This is it: the finale of Coach Match.
For the past 19 days, we’ve revealed the favorite artist of every FBS coach (except for Colorado’s Deion Sanders, who wouldn’t pick one). Today, we finish up with the SEC West coaches.
Action Network contacted each of the 133 FBS head coaches and asked the following question: Who is your favorite musical artist or group? Each coach was able to provide only one answer.
Saturday’s SEC West Hint
Today’s lineup of SEC coaches: Alabama’s Nick Saban, Arkansas’ Sam Pittman, Auburn’s Hugh Freeze, LSU’s Brian Kelly, Mississippi State’s Zach Arnett, Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin and Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher.
First hint: It’s only fitting that Nick Saban, the GOAT of college football coaches, went with what’s considered the greatest rock and roll band of all time. Saban said he listens to "Gimme Shelter" on the drive home after each game.
Next hint: Looking at the potential answers below, which artist would someone as “fearless” as Lane Kiffin choose? Seems obvious to me.
Finally, no SEC West coach selected the same artist — and Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher went with the most popular pick of all the FBS coaches.
Here are all of our previous editions of Coach Match:
- Aug. 7-8: AAC
- Aug. 9-10: Mountain West
- Aug. 11-12: Sun Belt
- Aug. 13-14: MAC
- Aug. 15-16: Pac-12
- Aug. 17-18: ACC
- Aug. 19-20: CUSA & Independents
- Aug. 21-22: Big 12
- Aug. 23-24: Big Ten
- Aug. 25-26: SEC
Coach Match Instructions
To guess, click the music artist you think matches each coach from left to right. Some coaches might have the same answer, so you can pick the same artist for multiple coaches. When you have selected an artist for each coach, hit submit. A green box means that artist is correct, a yellow box means that artist was selected by another coach and a gray box means no coach picked this artist.
After completion of Coach Match, click the "share on Twitter" button. One individual daily will be randomly selected for some free Action Network gear if (a) you tweeted your response and (b) you are following @ActionNetworkHQ and @Brett_McMurphy on Twitter.
For each day’s Coach Match, I will provide a hint to hopefully make it a little easier to solve. We will post a new Coach Match daily at 9 a.m. ET, so check back every day.
Guess each coach's favorite artist or band!
