25 college football coaches you want to party with

7. Gus Malzahn

It took Gus Malzahn 21 years before he finally got his shot at running a program at the collegiate level. After starting his coaching career as a defensive coordinator at Hughes (AR) High School in 1991, Malzahn finally made the jump to the college game in 2006. The University of Arkansas gave him his first opportunity, hiring Malzahn as a wide receiver coach/offensive coordinator.

After six years of bouncing around as an assistant coach, Malzahn made his collegiate head coaching debut for Arkansas State. He would last only one year there, as he accepted the Auburn head coaching job in 2013. Malzahn had served as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Auburn from 2009-2011, so it was a bit of a homecoming.

Malzahn took over for Gene Chizik, who was terminated in November of 2012. A search committee that included Auburn legend Bo Jackson picked Malzahn to lead the program going forward. His first season was a great one, as he used the talent Chizik had put together and went 12-2. The Tigers lost in the National Championship Game to the Florida State Seminoles, and finished the season as the second-ranked team in the country.

If you watch Malzahn on the sideline, you’ll know why we want to party with him. He looks hammered half the time, and he’s always running from place to place. Malzahn would be the kind of guy that drinks very fast, and then doesn’t know what to do with himself once the booze hits.