Where does Deion Sanders land among Big 12 head coaches?
The Big 12 should be the most competitive power conference during the 2025 season, with at least seven teams having a legitimate shot at winning the conference.
With such parity, every conference game becomes magnified, making coaching within the Big 12 a difficult task. On any given Saturday, any team can win, making sustained success extremely difficult and putting an even greater emphasis on coaching.
The league has head coaches of all experience levels, including 20-year veterans like Utah’s Kyle Whittingham and others who just finished their first season, like Houston’s Willie Fritz.
Colorado’s Deion Sanders enters his third year at the helm of the Buffaloes, and after holding a top-5 spot in USA TODAY Sports’ Big 12 head coach rankings, where does CBS Sports have Sanders and the rest of the Big 12 coaches?
Matt Campbell, Iowa State CyclonesKyle Whittingham, Utah UtesChris Klieman, Kansas StateLance Leipold, Kansas JayhawksKenny Dillingham, Arizona State Sun DevilsKalani Sitake, BYU CougarsDeion Sanders, Colorado BuffaloesMike Gundy, Oklahoma State CowboysSonny Dykes, TCU Horned FrogsDave Aranda, Baylor BearsWillie Fritz, Houston CougarsRich Rodriguez, West Virginia MountaineersJoey McGuire, Texas Tech Red RaidersScott Satterfield, Cincinnati BearcatsScott Frost, UCF KnightsBrent Brennan, Arizona Wildcats
Sanders comes in at No. 7 on CBS Sports’ Big 12 head coach rankings, which is up from his No. 15 ranking last year. Finishing 2024 with a 9-4 record certainly helped his case, and if he can get anything close to that record this season without Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter, then he will likely rise in these rankings.
Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham had the most significant jump, going from last (No. 16) up to No. 5 after leading the Sun Devils to a Big…
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Publish date : 2025-08-01 12:02:00
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