A measure of a good team isn’t just quantified in terms of talent, but also by coaching. A team with a lot of talent may falter if the right person isn’t leading the direction. We saw that going from 2014-15 in Ann Arbor, when a Brady Hoke-led Michigan team went 5-7 before Jim Harbaugh took over the reins and got the Wolverines to 10 wins in his first season at the helm — with largely the same talent.
With that in mind, we’re taking a look at all of the coaches in the Big Ten and how they fared over the full course of their tenures while in the conference. Yes, the win-loss records include out-of-conference games while they were coaching their Big Ten team, and for some, their records span multiple teams. But here is how each coach ranks against the others as well as the overall outlook of their tenures in the conference.