That Bill McCartney guy really sucked. I can't believe CU went after a guy with no HC experience, he was just a lowly OC.
Agreed. Head coaches at Boise State are where it's at. Ask Colorado, Arizona State, or Arkansas.
Just for fun lets look at the current AP top 10
1
Oregon (49)8-01487 Chip Kelly, no HC experience that I know of. Hell no BCS level experience other than Oregon OC for like 2 years either.
2
Boise State (7)7-01403 Chris Peterson. OC under the great Hawk. No HC experience that I know of.
3
Auburn (2)9-01396 Gene Chizik. Terrible work as the HC of Iowa State. But hey, some HC experience.
4
TCU (2)9-01350 Gary Patterson. No HC experience before TCU, mostly position coaching positions.
5
Alabama7-11228 Nick Saban. Plenty of HC experience, taken from an NFL team, probably not an option for Colorado to go this route. Maybe Rex Ryan wants to come coach here?
6
Utah8-01147 Kyle Whittingham. Position coach and DC for a few years. No HC experience.
7
Wisconsin7-11113 Bret Bielema. Not any HC experience as well as not much DC experience. 5 years as LB coach at Iowa, 2 years of Co-DC at KSU, 2 years as DC at Wisconsin.
8
Ohio State8-11010 Jim Tressel. Lots of HC experience at Youngstown State. Even Ohio State couldn't locate someone with a little more going for them than being the HC at Youngstown State for 14 years?
9
Nebraska7-1974 Bo Pelini. No HC experience. Solid amount of position coach experience and a few years as a DC.
10
Stanford7-1950 Jim Harbaugh. Hilarious lack of experience. He was the head coach at UCSD for 3 years, so he had that going for him.