SEC Football (Coordinator Battles): Final Round

While the SEC Coaches have been in a battle for supremacy in the eyes of college football fans, the coordinators of the SEC have also been locked up in a battle for coordinator supremacy.

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The coordinator battles, unlike the head coaches, were limited to SEC coaches. They were pitted against each other and it was left to the fans to decide who the best was. So far we have been through two rounds.

Round 1

The results of the round one are as follow:

Kirby Smart (68%) defeated Lane Kiffin

Rhett Lashlee (61%) defeated Jeremy Pruitt

Dave Wommack (63%) defeated Brian Schottenheimer

John Chavis (76%) defeated Will Muschamp

Unlike the battles between head coaches, these battles were not particularly close. The biggest win was also the biggest surprise. When these matchups were originally created, I assumed Chavis-Muschamp would be the closest of the battles. Instead, Chavis soundly defeated Muschamp. As expected, both the Auburn and A&M defenses have been improved in 2015. This matchup, however, did not go as anticipated.

Round 2

Round two had some interesting subplots as well. Before we can discuss those, we must first reveal the winners:

Kirby Smart (62%) defeated Rhett Lashlee (38%)

Dave Wommack (56%) defeated (44%)

While spread offenses are all the rage in the SEC these days, fans still realize that defense wins championships. Rhett Lashlee was the last remaining offensive coach in the coordinator battle and he has now fallen to Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart. That leaves us with an all defensive coordinator battle for round three and all the marbles in this competition.

Round 3

Kirby Smart V Dave Wommack

Kirby Smart has coached some of the most dominant defenses in the history of college football. Dave Wommack’s Landsharks were one of the most dominant defenses in 2015. Smart has the history, Wommack has the hot defense. If your team was going to get a new defensive coordinator and money was no issue, who would you rather have?

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