There are no new coaches in the SEC this year. No new teams either for that matter, as Texas and Oklahoma enter their second full year as Southeastern Conference Members. After a year in the SEC, Texas fans have seen which programs are direct competition, which ones are up-and-coming and which ones are doormats. For the most part, it all comes down to the coaches.
There is definitely a top tier of coaches in the SEC. The top four seem far ahead of the rest of the field. There are a handful of about six or seven coaches that are good, but need to do more to move up the rankings. Then there are the overrated, the under-performing or the out of their depth tier of SEC coaches.
It’s no surprise Georgia and Texas top this list. After all, the Bulldogs and Longhorns met in the SEC Championship Game last year. They’ve also both had recent college football playoff success.
Factoring in career, 2024 season and recruiting, here is our updated 2025 preseason power ranking of SEC coaches:
Head Coaching Record: 105–19
Annual Salary: $13 million
Analysis: Skins on the wall. Smart is the only SEC coach to win a national title and he did it back-to-back. Smart beat Texas twice last season. In the SEC title game, Georgia was forced to rely on a backup QB and still won the conference championship.
2. Steve Sarkisian, Texas Longhorns
Head Coaching Record: 84–52
Annual Salary: $10.3 million
Analysis: Sark is the only coach in the country to lead his team to back-to-back college football playoff semifinals. His transformation of the UT program is remarkable. But the Texas coach needs championships to move ahead of Smart.
3. Kalen DeBoer, Alabama
Head Coaching Record: 113–16
Annual Salary: $10.25 million
Analysis: The job DeBoer did at Washington was truly remarkable. His first year at Alabama was a little shaky, with losses to Vanderbilt,…
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Publish date : 2025-08-07 20:18:00
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