Rating our Head Coaches

[Volizona]

How would you rate our coaches from Neyland to present? Anytime we lose, we start criticizing coaches first. Curious, especially for the old timers who actually saw pre-Majors/Fulmer coaches, how you would rank them. Majors was the first coach I remember so I’m just guessing based on what I have read about the others. How do your rankings differ from mine? Was Neyland the only ‘great’ coach we have ever had?

Neyland - A
Wyatt - C+
Dickey B+
Battle C+
Majors B-
Fulmer B
Kiffin C+
Dooley D
Jones C-
Pruitt D-
Heupel B-

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

Pruitt Jones and Dooley are all F...and it ain't even close.

 

[Power_Sweep_Vol]

Pruitt Jones and Dooley are all F...and it ain't even close.

Of course…Dooley went 4-19 in the SEC, you could legit pick someone at random in the stands and they could do that

 

[BanditVol]

Fulmer is an A-, Dooley an F-, Pruitt maybe an F but D- isn't much better. Heupel is at least a B

 

[zeppelin128]

Seems a little low for Phillip. I think he at least earns a B+.

Dooley and Pruitt: F
Jones: D-

 

[njvols]

Fulmer is an A-, Dooley an F-, Pruitt maybe an F but D- isn't much better. Heupel is at least a B

Pruitt is the king of the F’s…

 

[mackievol]

Kiffin is an F too. What exactly did he do here?

 

[tdawgs]

Kiffin is an F too. What exactly did he do here?

7-6 with a loss to VA Tech in the peach bowl. Not to mention left town in the middle of the night all the while trying to take recruits with him.

 

[stolitonic]

Kiffin is an F too. What exactly did he do here?

Agree.

He did very little. Ran off some of tge players we did have. Brought in his own guys which were either in jail or gone when he was

Tyler Bray was really the only piece that was left when Kiff blew town.

Dude left the program in so much worse shape than he was when he got here. Can't believe how many were ready to take him back

 

[EZE]

Wow…

“We have entered The Twilight Zone.”

Fulmer, with the only natty in forever. And years of sustained excellence. Perfect? No, the end was ugly. But an A all the way.

And Heupel is an A to date. That could move down as he coaches more years. For context, Majors never got the Vols consistently at the top in nearly two decades of his rebuild.

Heupel has got us in the mix twice in his first four years after inheriting a dumpster fire…with a depleted roster and scholarship restrictions. That is an A.

The next step is a title.

 

[stolitonic]

Wow…

“We have entered The Twilight Zone.”

Fulmer, with the only natty in forever. And years of sustained excellence. Perfect? No, the end was ugly. But an A all the way.

And Heupel is an A to date. That could move down as he coaches more years. For context, Majors never got the Vols consistently at the top in nearly two decades of his rebuild.

Heupel has got us in the mix twice in his first four years after inheriting a dumpster fire…with a depleted roster and scholarship restrictions. That is an A.

The next step is a title.

Next step would be getting into the playoffs.

I wouldn't object to outright winning during our first trip, but that rarely happens.

 

[Vol4ever]

Phillip is a solid A. Huep is a B at this point.

 

[05_never_again]

Given the situation he inherited, I don't know how you can give Heupel anything less than an A.

 

[Volfan1000]

How would you rate our coaches from Neyland to present? Anytime we lose, we start criticizing coaches first. Curious, especially for the old timers who actually saw pre-Majors/Fulmer coaches, how you would rank them. Majors was the first coach I remember so I’m just guessing based on what I have read about the others. How do your rankings differ from mine? Was Neyland the only ‘great’ coach we have ever had?

Neyland - A
Wyatt - C+
Dickey B+
Battle C+
Majors B-
Fulmer B
Kiffin C+
Dooley D
Jones C-
Pruitt D-
Heupel B-

Neyland A Plus.
Wyatt C
McDonald C
Majors A
Dickey A
Fulmer B
Battle C Plus.
Kiffin C Plus.
Dooley F
Jones D
Pruitt F
Heupel B Plus.

 

[DFWVolFan]

Fulmer A-
Majors B+
Dickey B- as a HC
Jones C
Kiffen C-

 

[VolPack22]

Neyland is summa cum laude.

 

[loservol]

Given the situation he inherited, I don't know how you can give Heupel anything less than an A.

Getting owned by Georgia.

 

[knox73]

Neyland A+
Fulmer A
Dickey A-
Majors A-
Heupel A
Kiffin D-
Pruitt C-
Dooley D
Battle D
Jones C
Wyatt C+

athletic directors

Hamilton. D hired Kiffin, Dooley, Pearl
Dickey. B. Hired Fulmer, poor basketball hires
White A+. Hired Josh and Kim
Hart B- hired Barnes
Woodruff B. Hired Dickey, Battle , Majors, Summit
Fulmer D- Hired Pruitt
Currie B. Hired Vitello

 

[loservol]

Fulmer, A- (championship)
Kiffin, D (what could've been)
Dooley, F (failed)
Butch, D (below average)
Schiano, expelled (should be in jail)
Pruitt, F (ugh)
Heupel, C+ * (average, disturbing warning signs in the near future)

I will bump his letter grade up to a B, if he hires a real offensive coordinator and open up the QB position up to competition in the off-season.

 

[Vol49er]

Neyland A Plus.
Wyatt C
McDonald C
Majors A
Dickey A
Fulmer B
Battle C Plus.
Kiffin C Plus.
Dooley F
Jones D
Pruitt F
Heupel B Plus.

Really? Heupel with a higher grade than Fulmer?

 

[Spawn]

Why OP! CJH is our coach, not going back to crappy coaching searches and not living in the past.

10-2 beating Alabama and Florida feels good.

 

[Volfan1000]

Really? Heupel with a higher grade than Fulmer?

Yes, Fulmer did not inherit a decimated roster and sanctions.

 

[Vol49er]

Yes, Fulmer did not inherit a decimated roster and sanctions.

And Heupel did not win a national championship. Putting Heupel above Fulmer is completely ludicrous

 

[loservol]

And Heupel did not win a national championship. Putting Heupel above Fulmer is completely ludicrous

Heupel is struggling just to make the playoffs.

 

[J C Higgins]

Fuller was an average coach who rode a wave of player talent.