Report: Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops is retiring

Back in late February, I wrote a piece examining the factors behind the SEC’s descent into relative mediocrity (outside of Alabama) last season. It became clear to me that the biggest reason is the conference’s coaching lineup just isn’t very strong right now.

Our first Mailbag question this week piggybacks off that thesis.

Rank the power 5 conferences in terms of coaching talent.

– Brine Smif, Rock Hill, SC

Short, sweet and to the point. Here we go.

1) Big Ten. It was only a few years ago that I stood in a press box talking to a Big Ten-centric writer about just how awful the league’s coaching lineup was at the time. Two words: Tim Beckman. But that was a time when many schools were still…