2025 Big 12 Head Coach Rankings: Preseason College Football Preview
Whether it's Scott Frost going back to UCF, Rich Rodriguez returning to West Virginia, or all the good coaches who rocked at other places and continue to get up to speed at their Big 12 spots, the league has accomplished coaches.How are we supposed to rank them going into the season?We'll cut Kyle Whittingham and Mike Gundy some slack after shockingly off years, acknowledge the high-risers, the under-appreciated, and ...We're doing this by feel, past greatness, tenure, upside, everything. Keep in mind that we'll probably change most of this wildly after the year, but going into the 2025 season ... - Predicting every Big 12 game
16 Scott Frost, UCF
Career FBS Win %: 47.9 FBS Wins: 35 Winning FBS Seasons: 1 FBS Conference Championships: 1 Total FBS Seasons: 6.5 Average Wins Per Season: 5.38 % Seasons With Winning Record: 15.38% 2024 Preseason Conference Rank: NR Consensus Coach of the Year in 13-0 2017 season at UCF
15 Scott Satterfield, Cincinnati
Career FBS Win %: 58.8 FBS Wins: 80 Winning FBS Seasons: 7 FBS Conference Championships: 3 Total FBS Seasons: 11 Average Wins Per Season: 7.27 % Seasons With Winning Record: 63.64% 2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 16 3 straight Sun Belt titles from 2016 to 2018 with App State
14 Brent Brennan, Arizona
Career FBS Win %: 40.4 FBS Wins: 38 Winning FBS Seasons: 3 FBS Conference Championships: 2 Total FBS Seasons: 8 Average Wins Per Season: 4.75 % Seasons With Winning Record: 37.50% 2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 7 Won the 2020 Mountain West Championship; took the program to three bowls in last four years
13 Joey McGuire, Texas Tech
Career FBS Win %: 59 FBS Wins: 23 Winning FBS Seasons: 2 FBS Conference Championships: 0 Total FBS Seasons: 3 Average Wins Per Season: 7.67 % Seasons With Winning Record: 66.67% 2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 11 Three bowl appearances in first three seasons
12 Dave Aranda, Baylor
Career FBS Win %: 50.8FBS Wins: 31Winning FBS Seasons: 2FBS Conference Championships: 1Total FBS Seasons: 5Average Wins Per Season: 6.20% Seasons With Winning Record: 40.00%2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 12Won 2021 Big 12 Championship; three bowls in last four years
11 Willie Fritz, Houston
Career FBS Win %: 54.7FBS Wins: 75Winning FBS Seasons: 6FBS Conference Championships: 2Total FBS Seasons: 11Average Wins Per Season: 6.82% Seasons With Winning Record: 54.55%2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 62022 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year at Tulane; 9th in both final 2022 polls
10 Lance Leipold, Kansas
Career FBS Win %: 49.2 FBS Wins: 59 Winning FBS Seasons: 4 FBS Conference Championships: 0 Total FBS Seasons: 10 Average Wins Per Season: 5.90 % Seasons With Winning Record: 40.00% 2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 2 6 Division III National Titles at UW Whitewater
9 Deion Sanders, Colorado
Career FBS Win %: 52 FBS Wins: 13 Winning FBS Seasons: 1 FBS Conference Championships: 0 Total FBS Seasons: 2 Average Wins Per Season: 6.50 % Seasons With Winning Record: 50.00% 2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 15 Three 9+ win seasons in last four years at Jackson State and Colorado
8 Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia
Career FBS Win %: 59.9 FBS Wins: 136 Winning FBS Seasons: 15 FBS Conference Championships: 5 Total FBS Seasons: 19 Average Wins Per Season: 7.16 % Seasons With Winning Record: 78.95% 2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 3* (in CUSA) 32-5 in last three seasons at West Virginia and won 57 games in his final six years
7 Chris Klieman, Kansas State
Career FBS Win %: 63.2 FBS Wins: 48 Winning FBS Seasons: 5 FBS Conference Championships: 1 Total FBS Seasons: 6 Average Wins Per Season: 8.00 % Seasons With Winning Record: 83.33% 2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 4 4 national titles in 5 years at North Dakota State
6 Kalani Sitake, BYU
Career FBS Win %: 62.6 FBS Wins: 72 Winning FBS Seasons: 7 FBS Conference Championships: 0 Total FBS Seasons: 9 Average Wins Per Season: 8.00 % Seasons With Winning Record: 77.78% 2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 13 Three double-digit win seasons in the last five years
5 Sonny Dykes, TCU
Career FBS Win %: 56.3 FBS Wins: 98 Winning FBS Seasons: 8 FBS Conference Championships: 1 Total FBS Seasons: 14 Average Wins Per Season: 7.00 % Seasons With Winning Record: 57.14% 2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 10 2022 Coach of the Year taking TCU to a national championship appearance
4 Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
Career FBS Win %: 65.8 FBS Wins: 169 Winning FBS Seasons: 18 FBS Conference Championships: 0 Total FBS Seasons: 20 Average Wins Per Season: 8.45 % Seasons With Winning Record: 90.00% 2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 3 18 straight winning seasons before last year; second-longest tenured current coach at one school
3 Matt Campbell, Iowa State
Career FBS Win %: 60 FBS Wins: 99 Winning FBS Seasons: 11 FBS Conference Championships: 0 Total FBS Seasons: 13 Average Wins Per Season: 7.62 % Seasons With Winning Record: 84.62% 2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 5 AP Coach of the Year 2017 & 2020
2 Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State
Career FBS Win %: 56 FBS Wins: 14 Winning FBS Seasons: 1 FBS Conference Championships: 1 Total FBS Seasons: 2 Average Wins Per Season: 7.00 % Seasons With Winning Record: 50.00% 2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 14 Big 12 Coach of the Year taking ASU to the Big 12 title and CFP
1 Kyle Whittingham, Utah
Career FBS Win %: 66 FBS Wins: 167 Winning FBS Seasons: 17 FBS Conference Championships: 3 Total FBS Seasons: 20 Average Wins Per Season: 8.35 % Seasons With Winning Record: 85.00% 2024 Preseason Conference Rank: 1 Ten straight winning seasons before last year; third-longest tenured current coach at one school - Every Big 12 Team's 2025 Preview
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