As the college football regular season draws to a close this weekend, it's the time of year when many coaching vacancies open up. But for some coaches, it's negotiating season after finishing a successful campaign.
This list is all about the coaches who exceeded expectations and either brought their programs to new heights or back to national relevance in 2015.
Some factors taken into account for this list were overall team performance, strength of schedule, ability to overcome difficult circumstances, expectation vs. actual performance and improvement from last year.
Without further ado, let's take a look at some of the coaches who had excellent 2015 campaigns.