Asking the metrics guys: what's a formula for ranking college coaches?

David Fox/Yardbarker has created one of those impossible-to-quantify rankings of the top 50 DI coaches, with at least a couple of curiosities based on a cursory glance.

Boston College's Steve Donahue has an overall 192-190 record yet earns the 48th spot. Virginia's Tony Bennett, #33, is 32-34 in the ACC tenure.

St. Mary's Randy Bennett comes in at #45 with this analysis: "Saint Mary’s has become a regular challenger to Gonzaga in the WCC, finally breaking the Bulldogs’ stranglehold on the league with a regular season and a conference tournament title in 2012. This is a remarkable feat for a program that went 2-27 the year before Bennett arrived in 2001-02. Bennett has rebuilt the program thanks to an unorthodox pipeline to Australia that has brought point guards like Patty Mills and Matthew Dellavedova to Moraga. The Gaels have averaged 26.8 wins the last six seasons."

Yes, space is limited in such a piece but that just grazes the surface of how Bennett has accomplished the Gael makeover. The most compelling coverage would be how Bennett created and developed an actual sustained program.

Saint Mary’s has become a regular challenger to Gonzaga in the WCC, finally breaking the Bulldogs’ stranglehold on the league with a regular season and a conference tournament title in 2012. This is a remarkable feat for a program that went 2-27 the year before Bennett arrived in 2001-02. Bennett has rebuilt the program thanks to an unorthodox pipeline to Australia that has brought point guards like Patty Mills and Matthew Dellavedova to Moraga. The Gaels have averaged 26.8 wins the last six seasons. - See more at: http://athlonsports.com/college-basketball/college-basketball-ranking-top-50-coaches-2013-14#sthash.rEZ1RDL1.dpuf