Since college football is going through its annual coaching merry-go-round, there's no shortage of assistants eyeing a promotion. Chances are they're offensive or defensive coordinators spending too little time with the family and too much time watching game film and eating takeout. So who are the next headset-wearing geniuses?
According to Winthrop Intelligence, a North Carolina-based firm that provides athletic directors with decision-making resources, TCU's defensive coordinator Dick Bumpas and Oklahoma State's offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen, packed the biggest wallop for their schools in 2010. Winthrop's formula evaluates each coordinator based on the percentage of yards and points their units scored or allowed compared to the other teams their opponents played. Mr. Bumpas's Horned Frog defense held opponents to 59% of their average total yards and 45% of their points. The other top defensive coordinators by this measure were Boise State's Pete Kwiatkowski and Alabama's Kirby Smart, who respectively held teams to 67% and 80% of their average yards and 45% and 48% of their points.
Meanwhile, it's no surprise that Mr. Holgorsen has already accepted a job as head-coach-in-waiting at West Virginia—his Cowboys gained 138% more yards and scored 167% more points than what their opponents allowed on average. The offensive coordinator at his instate rival, Oklahoma's Kevin Wilson, was second best in this measure and, by no surprise, was already snatched up by Indiana. So that leaves Boise's Bryan Harsin and Stanford's David Shaw as the best 2010 offensive coordinators who have yet to be poached.
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The best offensive and defensive coordinators in college football in 2010, based on the percentage of total yards and points their units scored or allowed compared to the other teams their opponents played.
|OC- TEAM||YPG%||PPG%||DC -TEAM||YPG%||PPG%|
|Dana Holgorsen, Okla. St.||138%||167%||Dick Bumpas, TCU||59%||45%|
|Kevin Wilson, Oklahoma||128%||147%||P. Kwiatkowski, Boise St.||67%||45%|
|Bryan Harsin, Boise St.||134%||168%||Kirby Smart, Alabama||80%||48%|
|David Shaw, Stanford||122%||152%||Norm Parker, Iowa||82%||59%|
|Lincoln Riley, E. Carolina||117%||143%||Chuck Heater, Florida||84%||80%|