Only one coach fired by a Power 5 school has won a conference title at another.

Only one coach fired by a Power 5 school in history has won a conference title at another school.

I always saw Charlie as our Rich Rodriguez (Michigan), but of better character. I know his heart and motivation were in the right place, it was just the Xs and Os that weren't.
I hope he proves this list wrong and has huge success where ever he ends up!


Years Record Pct.
NATIONAL TITLE, CONFERENCE TITLE
Gene Stallings
Texas A&M 1965-71 27-45-1 .376
Alabama 1990-96 70-16-1 .810
1992 national championship, 1992 SEC championship
DIVISION TITLE
Rich Rodriguez
Michigan 2008-10 15-22 405
Arizona 2012-2016 36-29 .554
2014 Pac-12 South title
David Cutcliffe
Ole Miss 1999-2004 44-29 .603
Duke 2008-16 52-61 .460
2013 ACC Coastal title
Rick Neuheisel
Washington 1999-2002 33-16 .673
UCLA 2008-11 21-30 .412
2011 Pac-12 South title
Jackie Sherrill
Texas A&M 1982-88 52-28-1 .648
Miss. State 1991-2003 74-76-2 .493
1998 SEC West title
Danny Ford
Clemson 1978-89 96-29-4 .760
Arkansas 1993-97 25-31-1 .447
1995 SEC West title
WINNING RECORD
Paul Hackett
Pittsburgh 1989-92 13-20-1 .397
USC 1998-2000 19-18 .514
THE REST
Descending order of winning percentage at second school:
Pete Elliott
Illinois 1960-66 31-34-1 .477
Miami 1973-74 11-11 .500
Will Muschamp
Florida 2011-14 28-21 .571
So. Carolina 2016 6-6 .500
Dennis Green
Northwestern 1981-85 10-45 .182
Stanford 1989-91 16-18 .471
Emory Bellard
Texas A&M 1972-78 48-27 .640
Miss. State 1979-85 37-42 .468
Mike Leach
Texas Tech 2000-09 84-43 .661
Wash. State 2012-16 29-33 .468
John Mackovic
Texas 1992-97 41-28-2 .592
Arizona 2001-03 10-18 .357
Paul Pasqualoni
Syracuse 1991-2004 107-59-1 .644
UConn 2011-13 10-18 .357
Fred Akers
Texas 1977-86 86-31-2 .731
Purdue 1987-90 12-31-1 .284
Johnny Majors
Tennessee 1977-92 116-62-8 .645
Pittsburgh 1993-96 12-32 .273
Woody Widenhofer
Missouri 1985-88 12-31-1 .284
Vanderbilt 1997-2001 15-40 .273
Ty Willingham
Notre Dame 2002-04 21-15 .583
Washington 2005-08 11-37 .229
Gerry DiNardo
LSU 1995-99 32-24-1 .570
Indiana 2002-04 8-27 .229

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So, what you're saying is if Strong winds up HC at, say, oh, I don't know ... Syracuse, and wins a national championship there, we're kind of like aggy, firing a winner?

Stallings won an MNC at Bama, after being fired by aggy after going 27-45-1 in Disfunction Junction.

Emory Bellard who under DKR's direction formulated UT's wishbone triple option followed Stallings as HC going 48-27 there before aggy fired him.

P.S., Stallings, after being fired by aggy, coached at the Cowboys (DBs) for 14 years, then HC for the Cardinals, going 23-34-1. THEN Bama hired him as HC, prob cuz he played under Bear at aggy and Bear wanted him at Tuscaloosa.

Was quite a gamble for Bama to hire him as HC. An anecdotal coach. SUCKED as HC at aggy and Cardinals, won an MNC at Bama.

Better players?

Frankly, whether Strong does or does not win a conference championship at a follow-on Power 5 conference would mean doodly squat **** WRT him being fired at UT for starting with 3 losing seasons.

Herbie, is that you?

 

What I am saying is statistically the odds are stacked against any coach involuntarily leaving a major program and being successful afterward...but I wish Charlie the best.

 

Actually, no.

It's those being fired.

Right off the top of my head I can think of a number of coaches leaving Power 5 teams to win conference championships/national championships elsewhere.

Saban, Miles, Jimmy Johnson, Mack Brown, Meyer, .....

 

He wasn't implying anything.
Just wishing Strong well.
Get your panties out of a wad already.
Strong did his best and it wasn't good enough.
He's gone. Herman is in.
I also wish Strong well.
Hook'em.

 

Well that was interesting

 

Emory was not fired at A&M. He has a great record for an Aggie coach, but certain BMD weren't sure he could get them to the next level, so they began to put out feelers to see what they might be able to attract. Emory got wind of their actions and resigned, saying "I don't want to be where I'm not wanted". Many Ags begged him to reconsider, but he wouldn't talk about it.

 

Yeah often the line between fired / resigned is a bit blurry.

 

Aww, I'm hurt. Sniff.

 

Yes the title of the thread very clearly says - Only one coach fired by a Power 5 school has won a conference title at another.

And I totally agree it is a blurry line between fired and forced to resign, but you are creating arguments where they don't exist.

All the coaches on this list were verifiably terminated against their will save Emory Bellard. I would consider Emory the lone "exception" on the list. He led the Aggies to 4-2 in '78, following two straight loses several boosters started a search for a new head coach and were backed by the University. Bellard was told to "guarantee" a win out or find a new job...instead of playing the Aggies game of threats he quit.


I only posted this to illustrate most coaches that are FIRED are fired for a reason. That said, I believe Coach Strong to be very good man and role model and wish him nothing but the best, and hopes he proves the exception to this list.

 

In addition to the above, as I said in another thread, Strong is 56 and his next job is likely his last. UT was probably his last shot at winning big.

 

The interesting thing is I was just thinking the other of how coaches who fail at one job in college don't often succeed at another, but this isn't true in the NFL. Bill Belichick and Pete Carroll both sucked at their first coaching job.