CBSSports.com’s Dennis Dodd ranked the hot seat status of each FBS coach yesterday. His grading system was pretty simple:
0-0.5 = “Don’t even think it — can’t be touched”
1-1.5 = “Very safe — change highly unlikely”
2-2.5 = “Safe — solid position”
3-3.5 = “On the bubble — you never know”
4-4.5 = “Warm seat — feeling the pressure”
5 = “On the hot seat — it’s time to win now”
When it came to the SEC’s 12 coaches, there were no 4′s or 5′s. Mark Richt sits at a 3.5 on Dodd’s scale — meaning he’s somewhere between “you never know” and “feeling the pressure.” That number is the highest in the league.
Below are Dodd’s scores for the SEC’s coaches:
| Coach |
School |
Dodd’s Hot Seat Rating |
| Gene Chizik |
Auburn |
0.0 |
| Dan Mullen |
Miss. State |
0.0 |
| Nick Saban |
Alabama |
0.0 |
| Steve Spurrier |
S. Carolina |
0.0 |
| Will Muschamp |
Florida |
0.5 |
| Bobby Petrino |
Arkansas |
1.0 |
| Joker Phillips |
Kentucky |
1.5 |
| James Franklin |
Vanderbilt |
2.0 |
| Les Miles |
LSU |
2.5 |
| Derek Dooley |
Tennessee |
3.0 |
| Houston Nutt |
Ole Miss |
3.0 |
| Mark Richt |
Georgia |
3.5 |
Petrino isn’t at a 0.0? Franklin feels more pressure than Phillips? Dooley — after one season — could be in worse shape than Miles? Those are some interesting choices to say the least.
We’ll be posting our annual Hot Seat Rankings later this summer.
