Ranking of the best ACC soccer coaches in the 2025 season

It's crazy how to change in College Football landscape so quickly. A few years ago, Mike Norvell was not at the top of the list of the best trainers. After 23: 4 between seasons 2022-23, however, he became one of the highest paid trainers in college football. I replaced Dabo Swinney in my best coaches in the ACC list into the 2024 season.

And lo and behold, Mike Norvell went 2-10 and gave us the worst FSU soccer team in our life. Dabo Swinney crept into the back door with the help of the new ACC coach Fran Brown in Syracuse, won the ACC and moved back to the top position. This is what my list looked like in 2024:

Here are my updated rankings in the 2025 season:

1. Dabo Swinney-Clemson
2. Rhett Lashlee-Smel
3. Jeff Brohm-Louisville
4. Mike Norvell-Fsu
5. Dave Doeren NC state
6. Brent Key-Georgia Tech
7. Pat Narduzzi-Pittsburgh
8. Manny Diaz-Duke
9. Mario Cristobal-Miami
10. Fran Brown Syracus
11. Bill O'Brien-Boston College
12. Brent Pry-Virginia Tech
13. Justin Wilcox-California
14. Tony Elliott-Virginia
15. Jake Dickert-Wake-Wald
16. Troy Taylor-Stanford
17. Bill Belichick-Oc

Testify:

Bill Belichick has never trained in college and is 72 years old. He was terrible since Tom Brady left the patriots. What he did in the NFL has nothing to do with the college game.

Mario Cristobal finally won the 10 games, but would have been slightly 8: 5 and with a quarterback that will probably be collected in the first round. It recruits well on paper, but most talents are never developed, such as the strong number of transfers that started in 2024 for Miami, win 10 games in 2025. So there is no point in bringing it higher than here.

Manny Diaz achieved nine victories in Duke in his first year, but they played a gentle schedule. He got a nice piece at Quarterback from the transfer portal, but I doubt that you would replicate what you did in 2024 this year.

We saw how Dino Babers won 10 games in Syracuse early before we fell out like Big Mac -toppings. I respect what Fran Brown did in the first year, but he has to do it again before I put it higher.

I know how Mike Norvell is and laughs. Yes, the FSU only won two games last year, but they cannot reduce what they did in the two years before. The FSU still has more talent than most of these teams and should win at least eight games in 2025.

Jeff Brohm did not drop too much with nine victories in 2024 after playing the ACC championship game in 2023.

Rhett Lashlee put together 11 victory season in a row at the SMU. Miami's government has to kick itself if you could have hired it instead of Mario Cristobal.

I am excited to see what this list looks like in a year. Maybe a few will make me eat crow.