Cubit was the interim head coach during the 2015 season and was named the permanent head coach on November 28, just before the Illini completed a 5-7 season with a 24-14 loss to rival Northwestern. Wilson's only other head coaching experience came at Indian from 2011 to 2017 where he went 26-47 over-all and 12-37 in the conference. Derek Mason was fired on Sunday, November 29, one day after he played a significant role in college football history. The following Monday (October 12), that leave became permanent with the announcement of his firing. As a head coach at the FBS level, Cooper was 22-33 with just one winning season (7-4, Louisville, 1995). Boston College fired Steve Addazio on December 1. Davie was 35-64 overall with the Lobos, including a 17-47 mark in the conference over his 8 seasons. Hudspeth was 51-38 in 7 seasons, including 4-1 in the only bowl games the school has played in. Far fewer issues of that ilk have been reported at Ohio State where the biggest have been Coach Smith and former star running back Carlos Hyde who was suspended for 3 games for the alleged assault of a woman at bar for which the charge was later dropped. Muschamp was fired on November 15, the day after a 59-42 loss to Ole Miss dropped South Carolina to 2-5 on the season and named Mike Bobo as his interim replacement for the remainder of the 2020 season. New coach T.C. 5 min read The college football coaching carousel begins earlier and earlier each year. Colorado on Wednesday, December 5 hired Georgia defensive coordinator Mel Tucker. The Aggies fired Gary Andersen two days after a 34-9 loss at Nevada on Saturday, November 7. At the time of Miles' hiring, Beatty's record was 3-8 for the season and 6-41 over 4 seasons with a Big 12 mark of just 2-33. Wells was fired on October 25 after a 5-3 start at a program that was expected to finish 4-8. At the time of his dismissal, the Buffaloes were one of just two winless teams in the FBS. He replaces Marcus Arroyo whom the school fired November 28 after the Rebels snapped a 6-game losing streak with a 27-22 win at home over rival Nevada. Fuente's time in Blacksburg started out hot, going 10-4 in 2016, capturing the Coastal division title and winning the Belk Bowl. Overall, Edsall is 96-104 as a head coach. Mendenhall, who has career records of 135-81 overall and 7-7 in bowl games, surprisingly left BYU after the 2015 season to fill the vacancy at Virginia when Mike London resigned. He has mostly served as a special teams and defensive backs coach and is almost certain to join Fickell at Wisconsin after the bowl game. He was the DC on UCF's Fiesta Bowl winning team in 2013. He was not permitted to be with the team for the following week's 35-30 loss to Arizona State and was fired the next day. 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. Georgia Southern Director of Athletics Jared Benko on September 26 announced that they were parting ways with head coach Chad Lunsford, who had led the Eagles to a 28-21 overall record in four-plus seasons. The Bulls were 10-2 in Strong's first season in Tampa and they reeled off 7 consecutive wins to start the 2018 campaign. Rodriguez denied the allegation and the complainant declined multiple requests to participate in the investigation. Gillman is an all-grades, all-boys independent school in Baltimore with a high school tuition of over $34,000. 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. Arroyo's three-year record was just 7-23 (.233) over-all, including 5-17 in Mountain West play. Rolovich was 4-3 this season after a 1-3 inaugural campaign during the shortened 2020 Covid season. Two days later, Randy Edsall was announced as the not-so-new hire. Akron officially announced Joe Moorhead as its new head coach on December 4. The program was backsliding since winning the Conference USA title in 2013 when the Owls went 10-4. Bennett's defense this year was 9th out of 11 CUSA programs and 124th out of 131 FBS schools in the nation. He left Houston with a 35-17 record. Tennessee officials on December 7 confirmed the hiring of Jeremy Pruitt as its next head coach. The only perceived negatives could be a 5-5 bowl record that includes a 0-2 mark in the playoffs. From 2000-2008, Stoops guided the storied program to 4 BCS Championship game appearances and won the 2000 title in just his second year at the school. Rutgers on November 29 said it fired Kyle Flood after a season of turmoil that included a 3-game suspension of Flood and the arrests of at least 7 players. His Owls teams were 7-17 in Conference USA play. He was 43-31 overall with the Hokies and 28-20 in the ACC. We hope you'll consider adding us to your ad-blocker whitelist. Central Michigan also won MAC Championship games in 2006 and 2007 and are 3-0 in the championship format era of 1997-present. The Bearcats finished 4-8 overall and 1-7 in the American Athletic Conference. Bowden has served as an offensive analyst at Clemson for the past two seasons. Nonetheless, the school said it was "in the best interest of the University of Arizona and our athletics department to go in a new direction". He was 84-43 in 10 seasons with the Red Raiders where his team was co-champs of the conference in his next-to-last season (2008), but he was just 47-33 in Big 12 play. At Purdue, Brohm replaces Darrell Hazell who was fired on October 16 with the team sitting at 3-3. Charlotte was a 14.5-point favorite in that game. If the captain did a bad job, you could just overthrow him.". Among the scores of arrests of Gator football players were the more agregious matters of star RB Chris Rainey texting that it's "Time to die, B----" to an ex-girlfriend, and the ultimate cancer, Aaron Hernandez. Strong had a 16-21 record with zero winning seasons and just 1 bowl appearance (loss). Freeze was 39-25 in five seasons, but 5-7 in 2016. Solich cited health issues as the reason for his decision and the school immediately promoted Solich's long-time OC Tim Albin as his replacement. Central Michigan last won its division in 2009 when the Chips defeated Ohio in the conference champion game. He then became head coach at FIU from 2007-2012, replacing Don Strock, and went 27-47 before being fired. He guided the program to a 6-6 season, concluding with a 31-28 upset win over Mississippi State in the annual Egg Bowl rivalry game. Athletic director Craig Littlepage said, "We expect our football program to compete for the Coastal Division title on an annual basis, which puts us in a position to win the ACC championship and be competitive nationally." London was 27-46 in 6 seasons, made just one bowl game, and had just one winning season. He also has 2 MAC titles and 2 Big East titles. Bobo had 3 consecutive 7-6 seasons from 2015-2017, but the Rams regressed to 3-9 in 2018. Then he was inexplicably off to Georgia for 2 years before returning home to 'Bama for the 2016-17 as the DC for Saban. Rice announced on December 5 that Stanford offensive coordinator Mike Bloomgren will be the next head coach of the Owls. Richt was a backup quarterback to Jim Kelly at Miami (1979-1982) and later served for several years as a Graduate Assistant, QB coach and OC under Bobby Bowden at Florida State. The move was made a day after the Scarlet Knights were skunked 52-0 by Michigan. Ash was just 8-32 in his tenure, including a 3-26 record in Big Ten play. He replaced P.J. Mack Brown was confirmed on Tuesday, November 27 as the new hire for a second stint at UNC. In 7 seasons, Littrell was 44-44 overall and 32-23 in league play. Ohio State and Miami both came into the Fiesta Bowl undefeated. Former Northern Illinois running back Thomas Hammock was introduced on Friday, January 18, as the school's new head coach. He was hired away from Boise State on December 22 , 2020 after Gus Malzahn was fired on December 13. He previously held the same post with Wisconsin and Minnesota, as well as his alma mater. However, the Terps fizzled down the stretch and finished the season 5-7. UNLV on Wednesday, December 7 introduced new head football coach Barry Odom. Each of those would be his only winning season at those schools and he has a career record of 46-65. Under Jones' guidance, South Alabama went 23-4 an a FCS independent over 3 seasons, then moved up to the FBS in 2012 where the Jaguars are now 29-46 overall, 18-29 in the Sun Belt and 0-2 bowl games. 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. If the name Helton is familiar, yes, that is USC head coach Clay Helton's younger brother. The loss to the Hilltoppers, coupled with a 31-24 home defeat at the hands of San Jose State earlier in the season, magnified the depth of Arkansas' problems. Karl Dorrell was named head football coach for Colorado on Sunday (February 23), replacing Mel Tucker who resigned on February 11 to fill the same position at Michigan State which became available when Mark Dantonio stepped down on February 4. Taggart needed 3 years to rebuild the South Florida football program. Defensive coordinator Kevin Steele was handed the reins as interim head coach for Auburn's 35-19 Citrus Bowl loss to Northwestern. He had the defensive coordinator role added in 2019. In 2013, Hernandez was enjoying life in the NFL with New England when he was arrested in the offseason for the murder of Odin Lloyd who was dating the sister of Hernandez' fiance. Reports said Frost's hire was a done deal earlier in the week, but was kept under wraps out of respect for his current team with a pending conference championship and undefeated season on the line. Tyler Helton was named on Tuesday (November 27) as the new head coach at Western Kentucky. The NCAA on December 1 announced its penalties which added 2018 to the bowl ban and a further reduction of scholarships.Freeze was 39-25 in five seasons, but 5-7 in 2016. 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. From there, the user can drill down and view the individual schools Taylor replaces former star quarterback Tim Lester who was jettisoned on November 28 after a 5-7 season. Georgia Southern finished 2-10 with Lunsford going 2-4. Miles was on the cusp of dismissal at the end of the 2015 season before an outpouring of support from both fans and national media gave the school impetus to change course. 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. His pass-first offense has been dubbed the "NASCAR Spread", though the passing game only ranked 81st in the nation this past season and accounted for only 536 more yards than the running game (2,799 to 2,263). He served as offensive line coach and associate head coach under Drinkwitz. Aug 29, 2020. Lea stayed with Notre Dame for the rest of the season as its defensive coordinator. UTEP on December 6 announced the hiring of Dana Dimel as head coach. Bowden was fired on Sunday, December 2 after a 4-8 season, the school's worst showing since going 1-11 in his inaugural year at the helm in 2012. He was hired by the Mountaineers when Scott Satterfield left Appalachian State for Louisville after the 2018 season. His teams won 3 straight ACC titles from 2012-2014, and the 2013 squad went 14-0 and won the last Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national title. Baylor called upon Grobe when the Bears fired Art Briles on May 25 following an external investigation by the Pepper Hamilton law firm into allegations of covering up incidents of violence and widespread sexual misconduct by his players. He left Louisville in 2009 to rejoin Schnellenberger at FAU, but then moved on to Illinois, UAB and Western Kentucky (under Petrino) before replacing Petrino as head coach in 2015. Drayton held the titles of associated head coach and running backs coach at Texas since 2017, working under both Steve Sarkisian and Tom Herman. He is the winningest coach in school history with a record of 109-83, but just 11-23 over the last 3 seasons. This is his sixth year as defensive coordinator. Under the direction of Stoops, the Sooners took 9 outright conference titles and 1 co-title. Since starting 7-0 in 2017, TCU has been a .500 ball club (25-25). Minds were blown on Sunday (October 2) when the completely unanticipated news began peppering Twitter that Wisconsin had fired Paul Chryst after a 2-3 start. This will be Kinne's 7th different team in 7 seasons, including previous one-year stints as an offense assistant with UCF and Hawaii. Desormeaux replaces Billy Napier who was announced as the new head coach of Florida on Sunday (November 28), a move that became effective after Louisiana won the Sun Belt Championship game against Appalachian State on December 4. Three years and 5 days after being fired from Texas, Charlie Strong was given the boot from USF on December 1. Taggart landed at FAU on December 11, replacing Lane Kiffin who left the Owls' nest on December 7 to fill Matt Luke's vacated position with Ole Miss. 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. The 43-year old protege has been an Oklahoma since 2018 and this season served as assistant head coach for offense, tight ends and H-Backs, according to Soonerports.com. The players ultimately backed down when they were assured the suspended athletes would get a fair hearing and the Golden Gophers went on to defeat Washington State in the Holiday Bowl. His coaching career includes stints with the New Jersey Red Dogs of the Arena League, before moving on to multiple NFL stops. Stoops was named interim head coach for the bowl season. Im beginning to think we are on the cusp of some major changes in the way high-quality coaches look at college football. The Troy Trojans of southeast Alabama on Friday (January 11th) presented Auburn's 2018 offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey as their new head coach. 24) following a 10-2 mark in 2012. Coaching changes are an annual occurrence there have been 29 in the FBS ranks this cycle and with coaching changes come coordinator changes. Plantation-American Heritage junior wide receiver Brandon Inniss and Trinity Christian junior running back Treyaun Webb both The school fired Steve Campbell on December 6, the day after a 29-0 loss to Troy dropped the Jaguars to 4-7. A familiar name, Ed Orgeron, steps in as interim coach. Lashlee was Miami's offensive coordinator in 2020 and 2021 after previously serving as OC under Dykes at SMU in 2018 and 2019. Caragher was fired on November 27 after a 4-8 season and 4-year marks of 19-30 overall, 14-18 in the Mountain West. 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. 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. Fritz was 17-7 in 2 seasons at Georgia Southern where he led the Eagles to the Sun Belt title in 2014. During that tenure, he led the Scarlet Knights to 6 bowl games and won each of the last 5. presented at a Hawaii state senate hearing. 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. That move came just 3 days after Claeys was fired. Malzahn was 68-35 overall at Auburn, and 39-27 in SEC play. Current head coach David Beatty was told in early November that he would not be retained for 2019, but was asked to coach out the season. Dorrell was 35-27 with the Bruins. However, he was only 16-44 the second time around. Taggart previously held the HC job at Western Kentucky from 2009-2012, USF from 2013 to 2016, Oregon in 2017 and Florida State from 2018 through the first 9 nine games of 2019. 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. The college football coaching carousel is spinning and, even though it's nowhere close to stopping, it's already had a major impact on recruiting. On November 2, Georgia Southern announced Helton was the new head coach in Statesboro. His resume of over 25 years of experience incudes mostly jobs in California at both the collegiate and high school levels in the San Francisco Bay area. Carey was 52-30 in 6 seasons at NIU, leading the Huskies to 4 MAC Championship games and winning the conference twice (2014 and 2018). "After a heartfelt and authentic conversation with Coach Chryst about what is in the long-term best interest of our football program, I have concluded that now is the time for a change in leadership," McIntosh said. 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. 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 also worked with Heupel at UCF in 2020. Virginia announced Mike London's resignation on November 29, though it sounded more like a firing. Here are the college football head coaching changes for this year. He has spent the last 10 years at Clemson with the same responsibilities. Bobo just joined the program this year as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach after losing his job as head coach at Colorado State at the of a 4-8 campaign in 2019. Malzahn will reap a buyout from Auburn of $21.7 million, half of which he has already banked, after being fired on December 13 following a 6-4 campaign. He leaves BYU after 11 seasons that produced a 99-43 record overall, 6-5 in bowl games. 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. At Florida, Hernandez was arrested or questioned by police more than once, and he was only one of the 31 Gator players who ran afoul of the law during his tenure. The odd thing in this move is that the offense will keep the same triple-option attack its been running since the Paul Johnson days. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. The former Western Kentucky quarterback, and later WKU head coach, has quickly built a reputation as a man with great recruiting strengths and the ability to rebuild programs in a hurry. 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. Scotty Walden, who was serving as the co-offensive coordinator and WR coach under Hopson, was named the interim head coach and went 1-3 before hel left to take the head coaching job at Austin Peay on October 27. 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. Shane Beamer, son of the legendary Frank Beamer, got his first head coaching gig on Sunday (December 6) when he was announced as Will Muschamp's replacement at South Carolina. WebContents 1 Rules changes 2 Conference and program changes 3 Regular season top 10 matchups 4 Conference standings 5 Bowl Championship Series rankings 6 Final BCS rankings 7 Bowl games 7.1 BCS bowls 7.2 Other New Year's Day bowls 7.3 December Bowl Games 8 Heisman Trophy voting 9 Other major awards 10 References Rules changes [ He also had stints of 19-7 at Wisconsin (2013-2014), and 7-23 at Oregon State (2015-2017). It was the second time he led UNT to the CUSA title game and lost (2017). Locksley's Terps went 1-5, managing to win the season finale over Rutgers, to improve his record to 3-31. The Tampa Bay Bucs announced on January 24th that the NFL team had hired away Southern Miss head coach Todd Monken to serve as offensive coordinator. The dismissal "with cause" prevented Pruitt from receiving a buyout settlement, but will almost surely result in a lawsuit. This will be his first head coaching job. Louisiana-Monroe announced on December 14 that it had hired McNeese State head coach Matt Viator to replace Todd Berry. In his first season in 2013, he took a 3-9 team from the previous year and went 12-2 with a division title, an SEC title, and a 34-31 loss to Florida State in the final BCS Championship game. Mendenhall is a pedestrian 36-38 at Virginia, and just 22-27 in ACC games. Sumlin's record slouched to 9-20 in 3 seasons and 0-3 against the school's rival. While with San Jose State, MacIntyre led the Spartans to the program's first ranking in the final BCS standings (No. Hawaii was 6-7 in 2021 and had secured an invitation to play Memphis in the Hawaii Bowl, but that game was canceled, reportedly due to Covid issues in the Hawaii program. Marshall on Sunday, January 17, announced the hiring of another Nick Saban disciple, Charles Huff, as head coach of the Thundering Herd. The reins will be handed over to 33-year-old offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley. Wisconsin played the final 7 games of the 2022 season under interim head coach Jim Leonhard. The Ohio State defensive coordinator (2014-2015) has been an FBS assistant since 2000 with the likes of Iowa State and Wisconsin, among others. On the 11th of December in 2016, he was the head coach at Oregon. He had previously served as the IHC when Matt Wells left to take the Texas Tech job at the end of the 2018 season and led Utah State to a 52-13 New Mexico Bowl win over North Texas. His teams were 13-19 in SEC games. 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. Steve Spurrier resigned as the head coach of South Carolina on October 13, a few days after a 45-24 loss at LSU left the Gamecocks with a 2-4 record. In response, Ole Miss self-imposed a 2017 bowl ban and other restrictions. Long went out in style with a 10-3 season that culminated in a 48-11 whipping of Central Michigan in the New Mexico Bowl. He was 26-22 with Philly, 2-14 with the '49ers. Before BeamerBall, the Hokies had made 6 bowl appearances and won only one. 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. The former Texas high school coach (2005-2012) spent the last two seasons at Texas Tech as RB coach and the 2015 season as associate head coach. The Hilltoppers announced the firing of Mike Sanford on November 25, a day after the team finished the 2018 season with its worst record (3-9) since Willie Taggart's first season in 2010. Hopson was 28-23 in 4+ seasons in Hattiesburg, but the loss to the Jaguars was the 4th straight for Southern Miss after closing the 2019 campaign on a 3-game skid. WebFind many great new & used options and get the best deals for NCAA Football 2004 (Sony PlayStation 2, 2003) PS2 at the best online prices at eBay! Rutgers had never won a bowl game prior to his arrival and had only played in one. Graham's 12-year head coaching career at Rice, Tulsa, Pittsburgh and Arizona State has produced a 95-61 record. 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. Josh Aldridge will serve as Liberty's head coach in an interim capacity for the Boca Ration Bowl vs. Toledo. First reported by philly.com and confirmed by multiple sources, Carey will leave DeKalb, Illinois and head to the City of Brotherly Love. In fact, Zach Smith was a Graduate Assistant under Meyer at Florida in 2009 when the first instance of abuse came to light - shoving his pregnant wife against a wall. He sough rehabilitation and resurfaced as an Alabama assistant in 2016, spent two seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, and returned to the Tide in 2019. 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. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. If we were grading hires, this one would have a tough time getting above a 'D', especially when Canada deserved to be rewarded with the full-time position. His teams at Tennessee were 16-19 overall, 10-16 in SEC play, and 1-0 in bowl games. Thus, Rossomando wound up at Vandy. Carnell "Cadillac" Williams, who was an all-American running back at Auburn and has served as an assistant coach the previous four seasons, will serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. He was 15-21 overall, and only 6-18 in SEC games. 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. 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. 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. Orgeron's team won the national championship in 2019, but was 11-11 since then. 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. Jamey Chadwell served as interim head coach as the Chanticleers went 3-9 in their inaugural season in the FBS and the Sun Belt conference. He was 40-8 with the Wildcats and 9-13 with the Mocs. Campbell was 35-15 in 4 seasons with Toledo, including 9-2 this year. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Drinkwitz spent just one year at Appalachian State, leading the Mountaineers to a 12-1 season that included a Sun Belt championship. ODU moved up to the FBS in 2013 and hit a high water ark in 2016 with a 10-3 season that was capped off with its only bowl appearance and victory - a 24-20 win over Eastern Michigan in the Bahamas Bowl. The opening at Marshall was created when the school declined to renew the contract of Doc Holliday (announced on Monday, January 4). Leach leaves Washington State after a 6-7 season, his worst in Pullman since 2014. Morris replaces Bret Bielema who was fired immediately after a 48-45 home loss to Missouri on Thanksgiving weekend (November 24). 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. He becomes the permanent successor to Ron Turner who was the first head coach to be let go in 2016 (September 24) after just 4 games. Wells was 13-17 over-all in Lubbock and just 7-16 in the Big 12. Ed Orgeron was promoted on November 26 to head coach at LSU. Arizona State named Herm Edwards as its next head coach on December 3. He was 10-3 with FAU this year, including a 7-1 conference mark in the regular season. This year's team was 4-8 overall and 2-6 in the MWC. Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach passed away Monday night, December 12 after suffering a major heart attack on Sunday. Prior to his 1-year stay in Texas, Norvell was an assistant with Nebraska, Oklahoma and UCLA. Haggins was 2-1 in the interim capacity. Miles was dismissed on November 12 after a 37-23 loss to UL-Monroe dropped the Panthers to 2-8. Lorenzo Ward was named interim head coach for the final 2 games of the season which Louisville lost 52-10 to N.C. State and 56-10 to Kentucky. Tracy Claeys had the interim tag removed from his title on November 11 and signed a 3-year contract as head coach for Minnesota. Odom replaces Gary Pinkel who announced his resignation on November 13, effective at the end of the season. Arizona completed a 7-6 season with a loss to Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl. Hudson Rants and Raves. But not all coordinator changes are tied to new coaches. Helton stepped up after Steve Sarkisian was forced to take a leave of absence to deal with personal problems after the 17-12 loss to Washington on Thursday, October 8. Before BeamerBall, Virginia Tech was a floundering independent playing in a largely empty small stadium. Petrino was 77-35 in nearly 5 full seasons with the Cards. Kiffin's career collegiate head coaching record is 35-21, including 0-2 in bowl games. 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. Offensive line coach Pete Rossomando was named interim head coach after joining the staff from Vanderbilt following the 2020 season. But Mullen is a former Gator assistant linked to the Urban Meyer coaching tree. Nevada fired Polian on November 27 after a 5-7 season and a 23-27 four-year mark. He is 69-54 in his career. He was 72-84 overall. North Texas hires head coach with deep Texas ties Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Liberty completed its first season as a FBS school (Independent) with a 6-6 record. The program was ruled ineligible for bowl consideration by the NCAA due to self-reported academic violations that occurred in 2015 and 2016. 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. He replaces David Cutcliffe who was 77-97 over-all and 35-79 in the ACC in 13 seasons. Joe Moglia announced on July 28 that he was taking a 5-month sabbatical to address a health issue. Brown was 43-19 in his first stint from 2004-2008 when UMass was in the FCS. 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. He was Troy's QB coach in 2010, then returned to high school coaching the next two seasons. Over the next four years, Rice went 8-5, 5-7, 3-9 and now 1-11. At Louisville, Satterfeld filled the vacancy left by the firing of Bobby Petrino on November 11, two days after the Cardinals fell to 2-8 with a 54-23 loss to Syracuse. He was 15-18 over-all at the Boca Raton school and 11-11 in Conference USA play. Last year, Buffalo went 5-0 during the regular season, but lost 38-28 to Ball State in the MAC Championship game. He was an assistant on Bill McCartney's Colorado staff in 1992 and 1993, and again under Rick Neuheisel from 1995-1998. Jay Norvell, Charlie Strong's tight ends coach in 2015 at Texas, was announced as the new head coach at Nevada on December 9, replacing Bill Polian. On Wednesday, July 14, Frank Solich announced his immediate retirement after 16 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio Bobcats. On Sunday (November 28), USC announced Lincoln Riley as its new head coach. All rights reserved. Georgia was 9-3 this year with Richt at the helm and he leaves with a 15-year record of 14551 overall, 8337 in the SEC. 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. Price will be kept as associate head coach. Running backs coach and special teams coordinator Greg Knox led the Bulldogs to a win over Louisville in the TaxSlayer Bowl. Akron fired Tom Arth on November 4 after he spent just 27 games as head coach. Sarkisian stayed with the Tide through the national championship win over Ohio State, 52-24, on January 11. In his departure, he leaves a new stadium, vastly upgraded facilities, and a perennial winning program. With the Gators, Spurrier went 122-27-1 and a remarkable 87-12 in the SEC. He was 68-67 from 2001-2011, including 56-33 over his last 7 seasons. McCarney's best year was 2000 when Iowa State went 9-3 and tied the school record for wins in a season for just the 2nd time in program history. Former Hawaii quarterback and assistant coach, Nick Rolovich, was announced November 27 as the new head coach of Hawaii in 2016. After his inaugural team went 8-4 in the 2019 regular season, that team was clobbered 55-13 by North Carolina in the Military Bowl and the Owls proceeded to lose 15 of their next 19. 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 left to become the head coach of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers but was fired after going 11-21 in two seasons. He leaves with a 9-26 record overall and a 6-18 mark in Sun Belt games. In 2017, Hernandez hung himself in prison after receiving a life sentence for murder. His first team lost just 2 games, the second lost 4, and each of the last four teams have had 5 losses. Edsall was the head coach of the Huskies from 1999-2010 and oversaw the transition from the FCS to the FBS (classified as 1-AA and 1-A at the time). It was announced on the school's website on Thursday (December 9) that Mike MacIntyre is the new head coach at FIU. WebThe 2003 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Monken leaves with a 13-25 record at the Hattiesburg school. Berry was 28-43 at UL-M in nearly 6 full seasons with a high water mark of 8-5 in 2012 which resulted in the program's first FBS bowl invitation (a 45-14 loss to Ohio in the Independence Bowl). At Fuente's request, his staff at Virginia Tech will include Bud Foster, the long-time defensive coordinator under Beamer. Arth is a graduate and former quarterback of John Carol University near Cleveland where he set every major passing record. Over the last three seasons, his teams were 33-5 over-all, 22-2 in the Sun Belt, and 2-0 in bowl games. He was 33-3 in PAC-10/PAC-12 games, as opposed to Mora's 28-26 mark. He has a career mark of 25-38. On Monday, December 5, Cincinnati announced they had persuaded Satterfield to leave Louisville and move 100 miles NE to to replace Fickell. Solich was 115-82 overall, 77-46 in the MAC. Southern Miss and head coach Jay Hopson mutually agreed to part ways after the first game of the Covid pandemic-stricken 2020 football season. Ironically, Beamer's 23rd straight bowl game would be the Independence Bowl which is where the streak began in 1993. Freeze's resignation continued a messy trail of public relations issues and NCAA violations dating back to the Houston Nutt era. The high water mark came in 2019 when Virginia was 9-3 in the regular season and ended a 15-year losing streak to rival Virginia Tech. Edwards was 26-20 over-all record and 17-14 PAC-12 mark. Buffalo replaced Leipold with Michigan's recently-hired Maurice Linguist a week later on May 7. He replaces Geoff Collins who was announced on December 7 as Georgia Tech's replacement for Paul Johnson. He was 38-15 in four seasons at Memphis, including 24-8 in the conference. Herman led Houston to a 9-3 campaign in 2016 and a 22-4 mark in 2 seasons. 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. The Hurricanes concluded a 7-6 season with a 35-3 loss to Wisconsin in the Pinstripe Bowl. The 38-year-old Napier is a former Furman quarterback who has also held assistant coaching positions at Alabama and Clemson. Stewart was 9-4 in each of his 3 seasons at WVU. Desormeaux has been on the staff of the Ragin' Cajuns for the past six seasons and served as co-offensive coordinator this past season. It didn't take long for Helton to find a new head coaching gig, though he moved across the country and out of the Power 5 to fill the vacancy at Georgia Southern. Mendenall was announced December 4 as Mike London's successor at Virginia. 29 years later, the school has enjoyed 23 straight bowl appearances, 11 bowl victories, a national championship game, and 7 conference championships, all while playing in a generally sold out and dramatically improved 66,000-seat stadium on a campus with some of the best and newest facilities across the whole spectrum of athletics. Assistant coach Chris Naeole was handed the interim duties for the rest of the season and went 1-3. Luke first took the reins as the interim head coach for the 2017 season after Hugh Freeze resigned just 44 days before the 2017 opener. Defensive coordinator Zach Arnett was immediately named interim head coach for bowl season. WebEach bar in the graph can be clicked to reveal the FBS Conference breakdown of the coaching changes. Linguist, Buffalo's new head coach was just hired in January as Michigan's new defensive coordinator. The NCAA Rules Committee adopted the following rules changes for the 2002 season: The penalty for violating the so-called "Halo Rule" (two yard restricted area around the punt/kick receiver) without making contact with the receiver is increased from five yards to 10 yards. Brohm left Western Kentucky after a 3-year run that ended with consecutive CUSA titles, a 30-10 record overall and a 2-0 mark in bowl games. Georgia Southern on November 27 removed the interim tag from Chad Lunsford's title. He was 11-13 in American Conference games. He leaves as the second-winningest coach in school history (Bob Pruett, 94-23). The school is 471-600-35 in its football history, but Snyder ended his 30-year reign with a record of 215-117-1. Liberty on Friday, December 7 introduced Hugh Freeze as its new head coach. Ironically, Key also has an extensive past with UCF as an assistant for 11 years before moving on to Alabama from 2016-2018. Wilson was 26-47 in 6 seasons with back-to-back bowl appearances in each of the last 2 seasons. The 2017 team was among the preseason favorites to win another national title, but lost starting QB Deondre Francois in an opening-day loss to Alabama. 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. His Bulldog teams won the East division title of the SEC 5 times and won the SEC Championship in 2002 and 2005. Assistant head coach Ed Foley was named as Temple's interim head coach for its Military Bowl game (lost, 34-26 to Wake Forest) on December 27. It was later revealed by Niumatalolo that he was fired in the locker room immediately after the loss. 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. Oregon had just completed a turnaround 7-5 campaign after the 2016 team had sunk to 4-8 under Mark Helfrich. Jerry Kill, Patterson's longtime friend, best man at his wedding, and an off-field assistant at TCU since 2020, took the reins as interim head coach and went 2-2. 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. Interim head coach Greg Knox became the fourth person to lead Florida in the past 8 seasons and he led the Gators to a 24-21 win over Florida State to prevent the 'Noles from becoming bowl eligible. Coker stepped down as head coach at UTSA on January 5 after building the program from scratch. His resignation took effect immediately. Fuente was 26-23 overall at Memphis, including 19-6 the last 2 years. USC on November 30 made the announcement that most observers thought it should - Clay Helton is the head coach. Rodriguez was 43-35 over 6 seasons with the school, but just 24-30 in PAC-12 play. USF on Sunday, December 4, announced Tennessee offensive coordinator and 2022 Broyles Award finalist (top assistant) Alex Golesh as head coach. Some compared the move to Nebraska's decision to fire Frank Solich after the 2003 season when he went 9-3 and was 58-19 over-all. He was 24-18 in his only previous head coaching job at FCS member Incarnate Word from 2018-21. This was his second trip back to his Alma mater as a coach, having held the QB coach responsibilities in 2005-06. 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. The only thing that happened since then was a 55-23 demolition of Colorado in the Alamo Bowl. He also "played a role in overseeing special teams". 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. Shawn Clark wasn't the interim head coach for long at Appalachian State. The Huskies were 3-9 this season and just 11-26 in 3 seasons under Diaco. He has a career record with Georgia and Miami of 171-64. Harsin was 69-19 with the Broncos 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. On December 20, Georgia Southern confirmed the hiring of Colorado State defensive coordinator Tyson Summers as its replacement for Willie Fritz who moved on to Tulane. He will remain on the Crimson Tide as long as they are in the college football playoff. Applewhite, who holds 8 school records as QB of Texas (1998-2001), was an assistant with his alma mater from 2008-2013, including assistant head coach under Mack Brown. This is the statement published on the school's website: Defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard has been named interim head coach of the Wisconsin football team, UW Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh announced Sunday. 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