We hope you'll consider adding us to your ad-blocker whitelist. Tyler Helton was named on Tuesday (November 27) as the new head coach at Western Kentucky. Assistant positions followed at Alabama at Oregon, where he became head coach in 2018 after Willie Taggart left for Florida State. At the time of the firing, Canada had led Maryland to a 5-3 record. He was 37-26 in American Athletic Conference games. He leaves with a 9-26 record overall and a 6-18 mark in Sun Belt games. His teams at Tennessee were 16-19 overall, 10-16 in SEC play, and 1-0 in bowl games. Dillingham, a 2013 ASU graduate, began coaching at age 17 when he tore his ACL at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale. Rolovich has spent the past 4 seasons as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Nevada, the same positions he held under Greg McMackin at Hawaii. Unfortunately for Baylor fans, that performance caught the attention of NFL teams and Rhule was hired on January 7 as the new head coach at Carolina. Arizona fired Kevin Sumlin on Saturday, December 12, the day after a 70-7 beatdown was administered by rival Arizona State for the Wildcats' 12th straight loss. He now becomes the official replacement for Geoff Collins who became the third head coach to be fired in September when he was relieved of his duties on Sunday, September 25. The Louisville spot opened up when Scott Satterfield left for Cincinnati after Luke Fickell left the Bearcats to go to Wisconsin. Rhule replaced Jim Grobe who served as acting head coach in 2016 and the Bears stumbled to a 6-6 finish after an 0-6 start, on par with expectations. In 19 seasons as a head coach, Campbell is 159-53 with zero losing seasons. College Football Head Coaching Changes. He was 28-30 over-all, 17-22 in the SEC and a 1-2 bowl record. The Athletic Director, Ray Anderson, is Edwards' former agent. It was quite an achievement considering Hugh Freeze resigned on July 20, just 44 days before Ole Miss opened the 2017 season at home versus South Alabama. He most recently served as a receivers coach at Nevada and was going to follow Jay Norvell to Colorado State. Akron was 2-7 at the time and finished 2-10, losing its final three games under interim head coach Oscar Rodriguez, Jr. Moorhead has had two previous stints as a head coach, spending just two seasons in that position at Mississippi State where he was 14-12 over-all and 3-9 in the SEC in 2018-2019, and four seasons at FCS member Fordham where he had a sterling 38-13 record with an 11-1 mark in the Patriot League and 3 FCS playoff appearances. The group included the teams' staring QB, as well as its leading rusher. His first game as head coach of the Rockets was a 42-41 Military Bowl victory over Air Force. The opening at Marshall was created when the school declined to renew the contract of Doc Holliday (announced on Monday, January 4). Appalachian State named defensive line coach Mark Ivey the interim head coach for the bowl season. Ad revenue keeps CFP online and free. On January 8, Rocky Long stepped down as the head football coach at San Diego State and the administration quickly handed the reins to defensive line coach, Brady Hoke. Bennett spent 6 seasons as the head coach at SMU from 2002-2007 where he was a woeful 18-52 overall and 14-34 in conference games. At age 36, he becomes the 4th youngest head coach in the FBS. Helton was originally named interim head coach in 2015 after Steve Sarkisian was let go five games in to the season and was later elevated to head coach. Richt leaves with a 26-13 record over-all and a 16-8 mark in the ACC. UCF named offensive coordinator Troy Walters as interim head coach for day-to-day operations while Frost tended to Nebraska matters like the early signing period, but Frost coached UCF to a 34-27 upset of Auburn in the Peach Bowl to conclude a 13-0 season. WebEach bar in the graph can be clicked to reveal the FBS Conference breakdown of the coaching changes. Claeys was 11-8 overall, 2-0 in bowl games, since replacing Jerry Kill in the middle of the 2015 season. Web2003 Alabama: Hired Washington State head coach Mike Price to the same position after Dennis Franchione resigned from the job. Durkin was suspended August 11, pending a review of the death of redshirt freshman Jordan McNair, an offensive lineman. Each season, there are plenty of fired and hired head coaches in college football. WebPrice would coach Alabamas 2003 spring practice but his contract was rescinded over the summer after he was caught in a strip club with a strange woman charging more than Athletic Director Todd Stansbury was also let go and Frank Neville was named interim AD. On Monday, December 5, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane website announced Kevin Wilson will be introduced the next day as the new head coach. His teams were 20-12 in Conference USA games and 1-2 in bowl games. The object was to get a treasure. Once in a while a school does the right thing. Whipple was reprising the role he held from 1998-2003 when the Minutemen were playing at the 1-AA (now FCS) level and won the 1998 national championship. He is 69-54 in his career. The NCAA also cited numerous violations by Freeze and his staff from October 2012 to January 2016 and leveled the most serious charge of lack of institutional control. After firing Taggart on November 3, Florida State installed defensive line coach Odell Haggins as interim head coach. His career record was 173-101. Davie's firing was announced on November 25, but he coached the final game at home versus Utah State which the Lobos lost 38-25. He becomes the 13th Alabama assistant hired as a head coach in the past 14 years. Hawaii became a late rider, and the 29th over-all, on the coaching carousel after Todd Graham resigned on Friday, January 14, amid allegations that included verbal abuse, incompetence and favoritism, from former and current players. Holtz was permitted to lead the Bulldogs in their last game, which they lost 35-31 at Rice to finish 3-9. USF on December 9, tabbed Clemson's co-offensive coordinator, Jeff Scott. The 'Huskers are now on their sixth coach since making that move and none have equaled his winning percentage at Nebraska of .753. Charlotte dug itself a 35-0 hole by gifting 5 turnovers, in addition to failing to convert on three 4th-down attempts at FIU's 20-yard line or closer. Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award, College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. Slocum in 2001 and 2002 was fired from the Aggies the day after a loss at LSU dropped the team to 7-5. Miami won its last 5 games of 2016 and the first 10 games of 2017, but has since fallen apart. He replaced P.J. On March 1, Southern Miss announced Jay Hopson as Monken's successor. It was the 8th straight to FBS teams, all by single digits. Cristobal's team was 10-3 in 2021 with two blowout losses to Utah within a 3-week span that dropped Oregon from No. Jones had a career record of 84-54 as head coach of the Vols, Cincinnati and Central Michigan and has a 4-2 record in bowl games. Though the Temple post is his first as a head coach, the Owls may well have knocked this one out of the park. He was 21-15 in 3 seasons without much to work with as the program was hampered by Covid in 2020 and consistently riddled with injuries. Overall, Edsall is 96-104 as a head coach. Cal on January 14 announced Justin Wilcox as its new head coach, replacing the fired Sonny Dykes. Just when everyone was expecting Alabama OC, and former Penn State/Houston Texans HC, Bill O'Brien to be announced, Virginia Tech flipped the script and went with defense, giving Pry his first head coaching gig. Leonhard was a three-time All-American as a safety for Wisconsin, tying the school record with 21 career interceptions. Oregon offensive coordinator Scott Frost was announced December 1 as the new head coach at Central Florida. His biggest accomplishment was leading Cincinnati into the College Football Playoff in 2021 when his team went 13-0 before losing to Alabama in the semifinal round. Clark's team was 9-4 in 2021 and his career record at UAB was 49-26. Overall, he was 81-68 in Orlando and 133-101 in his career. Before Arizona's announcement of firing Rodriguez, the last empty seat on the 2018 coaching carousel had been filled on Monday December 18 when Kent State hired Syracuse's Sean Lewis to replace Paul Haynes. Seth Littrell was announced December 6 as the new head coach at North Texas. WR coach Bryan McClendon was named interim head coach for the Alamo Bowl game. Subsequently, he went undrafted and bounced around several NFL, Arena League and CFL clubs before landing his first coaching gig in 2017 as a grad assistant with SMU. He took GSU to the Cure Bowl at the end of the 2015 season and expectations were high for a repeat bowl trip in 2016. He was an Auburn OA in 2013, but was hired by Todd Monken as his OC at Southern Miss for 2014-2015 before holding that same post at Arizona State for a year. Locksley's Terps went 1-5, managing to win the season finale over Rutgers, to improve his record to 3-31. Kill was a former head coach at Minnesota before epilepsy forced him to step down and he hadn't served in an on-field capacity since 2017 when he was the OC at Rutgers. Durkin who was suspended in August, welcomed back for a day on October 30, and then fired on October 31. Interim head coach J.C. Price led his Alma mater to a 29-24 upset win at Virginia to become bowl eligible after Fuente's 2020 team ended a 27-season bowl appearance streak. The Oklahoma website on Monday morning, December 6 announced Clemson defensive coordinator, and former Sooners DC, Brent Venables as its new head coach. Healy was just the second head coach in the short history of the program. Sumlin's record slouched to 9-20 in 3 seasons and 0-3 against the school's rival. WebDavie's Football 101: Bob Davie looks at all the latest rule changes Sunday, Aug. 10; The best of the best: Which conference has the best head coaches? UTSA was 4-8 this year. On Friday (November 26), Louisiana Tech said it will part ways with Skip Holtz after nine seasons in Ruston. Heupel was the Heisman Trophy runner-up in 2000 when he led Oklahoma to an undefeated season and a national championship with an 11-2 victory over Florida State, though FSU's Chris Weinke won the Heisman. Hopson served two stints as an assistant at USM, coaching DB's from 2001-2003 and serving as defensive coordinator from 2005-2007. First reported by philly.com and confirmed by multiple sources, Carey will leave DeKalb, Illinois and head to the City of Brotherly Love. Kansas announced November 18 that Les Miles would take over as head coach following the season. Snyder briefly retired from 2006-2008 but was called back into service after the 'Cats went 17-20 in those three seasons under Ron Prince. Over-all, he is 106-72 in a career that has also seen stints at (in order) Rice (1 season) Tulsa (4), Pittsburgh (1) and Arizona (6). A week later, he resigned to take the A&M job, but was fired by the Aggies after a 7-5 season in year 6. At the time, 3 games remained in a 4-5 season. In 18 seasons in Norman, Stoops compiled an overall record of 190-48, including a 121-29 mark in conference play. North Texas hires head coach with deep Texas ties Fuente's time in Blacksburg started out hot, going 10-4 in 2016, capturing the Coastal division title and winning the Belk Bowl. Central Michigan last won its division in 2009 when the Chips defeated Ohio in the conference champion game. He replaces Marcus Arroyo whom the school fired November 28 after the But that success was never repeated and he was just 24-23 over the last four years, including an 0-3 mark in bowl games. The Mean Green fired Dan McCarney on October 12, just hours after a 66-7 home loss to FCS member Portland State on October 10 dropped UNT's record to 0-5. UTEP on December 6 announced the hiring of Dana Dimel as head coach. Troy announced on Monday, November 22 that Chip Lindsey had been fired. Claeys sealed his own fate when he tweeted of his support of a players' threatened bowl game boycott when 10 players were suspended in the wake of an ugly sex scandal. Free shipping for many products! He was 68-67 from 2001-2011, including 56-33 over his last 7 seasons. Fisher was 83-23 overall, 48-17 in the ACC, and 5-2 in bowl games and postseason playoff games. The dismissal of Scott Frost in September marked the first in-season major college head coaching change of At UConn, Mora immediately becomes an assistant so he can get acquainted with the players and his new digs, as well as get a head start on recruiting. Bob Gregory, the defensive coordinator in his 8th season as a Washington assistant, was named interim head coach as the team lost its last three games to finish 4-8. Tuberville was expected to be fired 3 days later when his buyout contractually would've fallen from $2.4 million to $1.5 million. Georgia Tech lost that game 34-10 and Johnson finished his career with a 189-99 record, including a mark of 83-60 with the Yellow Jackets (51-37 in conference play). On November 25, UCLA announced Chip Kelly as its new head coach. Klieman's hiring was announced December 10th but he didn't take full control until his Bisons finished their run in the FCS playoffs where he led them to their fourth national title in his five seasons with the Fargo school (beat eastern Washington 38-24 in Frisco, Texas). Taggart is now with his 3rd different team as head coach in just under a year. The Smith 'issue' was not the only stain on Meyer's resume during what has been an illustrious coaching career when measured in wins and losses. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Brown was hired away from Troy on Friday, January 4 as Dana Holgorsen's successor at West Virginia. But Mullen is a former Gator assistant linked to the Urban Meyer coaching tree. 122 Coaches Table; Rk Coach School Conf W L Pct Notes; 1: Dan Hawkins: In response, Ole Miss self-imposed a 2017 bowl ban and other restrictions. Monken leaves with a 13-25 record at the Hattiesburg school. Montgomery was 9-26 overall and 4-20 in American conference games. By contrast, his contract at UCLA called for him to earn $3.5 million. Arkansas on December 8 named Sam Pittman as its new head coach, replacing Chad Morris who was fired on November 10. However, the Terps fizzled down the stretch and finished the season 5-7. East Carolina never won a divisional or conference championship on his watch and was just 1-3 in lower level bowl games. Josh Aldridge will serve as Liberty's head coach in an interim capacity for the Boca Ration Bowl vs. Toledo. Urban Meyer on Tuesday, December 4 announced his retirement from Ohio State and presented Ryan Day as his successor. From 1996-99, the school sports hall-of-fame member (inducted 2011) passed for 11,299 yards and 89 touchdowns while setting 17 school records. He won a Super Bowl with Baltimore after taking the starting job halfway through the 2020 season. He was 42-13 with 2 playoff appearances (1-2) at New Haven, and 23-34 in 5 seasons (2014-2018) at CCSU, but had a 14-9 mark over his last two years and led that school to the playoffs in 2017. In this cycle, 66 FBS schools (thats a bit more than 50 percent of the 130) have changed offensive coordinators, including 11 of Lanning replaces Mario Cristobal who left on December 6 to take the same position with the Miami Hurricanes after Miami fired Manny Diaz that same day. The program was ruled ineligible for bowl consideration by the NCAA due to self-reported academic violations that occurred in 2015 and 2016. In his lone season at Seattle (2009) the Seahawks were 5-9. Herman had previous had coaching stints at Houston from 2015-2016, and Texas from 2017-2020. The school is 471-600-35 in its football history, but Snyder ended his 30-year reign with a record of 215-117-1. This will be his first head coaching job. Brown left in 2009 to become the defensive coordinator at Maryland and subsequently had the same role at UConn (2011-2012), Boston College (2013-2015), Michigan (2016-2020) and Arizona (2021). "Paul is a man of integrity who loves his players. Also on December 17, Fresno State named Kalen DeBoer as Jeff Tedford's successor. Rutgers was 4-8 this season with assistant Norris Wilson going 1-2 during Flood's suspension. 17. Texas Tech finished 5-7 in 2018 after beginning the year at 5-2. Luke had served alongside Freeze as co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. After being fired from Texas, Charlie Strong landed on his feet as the new head coach at USF. Louisiana-Monroe announced on December 14 that it had hired McNeese State head coach Matt Viator to replace Todd Berry. Special teams coordinator Daniel Da Prato was named interim head coach and went 0-3. By Joe DiTullio January 25, 2022 Updated: September 22, 2022 2 Mins Read. Deion Branch, director of player development, was named interim head coach for the Cards. His career marks are 103-61 overall and a pedestrian 54-52 in the SEC. Traylor spent the last two seasons as the associate head coach at Arkansas. Tulsa announced the firing of Philip Montgomery on Sunday, November 27 after 8 seasons at the helm. He is the school's winningest head coach. Oregon filled its position from within by promoting co-offensive coordinator Mario Cristobal on December 8, just 3 days after handing him the interim tag. The move was announced on Labor Day Monday after the Golden Eagles fell 32-21 at home to South Alabama in the season opener on Thursday, September 3. Stewart was 9-4 in each of his 3 seasons at WVU. His teams were 4-0 in bowl games. The rosters: Breaking down the conference coaching rosters; Donnan: What it takes to be a great head coach; ESPN experts select their coach if they need to win one game Monday, Aug. 11 ACC Preview Then, it snowballed on Monday, November 29th with reports that Brian Kelly is leaving Notre Dame to go to LSU. 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy, resulting in a split national championship. This was the first split title since the inception of the BCS, something the BCS intended to eliminate. Two days later, Randy Edsall was announced as the not-so-new hire. As expected, Marcus Arroyo on December 11 was named the head coach at UNLV. Coaching changes are part of college football, and with the early signing period a pivotal part of a recruiting class, athletic directors are getting their ducks in a row The Warhawks fired Berry on November 14, following a 59-21 loss at home to Arkansas State that dropped the Warhawks' 2015 record to 1-9. He's the first HC to leave OU for another program since 1946. On Sunday (November 28), USC announced Lincoln Riley as its new head coach. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Cubit reportedly had a 2-year deal. Florida State offensive coordinator Walt Bell was hired Monday, December 3 as the new head coach at UMass. Running backs coach and special teams coordinator Greg Knox led the Bulldogs to a win over Louisville in the TaxSlayer Bowl. After just two games of the 2021 season, Randy Edsall resigned on September 6 as the head coach of UConn and his DC, Lou Spanos, was appointed interim head coach. Despite a 20-14 loss to Washington State in the Sun Bowl, Miami still beat most preseason expectations with a final overall record of 8-5. Kleiman leaves the FCS tied with Jim Tressel (Youngstown State) for the most national titles at that level. His resignation took effect immediately. Miles was forced out by Kansas on March 8, and athletic director Jeff Long' agreed to depart two days later. The Red Wolves went to bowl games in each of his first six yers, going 2-4. A December 6 article on SFGate.com brought the allegations to light. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. Strong had a 16-21 record with zero winning seasons and just 1 bowl appearance (loss). He left the New York Jets to join the Chiefs amid a tampering charge, and was fired three years later by Kansas City. Furthermore, 19 of the school's 21 bowl appearances came under Snyder, including all 9 bowl victories. Overall, Edsall is 96-104 as a head coach. Over the next four years, Rice went 8-5, 5-7, 3-9 and now 1-11. The once beloved head coach, who was in his second tenure with the school, had fallen out of favor quickly in Logan after an 0-3 start with all of the losses by 25 points or more. Georgia promptly announced Bryan McClendon as the interim head coach and the Bulldogs beat Penn State 24-17 in the TaxSlayer Bowl. It's the first head coaching job for Wilcox who spent the 2015 and 2016 seasons at Wisconsin as defensive coordinator and previously worked at Cal as linebackers coach (2003-2005) under Jeff Tedford. Leipold was 37-33 at Buffalo in 6 seasons. Dykes was 19-30 overall in 4 seasons, but just 10-26 in the PAC-12. However, that was his only winning season as Louisiana-Monroe was 6-6 in 2013 and 4-8 in 2014. Harsin was 69-19 at Boise State where his teams won Mountain West conference championships in three of his seven seasons, Harsin was a backup quarterback at Boise State in the late 1990's, but played sparingly. Rice fired 11-year head coach David Bailiff on November 27. See who is out and who is in. He was 24-18 in his only previous head coaching job at FCS member Incarnate Word from 2018-21. As for Riley, he was anticipated to be the school's next head coach, but not this soon. Desormeaux has been on the staff of the Ragin' Cajuns for the past six seasons and served as co-offensive coordinator this past season. His first team lost just 2 games, the second lost 4, and each of the last four teams have had 5 losses. Jake Spavital was announced on Wednesday, November 28 as the new head coach of Texas State,. This is his first head coaching gig. The move is more than a bit surprising, given that the Thundering Herd just played in the conference championship game for the first time since 2014. He also had stints of 19-7 at Wisconsin (2013-2014), and 7-23 at Oregon State (2015-2017). Wide receivers coach Rich Gunnell will still handle head coaching duties for the bowl game as Hafley will remain with Ohio State through the playoffs. No one is wrong to tout his accomplishments, but omitting the problems that occurred under his watch are akin to once again sweeping them under the rug. Overall, he was 24-25 in Tampa and 18-14 in the American Athletic Conference. in 5 seasons, Bielema's Arkansas teams were a pedestrian 2934 overall, a woeful 1129 in the SEC, and 1-2 in bowl games. He launched his coaching career as a grad assistant at Virginia Tech under Frank Beamer and Bud Foster from 1995-1997 and spent the last 8 seasons as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Penn State. He had a standout 10-2 season in 2005, but four seasons of either 7-6, 6-6 or 6-7. But the school simply couldn't risk looking like victories mean more than high moral standards. However, NCAA sanctions for academic fraud and payments to players forced the school to vacate 22 victories from 2011-2014, including wins in the 2011 and 2013 New Orleans bowls. After Scott took over, the 'Canes went 4-1 in the regular season. He left the school with records of 16-31 over-all and 10-26 in conference games. Unless there are some last-minute surprises, the Coaching Carousel stopped spinning on Monday, December 19 when Navy announced the promotion of Brian Newberry from defensive coordinator to head coach. Clark Lea late Monday, December 14, was announced as the new head coach at Vanderbilt, replacing Derek Mason (0-8) and interim head coach Todd Fitch (0-1). 24) following a 10-2 mark in 2012. Morris was announced as the new head coach at Arkansas on December 6. However, Malzahn was 3-5 against the Tide while everyone else in the SEC went 3-60 against Nick Saban. His 3-year stint in Austin failed to show improvement in wins and losses, though most will agree that the program was left in much better shape than when he arrived. He was 15-21 overall, and only 6-18 in SEC games. Cristobal played offensive tackle for Jimmy Johnson and Dennis Erickson 1989-1992, and coached under Butch Davis (1998-2000) and Larry Coker (2004-2006). Additionally, the Cardinal had 43 players drafted, a total ranking tied for 13th nationally and tied for the most in the Pac-12. Haynes was fired the day before Thanksgiving (November 23) following a 2-10 season and a 14-45 mark over 5 years at the school. The latter loss was a 38-10 setback to the Utes in the PAC-12 Championship game. The Pirates limped home with a 5-7 record in 2015 to bring McNeill's records at his alma mater to 42-34 overall, 8-8 in American Conference games the last 2 seasons, and 24-10 in Conference USA games from 2010-2013. Find out more. He resigned from Florida after the 2001 season to coach the Washington Redskins in the NFL in 2002 and 2003, but left that job after achieving little success. Montgomery was a star for Duke at wide receiver in the late 1990's. Bobo had 3 consecutive 7-6 seasons from 2015-2017, but the Rams regressed to 3-9 in 2018. On December 14, Boston College announced Ohio State's co-defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley as its new head coach. presented at a Hawaii state senate hearing. Snyder returned in 2005 after failing to reach a bowl game in two straight seasons. He was Troy's QB coach in 2010, then returned to high school coaching the next two seasons. Temple hired Florida defensive coordinator Geoff Collins on December 13 where he assumes the head coaching job that Matt Rhule vacated when he left for Baylor on December 6. At season's end, three major conference teams finished the regular season with one loss, with only two spots available in the BCS Before joining the Navy staff in 2019, Newberry was the DC and secondary coach at FCS member Kennesaw State from 2015-18. The promotion occurred after the Eagles earned consecutive wins of 52-0 over South Alabama and 34-24 over Louisiana-Lafayette. His overall record was 28-35, including a 20-20 mark in MWC games. The school also fired athletics director, Julie Herrmann, and named her successor, Pat Hobbs. If the captain did a bad job, you could just overthrow him.". Charlotte announced the hiring of Michigan assistant head coach Francis "Biff" Poggi as its new head coach on Tuesday, November 15. Miles was dismissed on November 12 after a 37-23 loss to UL-Monroe dropped the Panthers to 2-8. Lea stayed with Notre Dame for the rest of the season as its defensive coordinator. In response, Ole Miss self-imposed a 2017 bowl ban and other restrictions. Norvell coached the Tigers to a 29-24 win over Cincinnati in the American Conference championship game. WebHere's a rundown of coaching changes for the 2002 college football season. The in-coming Blake Anderson leaves the Red Wolves with a 4-7 thud, his only losing campaign in his 7-year tenure. He also broke the Big Ten record with 1,347 career punt return yards. That gives him an insane 79-9 mark over-all. Pruitt will reportedly stay on with the Tide through their Final Four playoff run while simultaneously handling his new UT head coaching duties. Scot Loeffler, a former Michigan Wolverine QB (1993-1996) who has held offensive coordinator or QB coach assistant positions at several major schools, was hired Wednesday, November 28 as the new head coach at Bowling Green. The 35-year-old succeeds Scott Satterfeld who resigned to take the same position at Louisville (announced December 3). The only other win in 2021 came against FCS member South Carolina State. Fuente was 26-23 overall at Memphis, including 19-6 the last 2 years. At the time, it was the last open slot on the coaching carousel. The NCAA on December 1 announced its penalties which added 2018 to the bowl ban and a further reduction of scholarships. Kugler was 18-36 overall and 11-22 in CUSA games. DeRuyter was 20-6 in his first two season in the San Joaquin Valley, and a slip to 6-8 in 2014 still produced a conference championship game appearance. Weist was 3-5 as the interim head coach at UConn in 2013. The 63-year-old is 26 years older than the guy they fired earlier this season, Will Healy. Washington State named Rolovich as the new head coach on January 14, 5 days after Leach left for Starkville. Collins exited with records of 10-28 over-all and 7-19 in the ACC. Haggins later led FSU to an Independence Bowl win over Southern Miss to save the 'Noles from suffering their first losing season since 1976 which was Bobby Bowden's first year at the school and his only losing campaign. After Brohm announced he was leaving Western Kentucky, the school appointed defensive coordinator Nick Holt as interim coach for the Hilltoppers' Boca Raton bowl game against Memphis on December 20 which WKU won. The Roadrunners were 22-26 in 4 seasons as a Football Bowl Subdivision school after going 4-6 in 2011 as a Football Championship Subdivision independent. Former Hawaii record-setting QB, Timmy Chang, was announced as the school's new head coach on Saturday, January 22. Riley was 55-10 at Oklahoma while losing 2 games every season. This was Petrino's second stint at Louisville as he also served as head coach from 2003-2006, amassing a 41-9 record. He's had a different place to work almost every year since beginning his coaching career in 2007 as a graduate assistant at Baylor, but he spent two seasons with the Bulls back in 2012 and 2013 as a DB coach, co-DC and recruiting coordinator. Ed Orgeron was promoted on November 26 to head coach at LSU. At Purdue, Brohm replaces Darrell Hazell who was fired on October 16 with the team sitting at 3-3. UConn on November 11 announced the somewhat surprising hiring of Jim Mora as head coach to the tune of a reported $1.1 million a year in total compensation. Here is a look at the current college football coach openings and hirings. Bobo was hired after Jim McElwain left to take the Florida head coaching job. Hazell was 1-11 in 2013, followed by 3-9 in 2014 and 2-10 in 2015 for a cumulative record of 9-33. Offensive coordinator Mike Sanford, Jr. took over as interim head coach and went 1-6. Rutgers made the first in-season move of 2019 on September 30 when the school fired Chris Ash just four games into the season. For his career, Miles' won-loss record is 145-73 overall. Withers also served as the interim replacement for Butch Davis at North Carolina after Davis was fired just weeks before the season began amid ongoing NCAA investigations. Holgorsen resigned on January 2 to fill the opening at Houston. Luke Fickell, former Ohio State nose guard, longtime Buckeye assistant, and one-season interim head coach/head coach (2011) was named December 10 as Tommy Tuberville's replacement at Cincinnati. Do you have a blog? After Heupel arrived in 2016, the Tigers led the SEC and were 13th nationally. He has a career record of 61-34 that includes a 28-15 mark at USC and a 7-6 record at Tennessee. Coker, 67, was the head coach at Miami from 2001-2006 and led the Hurricanes to a national title in his first season with the school. Helton's teams won 3 PAC-12 South titles and the 2017 conference championship. Arizona State head coach Herm Edwards in the first half during an NCAA football game against Northern Arizona, On Sunday, December 5, Louisiana promoted from within and announced Michael Desormeaux as its new head coach, effective immediately. He had only 1 losing year in 4 seasons at Houston. Wisconsin played the final 7 games of the 2022 season under interim head coach Jim Leonhard. Lembo was 33-29 in 5 seasons at the Muncie, Indiana school, but the Cardinals backslid to 5-7 in 2014 and just 3-9 in 2015. Taylor replaces former star quarterback Tim Lester who was jettisoned on November 28 after a 5-7 season. Illinois on Saturday, December 19, announced former Wisconsin and Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema as their guy to replace Lovie Smith who was fired on December 13. In 7 seasons, Littrell was 44-44 overall and 32-23 in league play. The move came one day after a 27-10 loss to rival Miami at home dropped the Seminoles' record to 4-5 on the season. According to USA Today, the school earlier this year had posted a job opening for head coach on its own website, as well as the American Football Coaches Association website (story). Under Spanos, the Huskies went 1-9 with the only victory against FCS member Yale. Coastal Carolina announced on January 5th that Joe Moglia will resume his duties as head football coach in 2018 after taking a medical sabbatical during the 2017 season to fight an allergic reaction in his lungs. Spurrier was 86-49 at South Carolina and his over-all collegiate coaching record of 228892 includes an 11-10 record in bowl games and a 5-3 mark in SEC Championship games. Dykes was 22-15 in three seasons with Louisiana Tech from 2010-2012, ending his stint in Ruston with a bowl-less 9-3 campaign (the WAC only had 2 bowl spots available). 29: Number of FBS head coaching changes since the start of the 2021 season, tied for the third-most in one cycle. Snyder has over 40% of all wins in the program's history. On Saturday, January 2nd, it was reported that Tom Herman had been fired from Texas -- after the school had publicly announced on December 12 he would be retained. Join our linker program. The former Auburn head coach inked a deal reportedly worth $2.3 million per year over 5 years, according to ESPN's Andrea Adelson. 500 in the SEC (6-2). Bennett's defense this year was 9th out of 11 CUSA programs and 124th out of 131 FBS schools in the nation. He was 1-5 as the interim head coach of Maryland when Randy Edsall was fired in 2015, and he was 2-26 at New Mexico. He was just 13-21 in 3 seasons with the Governors with records of 0-11, 8-4 and 5-6. Sumlin was considered to be a prize catch by Texas A&M after he had led Houston to a 12-0 record in 2011 before the Cougars fell to Southern Miss in the Conference USA Championship game. "I also have confidence in Jim Leonhard to guide the program for the remainder of the season. It's not who we thought it would be (Luke Fickell), but it has Cincinnati ties as Freeman joined the Irish staff this year after serving four years as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach under Fickell for the Bearcats. Mora was 3-3 versus the Trojans, winning the first three and losing the last three. On December 7, Rutgers announced Chris Ash as its new head coach. Mendenhall is a pedestrian 36-38 at Virginia, and just 22-27 in ACC games. After Brohm announced he was leaving, Western Kentucky appointed defensive coordinator Nick Holt as interim coach for the Hilltoppers' Boca Raton bowl game against Memphis which the Hilltoppers won 51-31. His all-time NFL head coaching record is 54-74. His only time as a college coach was spent at San Jose State from 1987-1989 where he was in charge of the defensive backs. His teams were 51-37 overall, and 38-18 in Sun Belt play with an outright conference title in 2015 and a co-title in 2016. Washington routed the Broncos in that game, 38-7, to send raise the final 2019 season record to 8-5 and his over-all record with the Huskies to 55-26. Virginia Tech defeated Tulsa 55-52 in that bowl game to send Beamer out with an overall record of 280-144-4, a mark which led all active FBS head coaches. He was 34-20 vs. PAC-12 foes and a 2-4 in bowl games at Washington. Malzahn was 68-35 overall at Auburn, and 39-27 in SEC play. On November 21, UMass announced the mutually agreed upon resignation of Mark Whipple. A two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American, he also was a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, the prestigious National Football Foundation award referred to as the "Academic Heisman.". On the 11th of December in 2016, he was the head coach at Oregon. The high water mark came in 2013 when the Knights went 12-1 and defeated Baylor in the Fiesta Bowl. Lovie Smith was announced on March 7 as the new head coach at Illinois. In all, Rutgers was 27-24 overall during his tenure and 12-19 in conference games. Shaw is the only four-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year, having led the Cardinal to three conference titles and 8 bowl games in his first 8 seasons. Rolovich was 4-3 this season after a 1-3 inaugural campaign during the shortened 2020 Covid season. Rhule took over a Baylor program that went 1-11 in 2017 and led the Bears to a 6-win improvement in 2018. Applewhite was serving under Herman as offensive coordinator, and since he was already on the staff, will take over immediately and lead the Cougars against San Diego State in the Las Vegas Bowl. Co-offensive coordinator Shawn Elliott was 1-5 after being named interim head coach for the remainder of the season. His OC, Matt Wells, took his place and he led the Aggies to five more bowl games before he was announced as Texas Tech's new head coach on November 29. Gerad Parker was named to the interim position, and the wide receivers coach/recruiting coordinator guided Purdue to an 0-6 finish for a 3-9 overall record. Syracuse fired Scott Shafer on November 23 after going 13-23 in 3 years (6-17 in the ACC). His teams either tied for, or won outright, the Big Sky title in each of his seasons. The Miners were the only FBS team to go winless in 2017. On Wednesday night (December 1), numerous reports surfaced that Notre Dame has promoted Brian Kelly's defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman to head coach. Fittingly, Kansas State plays at Bill Snyder Family Stadium after the field venue was named in his honor at the end of his 2005 season when it was thought he was heading into permanent retirement. Oregon State on November 29 inked a deal with one of its former standout players to become its next head coach. His five predecessors going back to 1979 also had losing tenures. On the same day, John Cohen, who has more than two decades as a coach and administrator in the Southeastern Conference, was named Athletics Director at Auburn. He was lured away by Maryland after leading UConn to the Fiesta Bowl in 2010, but couldn't duplicate the success he had with the Huskies. The Tar Heels won the Coastal division title in 2015 and lost 45-37 to Clemson in the ACC Championship game, and followed that loss with a 49-38 setback to Baylor in the Russell Athletic Bowl in Orlando. UNLV announced on November 25 that the season-ending game at rival Nevada would be the last for Tony Sanchez as head coach, and the Rebels went out and won that game, 33-30 in OT. Andersen was the Aggies' head coach from 2009-2012. Campbell becomes just the second head coach in the short history of the football program which Joey Jones helped launch in 2009. Freeze was forced out at Ole Miss in 2016 as a messy trail of public relations issues and NCAA violations dating back to the Houston Nutt era came to a head when it was learned that Freeze had several calls to an escort service found on school-issued phone. The former Hampton walk-on (2001-2005) has also spent time as an assistant with Penn State and Mississippi State, among other institutions. He replaces Dino Babers who vacated the Falcons' post to fill the head coaching vacancy at Syracuse on December 5, the day after leading Bowling Green to the MAC title over Northern Illinois. He was 44-44 overall, but just 22-34 in the ACC. He was 24-31 in 5 seasons as the head coach of the Golden Flashes. Mississippi State announced on November 29 that it has hired Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorehead as the successor to Dan Mullen. resigned due to health reasons on December 6 following a 4-8 season. As for Harsin, the school said very little on its website and only offered a one paragraph release that said, "Auburn University has decided to make a change in the leadership of the Auburn University football program. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. The Ole Miss grad spent the last 4 seasons as the head coach at Alcorn State where his teams collected a 32-17 record and consecutive SWAC titles the last two seasons. Mississippi slipped to 5-7 last season, and further regressed to 4-8 this year. The Chips went bowling in each of his first three seasons (2015-2017), though he never finished better than 8-5 and lost all 3 bowl games. He replaces Willie Taggart who was, somewhat surprisingly, let go by FAU on Saturday night, November 26. Georgia 's DC Dan Lanning was named on Saturday, December11 as the new head coach at Oregon. He also has 2 MAC titles and 2 Big East titles. He leaves as the second-winningest coach in school history (Bob Pruett, 94-23). Tennessee officials on December 7 confirmed the hiring of Jeremy Pruitt as its next head coach. Bielema was 68-24 with the Badgers from 2006-2012 and led the team to three straight Rose Bowls in his final three seasons before abruptly resigning to take the reins at Arkansas. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Earlier in the week (November 29), Georgia said the school and Richt had mutually agreed to end his tenure as head coach, effective after the bowl season. At the age of 34, he was hired away from Austin Peay to replace the fired Brad Lambert after the 2018 season. Arizona completed a 7-6 season with a loss to Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl. Les Miles was 114-34 in a little more than 11 seasons at LSU from 2005-2016, and his 2007 team won the BCS national championship. Bowden brings a 25-year career record of 175-114-2 (.605) to the Warhawk's program, including marks of 47-17-1 at Auburn, and 35-52 at Akron. At Texas A&M, Sumlin was 51-26 in 6 seasons, but barely above water in SEC games at 25-23. After a 5-year tenure as UCLA's head coach from 2003-2007, Dorrell has spent all but one of the past 12 seasons in the NFL, mostly coaching wide receivers. Kelly was 46-7 in 4 seasons at Oregon, reaching BCS bowls each season and losing 22-19 to Auburn in the 2010 season BCS national title game. After an internal investigation at LSU was concluded in 2013, then-athletic director Joe Aleva recommended Miles be fired but the school instead reportedly banned him from communicating with, or being alone with, female students. He was 11-13 in American Conference games. USF on Sunday, December 4, announced Tennessee offensive coordinator and 2022 Broyles Award finalist (top assistant) Alex Golesh as head coach. His 2007 team won the BCS National Title game 38-24 over Ohio State. Periodically, his career also involved stops at some of the premier college programs in the nation, including UCLA, Miami and Michigan. Carey's over-all record is 64-50. Kingsbury landed on his feet when he was hired as the offensive coordinator at USC on December 4, but came out smelling even more rosy when the NFL's Arizona Cardinals tapped him as their head coach on January 8. Tulane announced the hiring of Fritz on December 12 where he took the reins from Curtis Johnson who was fired on November 28. On Monday, December 5, Cincinnati announced they had persuaded Satterfield to leave Louisville and move 100 miles NE to to replace Fickell. Edsall was hired for a second stint as head coach in December of 2016, but failed to recapture the magic of his 1999-2010 tenure when he oversaw the transition from the FCS to the FBS (classified as 1-AA and 1-A at the time). Holliday's teams were 6-2 in bowl games, losing the last two. Sanders found immediate success in Jackson, despite initially having to deal with the Covid pandemic, as he guided the Tigers to records of 27-5 over-all and 19-2 in the SWAC. Central Michigan also won MAC Championship games in 2006 and 2007 and are 3-0 in the championship format era of 1997-present. Turner Gill unexpectedly retired from Liberty on Monday, December 2, citing the need to care for his ailing wife whom the Roanoke Times website (roanoke.com) reported was diagnosed with a heart ailment in 2016. Some are The reins will be handed over to 33-year-old offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley. He was 72-84 overall. College football 2023 live news updates: Coaching changes, roster moves and analysis The Athletic College Football Staff January 12, 2023 at 3:51 PM PST Lester had a respectable 6-year mark of 37-32, including 26-20 in MAC games. That's the position he held last year with the Miami Dolphins where he had just been promoted to Assistant Head Coach on February 20. His career record now stands at 35-38. Lake had been suspended for 6 games for a physical altercation with an Oregon player, and one of his own, while breaking up a skirmish during the Huskies' 26-16 loss. It was announced on the school's website on Thursday (December 9) that Mike MacIntyre is the new head coach at FIU. Shaw resigned on November 26 after the Cardinal finished their 3-9 season with a 35-26 loss at home to BYU. Kinne, a former Tulsa star quarterback, would have gone with his Alma Mater. On March 11, the school named Emmett Jones, a three-year assistant with the program, as interim head coach. At 79, Snyder has had recent health issues. He's a Miami, Florida native. Arizona State named Herm Edwards as its next head coach on December 3. He had the defensive coordinator role added in 2019. Phil Bennett, who was hired last year a defensive coordinator, was named interim head coach for the Frisco Bowl on December 17 against Boise State. He replaced John Mackovic at Texas in 1998 and won Big 12 conference titles in 2005 and 2009 and played for the BCS National Championship in both of those seasons, beating USC in the first and losing to Alabama in the second. Schiano returned to the college sidelines in 2016 as the defensive coordinator of Ohio State for the next three seasons. On Wednesday, November 30, UAB announced on its website that it had hired former "14-year NFL veteran quarterback and Super Bowl XXXV Champion Trent Dilfer" as the official successor to Bill Clark. Wells came to the Red Raiders after a six-year stint at Utah State where was twice named conference coach of the year and finished 44-34. The longtime assistant to Jerry Kill was named interim head coach after Kill announced his immediate retirement on October 28 due to health reasons. It's the 6th time the Eagles have finished the regular season 6-6 (twice) or 7-5 (four times) in Addazio's 7-year tenure. Prior to his 1-year stay in Texas, Norvell was an assistant with Nebraska, Oklahoma and UCLA. Georgia Southern finished 2-10 with Lunsford going 2-4. During a 3-year tenure with the Bulldogs, Tedford had marks of 26-14 overall and 16-8 in conference games. Do you have a sports website? Purdue announced Jeff Brohm on December 5 as its new head coach. Harsin was 9-12 over-all and 4-9 in SEC games in his short tenure. Sarkisian had offseason problems which were largely dismissed in early August. Aug 29, 2020. He served as offensive line coach and associate head coach under Drinkwitz. Nebraska on Saturday (November 26) named former Carolina Panthers, Baylor Bears, and Temple Owls head coach Matt Rhule as the official replacement of Scott Frost who was dismissed on September 11, the day after a 45-42 loss at home to Georgia Southern dropped the 'Huskers to 1-2. Pruitt began his collegiate coaching career under Saban as the Director of Player Development in 2007 and worked his way up to defensive backs coach before getting his first defensive coordinator gig with Florida State for its 2013 national championship season. His 2006 team made it to the NCAA Championship, losing 28-17 to Appalachian State. Kent State went 5-7 in 2022. Not long after Jackson State won the SWAC Championship on Saturday, December 3, it was announced that Deion Sanders is the new head coach at Colorado. A large number of players on the 2021 roster - 19 in all - have entered the transfer portal since November. Three years and 5 days after being fired from Texas, Charlie Strong was given the boot from USF on December 1. Mora led the Bruins from 2012-2017 where he went 37-16 in his first 4 seasons, but just 9-14 in his last two before getting fired prior to the final game of the 2017 campaign. In Blacksburg, he rose his Alma mater's football significance from nonexistent to major status. He amassed a 35-40 record, including 16-5 in non-conference games, but just 19-35 in the Big 12. Mike Jinks was fired by Bowling Green on October 14 and Carl Pelini was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season. He has been widely considered to be one of the best DC's in the nation over the last several years. Fedora's Tar Heel teams were 40-25 through his first 5 campaigns (26-14 in the ACC), but was only 5-18 over the last two seasons (2-14 in the ACC). Riley had just been granted a 3-year extension on his contract as offensive coordinator in May. Akron officially announced Joe Moorhead as its new head coach on December 4. He was 5-6 in each of two seasons as an FCS Independent, but had never won more than 4 games in any of his four seasons at the FBS level until he coached the team one last time when Charlotte visited FAU in the season finale and upset the Owls 27-24 to finish his last season with a 5-7 record, including 4-4 in conference games. Mississippi State fired head coach Joe Moorehead on January 3. Elliott was the interim head coach at South Carolina in 2015 after Steve Spurrier abruptly retired mid-season, but only managed to guide the Gamecocks to a 1-5 finish. The official announcement came two days later. Still, CMU hadn't even been to a bowl game since 2012 and the school's all-time bowl,record is just 3-8. Hazell was 1-11 in 2013, followed by 3-9 in 2014 and 2-10 in 2015 for a cumulative record of 9-33. BYU on December 19 announced Kalani Sitake as its new head coach following BYU's loss to Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl which served as the final game for Bronco Mendenhall. Florida State won only 3 of its first 9 games. He replaces Sean Kugler who was in the midst of his 5th season in El Paso when he resigned from his alma mater on October 1 after an 0-5 start. Trinity defeated Munroe 39-22 and advance to the final four. Here are the college football head coaching changes for this year. At Texas Tech, Wells replaces Kliff Kingsbury who was handed his walking papers on November 25. Offensive coordinator Mike Locksley was handed the duties of interim head coach. This will be Freeze's second stint in the SEC after he was embarrassingly forced out at Ole Miss in 2016 as a messy trail of public relations issues and NCAA violations dating back to the Houston Nutt era came to a head when it was learned that Freeze had several calls to an escort service found on school-issued phone. Brohm bounced around pro football for 8 years before becoming the head coach of Louisville's Arena League team, the Fire, in 2002. Meyer says the sole reason for his retirement is a health issue he disclosed to reporters in October - an arachnoid cyst in his brain, which causes frequent headaches. He will remain on the Crimson Tide as long as they are in the college football playoff. His first two seasons produced 1st-place finishes in the MWC Mountain division and the 2018 conference championship. In spite of the unique circumstances, He led UNC to a 7-6 record, but was replaced at the end of the year by Larry Fedora and Withers went to Ohio State as defensive coordinator. Whipple was 49-26 during that stint. Houston has been the head coach at FCS member James Madison for the previous 3 seasons, winning the 2016 national championship, losing in the 2017 national championship game, and finishing 9-4 this past season for an overall record 37-6. 17. Tracy Claeys had the interim tag removed from his title on November 11 and signed a 3-year contract as head coach for Minnesota. Harsin resigned to take the head coaching job at Auburn on December 22 after Gus Malzahn was fired on December 13. Long was 91-38 overall in 9 seasons at San Diego State with 5 divisional championships (3 outright). The Hurricanes concluded a 7-6 season with a 35-3 loss to Wisconsin in the Pinstripe Bowl. The fan base had directed its displeasure at Tuberville for weeks, and the chorus grew louder when the Bearcats endured a 3-game stretch near the end of the season in which they scored a total of 13 points. He resigned from the Blue Devils to accept the OL coach position with Rutgers, but lost that job after one season when Greg Schiano was hired for a second stint as head coach of the Scarlet Knights. On Wednesday, July 14, Frank Solich announced his immediate retirement after 16 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio Bobcats. The former Nebraska star quarterback (1980-1983) was a head coach for 13 seasons - 4 with Buffalo, 2 with Kansas and 7 with Liberty. The Bobcats were 4-8 in 2022. He is 71-63 in his career. Tim Lappano was named his interim successor and, under his watch, Georgia State went 1-1. Stanford on Saturday, December 10, announced Troy Taylor as David Shaw's successor after Taylor's Sacramento Hornets fell 66-63 to Incarnate Word in the FCS Playoff quarterfinals. Iowa State announced Campbell's hiring on November 29. At Baylor, Rhule repeated the turnaround success he had at Temple where his first two team was 1-11, but his next three seasons saw the Owls go a cumulative 26-13. Lee Marks was named interim head coach for the bowl season and he led the team to a 31-24 New Mexico Bowl win over UTEP. On Wednesday, December 23, a 24-year career assistant landed his first job as a head football coach when Jedd Fisch was announced as Kevin Sumlin 's replacement at Arizona. Before BeamerBall, Virginia Tech was a floundering independent playing in a largely empty small stadium. It will be the first head coaching job for Littrell, the North Carolina offensive coordinator. As a head coach at the FBS level, Cooper was 22-33 with just one winning season (7-4, Louisville, 1995). His teams never finished above .500 in conference play. In response, Ole Miss self-imposed a 2017 bowl ban and other restrictions. New Illinois Athletic Director Josh Whitman, on his first official day on the job, fired Bill Cubit on March 5. His career mark is 76-48 and he is 4-1 in bowl games. The administration stood solidly in support of the decision to keep the suspensions in place, and the head coach's tweet appeared to put him publicly at odds with the administration. Taylor has also had stints with the Carolina Panthers, New York Jets and Stanford after starting his coaching career as a grad assistant at Alabama where was a rarely-used receiver as a player from 2000-2003. Arroyo's three-year record was just 7-23 (.233) over-all, including 5-17 in Mountain West play. His career record is 71-80 with 5 bowl bids in 13 seasons. Lane Kiffin was hired by FAU on December 12. Considered to be one of the top offensive guru's in college football, Riley won the 2015 Broyles Award as the nation's top assistant. Stay up to date on all of the coaching changes around college football. Riley was 19-19 overall in three seasons in Lincoln, and 12-14 in the Big Ten. Just a year ago, Florida played Alabama tough in the SEC Championship game, but the Gators lost virtually all of their skill players from that team and they were just 5-6 at the time of Mullen's dismissal. Cincinnati will be led in that game by interim head coach Kerry Coombs, a long-time assistant in college and the NFL who just joined Fickell's staff for the 2022 season after being let go by Ohio State. Minnesota had a record of 29-29 during his tenure. Pelini is a long-term assistant at multiple schools and was the former head coach of FAU where we went 5-15 in less than two full seasons from 2012-2013. Texas plucked Strong from Louisville after he led the Cards to a 23-3 record his last 2 years and a 37-15 mark in his 4-year tenure. Former UTEP head coach Mike Price (2004-2012) served as interim head coach for the final seven games and went 0-7. For an encore, his 2019 squad went 11-3 with just one regular season loss to Oklahoma, another loss to the Sooners in the Big 12 Championship game and a Sugar Bowl bowl loss to Georgia. He replaces Nick Rolovich who left to fill the same position at Washington State that became available when Mike Leach was lured away by Mississippi State. Defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake was immediately named as the next head coach of the Huskies. Gary Patterson was asked to finish out the season and then accept being reassigned, but the man who has coached the Horned Frogs for 20 seasons + 9 games said, "No', and parted immediately. Rutgers had never won a bowl game prior to his arrival and had only played in one. Hawaii is coming off a 10-5 season in which it won the MWC West division title and defeated BYU in the Hawaii Bowl. Apparently, the wheels were turning behind the scene as reports that Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian will be hired as his replacement quickly became confirmed by the school. Southern Miss and head coach Jay Hopson mutually agreed to part ways after the first game of the Covid pandemic-stricken 2020 football season. Edwards was 26-20 over-all record and 17-14 PAC-12 mark. Golden was hired on December 12, 2010 to replace Randy Shannon who had gone 28-22 overall, 16-16 in the ACC. 8 of those 14 league wins came in the 2016 season when MacIntyre led Colorado to the conference championship game and was named Coach of the Year by the AP. The Bruins became bowl eligible with a 30-27 season-ending win over California with offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch serving as interim head coach. He spent 2019 unemployed after accepting, then walking away from, the DC position with the New England Patriots. At least his teams were predictable as the Congrove Computer Rankings were 42-4 in projecting the outcome of Hawaii games while Chow was in charge, including 9-0 this year. Graham was fired on November 26 by Arizona State after completing a 7-5 regular season (6-3, PAC-12) by defeating state rival Arizona. The school fired Steve Campbell on December 6, the day after a 29-0 loss to Troy dropped the Jaguars to 4-7. 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