At #35, Matt Doherty. Time for SMU's basketball coach to justify the $12 million facelift to Moody Coliseum.
DAMN! Still not Top 25!

30. Steve Orsini. SMU athletic director lured June Jones from Hawaii by convincing private boosters to fund a five-year, $10 million contract.
STILL not Top 25!

26. Gerald Ford/Carl Sewell. SMU's biggest athletic boosters annually keep the program from slipping to NAIA quality.
MISSED it by that much!
16. June Jones. Among college football's top 15 highest-paid coaches, the new SMU guru is charged with working one of his makeover miracles on Mockingbird.
FINALLY! Top 25!
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