Clemson Assistant Named One of College Footballs Ten Best Coaches

247Sports has ranked the ten best coaches in college football, with Clemson defensive ends coach Lemanski Hall coming in at No. 4 on the list.

Matrix Analytical Solutions developed the Coach Rating Index in 2009 to measure the careers of all on-field coaches, regardless of position. Matrix Analytical’s data is not available publicly, but 247Sports was provided exclusive access to select data. MAS sells access to its data to athletic departments and coaches, which is usually utilized to better inform coaching searches across the FBS and FCS.

The CRI is “a massive grading system with over 30,000 individual unit profiles and over 250,000 annual coaching result reports. If a coach was designated in an on-field role in that time span in either the FBS or FCS levels, he is in the database with a career number rating & accompanying career star rating.”

Position coaches are “graded on the cumulative play-by-play effectiveness of their unit.” Coordinators are graded on per-play efficiency. Head coaches are “graded on their win and loss records broken down and weighted by difficulty/importance in nine distinct categories ranging from expected close margin games to how they perform in games with equivalent talent profiles.”

Here is what the outlet had to say about Hall, who had a grade of 97.22.

Lemanski Hall has developed some of the best defensive ends in college football over the last five years. In short order he has coached players to seven All-ACC honors since 2018. Keep in mind this is with only two starters on the field. Both starters (Myles Murphy and K.J. Henry) earned All-ACC honors in 2022. In just five seasons, Clelin Ferrell (consensus All-American), Xavier Thomas, Murphy and Henry became household names. Production has been outrageous, too. Clemson broke school records for sacks (54), the third most in the sport since 2000, while also winning a national title in 2018. The Tigers recorded 44 sacks, the fourth most in the nation last season.

What’s next for Hall? Job opportunities are sure to increase soon.

Nick Saban (98.54 grade), Wisconsin linebackers coach Mike Tressel (98.18) and Southern Cal head coach/offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley (97.49) were the only coaches ranked ahead of Hall.