The bridge between spring football practice and the summer recruiting season is often filled with way-too-early power rankings, game-by-game predictions and more. This week, it even included a compilation of the Big Ten’s NCAA academic progress rate standings.
The month can serve as a reset before the college sports world embarks on the busy upcoming summer, fall and winter calendar.
One popular May comparison point is each conference’s head coaches, whether football, men’s basketball, or otherwise.
With our rankings of all 18 Big Ten football and men’s basketball coaches already on the books, it’s time for a look at how each school’s football and men’s basketball coaching duo compares to the rest of the conference. The calculation is simple. Each coach’s position (No. 1 through 18) is added to his counterpart’s for a ‘net score.’ That score is then compared to the rest of the listed duos, with the lower score reflecting the higher ranking.
18. Washington Huskies (Jedd Fisch, Danny Sprinkle)
Football Coach Big Ten Rank: Jedd Fisch — No. 12
Basketball Coach Big Ten Rank: Danny Sprinkle — No. 17
Net Score: 29
Fisch is likely to be a major riser by this time next year, as expectations are high entering his second season leading the Huskies. Sprinkle’s No. 17 standing after a 13-18 debut season brings this overall ranking down. Most programs boast at least one coach in the conference’s upper-echelon. That is not the case at Washington, at least until Fisch leads the Huskies to 9+ wins.
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17. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Greg Schiano, Steve Pikiell)
Football Coach Big Ten Rank: Greg Schiano — No. 13
Basketball Coach Big Ten Rank: Steve Pikiell — No. 15
Net Score: 28
Rutgers has been on the upswing as of late, with Schiano leading the football program to consecutive bowl…
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