SEC Football: Which Current Head Coach Will Join the Ranks of National Champions?

Jan 12, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer holds up the trophy after the win over the Oregon Ducks in the 2015 CFP National Championship Game at AT&T Stadium. Ohio State won 42-20. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

When it comes to SEC football, it’s all about the championships. You can have a great program but you won’t be considered a great coach until you bring home the national championship trophy at the end of the season.

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Right now, the hallowed club of coaches who have won national championships as the head of an SEC school has a few exclusive members – Steve Spurrier (Florida 1996), Les Miles (LSU 2007), and Nick Saban (LSU 2003, Alabama, 2009, 2011, 2012).

We’ll just kind of gloss over that former SEC guy named Urban something-or-other pictured above.

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The longest tenured coaches in the SEC are Georgia’s Mark Richt, who has been leading the Bulldogs since 2001, and Missouri’s Gary Pinkel, who has been at the helm of the Tigers for the same number of years. Could either of those two longtime coaches be next to join the ranks of the ringbearers?

The pressure can be tremendous, both from fans, alumni and the school’s athletic department. Nobody wants a loser in the SEC, but worst of all, nobody wants someone who — fair or unfair — can’t seem to win it all.

Here’s a breakdown of how likely we see each SEC coach to be in the possibility of being the next coach to win a national championship while still in the conference.

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