Who are the worst college football hires of the last 30 years?

I'm guessing Notre Dame will occupy several spots on this top 10 list.

Ron Zook at Florida

John Blake at Oklahoma

Dan Hawkins at Colorado

Gerry Faust at Notre Dame

Ty Willingham at Notre Dame

Charlie Weis at Notre Dame

Ray Goff at Georgia

I'm sure there are a ton I'm forgetting...

Thoughts...

 

I'd rather approach it like poker: Decisions, not results. For example, Faust was a bad hire for Notre Dame. But Willingham and Weis were good hires at the time they were made that didn't work out. Same with Blake at OU.

 

Outstanding point. The same can be said about Hawkins.

So Zook and Faust go to the top of the list.

 

Mike DuBose at Alabama: Was a terrible in-game coach, couldn't manage a staff and got them hit with major NCAA sanctions within four years.

Dennis Franchione at Texas A&M probably falls into the category Dick was talking about.

 

Yeah, that's what I was thinking, too.

 

Don Morton at Wisconsin. The reason Wisconsin needed a Barry Alvarez was because of Don Morton.

The Badgers were on a nice track when Dave McClain died of cancer in the mid 80s. Wisconsin hired Morton and his vaunted veer offense, and within two years, the Badgers were a 1-10 laughing stock playing in front of 40,000 at Camp Randall Stadium.

Fuckabuncha Don Morton.

Stan Parrish, who has taken a Ball State team on the fringe of BCS recognition a few years back to total mediocrity, is rising fast on my list.

 

If I remember correctly when Florida hired Zook to replace Spurrier, they went after Mike Shanahan and Bob Stoops before picking Zook.

I don't know if that's worse than picking a high school coach to lead the most famous football program in the country, but it might be a close second.

 

Paul Hackett at Pitt.

Foge Fazio at Pitt.

Johnny Majors Part II at Pitt.

Keith Gilbertson at Washington.

Greg Robinson at Syracuse.

John Mackovic at Texas and Arizona.

Wlat Harris at Stanford

 

How could I forget this guy?:

 

If that's the case, what about Bill Callahan at Nebraska? Changing a program's approach -- not just tactically but organizationally -- so suddenly was a big ask for a man whose track record as a head coach was, at best, mixed.

 

That's a really good call.

 

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