With the ever ongoing arms race in college football taking coaching salaries to unprecedented heights, is their a Power 5 conference job that isn’t enviable?
Athlon Sports ranked the top NCAA coaching jobs, and in the SEC, they calculated Kirby Smart’s position is the best in the conference.
And why not….he has an administration that can’t write checks fast enough to build new athletic facilities, Georgia has a deep and rich football tradition, you’re in one of the best recruiting states in the country, the fan base has proven to be one of the nation’s most loyal and engaging and you play in a cathedral of a stadium. In addition, publication after publication lists Athens not only as a top college town, but one of the best places to live in America.
Athlon’s analysis states the administration hasn’t been “all in”, but $150 million of capital expenditures over the past three years seems to have changed that. Alabama, Florida, LSU and Texas A&M followed Georgia in the poll.
The sleeping giant is awake. Perhaps no job in the country offers the best of every world like Georgia — great recruiting base, great place to live, great fan base … you get the point. The one knock: The administration hasn’t necessarily been as “all in” as some of the Bulldogs’ rivals in the league.
