In the last 30 years who are other coaches that left their final job on their own terms?

[Xenomorph]

Stoops
Bowden
Saban

Who else?

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Cohen **

 

[Coast_Dawg]

Stoops
Bowden
Saban

Who else?

Paterno almost did. Leach wasn’t fired. Pete Carroll left USC on his own terms.
Are you including NFL or just college?

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Gene Stallins, I suspect.

You sure about Bowden?

 

[Xenomorph]

Gene Stallins, I suspect.

You sure about Bowden?

Gene Stallings was fired in the Seal Bldg.

and my bad… Bowden was totally fired.

 

[Johnnie Come Lately]

Spurrier from Florida, probably at SC too. I know he retired in the middle of the season at 2-4, but I don't think he was forced out.

 

[Xenomorph]

Paterno almost did. Leach wasn’t fired. Pete Carroll left USC on his own terms.
Are you including NFL or just college?

College or NFL… what Saban just did is exceptionally rare.

 

[Coast_Dawg]

College or NFL… what Saban just did is exceptionally rare.

Absolutely was. He still had another 25-40 wins in him I believe.

 

[Xenomorph]

Spurrier from Florida, probably at SC too. I know he retired in the middle of the season at 2-4, but I don't think he was forced out.

When you abandon your team in the middle of the season you don’t get the “Going out on your own terms” award.

 

[L4Dawg]

Paterno almost did. Leach wasn’t fired. Pete Carroll left USC on his own terms.
Are you including NFL or just college?

Pete Carroll didn't exactly leave USC on his own terms, far from it.

 

[DAWGSANDSAINTS]

Gene Stallins, I suspect.

You sure about Bowden?

He quit because of a stupid AD
Bob Bockrath I believe.

 

[Walkthedawg]

Stoops
Bowden
Saban

Who else?

Lloyd Carr at Michigan.
Tom Osbourne at Nebraska
Saban from LSU too
Spurrier from Florida
Barry Alvarez from Wisconsin
Eddie Robinson from Grambling

 

[AlCoDog]

Stoops
Bowden
Saban

Who else?

Ron Polk

 

[chained1]

Bill Snyder