Welcome Guest! Create an Account login email: password: remember me: BASKETBALLFOOTBALLMESSAGE BOARDCHATLINKS site searchcontact usabout usadvertise with ushelp Message Board BobcatAttack.com Message Board Ohio Football Topic:  Coaching Tradition Topic:  Coaching Tradition Author Message Athens General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,454 Status: Offline     Coaching Tradition    Posted: 7/16/2021 11:35:35 PM  With Frank Solich retiring at over 100 wins, Ohio is the only university in the "Group of 5" to have 3 coaches with 100 wins. 100 wins is quite rare at a G5 school. Surprisingly Chris Petersen didn't accomplish it at Boise State though he was close with 92 wins. 169 Air Force Fisher DeBerry 1984-2006 (Jim Grobe's boss) 144 Rice Jess Neely 1940-1966 125 Colorado St. Harry Hughes 1911-1941 121 Ohio Don Peden 1924-1946 118 Southern Miss. Jeff Bower 1990-2007 115 Ohio Frank Solich 2005-2020 (Hired by Tom Boeh) 112 Fresno St. Pat Hill 1997-2011 (Fired by Tom Boeh) 110 Central Mich. Herb Deromedi 1978-1993 108 Ohio Bill Hess 1958-1977 108 Colorado St. Sonny Lubick 1993-2007 101 Air Force Troy Calhoun 2007-Present (Jim Grobe's assistant) 101 Navy Ken Niumatalolo 2007-Present https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/leaders/wins-coach-c... Last Edited: 7/17/2021 12:03:08 AM by Athens Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans 2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field 2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740 Back to Top Pataskala General User Member Since: 7/8/2010 Location: At least six feet away from anybody else Post Count: 9,465 Status: Offline     RE: Coaching Tradition    Posted: 7/17/2021 12:27:30 AM  Jess Neely coached Rice while it was in the Southwest Conference, which at the time was a "P" conference. The other teams were Texas, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Baylor, SMU and TCU. Scratch him from the list. We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top Athens General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,454 Status: Offline     RE: Coaching Tradition    Posted: 7/17/2021 1:01:55 AM  As tough as this would be to believe as to the way things are in the current times Neely began his coaching career at Clemson and then upgraded to coach Rice for the remainder of his career. But as this source doesn't include Don Peden or Bill Hess as coaches who should be on the list because Ohio wasn't apparently playing at the highest level of football in those days then they can be scratched too. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans 2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field 2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740 Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 3  of 3 Posts Jump to Page:   1 View Other 'Ohio Football' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 397 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 396 Guests 1 Registered User:   bobcatsquared There are no other users looking at this page.

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