Recruiting and securing the coaching staff for 2015 are the two top priorities for every college football team in January.
Beyond that, every good head coach does some self-scouting, identifying weaknesses and offseason priorities. All 14 teams have several areas to improve, and it shouldn’t take many hours of film study for each coach to pinpoint them.
We found five for each SEC team. The links to all 14 posts are below, along with the No. 1 priority for improvement.
- Alabama (No. 1: Get faster sideline-to-sideline on defense)
- Arkansas (No. 1: Be more explosive on offense)
- Auburn (No. 1: Develop a pass rush)
- Florida (No. 1: Revive the passing game)
- Georgia (No. 1: Develop an explosive passing game)
- Kentucky (No. 1: Get better on special teams)
- LSU (No. 1: Maximize ability at quarterback)
- Mississippi State (No. 1: Defending the pass)
- Missouri (No. 1: Recruit more four- and five-star players)
- Ole Miss (No. 1: Running the ball)
- South Carolina (No. 1: Get tougher against the run)
- Tennessee (No. 1: Offensive line)
- Texas A&M (No. 1: Tackling)
- Vanderbilt (No. 1: Offensive production)
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
