Now that Ryan Day is firmly passed Urban Meyer's shadows, and a national Title winner :) -- I was curious how his tenure stacks up to the rest of CFB.
Here's a trivia question: name the only 3 B1G Coaches with more tenure than Ryan Day? (or 4, if you give Schiano extra credit for his previous Rutgers reign)
Another trivia question: how many head coaches have more tenure than Ryan Day?
Going by Wikipedia - here's the B1G Coaches in terms of tenure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_coaches
| Coach | Team | Started | YEARS | W | L | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Ferentz | Iowa | 1999 | 27 | 207 | 125 | 0.623 |
| Big Game James | PSU | 2014 | 12 | 104 | 42 | 0.712 |
| P.J. Fleck | Minn | 2017 | 9 | 60 | 40 | 0.6 |
| Mike Locksley | Maryland | 2019 | 7 | 36 | 41 | 0.468 |
| Ryan Day | OSU | 2019 | 7 | 73 | 10 | 0.88 |
| Greg Schiano | Rutgers | 2020 | 6 | 97 | 102 | 0.487 |
| Bert Bielema | Illinois | 2021 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 0.585 |
| Dan Lanning | Oregon | 2022 | 4 | 38 | 6 | 0.864 |
| Lincoln Riley | USC | 2022 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 0.674 |
| Matt Rhule | Nebraska | 2023 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 0.536 |
| David Braun | Northwestern | 2023 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 0.464 |
| Luke Fickell | Wisconsin | 2023 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 0.517 |
| Curt Cignetti | Indiana | 2024 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0.875 |
| Sherrone Moore | TCUN | 2024 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0.647 |
| Jonathan Smith | MSU | 2024 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0.533 |
| Jeff Fisch | Washington | 2024 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0.533 |
| Barray Odom | Purdon't | 2025 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 |
| Tim Skipper | UCLA | 2025 | 1* | 0 | 0 | --- |
We all know Kirk Ferentz is the only coach hired in the last century; however, Day has more tenure than 13 of 18 B1G Coaches. Hard to believe, but HALF the coaches in the B1G are on year 3 or less.
Also, fun fact, Day leads in winning percentage.
Another fun fact: there are 100 total seasons of coaching (including 2025) in the Current B1G Slate, Ferentz has 27% of them, more than 1 in 4.
Here's everybody...
| start | YEARS | Qty | Notables |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 27 | 1 | Ferentz |
| 2005 | 21 | 2 | Gundy (Okla St), Wittingham (Utah) |
| 2007 | 19 | 1 | Troy Calhoun (Air Force) |
| 2009 | 17 | 1 | Dabo (Clemson) |
| 2013 | 13 | 2 | Doeren (NC State), Mark Stoops (Kentucky) |
| 2014 | 12 | 4 | Big Game James, et. al. |
| 2015 | 11 | 1 | Narduzzi (Pitt) |
| 2016 | 10 | 4 | Kirby Smart, et. al. |
| 2017 | 9 | 2 | P.J. Fleck (Minn), Wilcox (Cal) |
| 2019 | 7 | 5 | Day :) |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 20 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 18 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 29 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 30 | two teams (VaTech, UCLA) already fired |
Wow, 97 of the head coaches are 2022 or greater, meaning 71.3% of coaches are on their first recruiting cycle.
And only 18 coaches (13.2%) have more tenure than Ryan Day. Wow.
