Is Ohio the Best State for College Coaches?

• devil1197

  Just watching the Holiday Bowl and both coaches are from Ohio.
  
  Does Ohio produce the best/or most college coaches in D1?
• devil1197

  Just off the top of my head.
  
  Jim Tressel OSU
  Urban Meyer UF
  Les Miles LSU
  Bob Stoops OKLA
  Mike Stoops ZONA
  Bo Pelini NEB
  
  Just look at all the NC's won by those coaches just in this decade.
• Lovejoy1984

  

  I'd have to agree.
  
  Tressel
  Stoops
  Meyer
  
  Just to name a few.
• hoops23

  

  Yes. No doubt in my mind, honestly..
• Red_Skin_Pride

  

  devil1197 wrote: Just off the top of my head.
  
  Jim Tressel OSU
  Urban Meyer UF
  Les Miles LSU
  Bob Stoops OKLA
  Mike Stoops ZONA
  Bo Pelini NEB
  
  Just look at all the NC's won by those coaches just in this decade.

  Not to mention the "older" guys: Don Shula, Paul Brown, Chuck Noll, Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and Ara Parseghian just to name a few.
• darbypitcher22

  

  We certainly have established a little bit of a reputation to knowledgeable college football fans as a cradle of coaches....
• cats gone wild

  No, Alaska
• Citybuck

  A better question is what state is 2nd and 3rd best at producing great coaches ?
• ohiobucks1

  

  Texas and Cali
• sjmvsfscs08

  Jim Harbaugh, Stanford - Toledo, ?????, Michigan player
  Brady Hoke, San Diego State - Dayton, ??????, Ball State player
  Urban Meyer, Florida - Toledo, Saint John HS Alumnus, Cincinnati player
  Les Miles, LSU - Elyria, Elyria HS Alumnua, Michigan player
  Tom O'Brien, North Carolina State - Cincinnati, St. Xavier HS Alumnus, Navy player
  Stan Parrish, Ball State - Cleveland, ??????, Heidelberg player
  Bo Pelini, Nebraska - Youngstown, Cardinal Mooney HS Alumus, Ohio State player
  Gary Pinkel, Missouri - Akron, Kenmore HS Alumnus, Kent State player
  Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee State, Sidney, ??????, Florida State player
  Bob Stoops, Oklahoma - Youngstown, Cardinal Mooney HS Alumus, Iowa player
  Mike Stoops, Arizona - Youngstown, Cardinal Mooney HS Alumus, Iowa plaer
  Jim Tressel, Ohio State - Mentor, Berea HS Alumnus, Baldin-Wallace player
  Ron Zook, Illinois - Loudonville, ??????, Miami (Oh) player
  
  Tim Beckman, Toledo - ???????, Berea HS Alumnus, Findlay player
• Laley23

  

  While not from Ohio, Nick Saban got his coaching career started here (Toledo).