Three Big Ten coaches make Top Coaches list
College Sports Fans has released their Best Active College Football Coaches list ranking the top college football coaches, and three Big Ten football coaches have received recognition. Jim Tressel, Joe Paterno and Bret Bielema are the three coaches currently coaching Big Ten football teams that made the list. Bielema, in his 2nd year at Wisconsin, made the honorable mention section of the article. Joe Paterno, head coach at Penn State since 1966, placed 7th overall, leading many Nittany Lion fans to be extremely angry. Tops on the list in terms of Big Ten football coaches was Ohio State’s Jim Tressel who was ranked 4th overall.
Nick Saban, head coach at Michigan State from 1995-1999, also made the list coming in at #8.