College Football's Most Hated Coaches of All Time


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College football's most hated coaches
May, 25, 2012

8:00AM ET
By Mark Schlabach | ESPN.com


College football’s most hated coaches were despised for winning, breaking the rules and running up the score.

Ranking the most hated college football coaches of all-time:


6. Bobby Petrino: Auburn fans hate Petrino because he interviewed for former Tigers coach Tommy Tuberville’s job during a clandestine interview at an Indiana airport -- when Tuberville was still employed. Louisville fans despised Petrino because he seemingly was always trying to leave and finally did, leaving the Cardinals program in pretty bad shape. Now Arkansas fans dislike him for letting his personal life derail what was becoming a very good program.

7. Urban Meyer: Meyer seemed like an outsider when he was hired as Florida’s coach in 2005 and it didn’t take him long to become hated by rival schools. Meyer tried to revolutionize the way the SEC played football with his spread offense, winning BCS national championships in 2006 and 2008. But then Meyer upset Florida fans when he retired twice in two years -- before waiting a year to become Ohio State’s new coach.

8. Jackie Sherrill: Few coaches were more despised by their teams’ chief rivals. While Sherrill was coaching at Pittsburgh, legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno said he wouldn’t retire because he didn’t want to leave college football “to the Jackie Sherrills and Barry Switzers of the world†(Paterno later apologized and became Sherrill’s friend). Texas fans hated Sherrill because he had a 7-3 record against the Longhorns.

9. Jim Tressel: Michigan fans hated Tressel for beating the Wolverines so much -- he went 8-1 against OSU’s chief rival during his tenure. Opposing fans hated Tressel’s squeaky-clean image of a sweater vest and bifocals. They celebrated when Tressel resigned in 2011 after admitting he withheld information about NCAA rules violations from OSU officials and NCAA investigators.

10. Rich Rodriguez: West Virginia fans absolutely loved Rodriguez, a former WVU defensive back, when he guided the Mountaineers to 60 victories and two BCS bowl games from 2001 to 2007. But WVU fans literally drove Rodriguez and his family from his native state after he abruptly left the school to become Michigan’s coach in 2008. Wolverines fans don’t like him too much, either, after Rodriguez went 15-22 in three seasons.


See link below for numbers one through five . . .


http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/61644/college-footballs-most-hated-coaches
 
I would put Hayes at number one. For those who do not remember Hayes but Bobby Knight, take a look at Knight, who took a class under Hayes at Ohio State.
 



EB said:
I would put Hayes at number one. For those who do not remember Hayes but Bobby Knight, take a look at Knight, who took a class under Hayes at Ohio State.
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Man Woody used to make me laugh so hard until I would cry and my side would be hurting. The son of a gun was bat crazy. :lol: :emlaugh:
 
#11. Doug Williams: He is hated by some alumni because he left Grambling complaining about the same reasons he is suing. Williams has split the alumni because of his continues nepotism toward his son and his attitude of not playing Louisiana schools because, “they did not play us when I was playing.” It is felt by some alumni that he is the Athletic Director and current AD is a puppet. Other alumni have given Williams the title of “welfare coach” because Grambling State was the only school willing to hire him. Southern University holds Coach Williams in high esteem and is waiting on his lawsuit to be resolved to hire him, replacing their current coach, Lavonia “Stump” Mitchell. This hiring would definitely make Williams a target at the Bayou Classic.

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The Founder said:
#11. Doug Williams: He is hated by some alumni because he left Grambling complaining about the same reasons he is suing. Williams has split the alumni because of his continues nepotism toward his son and his attitude of not playing Louisiana schools because, “they did not play us when I was playing.” It is felt by some alumni that he is the Athletic Director and current AD is a puppet. Other alumni have given Williams the title of “welfare coach” because Grambling State was the only school willing to hire him. Southern University holds Coach Williams in high esteem and is waiting on his lawsuit to be resolved to hire him, replacing their current coach, Lavonia “Stump” Mitchell. This hiring would definitely make Williams a target at the Bayou Classic.

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You sure about that?
 
EB said:
I would put Hayes at number one. For those who do not remember Hayes but Bobby Knight, take a look at Knight, who took a class under Hayes at Ohio State.
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At least Bobby Knight, when he was at Indiana was never investigated, graduated his players and cared for them even when they left Indiana. Knight is no way in the class of Hayes.
 
wahines said:
EB said:
I would put Hayes at number one. For those who do not remember Hayes but Bobby Knight, take a look at Knight, who took a class under Hayes at Ohio State.
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At least Bobby Knight, when he was at Indiana was never investigated, graduated his players and cared for them even when they left Indiana. Knight is no way in the class of Hayes.
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Knight was very similar to Hayes as a coach. He, like Hayes, was criticized for his actions and was called a bully. Yes, most players who were in the basketball program for four years graduated. A lot of those players remained loyal to him.

If one watched a BBC documentary on Ohio State football, they will see that Hayes was loyal to his players. It backed up what a lot said about him before and after the documentary. A lot of his former players at Dennison and Ohio State remain loyal to him after his death in 1987.

There are a lot of similarities between Bobby Knight and Woody Hayes. This comes from a person who did not like Woody Hayes during his coaching years.
 
EB said:
Knight was very similar to Hayes as a coach. He, like Hayes, was criticized for his actions and was called a bully. Yes, most players who were in the basketball program for four years graduated. A lot of those players remained loyal to him.

If one watched a BBC documentary on Ohio State football, they will see that Hayes was loyal to his players. It backed up what a lot said about him before and after the documentary. A lot of his former players at Dennison and Ohio State remain loyal to him after his death in 1987.

There are a lot of similarities between Bobby Knight and Woody Hayes. This comes from a person who did not like Woody Hayes during his coaching years.
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And Coach Knight is still no Woody Hayes. What was Hayes graduation rate among his players?
 
wahines said:
And Coach Knight is still no Woody Hayes. What was Hayes graduation rate among his players?
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Actually, Woody stressed academics especially with the black players. There is a reason Archie Griffin has done so well outside of football. As have a lot of Woody's players. A lot of those guys loved Woody. He was definitely a character and had his issues with authority. LOL. But if you watch some old documentary about Woody and his relationship with his players, you would be shocked. Knight got his sense of academics from studying Woody as well. My old man was a big Woody Hayes fan. LOL.

Hayes was a noted historian with a passion for military history. He held the rank of associate
professor at Ohio State and took great pride in being able to teach during the off-season. He
was as proud of his players’ high graduation rate as he was of their success on the football field.

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/graphics/pdf/m-footbl/1112_guide_6legends.pdf
 
EB said:
Knight was very similar to Hayes as a coach. He, like Hayes, was criticized for his actions and was called a bully. Yes, most players who were in the basketball program for four years graduated. A lot of those players remained loyal to him.

If one watched a BBC documentary on Ohio State football, they will see that Hayes was loyal to his players. It backed up what a lot said about him before and after the documentary. A lot of his former players at Dennison and Ohio State remain loyal to him after his death in 1987.

There are a lot of similarities between Bobby Knight and Woody Hayes. This comes from a person who did not like Woody Hayes during his coaching years.
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Woody did care about his players. He was different no doubt. LOL. But from all accounts he went to bat for his guys. He even encouraged Rudy Hubbard who was an Ohio State assistant under Woody to take the FAMU head coaching job. We all know Coach Hubbard won the first 1-AA Championship. Rudy Hubbard is a 68 graduate of Ohio State and played RB for Hayes. He was the first African American hired by Coach Hayes for his staff. Hired him right after Hubbard graduated and finished playing ball at OSU.
 
Deuce said:
College football's most hated coaches
May, 25, 2012

8:00AM ET
By Mark Schlabach | ESPN.com


College football’s most hated coaches were despised for winning, breaking the rules and running up the score.

Ranking the most hated college football coaches of all-time:


6. Bobby Petrino: Auburn fans hate Petrino because he interviewed for former Tigers coach Tommy Tuberville’s job during a clandestine interview at an Indiana airport -- when Tuberville was still employed. Louisville fans despised Petrino because he seemingly was always trying to leave and finally did, leaving the Cardinals program in pretty bad shape. Now Arkansas fans dislike him for letting his personal life derail what was becoming a very good program.

7. Urban Meyer: Meyer seemed like an outsider when he was hired as Florida’s coach in 2005 and it didn’t take him long to become hated by rival schools. Meyer tried to revolutionize the way the SEC played football with his spread offense, winning BCS national championships in 2006 and 2008. But then Meyer upset Florida fans when he retired twice in two years -- before waiting a year to become Ohio State’s new coach.

8. Jackie Sherrill: Few coaches were more despised by their teams’ chief rivals. While Sherrill was coaching at Pittsburgh, legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno said he wouldn’t retire because he didn’t want to leave college football “to the Jackie Sherrills and Barry Switzers of the world†(Paterno later apologized and became Sherrill’s friend). Texas fans hated Sherrill because he had a 7-3 record against the Longhorns.

9. Jim Tressel: Michigan fans hated Tressel for beating the Wolverines so much -- he went 8-1 against OSU’s chief rival during his tenure. Opposing fans hated Tressel’s squeaky-clean image of a sweater vest and bifocals. They celebrated when Tressel resigned in 2011 after admitting he withheld information about NCAA rules violations from OSU officials and NCAA investigators.

10. Rich Rodriguez: West Virginia fans absolutely loved Rodriguez, a former WVU defensive back, when he guided the Mountaineers to 60 victories and two BCS bowl games from 2001 to 2007. But WVU fans literally drove Rodriguez and his family from his native state after he abruptly left the school to become Michigan’s coach in 2008. Wolverines fans don’t like him too much, either, after Rodriguez went 15-22 in three seasons.


See link below for numbers one through five . . .


http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/61644/college-footballs-most-hated-coaches
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howard schellenberger- miami, oklahoma, and univ of louisville
 
Thought I'd go ahead and put the top five here before they take down the article . . . .


1. Steve Spurrier: Rival fans hated Spurrier not only because he beat them so often while coaching at Florida, but more so because he loved to tell them about it afterward. From Spurrier’s famous jabs like “Free Shoes U.” and “Can’t Spell Citrus Without UT,” the Old Ball Coach gave rival fans myriad reasons to dislike him.

2. Woody Hayes: One of the most successful coaches in history, Hayes guided Ohio State to 13 Big Ten titles and three consensus national championships. But he is perhaps best remembered for his chronically boorish behavior, which included physical confrontations with sportswriters, photographers, opposing coaches and athletics directors, referees and even opposing players.

3. Barry Switzer: A bootlegger’s son from Arkansas, Switzer wasn’t afraid to rub opposing coaches and fans the wrong way while dominating the Big 8 during his ultra-successful career at Oklahoma from 1973 to 1988. Switzer always wanted to hang “half a hundred” on opponents and wasn’t afraid to run up the score with his wishbone offense. Opposing fans’ beliefs that Switzer often cut corners when it came to NCAA rules were confirmed when his program crumbled under a plethora of scandals in 1989.

4. Jimmy Johnson: Johnson coached Miami for five seasons during its “Decade of Dominance,” and he’s remembered for fostering the Hurricanes’ infamous bad-boy culture. Many of Johnson’s players were showboats on and off the field, and he wasn’t afraid to run up the score on lesser opponents, either. His team infamously wore combat fatigues to a pregame event before playing Penn State in the 1987 Fiesta Bowl.

5. Lane Kiffin: Perhaps no coach in SEC history ticked off more people in less time than Kiffin, who spent the 2009 season at Tennessee before bolting for Southern California. During his one-year tenure with the Volunteers, Kiffin criticized nearly everyone, including then-Florida coach Urban Meyer and Georgia coach Mark Richt. Kiffin even went as far as saying if a player signed with South Carolina, he ended up pumping gas for a living.


http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/po...-hated-coaches
 
Deuce said:
College football's most hated coaches
May, 25, 2012


10. Rich Rodriguez: West Virginia fans absolutely loved Rodriguez, a former WVU defensive back, when he guided the Mountaineers to 60 victories and two BCS bowl games from 2001 to 2007. But WVU fans literally drove Rodriguez and his family from his native state after he abruptly left the school to become Michigan’s coach in 2008. Wolverines fans don’t like him too much, either, after Rodriguez went 15-22 in three seasons.

See link below for numbers one through five . . .


http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/61644/college-footballs-most-hated-coaches
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:angry: He knew he didn't have the personnel to run that Spread Offense. :smh:
 



I am not surprised to see Spurrier at #1. He talked major $%^&, but what made people hate him even more was that his teams would back up his talk. Nothing like a coach trashing your program and getting your fans and players hyped up to beat them, only to see them embarrass your team by 50 points.
 
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Jax said:
:angry: He knew he didn't have the personnel to run that Spread Offense. :smh:
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The spread with small players will not work in the Big 10. Especially once that weather changes. He always wanted an itty bitty arse Qb to play in his offenses. He ran Robinson so much that the kid would be broke up by the end of the season and Michigan would go into a slide. Same thing he did with Pat White. He killed that kid every year. If you going to run your Qb like that, you need a Tim Tebow or Cam Newton sized QB. Urban Meyer is going to do a version of his spread at Ohio State. But you see the size of the Qbs he is recruiting behind Braxton Miller. Rich Rod was also too arrogant to those Michigan fans. Michigan fans are already kind of snooty anyway. He went James Bell on them and they were like fugg that mofo. (Insert every Hispanic racial slur those folks probably called him). LOL.
 
number1 said:
It was Michigan's AD fault for hiring him knowing that his offense didn't fit their team's style.
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Well they got kind of stuck. They had all their eggs in the Les Miles basket. They just knew Les was coming home since he is a Michigan grad. When he didn't take the job, they got desperate. They just lucked up that Brady Hoke was willing to come this time after again putting their eggs in the Miles basket along with Jim Harbaugh. Rich Rod just didn't fit Michigan all the way around. He would have been better at Illinois or somewhere like that before Michigan. I posted it on here as soon as he was announced as the coach of Michigan that he would not work out.
 
JR said:
. . . Rich Rod was also too arrogant to those Michigan fans. Michigan fans are already kind of snooty anyway. He went James Bell on them . . .
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And to think that this guy almost ended up at Alabama. :lol: I can just imaginge him saying to Alabama fans the things he said to Michigan fans. LOL

It would not have been pretty. :lol:
 
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