Running 2012 NFL coaches carousel thread

Lou Holtz--fail.

 

Wasn't a direct college to pro jump, though. Miami hired Cameron from years as the Charger Offensive Coordinator's job, not college. Does that count?

 

Meyer was so unliked by his players in New England that they mutinied after he fired his DC. Then he got his ass thrown out right after that. I think it was Hall of Famer John Hannah who said Meyer was the biggest joke of a coach he'd played for at any level.

 

Dick Vermeil - success

 

Hitting up Pro Football Reference...

Bill Peterson - Fail
Dan Devine - Fail
Hayden Fox - mildly successful (lost to Bills in WC round in second season with the expansion Orlando Breakers)
Lane Kiffin and Tom Cable - Fail (first HC job at any level was in the NFL)
Dick MacPherson - Fail
Tommy Prothro - Fail
Lou Saban - Success

 

One of the things I like about the Schiano hire is that he really built that program and was able to get people, fans and players to "buy in." Some coaches can do it, others can't. Some may call it a "rah, rah" style, but I think that's the only type of college coach that succeeds at the pro level. Someone who can relate to players and get them to want to play for them, instead being concerned about what happens if they don't.
The coaches that show off their college championship rings in an NFL locker room are like the guy wearing a high school letterman jacket at college.
Jimmy Johnson and Switzer may have won rings in college, but they were always players coaches.

 

Chuck Fairbanks - success*

 

Paul Brown for the win.

 

Calling Switzer a success in the pros is a stretch - ring or no ring.

 

wholeheartedly agree

 

You win, or even reach, a Super Bowl, you get success status. Period.

 

Sam Wyche - success.