We here at The Pants enjoy a good hot take as much as the rest of Blogmerica. But sometimes there’s a time and place to cool those takes off with a nice cold glass of #factsonly water. Without further ado, here are the best Iowa State coaches of the modern, aka Fry/Ferentz, era, by win percentage.

8. Gene Chizik, 2007-2008 (5-19, .208)

7. Matt Campbell, 2016-present (4-9, .308)

6. Jim Walden, 1987-1994 (28-57-3, .335)

5. Paul Rhoads, 2009-2015 (32-55, .368)

4. Dan McCarney, 1995-2006 (57-84, .404)

3. Jim Criner, 1983-1986 (16-24-2, .405)

2. Donnie Duncan, 1979-1982 (18-24-2, .432)

1. Chuck Banker, 1986 (1-1, .500)

And there you have it.