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Ohio State football: Ranking Big Ten head coaches

By Frank Teriaca

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - NOVEMBER 30: Head Football Coach Ryan Day of the Ohio State Buckeyes before a college football game against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium on November 30, 2019 in Ann Arbor, MI. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - NOVEMBER 30: Head Football Coach Ryan Day of the Ohio State Buckeyes before a college football game against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium on November 30, 2019 in Ann Arbor, MI. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images) /
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Greg Schiano was the defensive coordinator for Ohio State under Urban Meyer. Now he’s back at Rutgers and has already made strides at turning that program around. (Photo by Benjamin Solomon/Getty Images)
Greg Schiano was the defensive coordinator for Ohio State under Urban Meyer. Now he’s back at Rutgers and has already made strides at turning that program around. (Photo by Benjamin Solomon/Getty Images) /

No. 10: Greg Schiano, Rutgers

Schiano has a tough job at Rutgers. In fact, he is the only coach to have won there in the past with his 68-67 record as the Scarlet Knights head coach from 2001-2011. Coming back in 2020, Schiano went 3-6 with an awful roster. Schiano is a very solid coach who will make Rutgers respectable soon.

No. 9: Bret Bielema, Illinois

Bielema back in the Big Ten? Sign me up! He had a 68-24 record in seven seasons at Wisconsin before moving on to Arkansas in 2013. Bielema left the Badgers because they would not commit to paying his assistants, so I can respect that. But since leaving Wisconsin his career has never been the same as he now takes over the Illinois program and tries to make them Wisconsin South.

No. 8: Kirk Ferentz, Iowa

The longest-tenured head coach in the Big Ten, Ferentz has built a steady program over 20 plus seasons at the helm. With a 168-106 record at Iowa, Ferentz is the epidemy of running a steady program.

No. 7:  Paul Chryst, Wisconsin

Chryst has taken what Barry Alverez and Brett Bielema have started and kept it going. Chryst understands what Wisconsin football is all about and is a very good coach for that program. I just wonder how good he would be a culture and way of doing this weren’t already in place for him.

No. 6: P.J. Fleck, Minnesota

Fleck has effectively turned around a rough Minnesota Golden Gophers program into one that opponents must respect. Although he had a disappointing 2020 campaign with a 3-4 record, Fleck has proven himself to be a really good program builder.

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