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10 best coach/program fits

By Bruce Feldman

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

My colleague Ivan Maisel digs into a fascinating subject: How vital it is to find an ideal fit for a football program in terms of the persona and style of a head coach. Some guys I think just would excel no matter where they ended up -- Urban Meyer, Nick Saban and Bob Stoops immediately come to mind. Other guys, though, just seem to be ideally suited to a given place and culture. This week's Top 10 list: best coaching fits. 1. Bronco Mendenhall, Brigham Young Cougars: Not a lot of coaches wo ...

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