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SEC Football: Ranking the SEC Football Coaches 14 through 8

By Matt Green

Dec 4, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; The SEC logo on the playing field at the Georgia Dome in preparation for the SEC Championship between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Florida Gators Saturday. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 4, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; The SEC logo on the playing field at the Georgia Dome in preparation for the SEC Championship between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Florida Gators Saturday. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 15, 2016; Athens, GA, USA; Vanderbilt Commodores head coach Derek Mason pumps his fist reacting to a defensive stop against the Georgia Bulldogs at the end of the fourth quarter at Sanford Stadium. Vanderbilt defeated Georgia 17-16. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 15, 2016; Athens, GA, USA; Vanderbilt Commodores head coach Derek Mason pumps his fist reacting to a defensive stop against the Georgia Bulldogs at the end of the fourth quarter at Sanford Stadium. Vanderbilt defeated Georgia 17-16. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports /

13. Derek Mason, Vanderbilt

Mason has the toughest job in the SEC at Vanderbilt. Not only is Mason coaching the SEC school with the least amount of football success and most stringent academic requirements, but he’s also following a coach that raised the expectations in Nashville.

In James Franklin’s final two seasons with the Commodores, he led them to back-to-back 9-4 seasons and a top 25 ranking in the final AP poll.

Mason hasn’t exactly had the same success. In his three years at Vanderbilt he’s led them to a 13-24 record, including 5-19 in the SEC. But the Commodores did beat Georgia and Tennessee in the same season for the first time since 2013, giving him two signature wins in 2016.

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