The SSA coach ratings are ‘on the field’ coach ratings and are designed as a compliment to the SSA talent ratings. We define on the field coaching as a coach’s game management, play calling, and motivational ability while doing our best to exclude recruiting from the equation. Our reason for doing so is simple, we want to be better at handicapping games. By removing talent from the equation we have a better idea of how a coach will perform in a new environment. How will Frost do in year one at Nebraska? What impact will Jimbo Fisher have at A&M this season? These are the types of questions the SSA Coach Ratings are designed to address.
| School | Conference | Head Coach | Coach Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | Pac12 | Chris Peterson | 1 |
| Alabama | SEC | Nick Saban | 2 |
| Ohio State | Big10 | Urban Meyer | 3 |
| Clemson | ACC | Dabo Swinney | 4 |
| Michigan | Big10 | Jim Harbaugh | 5 |
| TCU | Big12 | Gary Patterson | 6 |
| Kansas State | Big12 | Bill Snyder | 7 |
| Michigan State | Big10 | Mark Dantonio | 8 |
| Stanford | Pac12 | David Shaw | 9 |
| Texas A&M | SEC | Jimbo Fisher | 10 |
| Oklahoma State | Big12 | Mike Gundy | 11 |
| Wisconsin | Big10 | Paul Chryst | 12 |
| Northwestern | Big10 | Pat Fitzgerald | 13 |
| Iowa | Big10 | Kirk Ferentz | 14 |
| Utah | Pac12 | Kyle Whittingham | 15 |
| Louisville | ACC | Bobby Petrino | 16 |
| Penn State | Big10 | James Franklin | 17 |
| Arizona | Pac12 | Kevin Sumlin | 18 |
| Auburn | SEC | Gus Malzahn | 19 |
| Miami FL | ACC | Mark Richt | 20 |
| Duke | ACC | David Cutcliffe | 21 |
| Virginia Tech | ACC | Justin Fuente | 22 |
| Navy | AAC | Ken Niumatalolo | 23 |
| Georgia | SEC | Kirby Smart | 24 |
| Georgia Tech | ACC | Paul Johnson | 25 |
| Boston College | ACC | Steve Addazio | 26 |
| Purdue | Big10 | Jeff Brohm | 27 |
| Iowa State | Big12 | Matt Campbell | 28 |
| West Virginia | Big12 | Dana Holgorsen | 29 |
| Florida | SEC | Dan Mullen | 30 |
| Boise State | MW | Bryan Harsin | 31 |
| Mississippi State | SEC | Joe Moorehead | 32 |
| Washington State | Pac12 | Mike Leach | 33 |
| Wake Forest | ACC | Dave Clawson | 34 |
| Memphis | AAC | Mike Norvell | 35 |
| Notre Dame | Ind | Brian Kelly | 36 |
| Fresno State | MW | Jeff Tedford | 37 |
| Florida Atlantic | CUSA | Lane Kiffin | 38 |
| Oklahoma | Big12 | Lincoln Riley | 39 |
| UCLA | Pac12 | Chip Kelly | 40 |
| Texas | Big12 | Tom Herman | 41 |
| San Diego State | MW | Rocky Long | 42 |
| Wyoming | MW | Craig Bohl | 43 |
| Florida State | ACC | Willie Taggart | 44 |
| Nebraska | Big10 | Scott Frost | 45 |
| Baylor | Big12 | Matt Rhule | 46 |
| Texas Tech | Big12 | Kliff Kingsbury | 47 |
| Minnesota | Big10 | PJ Fleck | 48 |
| Virginia | ACC | Bronco Mendenhall | 49 |
| NC State | ACC | Dave Doeren | 50 |
| Arkansas | SEC | Chad Morris | 51 |
| Colorado | Pac12 | Mike MacIntyre | 52 |
| Ohio | MAC | Frank Solich | 53 |
| Appalachian State | SunBelt | Scott Satterfield | 54 |
| UAB | CUSA | Bill Clark | 55 |
| Missouri | SEC | Barry Odom | 56 |
| Army | Ind | Jeff Monken | 57 |
| Pittsburgh | ACC | Pat Narduzzi | 58 |
| Utah State | MW | Matt Wells | 59 |
| South Carolina | SEC | Will Muschamp | 60 |
| California | Pac12 | Justin Wilcox | 61 |
| USC | Pac12 | Clay Helton | 62 |
| Kentucky | SEC | Mark Stoops | 63 |
| North Carolina | ACC | Larry Fedora | 64 |
| UCF | AAC | Josh Heupel | 65 |
| Oregon | Pac12 | Mario Cristobal | 66 |
| Syracuse | ACC | Dino Babers | 67 |
| Air Force | MW | Troy Calhoun | 68 |
| Maryland | Big10 | DJ Durkin | 69 |
| Troy | SunBelt | Neal Brown | 70 |
| Middle Tennessee | CUSA | Rick Stockstill | 71 |
| North Texas | CUSA | Seth Littrell | 72 |
| Arkansas State | SunBelt | Blake Anderson | 73 |
| South Florida | AAC | Charlie Strong | 74 |
| Temple | AAC | Geoff Collins | 75 |
| Northern Illinois | MAC | Rod Carey | 76 |
| Marshall | CUSA | Doc Holliday | 77 |
| LSU | SEC | Ed Orgeron | 78 |
| Arizona State | Pac12 | Herm Edwards | 79 |
| Buffalo | MAC | Lance Leipold | 80 |
| Indiana | Big10 | Tom Allen | 81 |
| Tulane | AAC | Willie Fritz | 82 |
| Vanderbilt | SEC | Derek Mason | 83 |
| Toledo | MAC | Jason Candle | 84 |
| Houston | AAC | Major Applewhite | 85 |
| Louisiana Tech | CUSA | Skip Holtz | 86 |
| Tennessee | SEC | Jeremy Pruitt | 87 |
| Brigham Young | Ind | Kalani Sitake | 88 |
| Tulsa | AAC | Philip Montgomery | 89 |
| Colorado State | MW | Mike Bobo | 90 |
| Old Dominion | CUSA | Bobby Wilder | 91 |
| Illinois | Big10 | Lovie Smith | 92 |
| SMU | AAC | Sony Dykes | 93 |
| Akron | MAC | Terry Bowden | 94 |
| Rutgers | Big10 | Chris Ash | 95 |
| Miami OH | MAC | Chuck Martin | 96 |
| Oregon State | Pac12 | Jonathan Smith | 97 |
| Ole Miss | SEC | Matt Luke | 98 |
| Central Michigan | MAC | John Bonamego | 99 |
| Eastern Michigan | MAC | Chris Creighton | 100 |
| Florida International | CUSA | Butch Davis | 101 |
| New Mexico | MW | Bob Davie | 102 |
| Louisiana-Monroe | SunBelt | Matt Viator | 103 |
| Kansas | Big12 | David Beaty | 104 |
| Nevada | MW | Jay Norvell | 105 |
| Connecticut | AAC | Randy Edsall | 106 |
| Coastal Carolina | SunBelt | Joe Moglia | 107 |
| Massachusetts | Ind | Mark Whipple | 108 |
| UNLV | MW | Tony Sanchez | 109 |
| UTSA | CUSA | Frank Wilson | 110 |
| Western Michigan | MAC | Tim Lester | 111 |
| Cincinnati | AAC | Luke Fickell | 112 |
| New Mexico State | Ind | Doug Martin | 113 |
| Southern Miss | CUSA | Jay Hopson | 114 |
| South Alabama | SunBelt | Steve Campbell | 115 |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | SunBelt | Billy Napier | 116 |
| East Carolina | AAC | Scottie Montgomery | 117 |
| Western Kentucky | CUSA | Mike Sanford Jr | 118 |
| Georgia Southern | SunBelt | Chad Lunsford | 119 |
| Georgia State | SunBelt | Shawn Elliott | 120 |
| Rice | CUSA | Mike Bloomgren | 121 |
| Charlotte | CUSA | Brad Lambert | 122 |
| Hawaii | MW | Nick Rolovich | 123 |
| Bowling Green | MAC | Mike Jinks | 124 |
| Ball State | MAC | Mike Neu | 125 |
| UTEP | CUSA | Dana Dimel | 126 |
| Texas State | SunBelt | Everett Withers | 127 |
| San Jose State | MW | Brett Brennan | 128 |
| Liberty | Ind | Turner Gill | 129 |
| Kent State | MAC | Sean Lewis | 130 |