LISTEN: Does the SEC have better football or basketball coaches? Cole Cubelic weighs in
By Adam Spencer
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The SEC has some great football coaches, from Nick Saban to Kirby Smart to Jimbo Fisher and others. However, the conference also has some elite basketball coaches.
Rick Barnes, John Calipari, Frank Martin, Bruce Pearl and others lead the way, but which group is better — basketball or football coaches?
On Tuesday, SEC Network analyst Cole Cubelic joined Chris Childers on SiriusXM and both agreed that the basketball coaches were better 1-14:
The @SEC has some great football coaches in the conference (Nick Saban, Jimbo Fisher, Kirby Smart, etc.)
…but are the basketball coaches in the conference better from top to bottom?@colecubelic and @ChildersRadio both say yes pic.twitter.com/uJZW2z3oxW
— College Sports on SiriusXM (@SXMCollege) March 19, 2019
“You want me to answer honestly?” Childers asks. “Basketball by a lot.”
“It is not even close,” Cubelic responds. “That’s how much this league has changed.”
Now, again, Saban has six national titles to his name, and Fisher has one (from his time at Florida State). Meanwhile, only Calipari has a title among SEC basketball coaches. Still, it’s an interesting debate, and the SEC does have a lot of really good basketball coaches at the moment.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
