I am wary of Herman, Harsin, and even Shaw's lack of overall experience.
Name, Current Team, Overall Record As Head Coach (all college levels): I'll try to break it down by Division I/FBS games only, if I have time
- Tom Herman (Houston): 19-2 (0.905)
- Chris Peterson (Washington): 113-24 (0.825)
- David Shaw (Stanford): 58-16 (0.784)
- Bryan Harsin (Boise State): 34-11 (0.756)
- Gary Patterson (TCU): 147-49 (0.750)
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- Brian Kelly (Notre Dame): 228-85 (0.728)
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- Bobby Petrino (Louisville): 105-40 (0.724)
- Kevin Sumlin (Texas A&M): 77-33 (0.700)
- Kyle Whittingham (Utah): 101-47 (0.682)
- Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State): 98-49 (0.667)
- Bret Bielema (Arkansas): 91-46 (0.664)
- Ken Nuimatalolo (Navy): 72-38 (0.655)
- Pat Narduzzi (Pittsburgh): 13-7 (0.650)
- Todd Graham (Arizona State): 88-50 (0.638)
- Larry Fedora (North Carolina): 71-41 (0.634)
- Dave Doeren (NC State): 45-26 (0.634)
- Butch Jones (Tennessee): 76-46 (0.623)
- Mike Leach (Washington State): 109-74 (0.596)
- Dana Holgorsen (West Virginia): 41-28 (0.594)
- Rich Rodriguez (Arizona): 155-109 (0.587)
- Paul Chryst (Wisconsin): 33-24 (0.579)
- Mike Riley (Nebraska): 105-87 (0.568)
- Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern): 73-59 (0.553)
- David Cutcliffe (Duke): 95-86 (0.525)