob Stoops moving up the longevity list I've written extensively on how Bob Stoops (and Mack Brown, naturally) are fast moving up the longevity list of college football coaches. Stoops and Iowa's Kirk Ferentz are tied for fourth in years on the job: Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer (25 years), … Read more on NewsOK.com (blog) [...]
and Brown just got an extension for the next 8 years, so he will be leading the pack for a while.