There are currently very few proven head coaches in the SEC. Gus Malzahn has been the Auburn football coach for four years, tying him with Bret Bielema, Butch Jones, and Mark Stoops as the fourth longest tenured head coaches in the SEC.
But of all the coaches in the SEC that are entering the fifth season, Malzahn is by far the most accomplished. And that leads us to no. 35 on the Southbound and Down College Football Countdown.
Gus Malzahn has a 35-18 record in four years at Auburn
His 35 wins are the most of any of those fifth-year coaches, and fourth most among active SEC coaches, behind Nick Saban, Dan Mullen, and Kevin Sumlin.