Ranking the coaches at every former Pac-12 football program

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The Pac-12 would have been really good this year, because it was really good last year and has schools with retooled rosters in 2024. Alas, the Pac-12 has been broken up, its schools moving to different conferences this year. Before the new college football season begins, let’s allow ourselves to imagine what it would be like if we were previewing a 2024 Pac-12 football season. Let’s rank the coaches at the 10 former Pac-12 football schools who will compete elsewhere. Therefore, Washington State’s and Oregon State’s coaches aren’t part of this discussion. Here we go:

10. DEION SANDERS, COLORADO BUFFALOES

Sep 30, 2023; Boulder, Colorado, USA; Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders talks with USC Trojans head coach Lincoln Riley meet after the game at Folsom Field. Mandatory Credit: Chet Strange-USA TODAY Sports

All hat, no cattle. Deion shows no signs of lifting Colorado to a higher level. The publicity has not translated into improvement. Deion is at the bottom of the list among the 10 coaches of schools which played in the Pac-12 last year and have moved to new conferences this year.

9. DESHAUN FOSTER, UCLA BRUINS

Feb 13, 2024; Los Angeles, CA, USA; DeShaun Foster answers questions from media after he was introduced as the UCLA Bruins head football coach during a press conference at Pauley Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

We don’t know if Foster is good, but he hasn’t proved that he is actively bad the way Deion Sanders has. Therefore, Foster is ahead of Coach Prime.

8. TROY TAYLOR, STANFORD CARDINAL

Sep 6, 2019; Tempe, AZ, USA; Sacramento State Hornets head coach Troy Taylor against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Sun Devil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Taylor has begun to recruit well at Stanford. If he makes progress this year in the ACC, the…

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Publish date : 2024-08-19 15:59:14

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