Rankings for 2010-11 NFL Head Coaches

A poll has been released for the NFL's head coaches, here.

The top 10 are in this order.

1. Bill Belichick
2. Sean Payton
3. Jeff Fisher
4. Mike Shanahan
5. Mike Tomlin
6. Andy Reid
7. Tom Coughlin
8. Ken Whisenhunt
9. John Harbaugh
10. Rex Ryan

The rest of the list is as follows:

11. Mike McCarthy
12. Jim Caldwell
13. John Fox
14. Brad Childress
15. Wade Phillips
16. Mike Smith
17. Tony Sparano
18. Marvin Lewis
19. Norv Turner
20. Lovie Smith
21. Mike Singletary
22. Jack Del Rio
23. Pete Carroll
24. Gary Kubiak
25. Eric Mangini
26. Josh McDaniels
27. Todd Haley
28. Chan Gailey
29. Tom Cable
30. Jim Schwartz
31. Raheem Morris
32. Steve Spagnuolo

So do you agree? Who would you rank where?

I saw lol that Reid is in there in the top 30, let alone at #6.

I bet that SLR will agree, and he's a hardcore Philly fan.

I thought it was pretty funny in the article for the player quotes on the coaches, they used Leinart for Whisenhunt.

lol Mangini

He should be #1, belicheck is a cheater.

I think Sean Peyton needs another great season to prove that he belongs in that #2 spot.

Fisher is the longest tenured coach though. I think he is anyway.

unless i'm mistaken he goes back to when the titans were still the oilers. since 94 to be exact.

and if i'm remembering correctly, having watched pretty much every game last year, their defensive coordinator was absolute crap during that losing streak, and somehow they nearly made the playoffs despite that. i'd say that's the mark of a good coach personally.

oh, and i really just noticed this... but shanny at 4? what a joke that is. he hasn't done jack diddly without elway.

I don't have a problem with where Fisher is put. I think Del Rio and Kubiak should be switched around, but they aren't so far apart that it's a huge issue. I might put Rex Ryan ahead of Harbaugh. Not because I'm a Jets fan but because I think Ryan has done more with the Jets in his one year ther than Harbaugh has with his time with the Ravens. Wonder if knocking the Pats out of the playoffs has anything to do with that?

you have to consider the division he's been in as well, which has been dominated by the colts the last decade. makes it pretty damned hard to make the playoffs since you pretty much had to make it in a wild card spot, which is something of a crapshoot to put it mildly.

I think a lot of it has to do with Tennesee starting 0-7 then finishing within shouting distance of the playoffs. He follows the Herm Edwards mantra "Hello! You play to win the game!" Most coaches might have lost their teams by that point in the season, but he kept them together.

Sporting News' NFL writers and editors factored in championships, won-lost record, creativity, motivational skills, ability to limit turnovers/penalties and hiring and maintaining a quality staff.

I wish they would've included these in their breakdowns instead of pointless quotes from players.

Uh, Grimby, Shanahan coached for 16 seasons, meaning he's actually 7-for-16 to Fisher's 6-for-16. Not that that's even a great stat, Caldwell owns it right now.

And in that time, he's gone under .500 4 times to Fisher's 5.

Also it was 0-6 last year, and he still somehow had them in playoff contention by the end.

Yeah definitely, a little profile that listed that stuff would've been cool.

I agree with s65Horsey on the stat breakdowns. Might have helped in justifying some of the rankings.


And with Fisher, yeah most coaches would have probably lost the team by that point in the season, especially considering the year before they didn't lose their first game until the Jets came to town.(J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets) Anyway, He held the team together. That speaks volumes to his leadership and coaching abilities, even if they did miss the playoffs, who ever thought at 0-6 they'd even be in the mix?

Then don't bring it up? (with incorrect stats to boot)

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Snippy?

And, um, didn't you just say your stats only prove a point that doesn't matter?

Are you serious? I changed it from "they didn't prove a point" to "a point that doesn't matter," only because I figured you might take the first one to not include the implication that they didn't prove "a point (that matters)". It's not like I flip-flopped, come on.

And maybe you should look into the criteria they used for this list, because you're not making any sense. Maybe you'll come across some accurate stats while you're at it?