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But much longer is the list of those who clobbered the competition in college but left the NFL with tails tucked between their legs.
Coaches with designs of stepping up have their patron saints,cheap jerseys paypal, to be sure. Four have won championships at both levels: Pete Carroll (Seattle Seahawks and Southern California); Barry Switzer (Dallas Cowboys and Oklahoma); Jimmy Johnson (Dallas Cowboys and Miami); and Paul Brown (Cleveland Browns and Ohio State). Several more, most notably Bill Walsh and Tom Coughlin, were very good in college but even better in the pros.
After amassing three national championships and a 47-game winning streak (a record that still stands, Wilkinson came out of retirement for the St. Louis Cardinals job, went 9-20 over parts of two seasons and quit with three games remaining in his third.
Here's a quick look at some of the memorable successes and failures:
But if the end game is to win a Super Bowl, candidates applying for NFL head-coaching vacancies may want to downplay their college resumes. As Philadelphia's firing of Chip Kelly reminded us again,Cheap Jerseys From China, past successes are no guarantee of future prosperity — at least in the pros.
There's three-time (in a 6-year span) national championship winner Nick Saban, who was 15-17 in the NFL and desperate enough to depart the Miami Dolphins that he lied several times about chasing the Alabama job he eventually latched onto. Then there's Steve Spurrier,Soccer Jerseys Cheap, Dennis Erickson, Lou Holtz, Butch Davis, Bobby Petrino, Rich Brooks, Frank Kush and even Oklahoma Sooner legend Bud Wilkinson, whose flirtation with the NFL was fairly typical.
The reasons for the failures are varied. Most college coaches hired by the NFL begin with bad teams and impatient owners. Some never adjust to the different schemes,NFL Jerseys China, much-faster pace of play,China NFL Jerseys, or the differences required to motivate highly-paid pros instead of kids dependent on scholarships.
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