20 best college football coaches without a national championship
By Brad Weiss
Mark Richt
, Georgia, Miami (FL)
The current head coach of the University of Miami Hurricanes is a man who once quarterbacked the team, albeit as mostly a backup to some of the best signal-callers in school history. Now at the helm of the program, Richt is trying to get “The U” back to its glory days, and possibly another national title. If he can lead his alma mater to the title, it will be his first as a head coach, which would be long overdue.
Richt started his coaching career as an assistant under Florida State’s Bobby Bowden, who is one of the best coaches in the history of the sport. In 2001, he got his first head coaching gig at the University of Georgia, and did incredible things during his time there. He led the Bulldogs to two SEC titles, in 2002 and 2005, while winning the SEC East Division six times during his tenure.
During his time at Georgia, Richt went to nine bowl games, including three BCS Bowl appearances. His record in those coveted bowls was 2-1, as he finished in the top-10 in the AP Poll a total of seven times. He was dismissed from the school in 2015, and wasted no time finding his new gig, landing with the Hurricanes.
Overall, he had a stellar 145-51 record with Georgia, finishing in the top-3 of the AP Poll twice. Incredibly, he never got those Georgia teams to a national title, and after a 9-4 season in his first year at Miami (FL), he has his work cut out for him there. He will eventually win the big one, as he is too good of a coach to never hold the Crystal Ball.