There are now 18 head coaches in the Big Ten conference. Here's how they stack up with one another.
The Big Ten will have four new teams when the 2024 football season begins this year. The conference added Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington from the Pac-12 Conference and college football will have a new feel to it come August. With that being said, I’m going to begin our Big Ten rankings for the upcoming season.
The former Illinois’ defensive coordinator is entering his second season as the Purdue head coach. Things didn’t go well for Walters in 2023 and the Boilermakers. Purdue went 4-8 under Walters in year one and after going to the Big Ten Championship game in 2022, it was quite the down year for the Boilermakers.
Bielema was a well-rounded head coach for Wisconsin back in the day, but every since he left for Arkansas and then Illinois, he’s struggled. Bielema has had one good season for the Illini since he came back to the Big Ten three years ago. But he has a 18-19 record as the Illinois’ head coach. Bielema is going to have to do better if he wants his school to compete in the new-look Big Ten.
Greg Schiano was great with Rutgers back when it played in the Big East, but Schiano has had a different experience during his second stint with the Scarlet Knights. He is 19-28 in four seasons back with Rutgers and he is 1-1 in bowl games. Schiano is an accomplished coach but it’s never going to be easy to win at Rutgers or be able to out-recruit the upper echelon Big Ten teams.
This could be a tad high or too low depending on how you view Sherrone Moore and Michigan. Moore, who is now a first-year head coach, did some major things in 2023 for Michigan. Moore coached the Wolverines to a 4-0 record as the interim head coach and beat both Penn State and Ohio State in the process while Jim Harbaugh was serving a suspension. While he is a first-year head coach, Moore has some big-time wins and experience under his belt.
In 10 seasons, Penn State is 88-39 under James Franklin. The Nittany Lions are a winning team, but PSU struggles to win the big games under Franklin. Penn State is just 4-5 in the postseason and Franklin has one Big Ten title since he took over as the head coach. Franklin has struggled to beat both Ohio State and Michigan and until he can do so, it’s hard to rank him higher than this.
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