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Ranking the Best Offensive Coordinators In College Football In 2024

Here are the best offensive coordinators for the 2024 college football season.
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Ranking the Best Offensive Coordinators In College Football In 2024​

College football is a sport generally defined by strong coaching staffs and effective quarterback play.

To correctly bet in the college football odds market – especially before the season starts – bettors must first read the tea leaves on which programs have assembled competent coach-quarterback batteries.

One deeply overlooked piece of that formula is the offensive coordinator. As of 2024, here are some of the top names in the sport:

Best Offensive Coordinators In College Football (2024)​

Rank Offensive Coordinator Team
1 Mike Denbrock Notre Dame
2 Chip Kelly Ohio State
3 Kyle Flood Texas
4 Will Stein Oregon
5 Andy Kotelnicki Penn State
6 Alex Atkins Florida State
7 Darin Hinshaw UCF
8 Bobby Petrino Arkansas
9 Mike Bobo Georgia

Chip Kelly – Ohio State​

I’m pretty sure I’m supposed to put Chip Kelly at No. 1 on this list by default. And while Kelly’s return to the OC role is rightfully heralded as a huge boon for Ohio State’s championship odds in 2024, there are also reasons to be concerned ahead of the season if you’re willing to nitpick.

So, yes, let’s go full talk radio here for just a moment.

Kelly hasn’t been anything other than a head coach in more than 15 years. How will that status change go over? How will he work with a guy like Ryan Day, who is already (quite stupidly) on the hot seat with many Buckeyes fans? If Ohio State drops the Oregon game, will they be clamoring for Chip to take over in Columbus?

There’s also the matter of transfer quarterback Will Howard, who is the presumed starter for Ohio State this year. Personally, I think Howard is a great addition to the Buckeyes, but what if he isn’t ready for the Horseshoe? Or what if he gets hurt? What if the offensive line remains problematic?

Even the greatest chef still needs quality ingredients, and Ohio State’s lack of effective offense in 2023 exposed a critical hole at the most important position on the team. If Ohio State doesn’t have that right, Kelly’s talent as a play caller won’t be able to materialize.

Mike Denbrock – Notre Dame​

Denbrock was the offensive coordinator at LSU for the last two seasons, which means he is one of the chief builders behind Jayden Daniels’ rise.

With Daniels now spending his seasons at FedEx Field and his summers at the Heisman House, Denbrock moved on to a new challenge at Notre Dame. The expectation is that former Duke quarterback Riley Leonard will be the man under center in 2024. Like Sam Hartman before him, Leonard is an experienced ACC quarterback who should give Notre Dame an immediate adult in the quarterback room.

Notre Dame’s penchant for great offensive linemen delivers a great starting point for Denbrock, even if the ceiling at Notre Dame has been a half-step lower than Ohio State during most of this century.

For me, that’s the key difference between Denbrock and Kelly – before the season begins, we can be pretty sure that Denbrock has all the tools he needs for a playoff-caliber season.
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ScriptOhio said:
sports.betmgm.com

Ranking the Best Offensive Coordinators In College Football In 2024

Here are the best offensive coordinators for the 2024 college football season.
sports.betmgm.com sports.betmgm.com

Ranking the Best Offensive Coordinators In College Football In 2024​

College football is a sport generally defined by strong coaching staffs and effective quarterback play.

To correctly bet in the college football odds market – especially before the season starts – bettors must first read the tea leaves on which programs have assembled competent coach-quarterback batteries.

One deeply overlooked piece of that formula is the offensive coordinator. As of 2024, here are some of the top names in the sport:

Best Offensive Coordinators In College Football (2024)​

Rank Offensive Coordinator Team
1 Mike Denbrock Notre Dame
2 Chip Kelly Ohio State
3 Kyle Flood Texas
4 Will Stein Oregon
5 Andy Kotelnicki Penn State
6 Alex Atkins Florida State
7 Darin Hinshaw UCF
8 Bobby Petrino Arkansas
9 Mike Bobo Georgia

Chip Kelly – Ohio State​

I’m pretty sure I’m supposed to put Chip Kelly at No. 1 on this list by default. And while Kelly’s return to the OC role is rightfully heralded as a huge boon for Ohio State’s championship odds in 2024, there are also reasons to be concerned ahead of the season if you’re willing to nitpick.

So, yes, let’s go full talk radio here for just a moment.

Kelly hasn’t been anything other than a head coach in more than 15 years. How will that status change go over? How will he work with a guy like Ryan Day, who is already (quite stupidly) on the hot seat with many Buckeyes fans? If Ohio State drops the Oregon game, will they be clamoring for Chip to take over in Columbus?

There’s also the matter of transfer quarterback Will Howard, who is the presumed starter for Ohio State this year. Personally, I think Howard is a great addition to the Buckeyes, but what if he isn’t ready for the Horseshoe? Or what if he gets hurt? What if the offensive line remains problematic?

Even the greatest chef still needs quality ingredients, and Ohio State’s lack of effective offense in 2023 exposed a critical hole at the most important position on the team. If Ohio State doesn’t have that right, Kelly’s talent as a play caller won’t be able to materialize.

Mike Denbrock – Notre Dame​

Denbrock was the offensive coordinator at LSU for the last two seasons, which means he is one of the chief builders behind Jayden Daniels’ rise.

With Daniels now spending his seasons at FedEx Field and his summers at the Heisman House, Denbrock moved on to a new challenge at Notre Dame. The expectation is that former Duke quarterback Riley Leonard will be the man under center in 2024. Like Sam Hartman before him, Leonard is an experienced ACC quarterback who should give Notre Dame an immediate adult in the quarterback room.

Notre Dame’s penchant for great offensive linemen delivers a great starting point for Denbrock, even if the ceiling at Notre Dame has been a half-step lower than Ohio State during most of this century.

For me, that’s the key difference between Denbrock and Kelly – before the season begins, we can be pretty sure that Denbrock has all the tools he needs for a playoff-caliber season.
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Yes, the guy who mustered up 13 points against BG should totes be up there
 
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Got a question for those that know a shitload more about offensive line play than myself (too many to list out for @s, the ones the come to mind are @RB07OSU @BuckeyeNation27 @Buckeneye ).
Is it possible that the Kelly-Frye connection and terminology is just working better together than Day-Frye connection?
Obviously, the three of them have shared spheres of information, but it's interesting to me how much better the OL is playing with Chip as OC (and working with Frye) to develop the turnaround this year.
 
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Got a question for those that know a shitload more about offensive line play than myself (too many to list out for @s, the ones the come to mind are @RB07OSU @BuckeyeNation27 @Buckeneye ).
Is it possible that the Kelly-Frye connection and terminology is just working better together than Day-Frye connection?
Obviously, the three of them have shared spheres of information, but it's interesting to me how much better the OL is playing with Chip as OC (and working with Frye) to develop the turnaround this year.
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I can just give my football knowledge outside of this specific scenario for the most part. Coach relationships and common vernacular can go a really long way. I think Kelly and Frye being together again is really helping, but we've got a matured OL now and that is pretty important. I felt Kelly and Frye was going to result in an improvement to the OL on that fact alone though, and so far it has. Might be a better question answered on Sunday though, Iowa is no joke on the front 7 but Oregon will be a bigger test.
 
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muffler dragon said:
Got a question for those that know a shitload more about offensive line play than myself (too many to list out for @s, the ones the come to mind are @RB07OSU @BuckeyeNation27 @Buckeneye ).
Is it possible that the Kelly-Frye connection and terminology is just working better together than Day-Frye connection?
Obviously, the three of them have shared spheres of information, but it's interesting to me how much better the OL is playing with Chip as OC (and working with Frye) to develop the turnaround this year.
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Oh I definitely don't belong in that list :biggrin:
 
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muffler dragon said:
Got a question for those that know a shitload more about offensive line play than myself (too many to list out for @s, the ones the come to mind are @RB07OSU @BuckeyeNation27 @Buckeneye ).
Is it possible that the Kelly-Frye connection and terminology is just working better together than Day-Frye connection?
Obviously, the three of them have shared spheres of information, but it's interesting to me how much better the OL is playing with Chip as OC (and working with Frye) to develop the turnaround this year.
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RB07OSU said:
I can just give my football knowledge outside of this specific scenario for the most part. Coach relationships and common vernacular can go a really long way. I think Kelly and Frye being together again is really helping, but we've got a matured OL now and that is pretty important. I felt Kelly and Frye was going to result in an improvement to the OL on that fact alone though, and so far it has. Might be a better question answered on Sunday though, Iowa is no joke on the front 7 but Oregon will be a bigger test.
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I've noticed a couple things this season compared to last season.

First is simplification. I think Kelly came in and simplified the scheme. This helped not only the offensive line but it greatly helped the efficiency of the offense overall. When you don't have a complete freak at QB like CJ Stroud, you need to work more to put the QB (and OL) in a better position to succeed. That didn't happen last year as often as it should have.

Second, going down the efficiency track, is precision. With Stroud, it was very easy for Day et. al, to go down the passing efficiency route because Stroud was, again, a freak. McCord isn't that type of freak. I doubt Howard is either. But in that timeframe, the efficiency and the precision of the run game was not emphasized, and it showed, especially in the red zone. Kelly (and Frye) appear to build the offense around the run game first, and in this era of more more more moarrrrr passing, it forces the defenses to account for both the freak receivers and two freak running backs in the backfield.

One thing we have to remember is the offense has 3 or 4 basic run plays - inside zone, outside zone, counter (usually G and T) and power (usually a pulling guard). If you can get your offensive scheme to run those 4 basic run plays with precision and a high level of efficiency, you are going to be nearly impossible to stop. Add in a very well built passing scheme (with freak receivers), and you get what you have.

While I think an improvement was going to happen had Bill O'Buttchin stuck around, the offense Kelly wants to run fits this roster better.
 
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Those two ran the hell out of the ball at UCLA and Kelly didn't seem to push for Frye to be replaced, so I felt good about the prospect. I think we made the assumption and maybe Day and Frye did, too, that because they'd both worked well with Kelly they'd work well together. The real world isn't always like that and sometimes it's hard to identify why not. I'm glad we're rolling with the crew we've got.
 
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