Syracuse Football: Ranking best SU coach at producing NFL talent

Who is the best Syracuse football coach at producing NFL talent? We decided to break down the facts and let you decide. Here’s what we discovered.

As we wait for the Syracuse football season to get here, we received a request from one of our loyal readers (Duncan MacAndrew): who is the best Syracuse football coach at producing NFL talent?

We decided to do a deep dive and find out for ourselves. For this exercise, we grabbed the resumes of the last three Syracuse head coaches. In our research, we cross-referenced these coaches to the years they coached to the players that were selected in the following year’s NFL Draft.

Not only did we compare the Syracuse results, but we also gathered any players they got to the NFL in any of their prior collegiate head coaching stints.

Go through the following slides and see the facts on each Syracuse coach in terms of getting players to the NFL. Then at the end, make your vote on who you think is the best at getting guys to the next level.