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Ranking 25 college football head coaches based on their ‘cool teacher’ factor

By Andrew Miller

AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 21: Head coach Tom Herman of the Texas Longhorns talks with head coach Mike Gundy of the Oklahoma State Cowboys before the game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 21, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 21: Head coach Tom Herman of the Texas Longhorns talks with head coach Mike Gundy of the Oklahoma State Cowboys before the game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 21, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /
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BERKELEY, CA – OCTOBER 21: Head coach Rich Rodriguez of the Arizona Wildcats looks on from the sidelines against the California Golden Bears during an NCAA football game at California Memorial Stadium on October 21, 2017 in Berkeley, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
BERKELEY, CA – OCTOBER 21: Head coach Rich Rodriguez of the Arizona Wildcats looks on from the sidelines against the California Golden Bears during an NCAA football game at California Memorial Stadium on October 21, 2017 in Berkeley, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /
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Rich Rodriguez

, Arizona

Rich Rodriguez has coached at some very high-profile programs in the last 16 years. He started out his big-time head coaching career with West Virginia in 2001, which they gave him the leaping ability to make it big with the Michigan Wolverines.

While the Michigan experiment did not work out very well, Rodriguez was always in the spotlight and kept Wolverines fans entertained each off-season (something that Brady Hoke did not do). Michigan has been spoiled with all of the fun personalities that have rolled through Ann Arbor.

Rodriguez is now coaching the Arizona Wildcats, and he’s another guy that had his back against the wall to start the 2017 campaign. Yet, Arizona has put together a good run this season and we should continue to see “Rich Rod” around more on Tucson for at least another season.

In quarterback Khalil Tate, Rodriguez has found someone who makes this an all-around great football to watch every single week. Rodriguez brings more energy to the table than almost any other coach in the country, and the Wildcats fans appreciate that.

His passion is up there with Dana Holgorsen which makes college football fans notice him just that much more. It helps you keep your job when the fan base knows everything is being laid out on the line every Saturday.

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