Longest Tenured Coaches without a BCS Bowl Appearance

Have you ever wondered....Who are the longest currently tenured coaches at a BCS Conference school that haven't guided their program to a BCS bowl game? Well, I'm glad you asked.

Here's the Top 10:

1. Houston Nutt (Arkansas) - 1998
2. Tommy Bowden (Clemson) - 1999
3.(T) Mike Leach (Texas Tech) - 2001
3.(T) Al Groh (UVA) - 2001
3.(T) Greg Schiano (Rutgers) - 2001
3.(T) Gary Pinkel (Missouri) - 2001
7.(T) Chan Gailey (GT) - 2002
7.(T) Mark Mangino (Kansas) - 2002
7.(T) Jeff Tedford (Cal) - 2002
7.(T) Bobby Johnson (Vandy) - 2002

Almost on the list:

1. Tom O'Brien - Just missed the top position on the list. He joined Boston College in 1997, but he moved to NCSU this year.

2. Glen Mason - Was hired at Minnesota in 1997. However, he got fired last month thereby eliminating him from the list.

3. Jim Leavitt - USF coach since 1996. However, USF has only been a BCS school for 2 years.

4. Randy Edsall - UConn coach since 1999. However, UConn has only been a BCS school since 2004.

In the "Camel Club" of folks who've "gone without" the longest, you've got Phil Fulmer standing head and shoulders above the competition. The Vols haven't been to a BCS game since their trip to the Fiesta Bowl following the 1999 season. No other active coach has tasted the thrill of BCS success followed by a longer dry spell than Fulmer.

So the question is...how long is "long enough" to wait for your head coach to deliver a BCS Bowl bid? Update: Consider that 35 different BCS schools have made BCS appearances since 1998. There are only 65 schools in BCS conferences.

ACC Teams	Big 12 Teams	Big 10 Teams
Florida State Maryland Virginia Tech Wake Forest	Texas Texas A&M Oklahoma Nebraska Kansas State Colorado	Michigan Ohio State Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Purdue Penn State
Big East Teams	Pac 10 Teams	SEC Teams
Miami Pitt Syracuse West Virginia Louisville	USC UCLA Washington Washington St. Oregon Oregon St. Stanford	Florida Tennessee Georgia Alabama Auburn LSU
Others: Notre Dame Utah Boise State

PWD

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