MAC Football & Basketball

Sports Shop recently released a interesting comparison of several MAC football previews; a chance for fans to take a look at three different publications and the expected order MAC standings at the end of the season. By taking a look at two well-known national magazines and one popular MAC football fansite, Sports Shop really did a good job of gathering the info together in one place. Check out the MAC football preview comparison for yourself at Sports-Shop.com.

- Ben Roethlisberger - NFL - Miami
- Woody Hayes - College Football - Miami
- Mick Schmidt - MLB - Ohio
- Bo Schembechler - College Football - Miami
- Chad Pennington - NFL - Marshall
- Jason Taylor - NFL - Akron
- Antonio Gates - NFL - Kent State
- Gary Trent - NBA - Ohio
- Wally Szczerbiak - NBA - Miami
- Bonzi Wells - NBA - Ball State
- Ron Harper - NBA - Miami
- Charlie Frye - NFL - Akron
- Jack Lambert - NFL - Kent State

The MAC's "Cradle of Coaches" is well-known throughout the college football world thanks to big-name coaches like Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler, but what many non-MAC football fans don't know is that the Mid-American Conference has a rich line of football coaches outside of these big names.

Wayne "Woody" Hayes
Miami University, 1949-1950
Woody Hayes, a legend in the state of Ohio, spent two years at Miami and led his team to a 14-5 record before spending the final 28 years of his coaching career at Ohio State...

Glenn "Bo" Schembechler
Miami University, 1963-1968
For six years Schembechler manned the sidelines at Miami University before moving on to the University of Michigan in 1969 and spending the final 21 years of his coaching career there...

Urban Meyer
Bowling Green, 2001-2002
Meyer became Head Coach at Bowling Green in 2001 and has not looked back. He led BG to an 8-3 record in 2001 and 9-3 record in 2002 before leaving for Utah where he spent two years going 22-2 before bolting for Florida. In just his second year as the head man at Florida, Meyer's Gators defeated Ohio State for the National Championship.

Jim Grobe
Ohio University, 1995-2000
Before Grobe arrived in Athens at Ohio University the Bobcats won only 17 games in 10 years going 17-89-4. Grobe led the Bobcats to at least 5 wins in every season after his arrival before leaving after a 7-4 season in 2000 for Wake Forest.

More MAC Football Coaches
- Ara Parseghian
- Randy Walker
- Terry Hoeppner
- Ron Zook
- Gary Pinkel
- Joe Novak
- Frank Solich
- Tom Amstutz
- Glen Mason
- John Pont
- Bill Mallory
- Earl "Red" Blaik

Learn more about the MAC's Cradle of Coaches online at VanDelaySports.com!