Many Alabama football fans might think otherwise but it is not easy selecting college football’s 10 greatest coaches of all-time (GOAT). Any list of criteria will be challenged for being incomplete or invalid. It is nearly impossible to compare the achievements of head coaches from a span of competition of more than 100 years. The game has changed so much from the 19th century when it was more soccer or rugby than what we now know as American football.
Choosing to select only a Top 10 of the game’s greatest coaches guarantees debate over those left out. Perhaps that is why Sporting News used a panel to make the selections but published the selections without naming the panel.