The issue with the title of "youngest head coach in college football" is that, at some point, you are no longer the youngest coach. That's the thing about age.
 
Yes, Division II Texas-Permian Basin's Kris McCullough is the youngest head coach in the nation, at 28 years old. For seven months earlier this year, McCullough was the second youngest, behind NAIA Waldorf's 26-year-old Chase Paramore, before Paramore took an assistant job elsewhere. So McCullough got the title back, as he first did when he became DII East Central's head coach at 26 years old last year.
 
"You make a five-year plan, and within three years, you accomplish it and now you have to redo it," McCullough said.
 
It's better to be known for accomplishments than age, and McCullough has very quickly made waves throughout DII and college football by winning big at two schools in two years.
 
In one season leading East Central last year, McCullough took the Tigers to a 9-3 record, their best since becoming an NCAA-level program. In his first season at Texas-Permian Basin, the Falcons are 9-1, their best record in the program's short history. They made headlines with a 96-0 win over NAIA Texas College on Sept. 2.
 
On Saturday, UTPB faces Central Washington for the Lone Star Conference championship. The Falcons could make the DII playoff for the first time in school history....
 
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