Ranking the American Athletic Conference's College Football Coaches for 2017

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/ranking-american-athletic-conferences-college-football-coaches-2017

Welp…at least there’s plenty of room to improve

11. Major Applewhite, Houston
Applewhite has big shoes to fill in replacing Tom Herman at Houston. Under Herman’s watch, the Cougars went 22-4 over the last two years, won the Peach Bowl in the 2015 season and claimed the American Athletic Conference’s No. 1 recruiting class in 2016. While Herman won’t be easy to replace, Applewhite was also instrumental in the program’s success over the last two seasons as the program’s offensive coordinator. After leading the American Athletic Conference in scoring in 2015, the Cougars ranked fifth by averaging 35.8 points per game last season. The former Texas quarterback also has experience as an assistant from stints at Texas, Alabama, Rice and Syracuse. Applewhite already has one game as the program’s head coach under his belt (Las Vegas Bowl), but the real work begins in 2017.

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/ranking-all-130-college-football-head-coaches-2017

Applewhite is ranked 117th in this one.