Updated on 1/29/13: 

As the 2012 season progresses, schools will be lining up to make coaching changes. Here is a look at the current college football coach openings and hirings. The coaching changes here are for the 2012 season and will carry over as into next year for the 2013 college football coach changes.

Updates:

1/28/13: HIRING: Gardner-Webb Hires McCray
1/20/13: HIRING: Oregon Promotes Helfrich
1/18/13: HIRING: Delta St. Coach to Charleston Southern
1/18/13: HIRING: Rutgers Assistant Brock to Delaware
1/18/13: Gardner-Webb Coach Resigns
1/16/12: Kelly Leaves Oregon for NFL Eagles
1/11/13: HIRING: Holmes Promoted at FAMU
1/8/13: HIRING: Syracuse Promotes Shafer
1/7/13: Keeler Out at Delaware
1/6/13: Syracuse Coach Marrone to NFL Bills
1/5/13: HIRING: Nevada Tabs Brian Polian
1/4/13: HIRING: Ron Turner to FIU
1/3/13: Mills to Retire from Charleston Southern
12/28/12: Ault Retires at Nevada
12/28/12: HIRING: Lindsey Promoted at San Diego
12/18/12: HIRING: Cornell Promotes Archer
12/20/12: HIRING: Thomas to Northwestern St.
12/20/12: HIRING: Utah St. Promotes Wells
12/19/12: HIRING: WIU Hires Minnesota-Duluth Coach
12/19/12: HIRING: Utah St. Coach to Take Over Wisconsin
12/18/12: HIRING: Nichols to Coach Davidson
12/18/12: HIRING: Jacksonville St. Hires Clark
12/17/12: HIRING: Paul Haynes to Kent St.
12/17/12: HIRING: SJSU to Hire San Diego Coach
12/16/12: HIRING: WMU to Hire Tampa Bay Assistant
12/16/12: Cornell Coach Leaves for CFL
12/15/12: HIRING: Temple Hires Matt Rhule
12/15/12: HIRING: UC Davis Hires Cal Assistant
12/14/12: HIRING: Utah St. Assistant to Indiana St.
12/14/12: HIRING: Skip Holtz to LA Tech
12/13/12: HIRING: Appalachian St. to Name Satterfield Coach
12/13/12: HIRING: Morehead St. to Promote Rob Tenyer
12/12/12: HIRING: Texas Tech Hires Kingsbury
12/12/12: HIRING: Texas OC to Arkansas St.
12/10/12: HIRING: Monken To Be Named USM Coach
12/10/12: HIRING: Bobby Petrino to WKU
12/10/12: HIRING: McIntyre to Colorado
12/10/12: HIRING: UTEP to Hire Steelers Assistant
12/08/12: HIRING: Cincinnati Hires Texas Tech Coach Tubberville
12/08/12: HIRING: USF Hires WKU Coach
12/07/12: HIRING: Tennessee Hires Butch Jones
12/05/12: HIRING: Dykes to Cal
12/05/12: Cristobal Out at FIU
12/05/12: HIRING: Purdue Picks Kent St. Coach
12/04/12: HIRING: Boston College Hires Temple Coach Adazzio
12/04/12: HIRING: Malzahn Leaves Arkansas St. for Auburn
12/04/12: HIRING: Bielema Leaves Wisconsin for Arkansas
12/03/12: Colorado Close to Hiring Butch Jones
12/02/12: Moore Out at Appalachian St.
12/02/12: HIRING: NIU Promotes Carey
12/02/12: HIRING: Paul Petrino to Idaho
12/02/12: Holtz Out at USF
12/02/12: HIRING: NIU Coach Doeren to NC State
12/01/12: HIRING: Georgia St. Hires Trent Miles
11/29/12: Hendrickson Out at WIU
11/27/12: HIRING: Minter Takes Over at Campbell
11/27/12: HIRING: Mark Stoops to Kentucky
11/26/12: Hope Fired at Purdue
11/26/12: O’Brien out at NC State
11/26/12: Price Retiring at UTEP
11/26/12: Cubit Out at WMU
11/26/12: Spaziani Fired at Boston College
11/26/12: Embree Out at Colorado
11/25/12: Tedford Out at Cal
11/25/12: Auburn Parts with Chizik
11/23/12: Smith Out at Arkansas
11/20/12: Ballard Put at Morehead St.
11/20/12: Northwestern St. to Replace Coach
11/18/12: Dooley Out at Tennessee
11/06/12: Phillips Out at Kentucky
11/06/12: Davidson To Replace Merritt
11/05/12: Steele Out at Campbell
11/01/12: FAMU Coach to Resign
10/21/12: Idaho Fires Robb Akey  
9/14/12: Mitchell out at Southern
12/1/11: Biggs to Resign at UC Davis After 2012 Season

Appalachian St.:

Former coach: Jerry Moore (resigned)
New Coach: Scott Satterfield (Appalachian St. offensive coordinator)

Potential Appalachian St. coach candidates: Scott Satterfied (App St. offensive coordinator), Shawn Elliot (South Carolina assistant), Lonnie Galloway (WFU assistant),  Tim Horton (former Arkansas assistant, Mike O’Cain (VA Tech assistant), John Shoop (former UNC assistant)

Arkansas:

Former coach: John L. Smith (fired)
New Coach: Bret Bielema (Wisconsin coach) 

Potential Arkansas coach candidates: Les Miles (LSU coach), Gary Patterson (TCU coach), Charlie Strong (Louisville coach), Tommy Tuberville (Texas Tech coach), Butch Davis (former UNC coach), Sonny Dykes (LA Tech coach), Art Briles (Baylor coach)

Arkansas St.:

Former Coach: Gus Malzahn (resigned)
New Coach: Bryan Harsin (Texas offensive coordinator)

Potential Arkansas St. coach candidates: Bryan Harsin (Texas offensive coordinator)

Auburn:

Former Coach: Gene Chizik (fired)
New Coach: Gus Malzahn (Arkansas St. coach) 

Potential Auburn coach candidates: Gary Patterson (TCU coach), Chris Petersen (Boise St. coach), Jimbo Fisher (FSU coach), Bobby Petrino (former Arkansas coach), Gus Malzahn (Arkansas St. coach), Chad Morris (Clemson offensive coordinator)

Boston College:

Former coach: Frank Spaziani (fired)
New Coach: Steve Adazzio (Temple coach) 

Potential Boston College coach candidates: Pete Lembo (Ball St. coach), Aaron Kromer (New Orleans NFL assistant), Bob Diaco (Notre Dame assistant)

Others: Mark Whipple (Cleveland Brows assistant), Tim Murphy (Harvard coach), Darrell Hazell (Kent St. coach), Al Golden (Miami coach),  Bobby Wilder (ODU coach), Pete Carmichael Jr. (New Orleans NFL assistant)

California:

Former Coach: Jeff Tedford (fired)
New Coach: Sonny Dykes (LA Tech coach) 

Potential Cal coach candidates: Chris Peterson (Boise St. coach), Mike MacIntyre (SJSU coach), Charlie Strong (Louisville coach), Tim DeRuyter (Fresno St. coach), Art Briles (Baylor coach), Gary Andersen (Utah State coach), Dave Doeren (Northern Illinois coach), Willie Taggart (Western Kentucky coach), Mark Helfrich (Oregon offensive coordinator),  Noel Mazzone (UCLA offensive coordinator), Pep Hamilton (Stanford offensive coordinator) Derek Mason (Stanford defensive coordinator), Justin Wilcox (Washington defensive coordinator), Bob Diaco (Notre Dame defensive coordinator), Kirby Smart (Alabama defensive coordinator), Todd Monken (Oklahoma St. offensive coordinator), Lorenzo Ward (South Carolina defensive coordinator, Ron Rivera (Carolina NFL coach), Greg Roman (San Francisco 49ers assistant), Hue Jackson (Cincinnati NFL assistant)

California – Davis:

Former Coach: Bob Biggs (resigned)
New Coach: Ron Gould (Cal assistant)

Campbell:

Former Coach: Dale Steele  (fired)
New Coach: Mike Minter (Liberty assistant)

Cincinnati:

Former Coach: Butch Jones (resigned)
New Coach: Tommy Tuberville (Texas Tech coach) 

Charleston Southern:

Former Coach: Jay Mills (resigned)
New Coach: Jamey Chadwell (Delta St. coach)

Potential Charleston Southern coach candidates:  Mike Houston (Lenoir Rhyne coach)

Colorado:

Former Coach: Jon Embree  (fired)
New Coach: Mike MacIntyre (SJSU coach) 

Potential Colorado Coach Candidates: Troy Calhoun (Air Force coach), Tim DeRuyter (Fresno St. coach), Mike MacIntrye (SJSU coach), Frank Solich (Ohio coach)

No longer a candidate: Butch Jones (Cincinnati coach), Gary Andersen (Utah State coach),  Sonny Dykes (LA Tech coach), Gus Malzahn (Arkansas St. coach), Willie Taggert (WKU coach), Dave Doeren (NIU coach), Darrell Hazell (Kent State coach)

Cornell

Former Coach: Kent Austin (resigned)
New Coach: Dave Archer (Cornell assistant) 

Potential Cornell coach candidates: TBD

Davidson:

Former Coach: Tripp Merritt (fired)
New Coach: Paul Nichols (Illinois assistant)

Potential Davidson Coach Candidates: Ryan Crawford (Harvard assistant), Chris Monfiletto (Kenyon coach), Paul Nichols (Toledo assistant) Bob Sanders (Buffalo NFL assistant), David Turner (Mississippi State assistant), Eddie Williamson (TCU assistant), Paul Nichols (Illinois assistant)

Delaware:

Former Coach: K.C. Keeler (fired)

New Coach: Dave Brock (Rutgers offensive coordinator)

Potential Delaware coach candidates: Sam Venuto (Villanova offensive coordinator), Dave Cohen (Rutgers assistant), Dave Brock (Rutgers offensive coordinator), John DeFilippo (Oakland NFL assistant),

Florida A&M:

Former Coach: Joe Taylor (resigned)

Florida International:

Former Coach: Mario Cristobal (fired)

Idaho:

Former Coach: Robb Akey (fired)
New Coach: Paul Petrino (Arkansas assistant)

Potential Idaho Coach Candidates: Jason Gesser (Idaho interim coach) Longshots: Two coaches who likely wouldn’t be interested, but whom could potentially bring some previous Boise St. type of success to Idaho would be Dirk Koetter (Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator) and Dan Hawkins (former Colorado, Boise St. coach). Koetter is likely too high profile for Idaho at this time, and Hawkins would likely pass as well.

Indiana St.:

Former coach: Trent Miles (resigned)
New Coach: Mike Sanford (Utah St. assistant)

Jacksonville St.

Former coach: Jack Crowe (fired)
New Coach: Bill Clark (USA defensive coordinator)

Potential Jacksonville St. coach candidates: Teddy Keaton (Stillman coach), Adam Fuller (Tennessee – Chattanooga Defensive Coordinator), Josh Niblett (Hoover High coach)

Kentucky:

Former Coach: Joker Phillips (fired)
New Coach: Mark Stoops (FSU Defensive Coordinator)

Potential Kentucky Coach Candidates: Brent Pease (Florida assistant), Neal Brown (Texas Tech assistant), Sonny Dykes (LA Tech coach), Dirk Koetter (Atlanta NFL offensive coordinator)

Kent St.:

Former Coach: Darrel Hazell (resigned)
New Coach: Paul Haynes (former Arkansas assistant)

Potential Kent St. Coach Candidates: Mark Snyder (Texas A&M defensive coordinator), Paul Haynes (former Arkansas assistant)

Morehead St.:

Former Coach: Matt Ballard (fired)
New Coach: Rob Tenyer (Morehead St. offensive coordinator)

Nevada:

Former Coach: Chris Ault (retired)
New Coach: Brian Polian (TAMU assistant)

Potential Nevada coach candidates: Chris Klenakis (Arkansas assistant), Tom Mason (SMU defenive coordianator) and Brian Polian (TAMU assistant)

Northern Illinois:

Former Coach: Dave Doeren (resigned)
New coach: Rod Carey (NIU offensive line coach)

 

 

Northwestern St.:

Former Coach: Bradley Dale Peveto (fired)
New Coach: Jay Thomas (Missouri Southern defensive coordinator)

Potential Northwestern St. coach candidates: Steve Campbell (MGCCC coach), Jay Thomas (Missouri Southern defensive coordinator)

 

North Carolina St.

Former coach: Tom O’Brien (fired)
New Coach: Dave Doeren (NIU coach)Potential NC State coach candidates: Sonny Dykes (LA Tech coach), Bob Diaco (Notre Dame defensive coordinator), Darrel Hazell (Kent St. coach), Chad Morris (Clemson offensive coordinator), Dave Doeren (NIU coach) 

Oregon:

Former coach: Chip Kelly (resigned)
New Coach: Mark Helfrich (Oregon offensive coordinator)

Potential Oregon coach candidates: Mark Helfrich (Oregon offensive coordinator), Chris Petersen (Boise St. coach)

Purdue:

Former coach: Danny Hope (fired)
New Coach: Darrell Hazell (Kent St. coach) 

Potential Purdue Coach Candidates: Darrell Hazell (Kent State coach), Butch Jones (Cincinnati coach), Sonny Dykes (LA Tech coach), Brock Spack (Illinois St. coach), Pete Lembo (Ball St. coach), Mark Helfrich (Oregon offensive coordinator) No Longer a Candidate: Dave Doeren (NIU coach)

San Diego:

Former Coach: Ron Caragher (resigned)
New Coach: Dave Lindsey (USD assistant)

Potential San Diego coach candidates: TBD

San Jose St.:

Former coach: Mike MacIntyre (resigned)
New Coach: Ron Caragher (San Diego coach)

Potential SJSU Coach Candidates: Ron Caragher (San Diego coach), Kent Baer (SJSU defensive coordinator), John DeFilippo (Oakland NFL assistant), Dan Hawkins (former Colorado coach), Derek Mason (Stanford assistant), Noel Mazzone (UCLA offensive coordinator), Chris Strausser (Boise St. assistant), Justin Wilcox (Washington defensive coordinator)

Southern:

Former Coach: Stump Mitchell (fired)
New Coach: Dawson Odums 

Interim Coach: Dawson Odums

Potential Southern University coach candidates: Brian Jenkins (Bethune-Cookman coach), John Hendrick (former Tulane assistant), Dawson Odums (current interim head coach), James Spady (Nevada offensive line coach)

Southern Mississippi:

Former Coach: Ellis Johnson (fired)
New Coach: Todd Monken (Oklahoma St. offensive coordinator) 

Potential USM Coach Candidates: Blake Anderson (UNC assistant), Todd Monken (Oklahoma St. offensive coordinator), Neal Brown (Texas Tech offensive coordinator), Kliff Kingsbury (Texas A&M offensive coordinator), Tyrone Nix (MTSU defensive coordinator)

South Florida:

Former Coach: Skip Holtz (fired)
New Coach: Willie Taggart (WKU coach) 

Potential USF coach candidates: Chad Morris (Clemson Offensive Coordinator), Houston Nutt (former Arkansas coach), Rich Bassacia (San Diego NFL assistant), Derek Dooley (former Tennessee coach), Joker Phillips (former Kentucky coach), Willie Taggart (WKU coach), Mario Cristobal (former FIU coach)

Not a candidate: Steve A’Dazzio (Temple coach)

Syracuse:

Former Coach: Doug Marrone (resigned)
New Coach: Scott Shafer (Syracuse defensive coordinator)

Potential Syracuse Coach Candidates: Dave Clawson (Bowling Green coach), Bob Diaco (Notre Dame defensive coordinator), Scott Shafer (Syracuse defensive coordinator), John Reagan (Rice offenisve coordinator), David Walker (NFL Colts assistant), Joe Gilbert (NFL Colts assistant)

Temple:

Former Coach: Steve Adazzio (resigned)
New Coach: Matt Rhule (NFL Giants assistant)

Potential Temple Coach Candidates: Mario Cristobal (former FIU coach), Stan Drayton (Ohio St. assistant), Matt Rhule (NFL Giants assistant coach), Mark D’Onofrio (Miami defensive coordinator)

Tennessee:

Former Coach: Derek Dooley (fired)
Interim Coach: Jim Chaney
New Coach: Butch Jones (Cincinnati coach)

Potential Tennessee Coach Candidates: Kirby Smart (Alabama assistant)

No Longer Candidates: Larry Fedora (UNC coach), Charlie Strong (Louisville coach), Mike Gundy (Oklahoma St. coach), Gary Patterson (TCU coach)

Texas Tech:

Former Coach: Tommy Tuberville (resigned)
New Coach: Kliff Kingsbury (Texas A&M offensive coordinator)Potential Texas Tech coach candidates: Todd Monken (Oklahoma St. offensive coordinator), Neal Brown (Kentucky offensive coordinator), Kliff Kingsbury (Texas A&M offensive coordinator),

UTEP:

Former Coach: Mike Price (retired)
New Coach: Sean Krugler (Pittsburgh NFL assistant) 

Potential UTEP coach candidates: Mark Mangino (former Kansas coach), Dirk Koetter (Atlanta NFL assistant), Dave Toub (Chicago NFL assistant),  Marty Mornhinweg (Philadelphia NFL assistant), Willie Fritz (SHSU coach)

Utah St.

Former Coach: Gary Anderson (resigned)
New Coach: Matt Wells (Utah St. offensive coordinator)

Potential Utah St. coach candidates: Matt Wells (Utah St. offensive coordinator)

Western Kentucky:

Former Coach: Willie Taggart (resigned)
New Coach: Bobby Petrino (former Arkansas coach) 

Potential WKU coach candidates: Bobby Petrino (former Arkansas coach)

Western Illinois:

Former Coach: Mike Hendrickson (fired)

New Coach: Bob Nielson (Minnesota-Duluth coach)

Potential WIU coach candidates: Bob Bartolomeo (Indoanapolis coach), Bob Nielson (Minn-Duluth coach), Chris Creighton (Drake coach),

Western Michigan:

Former Coach: Bill Cubit (fired)
New Coach: P.J. Fleck (Tampa Bay NFL assistant)

Potential WMU coach candidates: Scott Shafer (Syracuse assistant), Brian Rock (Kent St. offensive coordinator), George McDonald (Miami assistant), Pat Narduzzi (Michigan St. defensive coordinator)

Not a candidate: Trent Miles (Indiana St. coach)

Wisconsin:

Former Coach: Bret Bielema (resigned)
New Coach: Gary Anderson (Utah St. coach)

Potential Wisconsin coach candidates: Paul Chryst (Pitt coach), Chris Ash (Wisconsin defensive coordinator), Al Golden (Miami coach), Gary Anderson (Utah St. coach)

Previous Years:

2011 College Football Coaching Changes

2010 College Football Coaching Changes

2009 College Football Coaching Changes

2008 College Football Coaching Changes

2007 College Football Coaching Changes

2006 College Football Coaching Changes

Cristobal took over a struggling FIU program in 2007 and finished his first season as head coach 1-11. He improved with 5 and 3 wins the next two seasons before going 7-6 in 2010 and taking his team to it’s first ever bowl game. A year later, he improved to 8-5 with another bowl game. And after a setback this past season, he was fired.

The moral to the story: If you are a head coach, do not, and I mean do not ever pass on a job opening that would be an improvement to your resume and your wallet. You are a certified moron if you dare to hold out for something better or even worse, enjoy your current job and have pride in the school where you work.

Since there is no loyalty by the universities, so there is no need for any loyalty from the coaches.

Fans often complain about coaches who move from one job to another. They cry about the lack of loyalty. Even the media will get involved, like so many did about with Todd Graham, who left Pittsburgh after 1 year to take the Arizona St. job. But if after 1 year, a factory worker in Topeka gets an opportunity to almost double his salary by moving to Omaha for a job, it’s considered a positive.

In college sports, specifically college football and college basketball, it’s a fine line. If you leave too early, you’re a flight risk. If you stay longer than you should and get fired, you are branded as a “retread”.

This “retread” stigma leaves a coach have only 2 options:
1) Take a head coaching job at a lower recognized program, perform well, and get another head coaching shot years down the road
2) Take an assistant coach position at a high recognized program and hope that you get a second chance in the future

In the first scenario, it’s easy to point out some instances when it has worked well. But it’s rare. Most of the time, if a coach takes a step down in a conference or program stature, say, from being a Big Ten head coach to a MAC head coach, he does not have the type of resources to take his new program anywhere near the levels of the higher budget school. Do you think Frank Solich planned to still be at Ohio after being fired at Nebraska in 2003. Of course not. He’d much rather be at the helm of Big Ten or Big 12 caliber program contending for a national title.

When a fired coach instead takes a job as an assistant at another top school, even that path isn’t a sure one to regain your stature. Joker Phillips was fired at Kentucky and has now moved on to Florida as an assistant. Do you think a program like Nebraska would ever come after him? Or course not. Would South Alabama? Sure. So all the demotion path does is help to give a once fired coach some cache to get a head coaching job at a lower statured program. So the second scenario actually is just a precursor for the first.

All this leads to one thing: if you are a college football coach, leave while you can. 

When you take a new job, you usually will buy yourself 3 years to prove your worth, unless your name is Ellis Johnson, who was fired this year at Southern Mississippi after 1 season as coach.

Leave while you can, as you will only increase your value. You will get paid more money giving you and your family more security. But most of all, you will raise your Q score, keeping you as a buzz name in the coaching world. Best of all, when you leave to take a new job, you’ll have those first 2 years to give the impression of being a “Rebuilder” since you had to take the job over from someone else who wasn’t performing at a high enough level. Then in year 3, you can move on to yet another new job saying that you were getting too comfortable in working with what you had built and miss the blue collar mentality of building something from scratch.

The only survival these days for a college coach is in moving when the iron is hot.

For this reason, we can say that Charlie Strong is making a mistake is he doesn’t leverage his success at Louisville to turn it into a higher paying job with more exposure elsewhere. Sure, Louisville is headed for the ACC, an improvement over the Big East. But it’s still the ACC…not exactly at the football stature of the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 or even the Pac-12. But with all the risk thanks to some stronger annual opponents.

It’s easy to look at Florida International’s dismissal of Mario Cristobal and blame it just on a university that has a record of doing some strange things. Remember, this is the same school that hired Isiah Thomas as their basketball coach. But Cristobal, a Miami native, had an 8-5 record at FIU just last year…and he was fired. Ellis Johnson got only 1 season to try to keep Southern Miss afloat after Larry Fedora left of North Carolina. That’s the trend now, the whole “what have you done for me lately” mentality.

And for Charlie Strong, who is to say his future would be any better. Louisville finished with only 2 losses in the Big East…a weak Big East this year. In moving to the ACC, the level of competition will be much higher…if not for the top ACC football programs like Florida St., Clemson and Georgia Tech, but also because, well, the ACC will now have 6 of it’s members being former Big East members…and it’s not like the ACC invited the worst of the Big East, they have selected the best.

Things can only go downhill for Charlie Strong if he stays at Louisville. The optimists can look at his 2-loss season and say “he might have 1 or 0 loss seasons in the future”. Sure. Could happen. But odds are, it won’t. And fast forward a few years from now and Charlie Strong will be back at Florida as an assistant, waiting for his chance to get another head coaching job…likely as the replacement at FIU for whomever the next fired coach is there.

Akron

Former Coach: Rob Ianello

New Coach: Terry Bowden (North Alabama coach)

Potential Candidates: Brian Polian (Stanford assistant), Paul Chryst (Wisconsin assistant), Matt Campbell (Toledo assistant), Paul Winters (Wayne St. coach)
Longshots: Luke Fickell (former Ohio St. interim coach), Jim Tressel (former Ohio St. coach)

Arizona

Former Coach: Mike Stoops
Interim Coach: Tim Kish

New Coach: Rich Rodriguez

Arizona St.

Former Coach: Dennis Erickson

New Coach: Todd Graham (Pitt coach)

Potential Candidates: Mark Whipple (NFL Cleveland assistant), Josh McDaniels (NFL St. Louis assistant),  June Jones (SMU coach), Art Briles (Baylor coach), Larry Fedora (USM coach), Kevin Sumlin (Houston coach), Butch Jones (Cincinnati coach),  Justin Wilcox (NFL Tennessee assistant), Gary Anderson (Utah St. coach), Dan Mullen (Mississippi St. coach)

Arkansas St.

Former Coach: Hugh Freeze (Arkansas St. coach)

New Coach: Gus Malzahn (Auburn assistant)

Potential Candidates: David Gunn (Arkansas St. interim coach)

Colorado State:

Former Coach: Steve Fairchild

New Coach: Jim McElwain (Alabama assistant)

Potential Candidates:  Paul Chryst (Wisconsin assistant), Tony Alford (Notre Dame assistant), Billy Gonzales (LSU assistant)

Florida Altantic:

Former Coach: Howard Schnellenberger

New Coach: Carl Pelini (Nebraska assistant)

Former Potential Candidates: Carl Pelini (Nebraska assistant), Jim Leavitt (former USF coach), Randy Shannon (former Miami coach)

Fresno State:

Former Coach: Pat Hill

New Coach: Tim DeRuyter (Texas A&M interim coach)

Potential Candidates:  Kelly Skipper (NFL Oakland assistant), Mike Martz (NFL Chicago assistant), JD Williams (UNLV assistant)

Hawaii:

Former Coach: Greg McMackin

New Coach: Norm Chow (Utah Assistant)

Potential Candidates:  Norm Chow (Utah assistant), Dirk Koetter (NFL Jacksonville assistant), Kalani Fifita Sitake*(Utah assistant),   Mark Banker (Oregon St. assistant), Nick Rolovich (Hawaii assistant), Duane Akina (Texas assistant), Jeremy Bates

Houston:

Former Coach: Kevin Sumlin

New Coach: Tony Levine (Houston assistant)

Potential Candidates:  Sonny Dykes (LA Tech coach),  Todd Monken (Oklahoma St. assistant), Tony Levine (Houston assistant), Jason Phillips (Houston assistant)

Illinois:

Former Coach: Ron Zook

New Coach: Tim Beckman (Toledo coach)

Potential Candidates: Todd Monken (Oklahoma St. assistant), Butch Jones (Cincinnati coach), Paul Chryst (Wisconsin assistant), Tim Beckman (Toledo coach), Ron English (EMU coach), Larry Fedora (USM coach), Kevin Sumlin (Houston coach), Brent Venables (Oklahoma assistant), Paul Rhoads (Iowa St. coach)

Kansas:

Former Coach: Turner Gill

New Coach: Charlie Weiss (Florida assistant)

Potential Candidates: Paul Chryst (Wisconsin assistant), Phil Fulmer (former Tennessee coach), Larry Fedora (USM coach), Kevin Sumlin (Houston coach), Jim Leavitt (former USF coach), Mark Stoops (FSU assistant), Brent Venables (Oklahoma assistant), Kirby Smart (Alabama assistant), Mike Stoops (former Arizona coach), Hugh Freeze (Arkansas State coach)

UMass:

Former Coach: Andy Morris

New Coach: Charley Molnar (Notre Dame assistant)

Former Potential Candidates: Charley Molnar (Notre Dame assistant), Marc Whipple (NFL Cleveland assistant), Don Brown (UConn assistant), Neal Brown (Texas Tech assistant), Curtis Luper (auburn assistant), Brian White (Florida assistant)

Memphis:

Former Coach: Larry Porter

New Coach: Justin Fuente (TCU assistant)

Former Potential Candidates: Hugh Freeze (Arkansas State coach), Terry Bowden (North Alabama coach), Tommy Bowden (former Clemson coach), Manny Diaz (Texas assistant), Mark Hudspeth (ULL coach), Houston Nutt (former Mississippi coach), John L. Smith (Arkansas assistant), Willie Taggart (WKU coach)

Mississippi:
Former Coach: Houston Nutt

New Coach: Hugh Freeze (Arkansas St. coach)

Potential Candidates: Dana Holgorsen (WVU coach), Kevin Sumlin (Houston Coach), Larry Fedora (USM coach), Brent Venables (Oklahoma assistant), Willie Taggart (WKU coach), Kirby Smart (Alabama assistant), Mark Stoops (FSU assistant), Hugh Freeze (Arkansas State coach), Gus Malzahn (Auburn assistant)

New Mexico:

Former Coach: Mike Locksley
Interim Coach: George Barlow

New Coach: Bob Davie

North Carolina

Former Coach: Butch Davis

New Coach: Larry Fedora (former USM coach)

Former Potential Candidates: Bud Foster (VA Tech assistant), Skip Holtz (USF coach), Larry Fedora (USM coach), Gus Malzahn (Auburn assistant), Kevin Sumlin (Houston coach)

Ohio St:

Former Coach: Jim Tressel/Luke Fickell

New Coach: Urban Meyer

Penn State:

Former Coach: Joe Paterno/Tom Bradley

New Coach: Bill O’Brien (NFL New England assistant)

Potential Candidates: Tom Clements (NFL Green Bay assistant), Tom Bradley (Penn St. interim coach), Mike London (Virginia coach), Bud Foster (VA Tech assistant), Chip Kelly (Oregon coach), James Franklin (Vanderbilt coach), Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern coach), Dan Mullen (Miss St. coach)

Pittsburgh:

Former Coach: Todd Graham

New coach: Paul Chryst (Wisconsin assistant)

Potential Candidates: K.C. Keeler (Delaware coach), Tom Bradley (Penn St. interim coach),  Bud Foster (VA Tech assistant), Sal Sunseri (Alabama assistant)

 
Rutgers:

Former Coach: Gregg Schiano

New Coach: Kyle Flood (Rutgers assistant)

Southern Miss:

Former Coach: Larry Fedora

New coach: Ellis Johnson (South Carolina assistant)
Potential Candidates: Todd Monken (Oklahoma St. assistant), Frank Wilson (LSU assistant), Gus Malzahn (Auburn assistant)

Texas A&M:

Former Coach: Mike Sherman

New Coach: Kevin Sumlin (Houston coach)

Potential Candidates: Kevin Sumlin (Houston coach),  Troy Calhoun (Air Force coach), Charlie Strong (Louisville coach), Kirby Smart (Alabama assistant),  Gus Malzahn (Auburn assistant), Gary Patterson (TCU coach)

Toledo:

Former Coach: Tim Beckman

New Coach:  Matt Campbell (Toledo assistant)

Tulane:

Former Coach: Bob Toledo
Interim Coach: Mark Hutson

New Coach: Curtis Johnson (NFL New Orleans assistant)

Potential Candidates: Hugh Freeze (Arkansas State coach), Terry Bowden (North Alabama coach), Tommy Bowden (former Clemson coach), Manny Diaz (Texas assistant), Mark Hudspeth (ULL coach), Houston Nutt (former Mississippi coach), John L. Smith (Arkansas assistant), Willie Taggart (WKU coach)

UAB:

Former Coach: Neil Callaway

New Coach: Garrick McGee (Arkansas assistant)

Former Potential Candidates: Neal Brown (Texas Tech assistant), Paul Petrino (Illinois assistant), Hugh Freeze (Arkansas State coach), Terry Bowden (North Alabama coach), Tommy Bowden (former Clemson coach), Manny Diaz (Texas assistant), Mark Hudspeth (ULL coach), Houston Nutt (former Mississippi coach), Willie Taggart (WKU coach)

UCLA:
Former Coach: Rick Neuheisel

New Coach: Jim Mora Jr. (former NFL coach)

Potential Coach Candidates:  Jim Mora Jr. (former NFL coach), Butch Jones (Cincinnati coach), Mike Bellotti (former Oregon coach), Tom Cable (former NFL Oakland coach), June Jones (SMU coach),  Ken Norton Jr. (NFL Seattle assistant), Manny Diaz (Texas assistant)

Not a candidate or not interested: Chris Peterson (Boise St. coach), Kevin Sumlin (Houston coach)

Washington St.

Former Coach: Paul Wulff

New Coach: Mike Leach

Misc FCS Schools:

Coastal Carolina:

Former Coach: David Bennet

New Coach: Joe Moglia (UFL Omaha coach)

Potential coach candidates: Steve Spurrier Jr. (South Carolina assistant)

Columbia:

Former Coach: Norries Wilson

New coach: Pete Mangurian

Eastern Illinois:

Former Coach: Bob Spoo

New coach: Dino Babers (Baylor assistant)

Potential Candidates:  Dino Babers (Baylor assistant), Mark Hutson (former Tulane interim coach)

Fordham:

Former Coach: Tom Massella

New Coach: Joe Moorhead (UConn assistant)

Potential Candidates:  Joe Moorhead (UConn assistant), Joe Moglia (UFL Omaha coach), Dave Cohen (WMU assistant), Dave Cecchin (Lehigh assistant), Ben Albert (Temple assistant)

 
Liberty:

Former Coach: Danny Rocco

New Coach: Turner Gill

Richmond:

Former Coach: Latrell Scott

New Coach: Danny Rocco (Libery coach)

Potential Candidates:  Andy Coen (Lehigh coach), Wayne Lineburg (Richmond assistant)

South Dakota:

Former Coach: Ed Meierkort

New coach: Joe Glenn (former Wyoming/Montana coach)

Southeast Louisiana:

Former Coach: Mike Lucas

New coach: Ron Roberts (Delta St. coach)

Western Carolina:

Former Coach: Dennis Wagner

New coach: Mark Speir (App St. assistant)

Potential Candidates: Chris Cosh (Kansas St. assistant), Mark Speir (App St. assistant), Mike Kruczek (former UCF coach), Jamey Chadwell (North Greenville University coach)

Weber  St.

Former Coach: Ron McBride

New Coach: John L. Smith

Yale

Former Coach: Tom Williams

New Coach: Tony Reno (Harvard assistant)

I have come to work every day for the last 61 years with one clear goal in mind: To serve the best interests of this university and the young men who have been entrusted to my care. I have the same goal today.

That’s why I have decided to announce my retirement effective at the end of this season. At this moment the Board of Trustees should not spend a single minute discussing my status. They have far more important matters to address. I want to make this as easy for them as I possibly can.

This is a tragedy. It is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.

My goals now are to keep my commitments to my players and staff and finish the season with dignity and determination. And then I will spend the rest of my life doing everything I can to help this University.

SOURCE Penn State

In 2010, 132 assistant coaches are making $250,000 or more, up from 106 last year. 26 coaches are making over $400,000, up from 13 coaches last year. And 4 assistants are making over $700,000 per year.

The higher salaries can likely be attributed to the recent trend of schools hiring a “coach in waiting”. Schools like Texas paid a high salary to assistant Will Muschamp to keep him at the schools for years. Muschamp did decide to leave Texas for Florida to be it’s head coach. West Virginia recently went down the “coach in waiting” path in hiring Dana Holgorsen, who will make $800,000 next year before taking over as head coach in 2012.

The Football Writers Association made their pick. But a few other coaches deserve recognition this year.

Chip Kelly was certainly a deserving winner with what the Oregon team was able to do this year.  The Ducks are undefeated and have been an offensive juggernaut.Oregon had it’s own troubles in recent years with off the field issues including losing some of it’s best players such as Jeremiah Masoli. So Kelly deserves all the credit for keeping this team focused.

Jim Harbaugh was done something few though was possible at Stanford: make them not just a winner, but a power. Harbaugh took over a team in 2007 that had finished 1-11 the year before. He improved that win total to 4 wins his first year, 5 his second, and then 8 wins in 2009. That 2009 season included the schools first bowl bid since 2001 and a close Heisman runner-up in player Toby Gerhart. Despite losing Gerhart to the NFL, Stanford came back in 2010 with an 11-1 season, it’s only loss to BCS Championship game participant Oregon. In most years, Harbaugh would have won the coach of the year. It took a magical season by rival Oregon to keep the award away from Harabaugh this year…and perhaps the turnaround and redemption by one other coach…

Perhaps the coach that deserves the most credit this year has to be Gene Chizik at Auburn. To say the Cam Newton situation could have been an exaggeration is an understatement. And the reality is that Cam Newton being eligible to even play for Chizik is something many question. But the accolades for Chizik can be for another reason: for being a better coach than anyone other than Auburn Athletic Director Jay Jacobs. When Chizik, a former Auburn assistant and then coach at a failing Iowa St. program was hired, few people gave him any credit. Many saw the trend of hiring the “hot name” assistant coaches or rising head coaches at other schools who would love the opportunity to coach in the SEC.

Few thought Chizik was the the right fit when so many other candidates were available. But Jacobs wanted someone familiar with the Auburn culture, and risked his own job in hiring Chizik.

Even worse for Chizik, is that many in the media opposed the hiring of Chizik simply because of the color of his skin. Some in the media crusaded against Auburn because they hiring a white coach from a fledging Iowa St. program rather than an “up and comer” coach like Turner Gill, then the head coach at Buffalo.

Fast forward a year and Chizik clearly has shown he was the right pick, with the Cam Newton eligibility the only potential blemish to his tenure. Meanwhile, Turner Gill has a rough season at his new job, as head coach at Kansas. The Jayhawks had only 1 Big 12 win this year and even lost at home to FCS school North Dakota St. and Southern Mississippi. After just one season, there were already rumblings that Kansas might fire Gill after 1 season.

Coaching is a big part skill and a big part of luck. Turner Gill or any other coach might also have Auburn in the BCS Championship Game this season. But that is something we don’t know. What we do know is that Chizik is 21-5 as coach at Auburn, 13-0 this year and 8-5 in his first season, an improvement from the 5-8 season the year before Chizik arrived.

Chip Kelly is your coach of the year. But Gene Chizik, even without a BCS championship win next month, has won something much better than an award: he’s won the respect of his community and can tell all those that opposed his hiring that he “told them so”. But you’ll never hear those words from his mouth.

Now that we’ve had Minnesota fire Tim Brewster and North Texas fire Todd Dodge, the list of openings is ready to grow. Chances are most schools will wait until the end of the season before making any changes. But as we see every year, there is a list of coaches that are seemingly on the hot seat.

The 2010 list has changed some already as coaches who appeared on their way out have put together strong seasons. But others aren’t so lucky and are still on the radar…

2010 College Football Coaching Hotseat:

	1) Tim Brewster - Minnesota
	2) Todd Dodge North Texas
	3) Mike Locksley New Mexico Locksley will return to UNM depite only 2 wins this year. UNM has too much money invested in his contract to cut bait.
	4) Dan Hawkins Colorado
	5) Neil Callaway - UAB
	6) Bob Toledo - Tulane
	7) Stan Parrish - Ball St.
	8) Paul Wulff - Washington St. WSU will retain Wulff for another season
	9) Bill Stewart WVU Stewart will retire after this season
	10) Rich Rodriguez – Michigan Fired, replaced by Brady Hoke

2010-2011 College Football Coach Changes

Steve Roberts – Arkansas State (replaced by Hugh Freeze )

Stan Parrish – Ball State (replaced by Pete Lembo )

Dan Hawkins – Colorado (replaced by Jon Embree )

Randy Edsall – Connecticut (replaced by Paul Pasqualoni )

Urban Meyer – Florida (replaced by Will Muschamp )

Bill Lynch – Indiana (replaced by Kevin Wilson )

Doug Martin – Kent State (replaced by Darrell Hazell )

Rickey Bustle – Louisiana (replaced by Mark Hudspeth )

Ralph Friedgen – Maryland (replaced by Randy Edsall )

Randy Shannon – Miami (Fla.) (replaced by Al Golden )

Michael Haywood – Miami (O.) (replaced by Don Treadwell )

Rich Rodriguez – Michigan (replaced by Brady Hoke )

Tim Brewster – Minnesota (replaced by Jerry Kill )

Todd Dodge – North Texas (replaced by Dan McCarney )

Jerry Kill – Northern Illinois (replaced by Dave Doeren )

Dave Wannstedt – Pittsburgh (replaced by Michael Haywood and then Haywood replaced by Todd Graham )

Brady Hoke – San Diego St. (replaced by Rocky Long )

Jim Harbaugh – Stanford (replaced by David Shaw )

Al Golden – Temple (replaced by Steve Addazio )

Todd Graham – Tulsa (replaced by Bill Blankenship )

Robbie Caldwell – Vanderbilt (replaced by James Franklin )

Bill Stewart – West Virginia (replaced by Dana Holgorsen (2012)

Here’s the CollegeSportsInfo.com Top 25. A handful of players are uncommitted, and could effect a schools position in these rankings if they landed one of the top players left.

1) Florida
2) Texas
3) Oklahoma
4) Alabama
5) USC
6) LSU
7) Auburn
8) Penn St
9) Florida St.
10) Washington
11) UCLA
12) Michigan
13) Tennessee
14) Pittsburgh
15) Mississippi
16) Oklahoma St.
17) Miami
18) Ohio St.
19) Stanford
20) Notre Dame
21) Georgia
22) Texas A&M;
23) Clemson
24) BYU
25) Oregon

2009 College Football Coaching Hirings: 

Cincinnati: As expected, Cincinnati has hired CMU coach Butch Jones to replace Brian Kelly. Others considered were in-house candidates such as Associate Head Coach Kerry Coombs, and offensive coordinator and offensive Line coach Jeff Quinn. Also on the list are Temple coach Al Golden and ECU coach Skip Holtz. The popular choice was CMU coach Butch Jones, who took the CMU job when Kelly left for Cincy. One guy who won’t be coach is Houston’s Kevin Sumlin who rejected an opportunity to interview.

Some early ECU football coach candidates included NFL Jaguars QB coach Mike Shula, Temple coach Al Golden, Bowling Green coach Dave Clawson, Oklahoma DC Kevin Wilson,  FSU linebackers coach Greg Hudson, Liberty coach Danny Rocco, Grambling St. coach Rod Broadway.  Others mentioned included former Clemson coach Tommy Bowden and Virgina Tech DC Bud Foster,  Phil Fulmer, Jeff Bower, Terry Bowden and Kirby Smart. Many would not have mind seeing former coach Steve Logan return. MTSU coach Rick Stockstill rejected an offer to coach ECU.

Florida State: promoted Jimbo Fisher to head coach to replace the retired Bobby Bowden

Kansas: has hired Buffalo coach Turner Gill to replace Mark Mangino, who resigned 
A few names topped the list: Jim Harbaugh is the first choice…but why would he leave Stanford for Kansas when so many better options will exist as soon as next year? Tommy Tuberville is interested but it’s not sure yet if the school is. Buffalo coach Turner Gill and ECU coach Skip Holtz are the next group. Uconn coach Randy Edsall, formenr Tennessee coach Phil Fullmer, Houston coach Kevin Sumlin, Minnesota coach Tim Brewster is another name going around.

Louisiana – Monroe: Todd Berry, the former UNLV offensive coordinator, has replaced Charlie Weatherbie. Terry Bowden also interviewed for ULM.

LA Tech: Sonny Dykes to replace Derek Dooley who resigned
Early candidates included interim coach Frank Scelfo, assistant coach Tommy Spangler, Oklahoma St. assistant Joe DeForest, Texas assistant Major Applewhite. Others mentioned included North Alabama coach Terry Bowden, Jacksonville Jaguars wide receivers coach Todd Monken, Houston co-offensive coordinator Jason Phillips. SEC Assistants Gus Malzhan and Tyrone Nix claimed not to be candidates.

Louisville: Louisville hired Charlie Strong who was at the top of their list to replace Steve Kragthorpe. Phil Fullmer was rumored to have been considered but Charlie Strong was the only true candidate.

Marshall: Has hired WVU assistant Doc Holiday to replaced the fired coach Mark Snyder.
CMU’s Butch Jones was the top target but he was on the Kansas and Cincinnati lists and eventually replaced Kelly at Cincy. Former Marshall assistant (Wake Forest assistant) Brad Lambert was considered as well as Florida St. offensive line coach Rick Trickett and current interim coach Rick Minter.

Memphis: hired LSU assistant Larry Porter to replace Tommy West

Notre Dame: Brian Kelly will replace the fired Charlie Weiss. Uconn coach Randy Edsall was considered and alumni pushed for Tommy Tuberville, but ultimately the man expected to get the job did.

San Jose St.: hired Duke Defensive Coordinator Mike MacIntyre to replace the retired Dick Tomey has retired. Interested candidates included SJSU DC Keith Burns, University of San Diego coach Ron Caragher, former SJSU coach Terry Shea, 49ers assistant Tom Rathman, Nevada defensive coordinator Nigel Burton and Yale coach Tom Williams.

Texas Tech: hired Tommy Tuberville to replace fired coach Mike Leach
Baylor coach Art Briles seemed to be a top target along but said he is staying at Baylor. Sonny Dykes, the Arizona OC was a popular pick as were Houston coach Kevin Sumlin and Tommy Tubberville. But appears that currect Texas Tech DC Ruffin McNeill, USM coach Larry Fedora and NY Jets RB Coach Anthony Lynn are all set to interview. Former Clemson coach Tommy Bowden is expected to interview as well.

UNLV: Montana coach Bobby Hauck will replace the fired coach Mike Sanford
It was a 2 man race between Montana coach Bobby Hauck and  former New Mexico/TCU/Alabama/Texas A&M; coach Dennis Franchione. Arizona OC Sonny Dykes andformer Boise St. & Arizona St. coach Dirk Koetter, were considered also.

USC: Lane Kiffin replaced Pete Carroll who resigned to take Seattle Seahawks job

Some early candidates included USC alums Jack Del Rio and Jeff Fisher. Herm Edwards was brought up as well. Some other names we heard were Norm Chow, Jim Harbaugh, Steve Sarkisian, Chris Peterson, Gary Patterson and even Carl Smith. Mike Riley, like Del Rio and Fisher took themselves out of the running in one way or another.

USF: Skip Holtz replaces the fired coach Jim Leavitt
The firing seemed to be less of a result of the alleged incident with a player and more about Leavitt’s attitude about the issue. Expected candidates included Florida defensive line coach Dan McCarney, former Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville and Michigan offensive coordinator Calvin Mage. Others include ECU coach Skip Holtz and former Clemson coach Tommy Bowden, former Tennessee coach Phil Fulmer., USM coach Larry Fedora, Houston coach Kevin Sumlin, Miami OC Mark Whipple.

Virginia:  Virginia has hired Richmond coach Mike London to replace Al Groh. Charlie Strong (Florida assistant) was considered; rumors (longshots) had Boise St. coach Chris Peterson a candidate.  Others included Miami OC Mark Whipple, ECU coach Skip Holtz, Temple coach Al Golden, UConn coach Randy Edsall.

Western Kentucky: Richmond coach Mike London was on the list but they chose Stanford RB coach Willie Taggert

Also read the 2009 College Football Coaching Hotseat