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Who would be on the list of the top 10 football coaches from your home state? These should be your guidelines: (1) college and/or NFL; and (2) born there and raised for at least one year. This rules out Harbaugh for me. Not because I think he's a creepy jerk, but because I think his parents moved away from Toledo before he was a year old.

And now for why Ohio is the Mecca of American football, I'll start with this article, albeit a bit dated now from 2014. http://www.elevenwarriors.com/college-f ... -from-ohio

I would move Les Miles from 10 to 12 and Schembechler to 11 or 13 or even lower. I'd add John Heisman (more wins than Miles and for the other obvious reason). I'd move Noll from 4 to 3 ahead of Shula from 3 to 4. After 2014-15, Meyer moves from 6 to 5 and Tressel from 5 to 6. Larry Kehres has to be in the top 10. 332 wins (#4 all time behind Robinson, Paterno and Bowden). Best ever winning percentage 332-24-3. 11 national championships. Twice set the record for consecutive wins (besting Oklahoma's record the first time and his the second) at 54 and then 55 in a row. Because it was Mount Union, I make him 7 instead of #2. So my top 10 list is: Paul Brown; Woody Hayes; Chuck Noll; Don Shula; Urban Meyer; Jim Tressel; Larry Kehres; Ara Parseghian; John Heisman; and Lou Holtz.
 
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Can't think of many famous/good coaches from Tennessee only ones that come to mind right off the bat are.

Johnny majors, and fat Phillip who coached the vols everyone knows them

Mack Brown, did alright for himself at North Carolina, and Texas. Won a Natty. 20 some odd years between the two school 200+ wins

John Cooper, you should know him OHVANTN,What 10 years at Ohio st. Or something like that. College football hall of farmer also right?

Bill beilchick, has did OK in the NFL I guess. Didn't even realize he was born in Tennessee till I heard them say something about it while watching a pats PreSeason game this year :?
 
Belichick that's right. And Cooper.

I tried to Google up a top 10'article on TN coaches like the one on Ohio as it helps when someone else has already done the work. Couldn't find one. I bet someone could come up with a very solid list for TN. You came up with 5 strong ones. Was Neyland born in TN?
 
Based on my criteria, Belicheck doesn't qualify as I think he only lived his first 9 months in TN before Vandy fired his father along with the rest of the staff.

Add Ken Sparks of Carson Newman. Born in Knoxville. 334 wins (which puts him ahead of Kehres). 5 NAIA titles.
 

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