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Interactive Map: Most Big Ten Coaches are Native Midwesterners

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July 21, 2017
Interactive Map: Most Big Ten Coaches are Native Midwesterners

On Sept. 5, 2015, Paul Chryst walked into Camp Randall Stadium for his first regular-season game as head coach at Wisconsin. Four decades earlier, he delivered newspapers to the stadium and snuck through the gates to see the field.

Chryst, a native of Madison and former quarterback for the Badgers, is one of 28 current FBS college football head coaches who are coaching teams in their birth state. He is one of only six who are coaching teams in their home city.

"I remember being a paperboy and delivering six papers to the stadium," Chryst said during his introductory news conference in December 2014. "I had one of my worst wipeouts on my bike on the railroad tracks. I went down and went to heal myself at the doughnut shop right down the road."

MORE: Interactive Map of Birthplaces for All 130 FBS College Football Coaches

Of the 14 Big Ten coaches, Chryst is the only one coaching in his birth city. However, three others are within 100 miles.

The average distance between birthplace and current city for Big Ten coaches is 483 miles, a number skewed by Chris Ash, Mike Riley and Mark Dantonio, all of whom have a disance of more than 1,000 miles — led by Dantonio's 1,713-mile trek from El Paso, Texas, to East Lansing, Mich. The median distance is 252 miles.

Nine coaches hail from the Midwest and two others — James Franklin (Langhorne, Penn.) and Jeff Brohm (Louisville, Ky.) are very close. 

Team Head Coach City  State Distance (in miles)
Illinois Lovie Smith Gladewater TX 757
Indiana Tom Allen New Castle IN 98
Iowa Kirk Ferentz Royal Oak MI 487
Maryland D.J. Durkin Youngstown OH 303
Michigan Jim Harbaugh Toledo OH 303
Michigan State Mark Dantonio El Paso TX 1,713
Minnesota P.J. Fleck Sugar Grove IL 393
Nebraska Mike Riley Wallace ID 1,312
Northwestern Pat Fitzgerald Orland Park IL 43
Ohio State Urban Meyer Toledo OH 149
Penn State James Franklin Langhorne PA 202
Purdue Jeff Brohm Louisville KY 182
Rutgers Chris Ash Ottumwa IA 1,072
Wisconsin Paul Chryst Madison WI 0
Average       501
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