Utah Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham watches warmups in the course of the season opener at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake Metropolis on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Whittingham jumped into the highest 10 of Sporting Information’ faculty soccer coach rankings. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
BYU head coach Kalani Sitake, left, and Utah State head coach Blake Anderson communicate earlier than an NCAA faculty soccer sport Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, in Logan, Utah. Each Sitake and Anderson jumped double-digit spots in Sporting Information’ rankings of school soccer’s head coaches. Rick Bowmer, Related Press
How did final 12 months’s success impression the nationwide perspective of Utah’s Kyle Whittingham, BYU’s Kalani Sitake and Utah State’s Blake Anderson?
All three made a major soar in Sporting Information’ annual rankings of the nation’s FBS faculty soccer head coaches launched this week.
BYU, Utah and Utah State all completed the 2021 season ranked within the ultimate Related Press prime 25 rankings, and every had a double-digit win complete.
Whereas there have been different coaches who skilled greater jumps in Sporting Information’ rankings, that form of success nonetheless resulted in a large leap for every of the three Utah coaches.
That included Whittingham incomes his highest rating ever by Sporting Information, just like his soar in CBS Sports activities’ rating of Energy 5 coaches that got here out final month.
BYU head coach Kalani Sitake, left, and Utah State head coach Blake Anderson communicate earlier than an NCAA faculty soccer sport Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, in Logan, Utah. Each Sitake and Anderson jumped double-digit spots in Sporting Information’ rankings of school soccer’s head coaches.
Rick Bowmer, Related Press
The place is USU’s Blake Anderson in Sporting Information’ coach rankings?
- Rating: No. 70.
- 2021 comparability: Moved up 26 spots from No. 96 final 12 months.
- What Utah State did in 2021: Anderson led the Aggies to an 11-3 document, a Mountain West Convention championship and an LA Bowl win in his first season in Logan. Utah State completed the season ranked No. 24 within the AP ballot.
The place is BYU’s Kalani Sitake in Sporting Information’ coach rankings?
- Rating: No. 29.
- 2021 comparability: Moved up 17 spots from No. 46 final 12 months.
- What BYU did in 2021: The Cougars had their second straight double-digit win season, going 10-3 and beating six Energy 5 applications. BYU completed the season ranked No. 19 within the AP ballot.
The place is Utah’s Kyle Whittingham in Sporting Information’ coach rankings?
- Rating: No. 10.
- 2021 comparability: Moved up 9 spots from No. 19 final 12 months.
- What Utah did in 2021: In Whittingham’s seventeenth season as Utah’s head coach, the Utes went 10-4, received their first Pac-12 title and made their first look within the Rose Bowl. Utah completed the season ranked No. 12 within the AP ballot.
- Sporting Information evaluation: “It'd come as a shock that that is his first top-10 look, however the Utes have made the soar to a borderline top-10 program beneath his watch. Utah has the perfect document within the Pac-12 within the CFP period at 68-31, and Whittingham has developed a gradual wave of NFL expertise in that stretch,” Sporting Information’ Invoice Bender wrote.
- “Why isn’t he ranked increased? The highest 9 coaches all have what he wants subsequent: A CFP look.”