Who is the best coach in UL football history?

[angeleast]

Stokley. Not even a discussion. Go back and look at who stokley was playing. If he had HUDs schedule he would have many double digit win seasons in his career. He had some years with 4 or 5 p5 schools (today) and would still win six games. I would put any one of stokleys teams with Brian and Jake on them against any of HUDs teams. That is 8 years of his career.

Stokley gets forgotten about because his last few years were awful when he got burned out.

I have to agree. Stokley last years were rough but he played against real competition and competed.. We were a poor program with a president who hated athletics..

[DieHard1280]

Stokley

[Turbine]

Stokley needed a stud QB to win, to his credit he fit his system to the QB he had.

Hud needs a stud QB to win, so far he hasn't always shown he can fit his system to the QB he has on hand.

jmo

[Boomer]

Augie T---took over an 0-10 and made it work in 2-3 years---Got some talent and toughness left over from Russ and got some great transfers and JUCOs----Problem is that he quit on the JUCOs and didn't get the HS guys he thought we might get!!! And the beat goes on!!

[RaisingCajun08]

Lewis Cook

[alum81]

Stokley, we were playing against some of the top teams in the country every year.

[Cajun90]

Me...... If only they had listened!!!! LOL

[Turbine]

Bill Belichick's dad.

Steve Belichick

[Lexhead]

Didn't Robinson at one point have the highest winning percentage? (Albeit one year)

Hush your mouth. Mentioning Sam in any post containing the word "best" is blasphemy.

[Lexhead]

Lewis Cook

I do remember Coach Cook. He was a RB/Kickers coach at USL when I knew him. He always seemed like a nice guy and it seemed like his players loved him. It wasn't always that way for the players with their position coaches. (Although Lee Rodgers and Thielen Smith may have been the most beloved of position coaches at the time.) It is heartwarming to see him have some success. I remember him fondly.

[CajunNation]

Stokley needed a stud QB to win, to his credit he fit his system to the QB he had.

Hud needs a stud QB to win, so far he hasn't always shown he can fit his system to the QB he has on hand.

jmo

All non-major programs need a stud QB to win.

Very few major programs can win without one as well.

But, you're correct about Stokley's ability to mold his offense to fit the talent. He was a very talented Head Coach.

[cajunhawk]

X's and O's...Stokley by a mile. Energizing the fan base...Hud by a mile. Put those two guys together...you have a coaching vacancy because he would be gone in a New York minute.

[RaginDave]

Baldwin?

[ULGrad@HOU]

No question at this point, it's Stokley, his first few years. He was an outstanding coach that got the absolute most out of the talent on his team.

[VObserver]

No question at this point, it's Stokley, his first few years. He was an outstanding coach that got the absolute most out of the talent on his team.

Stokley, and second place is not even close. And Stokley got less institutional support than any UL coach that might be considered 'best'.