Joel Klatt deems Texas the best job in college football
With the recent announcement that USC has decided to fire head coach Clay Helton, the conversation of where the best places to coach in college football emerged.
It is one that happens every so often when a major program decides to part ways with their coach. Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt is the culprit this time, as he tweeted what he believes to be the top five coaching jobs in the country. It displays the usual suspects, but at the top is one that most people will likely disagree with.
Klatt has Texas ranked as the best job in college football ahead of places like Alabama, USC, Ohio State, and Georgia.
Quick top of mind ranking…What is the best job in CFB?
1) Texas
2) Alabama
3) USC
4) Ohio State
5) GeorgiaWhat do you think?
— Joel Klatt (@joelklatt) September 14, 2021
Many people may look at this from an on-the-field perspective, and if so, that’s likely not what he is referring to. Texas is in the perfect location for talent as the state is home to some of the best recruits in the nation, and is often included in the conversation for the best high school football. Ensuring that talent actually goes to Texas is a different story, but the potential to recruit the state of Texas, and have the cache within the state is huge.
The program has unlimited resources at their disposal. Take Tom Herman’s firing for example, where the program paid him $15 million on top of several million going towards his staff. They were able to follow this up with hiring Steve Sarkisian, and paid him a guaranteed $34 million. The program also has some of the best facilities and amenities there is to offer in college football.
Even with the Longhorns’ struggles over the past decade, they have still been able to recruit well, as Herman brought in multiple top-3 recruiting classes and Sarkisian currently holds the No. 3 recruiting class in 247Sports’ rankings.
Again, Klatt is not referring to results generated from these programs, otherwise it would simply just be Alabama followed by no one. Every one of these schools are able to offer so many things that programs around the nation could not even imagine, whether it be the resources, location, or simply just the brand recognition.
If Sarkisian were to lead Texas to success like he is expected to, there would likely be little to no arguments for a job much better than Texas. As of late, the program has been down on the field, but all it takes is a successful season and the program will once again be at the forefront of college football.
