Great coordinators who didn't work out as head coaches

[Sparty Jones]

Let's get a list going for college and pro of guys who were seen as outstanding offensive or defensive coordinators, but didn't get it done as a head man.

Dave Wannstedt
Charlie Weis
Will Muschamp
Dick Jauron
Bob Davie

what others do you have?

 

[piratesfball66]

Norv Turner
Lane Kiffin
Pat Shurmur
Eric Mangini
Romeo Crennel
Steve Mariuci?
Josh McDaniels

 

[BHSDEFENSE]

The bottom line is almost ALL head coaches were coordinators prior to becoming head coaches.

So essentially this isn't a list of coordinators that didn't work out but RATHER head coaches that didn't work???

Almost every successful head coach was a coordinator (Lombardi, Bill Walsh, Belichick, etc...)

 

[Sparty Jones]

Perhaps a better way to phrase it is that in hindsight, who was perfectly suited as a coordinator, but when he became the head man, it was not a good fit at all, and could jump right back in to being a good coordinator?

 

[GMAN81]

Sparty:

A better list might be those who were college coaches and then became head coaches in the NFL without being a coordinator first. Then failed at the NFL level.

Steve Spurrier comes to mind. He did coach in the USFL but the NFL is what I am talking about. Good Florida Gator coach, 12-20 with the Washington Redskins in the NFL over two seasons after signing a five year $25 million contract. Then back to the college ranks and South Carolina.

He is the most glaring example of a failed college coach sent right to the NFL as a head coach that I can think of at the moment.