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That's a fucking awful hire.  Hiring Mike McIntyre back would have made much more sense.

 

Anyone else remember Dorrell's "big" season at UCLA?  They were something like 8-0 and 7th in the country when they went to Tuscon and a bad UA team hung 50 on them in a blowout.  UCLA then ended the season getting pasted something like 66-17 by USC.

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I understand the need to hire a coach as soon as possible but in the cases for CU and MSU, sometimes hiring a single season interim coach can be the right decision. Dorrell and Tucker are plain d and b- coaches at best. CU should have hired chiaverini and if things go sideways,  they have 10 months to find the right guy. Instead they have destined themselves to being what they are and nothing more. 

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1 hour ago, Butch Had Not said:

I understand the need to hire a coach as soon as possible but in the cases for CU and MSU, sometimes hiring a single season interim coach can be the right decision. Dorrell and Tucker are plain d and b- coaches at best. CU should have hired chiaverini and if things go sideways,  they have 10 months to find the right guy. Instead they have destined themselves to being what they are and nothing more. 

You seem to be smarter than about 99% of the athletic directors currently employed, and I mean that with all sincerity.  

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13 hours ago, otisdog said:

Yup...Left my wife and mom in the Rose Bowl about half way into the third quarter, and went out to the truck to drain the bar...

Wife drove home.

I was there too, except it was at the Coliseum.  As was Neuheisel's 50-0 pasting.  I'm a glutton for punishment.

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15 hours ago, Butch Had Not said:

I understand the need to hire a coach as soon as possible but in the cases for CU and MSU, sometimes hiring a single season interim coach can be the right decision. Dorrell and Tucker are plain d and b- coaches at best. CU should have hired chiaverini and if things go sideways,  they have 10 months to find the right guy. Instead they have destined themselves to being what they are and nothing more. 

How'd that work out for Arkysaw a few years back?

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How'd that work out for Arkysaw a few years back?

Was it bert after john l Smith? Sounds like a better hire than dorrell or tucker despite how it ended. They could have offered smith 3 years and they would have been more fucked.

Worked for Baylor though. 

I am just saying that if the best possible fit isn't available,  maybe it's ok to wait. Recruiting will be a mess but hiring the rightish guy will fix it. 

 

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I was there too, except it was at the Coliseum.  As was Neuheisel's 50-0 pasting.  I'm a glutton for punishment.

Okay, then I've got the wrong pasting....mine was @ the Rose Bowl...

Edit - Was the 2002 game, which was "only" 52-21....great birthday present....

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17 hours ago, Butch Had Not said:

I understand the need to hire a coach as soon as possible but in the cases for CU and MSU, sometimes hiring a single season interim coach can be the right decision. Dorrell and Tucker are plain d and b- coaches at best. CU should have hired chiaverini and if things go sideways,  they have 10 months to find the right guy. Instead they have destined themselves to being what they are and nothing more. 

Maybe Dorrell has a little of that "well, at least he's a really nice guy" Shaka Smart magic.

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Texas A&M: LSU running backs coach Tommie Robinson is joining Jimbo’s staff in the same capacity, Billy Liucci tweets.

 

LSU: Back in early February Ed Orgeron shared that director of player development Kevin Faulk would be promoted in the event that running backs coach Tommie Robinson were to leave. With Robinson off to Texas A&M, Bruce Feldman tweets Faulk will fill the vacated role.

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New db coach for Notre Dame...

Notre Dame football: How cornerbacks coach Mike Mickens develops players

TYLER JAMES |  SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE

4:01 p.m. CST Feb. 25, 2020

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/notre-dame/2020/02/25/notre-dame-football-how-cornerbacks-coach-mike-mickens-develops-players/4872114002/

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Coach BOOM changed a lot of staff... everyone at USC East looking for a lifeboat!!

  • Penn State: Reports out of South Carolina are confirming that South Carolina defensive line coach John Scott Jr. has now officially accepted the same position at Penn State.
  • LA Rams: South Carolina running backs coach Thomas Brown is expected to leave and join the Rams staff, Bruce Feldman tweets. 
  • Pittsburgh Steelers: Bryan McClendon, who spent the last four seasons on the South Carolina staff including last year as the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach, is reportedly joining the Steelers as wide receivers coach according to Dale Lolley of DK Pittsburgh Sports.
  • Texas Longhorns:  names Coleman Hutzler co-DC/LB coach. Hutzler comes to Austin from South Carolina and has extensive experience as a special teams coordinator.

https://gamecocksonline.com/news/2020/2/21/football-muschamp-announces-coaching-staff-assignments.aspx

Latest Change:  

Ole Miss: Matt Lindsey has been formally announced with the role of General Manager for the program. According to the release, he will “oversee the day-to-day operations of the Ole Miss football office, which includes administrative duties with player personnel, recruiting, staffing, performance analytics, academic support and other areas.” Lindsey spent the past three seasons as the director of player personnel at South Carolina and won the FootballScoop Player Personnel Director of the Year in 2018.

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https://footballscoop.com/news/re-ranking-the-length-of-fbs-coaching-tenures-from-1-to-130-2020-edition/

Wow interesting stuff... By Zach Barnett   January 22, 2019

Re-ranking the longest FBS head coaching tenures from 1-to-130: 2019 edition

1998
1. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa – Dec. 2

2000
2. Gary Patterson, TCU – Dec. 8

2004
3. Kyle Whittingham, Utah – Dec. 9
4. Frank Solich, Ohio – Dec. 17

2005
5. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State – Jan. 3
6. Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee – Dec. 12

2006
7. Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern – July 7
8. Troy Calhoun, Air Force – Dec. 22

2007
9. Nick Saban, Alabama – Jan. 3
10. Ken Niumatalolo, Navy – Dec. 8
11. David Cutcliffe, Duke – Dec. 15

2008
12. Dabo Swinney, Clemson – Oct. 13

2009
13. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame – Dec. 11
14. Doc Holliday, Marshall – Dec. 17

2011
15. David Shaw, Stanford – Jan. 13

2012
16. Mark Stoops, Kentucky – Nov. 27
17. Dave Doeren, NC State – Dec. 1
18. Gus Malzahn, Auburn – Dec. 4
19. Skip Holtz, Louisiana Tech – Dec. 14

2013
20. Doug Martin, New Mexico State – Feb. 1
21. Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio) – Dec. 3
22. Craig Bohl, Wyoming – Dec. 8
23. Dave Clawson, Wake Forest – Dec. 10
24(t). Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan – Dec. 11
24(t). Bryan Harsin, Boise State – Dec. 11
26. Blake Anderson, Arkansas State – Dec. 19
27. Jeff Monken, Army – Dec. 24

2014
28. James Franklin, Penn State – Jan. 11
29. Derek Mason, Vanderbilt – Jan. 17
30. Bill Clark, UAB – Jan. 21
31. Lance Leipold, Buffalo – Dec. 1
32. Philip Montgomery, Tulsa – Dec. 11
33. Paul Chryst, Wisconsin – Dec. 17
34. Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh – Dec. 26
35. Jim Harbaugh, Michigan – Dec. 30

2015
36. Matt Campbell, Iowa State – Nov. 29
37. Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech – Nov. 29
38. Clay Helton, USC – Nov. 30
39. Jason Candle, Toledo – Dec. 2
40. Bronco Mendenhall, Virginia – Dec. 4
41(t). Dino Babers, Syracuse – Dec. 5
41(t). Seth Littrell, North Texas – Dec. 5
43(t). Kirby Smart, Georgia – Dec. 6
43(t). Will Muschamp, South Carolina – Dec. 6
45. Willie Fritz, Tulane – Dec. 12
46. Matt Viator, Louisiana-Monroe – Dec. 14
47. Kalani Sitake, BYU – Dec. 19

2016
48. Mike Neu, Ball State – Jan. 7
49. Jay Hopson, Southern Miss – Jan. 30
50. Lovie Smith, Illinois – March 7
51. Butch Davis, Florida International – Nov. 15
52(t). Ed Orgeron, LSU – Nov. 26
52(t). Tom Herman, Texas – Nov. 26
54. Tom Allen, Indiana – Dec. 1
55. Jeff Brohm, Purdue – Dec. 5
56. Brent Brennan, San Jose State – Dec. 7
57. Shawn Elliott, Georgia State – Dec. 8
58. Jay Norvell, Nevada – Dec. 9
59. Luke Fickell, Cincinnati – Dec. 10
60. Randy Edsall, Connecticut – Dec. 28

2017
61. P.J. Fleck, Minnesota – Jan. 6
62. Tim Lester, Western Michigan – Jan. 13
63. Justin Wilcox, California – Jan. 14
64. Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma – June 7
65. Chip Kelly, UCLA – Nov. 25
66. Dan Mullen, Florida – Nov. 26
67. Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern – Nov. 27
68. Jonathan Smith, Oregon State – Nov. 29
69. Scott Frost, Nebraska – Dec. 2
70. Herm Edwards, Arizona State – Dec. 3
71. Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M – Dec. 4
72. Josh Heupel, UCF – Dec. 5
73(t). Mike Bloomgren, Rice – Dec. 6
73(t). Dana Dimel, UTEP – Dec. 6
75(t). Steve Campbell, South Alabama – Dec. 7
75(t). Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee – Dec. 7
77. Mario Cristobal, Oregon – Dec. 8
78. Sonny Dykes, SMU – Dec. 11
79. Billy Napier, Louisiana-Lafayette – Dec. 15
80. Sean Lewis, Kent State – Dec. 21

2018
81. Kevin Sumlin, Arizona – Jan. 14
82. Les Miles, Kansas – Nov. 18
83. Mack Brown, North Carolina – Nov. 26
84. Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky – Nov. 27
85(t). Scot Loeffler, Bowling Green – Nov. 28
85(t). Jake Spavital, Texas State – Nov. 28
87. Matt Wells, Texas Tech – Nov. 29
88. Jim McElwain, Central Michigan – Dec. 2
89(t). Walt Bell, Massachusetts – Dec. 3
89(t). Mike Houston, East Carolina – Dec. 3
91(t). Ryan Day, Ohio State – Dec. 4
91(t). Mike Locksley, Maryland – Dec. 4
91(t). Scott Satterfield, Louisville – Dec. 4
94. Will Healy, Charlotte – Dec. 5
95(t). Geoff Collins, Georgia Tech – Dec. 7
95(t). Hugh Freeze, Liberty – Dec. 7
97(t). Gary Andersen, Utah State – Dec. 10
97(t). Chris Klieman, Kansas State – Dec. 10
99. Tom Arth, Akron – Dec. 14
100. Manny Diaz, Miami – Dec. 30

2019
101. Dana Holgorsen, Houston – Jan. 2
102. Neal Brown, West Virginia – Jan. 5
103. Chip Lindsey, Troy – Jan. 10
104. Rod Carey, Temple – Jan. 11
105(t). Jamey Chadwell, Coastal Carolina – Jan. 18
105(t). Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois – Jan. 18
107. Jimmy Lake, Washington – Dec. 2
108. Greg Schiano, Rutgers – Dec. 3
109. Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss – Dec. 7
110(t). Mike Norvell, Florida State – Dec. 8
110(t). Sam Pittman, Arkansas – Dec. 8
112(t). Ricky Rahne, Old Dominion – Dec. 9
112(t). Jeff Scott, South Florida – Dec. 9
112(t). Jeff Traylor, UTSA – Dec. 9
115. Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri – Dec. 10
116. Steve Addazio, Colorado State – Dec. 11
117(t). Marcus Arroyo, UNLV – Dec. 13
117(t). Shawn Clark, Appalachian State – Dec. 13
117(t). Ryan Silverfield, Memphis – Dec. 13
120. Jeff Hafley, Boston College – Dec. 14
121. Kalen DeBoer, Fresno State – Dec. 17
122. Danny Gonzales, New Mexico – Dec. 17
123. Willie Taggart, Florida Atlantic – Dec. 18

2020
124. Brady Hoke, San Diego State – Jan. 8
125. Mike Leach, Mississippi State – Jan. 9
126. Nick Rolovich, Washington State – Jan. 14
127. Dave Aranda, Baylor – Jan. 16
128. Todd Graham, Hawai’i – Jan. 22
129. Mel Tucker, Michigan State – Feb. 12
130. Karl Dorrell, Colorado – Feb. 23

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Source tells FootballScoop Mark Stoops is planning to hire Oregon receivers coach Jovon Bouknight.

Bouknight spent one season at Oregon; and had coached at Utah State from 2009-2018. Following the 2018 season he was set to go with Matt Wells from Utah State to Texas Tech before Mario Cristobal offered him the same role at Oregon.

From his Oregon bio:

Bouknight was a standout wide receiver at Wyoming where he concluded his career ranked 20th all-time in NCAA history for both career receiving yards (3,626) and career receptions (250). He also ranks second all-time in Mountain West history in each of those two categories.

One of the top wide receivers in Mountain West history, Bouknight remains one of Wyoming’s top pass catchers and is still the school’s all-time leader in both all-purpose yards (5,921) and kickoff return yards (2,016). He also ranks second in career receptions and third for receiving yards after catching at least two passes in all 47 games of his collegiate career. That streak remained a Wyoming record up until 2014.

Bouknight was among the nation’s best receivers as a senior in 2005 as he was named one of 15 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award. He also earned honorable mention All-America honors from College Football News and first team All-Mountain West accolades after hauling in 1,116 yards through the air. He ended that season ranked ninth in the FBS for average receiving yards per game (101.5), 10th in all-purpose yards per game (160.45), 11th in kickoff return average (27.75), 12th in average receptions per game (7.0) and 15th in total receiving yards.

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Texas: JW Walsh has joined the staff as an offensive analyst, per Max Olson of The Athletic. Walsh played quarterback for new ‘Horns offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich at Oklahoma State and coached running backs at Abilene Christian (FCS – TX) in 2019.

 

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Weeks later, Colorado fans are still butt hurt.
Coach Tucker goes to twitter with a AMA

some of my favorite questions, so far are
- When are you going to flee in the middle of the night to an SEC school?
- How do you sleep at night?
- How much did it hurt to completely abandoned your players, fans and donors when you high tailed it out of Boulder?
- Did you even know Colorado fans cared about football before you left and hurt their feelings?
- Why did you sneak out of Colorado? Do they trust you at Michigan?
- why did you screw over CU football and buff nation??

I have got to tell you, there hasn't been a game or even a practice & those Buffalo tears are pretty hilarious

 

 

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On 11/6/2018 at 9:33 PM, mulletpelini said:

Ferentz could go .500 for 3-4 years and not be on the hot seat.  See 2005-2007 and 2010-2012

Unless he does something like ignore his SC coach and how his players are being treated.  I'm seeing/hearing some talk about Ferentz has coached his last game at Iowa.  Stoops to Iowa?

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😂😂😂

REPORT: Jeremy Pruitt Fired Jimmy Brumbaugh During The Kentucky Game 

Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt reportedly canned an assistant coach as the Volunteers were playing Kentucky.  Defensive line coach Jimmy Brumbaugh was let go this past weekend after the Wildcats boat raced the Volunteers right off the field to the tune of 34-7.

Well, Pruitt reportedly didn’t even wait until the game was over to show Brumbaugh the exit. According to Kentucky Sports Radio, the assistant was fired while the game was happening.

You know things are going really poorly when a coach gets fired during a game. That’s simply a ridiculous situation.

I would love to know how the conversation went when Pruitt decided he’d had enough of Brumbaugh. Did he fire him at halftime in the locker room? Did he can him right on the sidelines? I have so many questions on how something like this can even happen.

It was also really cute to watch everyone pretend that Tennessee was finally good at football again. They’re definitely not.

The Volunteers are the definition of pretenders. When you get blown out by Kentucky, you know you have a lot of improving to do.

It sure sounds like Tennessee has a lot of problems on their hands. You hate to see it!

https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/22/report-jeremy-pruitt-fired-jimmy-brumbaugh-kentucky-game/

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😂😂😂

REPORT: Jeremy Pruitt Fired Jimmy Brumbaugh During The Kentucky Game 

Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt reportedly canned an assistant coach as the Volunteers were playing Kentucky.  Defensive line coach Jimmy Brumbaugh was let go this past weekend after the Wildcats boat raced the Volunteers right off the field to the tune of 34-7.

Well, Pruitt reportedly didn’t even wait until the game was over to show Brumbaugh the exit. According to Kentucky Sports Radio, the assistant was fired while the game was happening.

You know things are going really poorly when a coach gets fired during a game. That’s simply a ridiculous situation.

I would love to know how the conversation went when Pruitt decided he’d had enough of Brumbaugh. Did he fire him at halftime in the locker room? Did he can him right on the sidelines? I have so many questions on how something like this can even happen.

It was also really cute to watch everyone pretend that Tennessee was finally good at football again. They’re definitely not.

The Volunteers are the definition of pretenders. When you get blown out by Kentucky, you know you have a lot of improving to do.

It sure sounds like Tennessee has a lot of problems on their hands. You hate to see it!

https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/22/report-jeremy-pruitt-fired-jimmy-brumbaugh-kentucky-game/

Tennesee might be moving up the sunday practice rankings next week.

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this thread pops up and you get false hope

and not to thread hijack, but for those that want the P5 to break away look at the ridiculousness in the SEC SEC SEC with coaches getting fired a couple of games into their second year and assistants getting fired in the middle of games

you think that shit is getting out of control well get 65 of the top teams all restricted to playing each other and see that shit get amped up to 11 (or maybe to 110)

it will be insane

 

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😂😂😂

REPORT: Jeremy Pruitt Fired Jimmy Brumbaugh During The Kentucky Game 

Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt reportedly canned an assistant coach as the Volunteers were playing Kentucky.  Defensive line coach Jimmy Brumbaugh was let go this past weekend after the Wildcats boat raced the Volunteers right off the field to the tune of 34-7.

Well, Pruitt reportedly didn’t even wait until the game was over to show Brumbaugh the exit. According to Kentucky Sports Radio, the assistant was fired while the game was happening.

You know things are going really poorly when a coach gets fired during a game. That’s simply a ridiculous situation.

I would love to know how the conversation went when Pruitt decided he’d had enough of Brumbaugh. Did he fire him at halftime in the locker room? Did he can him right on the sidelines? I have so many questions on how something like this can even happen.

It was also really cute to watch everyone pretend that Tennessee was finally good at football again. They’re definitely not.

The Volunteers are the definition of pretenders. When you get blown out by Kentucky, you know you have a lot of improving to do.

It sure sounds like Tennessee has a lot of problems on their hands. You hate to see it!

https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/22/report-jeremy-pruitt-fired-jimmy-brumbaugh-kentucky-game/

So... all 17 points given in the first half were the results of turnovers (including 2 pick sixes), your offense nets 70 yards in the second half, and you fire your D line coach. Sure.

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Projecting college football's early coaching carousel spin

ByBRANDON MARCELLO 16 hours ago

Most college athletic departments will operate at a deficit over the next calendar year, making coaching changes even more difficult to consider following the football season.

Programs such as Ohio State are projecting as much as a $107 million deficit due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which canceled spring sports earlier this year and shortened football seasons this fall without full stadiums and ticket revenue this fall.

Still, coaches will be fired. Others will move on. Assistant coaches will be hired and fired. But will the coaching carousel spin as fast as previous years? Common sense tells us no. The ballooning salaries and buyouts of head coaches have finally caught up with athletic departments. The idea of spending $15 million or more to pay a coach to leave town is a non-starter for many programs, even those on the Power 5 level.

The war-game tactics employed by agents led to bigger paydays and more job security for their clients. Athletic directors and school presidents simply believed the cash would continue to flow into their coffers. Then a pandemic hit the globe. Schools are stuck. Voluntary pay reductions have helped alleviate some of the pressure, but for the most part those suffering are other employees in athletic departments, where lower-salaried workers have been laid off or furloughed while head coaches continue to rake in millions.

Athletic directors were seemingly voiceless in negotiations before the pandemic, and now they might be powerless when push comes to shove later this fall.

Still, changes will be made. The carousel will spin. After all, Southern Miss fired its head coach (Jay Hopson) just one week into the season.

Who should you keep your eyes on this year? Let's get into it.

DINO BABERS, SYRACUSE

It appears Dino Babers' 10-win season in 2018 was a glitch and not a starting point for the Syracuse coach. Babers is well on his way to his fourth losing season in five years coaching the Orange, which sits at 1-4 heading into a buzzsaw against No. 1 Clemson this week.

Babers would usually be on a hot seat, but his contract is almost iron-clad in this pandemic. He has at least four years remaining on the contract and the cost of a buyout should he be fired after the season is at least $17 million, according to Pete Thamel of Yahoo! Sports. Details of Babers’ contract are not readily available because Syracuse is a private school.

Expecting Syracuse to pay more than $20 million to make a coaching change this year seems far-fetched. The thinking here is a restructuring of Babers’ staff is more likely, but considering the offense coordinator (Sterlin Gilbert) and defensive coordinator (Tony White) are both in their first years, position coaches will be the first to go. That might not satisfy Orange fans, but that’s the reality the school faces entering the end of the year. The money just isn’t there to make a big change.

TOM HERMAN, TEXAS

It’s a mess at Texas, whether it’s the 2-2 start on the field or the controversy surrounding the team’s split opinions on whether to stay on the field for “The Eyes of Texas” after games (confused? check out this doozy by Chip Brown of Horns247). 

Either way, fans and big-time boosters are not happy. Tom Herman’s lone 10-win season in 2018 was supposed to be the sign of things to come, especially with Sam Ehlinger at quarterback, but the Longhorns have instead fallen short of expectations. How could the nation’s top per-game scoring offense have two losses in four tries? It’s not acceptable at Texas, where the money flows even during economic turmoil across the globe.

Herman’s buyout is $15.4 million, a price tag boosters will help pay to get rid of the coach if he finishes with four or more losses this season. Failing to win the Big 12, particularly when rival Oklahoma is winning it every year, is bad enough. Falling short of winning the title (and losing head-to-head) in a “down” year for the Sooners when you have what many thought would be a Heisman candidate in Ehlinger? That’s enough to make a change at the top.

The search likely begins with former Ohio State and Florida coach Urban Meyer. There's no definitive proof Meyer desires to get back into coaching, but Texas brass will probably do what they can to sway him. The FOX Sports analyst will demand a huge salary for him and his staff.

If not, why not go after Minnesota coach PJ Fleck? He will inspire fans at Texas and could be a huge win on the recruiting trail.

Candidates: Urban Meyer

GUS MALZAHN, AUBURN HEAD COACH

Auburn fans are not happy — again — but they have been through this song and dance before with Gus Malzahn. Some of them want a change. Some believe a chance could come. Boosters, as usual, are stirring.

This isn’t the year, Tigers. Changes are not coming. You will not have a new head coach for the 2021 season.

Malzahn’s buyout is $21.5 million, with half of that total due within 30 days. Auburn doesn’t have the cash on hand to make that happen. Unless superboosters Jimmy Rane (Yellawood) or Raymond Harbert step up with that kind of cash, Malzahn is safe through the 2021 season, when his buyout is still a gigantic $16.2 million.

Still, this season is no less disappointing for Auburn fans. Malzahn lost again to Georgia, which is on a four-game winning streak against the Tigers and a loss at South Carolina is not where a veteran head coach should be at one of the top-tier jobs in the SEC.

Auburn is 2-2 and is lucky to not be 1-3 after game officials missed what should have been a game-ending fumble by Bo Nix that would have resulted in an Arkansas win. The loss at South Carolina could be seen coming a mile away. Offensive coordinator Chad Morris hasn’t been impressive since he was at Clemson in 2014. His offense hasn’t averaged more than 21 points in three seasons coaching in the SEC, even at Auburn, where two elite receivers (Seth Williams and Anthony Schwartz), a breakout star at running back (Tank Bigsby) and a potentially above-average quarterback (Nix) are at his disposal.

More than likely, expect some changes to be made on the staff. Who wouldn’t be shocked if Malzahn takes over the offense (again) at some point this season? 

DEREK MASON, VANDERBILT HEAD COACH

It’s time for a change at Vanderbilt, but it’s difficult uncovering information about the future of the private-school program with a new athletics director and new inner circle in Nashville.

Vanderbilt could finish 0-10 this season, which is grounds for an immediate change, even at a cash-strapped athletics department. The details of coach Derek Mason’s buyout is not known but paying a coach $3.5 million to win one game or perhaps go 0-for is not what the Commodores expected in the seventh year of the Mason era. He has advanced to two bowl games but has yet to finish with a winning season.

Potential candidates: Clark Lea, Notre Dame defensive coordinator; Will Healy, Charlotte head coach

RICK STOCKSTILL, MIDDLE TENNESSEE

Rick Stockstill's worst season yet is not yet finished, but his career might be coming to an end at Middle Tennessee State.

The question is whether Middle Tennessee will pay the veteran coach a buyout of $5.8 million or if the parties could work out a deal. It might just be too much for MTSU to take on during these times.

Stockstill is 1-5 this season and hasn't won a conference title since his first season as the head coach in 2006. He has lost six games or more in each of the last three years and is on pace for a fourth straight six-loss season. He was smart enough to work out a sweet deal at Middle Tennessee, where he delayed pay raises to extend his deal through 2023. His deal did not rollover after losing eight games last season (he needs to win at least half of his games to get that sweet extension).

In a conference filled with parity and five different conference champions since the Blue Raiders joined the conference, MTSU has proven to be a middle-of-the-pack team in a league filled with up-and-comers (UAB, Marshall, FAU and Louisiana Tech).

Candidates: ???

JIM HARBAUGH, MICHIGAN

The easiest financial decision in Power 5 football might be made at Michigan if things go south in a hurry.

Jim Harbaugh is working with what amounts to a handshake deal with the Wolverines, which helps the athletics department as it will only owe the coach $6.4 million should they fire him after his fifth season. He has less than two deals remaining on his contract.

Harbaugh has the fourth-highest salary in the country at $8 million and a solid 47-18 record in five seasons, but he's 0-5 against Ohio State and only 3-2 against Michigan State.

Harbaugh and Michigan discussed a new deal but those talks were put on hold during the early days of the pandemic. He has not signed the extension as of this week. Michigan is facing a deficit of $26.1 million this year due to COVID-19, which has already led to 21 employees in the Michigan athletics department losing their jobs.

What Harbaugh has dealt with at Michigan is a quarterback problem. He has yet to have a stellar quarterback, and for a coach who built his career on being a quarterback genius, the last five years have mostly been a disappointment at the position for the Wolverines. He turns to Joe Milton, who never completed more than 50% of his passes in high school, according to 247Sports recruiting expert Barton Simmons.

Does an 0-6 record against Ohio State sink his Michigan career? Does he move back into the NFL waters?

Harbaugh's situation is a bit unpredictable, which makes it all the more intriguing to track at one of the top programs in the country.

Candidates: ???

CANDIDATE: STEVE SARKISIAN, ALABAMA OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

Steve Sarkisian's up-and-down career and personal life is reaching a new high at Alabama, where he may have rehabilitated his image to be considered for head coaching gigs elsewhere in college football.

Alabama’s offense is second nationally in scoring (48.5 points per game) and quarterback Mac Jones, a former 3-star signee, has pieced together some of the best numbers in the Power 5 with 380 yards per game and a passer rating of 220, which ranks first nationally.

Sarkisian’s dream job became a nightmare when personal demons derailed his career. His tenure at USC, his alma mater, lasted less than two seasons and he was fired after reports of him abusing alcohol surfaced in the fall of 2015. He got a second life as an analyst at Alabama, and then filled in for Lane Kiffin as the OC in the national championship in January 2017. He jumped to the NFL, where his Atlanta Falcons offense struggled and he was fired after two seasons. Saban re-hired him, this time as the offensive coordinator, starting with the 2019 season. Alabama’s offense has never been better, particularly in the passing game, over the last two seasons.

Sarkisian, however, is probably comfortable. He was in the mix for the head coaching gig at Colorado in the offseason, but was not a finalist. He recently was rewarded with a contract through Feb. 28, 2023, worth $2.5 million per year.

LUKE FICKELL, CINCINNATI HEAD COACH

Luke Fickell has Cincinnati in the top 10 with the team contending for a double-digit winning season for the third straight year. The former Ohio State assistant and interim head coach should be a hot name for any big job that come open in the offseason, though we may still be a year away from the former Buckeye finding a job that best suits him.

Michigan State was a potential landing spot in February but that didn’t materialize. Fickell agreed to a new deal with Cincinnati in August that will require him to pay $4 million is he leaves for another job before January. The buyout drops $500,000 in each subsequent year.

Simply put, Fickell will stick around until the right job pops up at the right time.

BARRY ODOM, ARKANSAS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR

The turnaround at Arkansas is one of the top storylines in the SEC this season. The failing defense of 2019 is suddenly one of the top three units in the conference with the addition of former Mizzou head coach Barry Odom calling plays.

Odom's defense is allowing only 25.5 points per game to rank 28th nationally after the unit ranked 124th (!) in 2019 under John Chavis. Total defense has improved from 110th to 46th as well.

His defense held Georgia to three points in the first half of the season opener and then picked off Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral six times and forced seven turnovers in a 33-22 victory last week.

Odom apparently picked up interest from other SEC programs in the offseason after landing at Arkansas, which resulted in a salary bump from $1.2 million to $1.3 less than four months on the job.

Might another SEC program try to seek Odom's services in the offseason? Alabama doesn't seem quite confident in Pete Golding, do they?

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Should You Fire Your Coach Midseason? A Statistical Breakdown

Pro sports teams aren't afraid to fire their coaches or managers in the middle of the season. Often times, this is simply done to send a message. But does it actually make the team better? Here, we look at the stats and find out.

By Jon Bois  Apr 10, 2012, 12:12pm EDT 

Politicians are voted out of office, CEOs are booted out at the behest of nervous shareholders, and the manager of Gadzooks gets demoted after failing to move the SNAPE KILLS TWILIGHT T-shirts or whatever, so it shouldn't surprise us that head coaches of pro sports teams get fired on a regular basis.

Isn't this very nature of leadership strange, though? Your coach is your unquestioned superior. He decides what the team looks like, who starts, who sits, and which plays are run. He is the Supreme Leader. And yet, his job is far less secure than yours, and it's likely that you will remain on the team longer than he will -- even if you and your teammates carry more of the blame for losing than he does.

Sometimes, executive management grows so impatient that it fires a coach in the middle of a season. At a base level, I've always found this difficult to understand, because: a) clearly, if management is making a personnel change at head coach, it believes the head coach position to be important, and b) in most cases, management is hastily filling the role with an offensive coordinator or third base coach who has never served in such a role.

I understand that the decision to fire a coach mid-season is often a public relations move, made to broadcast the message to players and fans that executive management is not satisfied with losing. But to treat this coach, who manages the team both strategically and emotionally, as a pawn in a PR game? It's weird.

I got curious, so I decided to try and find out whether, from a win/loss perspective, firing a head coach halfway through the season is a good idea. First, I counted up all the mid-season firings this century.

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I was careful not to count coaches who we know voluntarily resigned, such as Lou Piniella and Rudy Tomjanovich. Of course, sometimes "resigned" really means "forced out," so there were a few gray areas to sort out -- for example, I decided to include Stan Van Gundy, who technically resigned from the Heat, because some in the know suggest that he was indeed forced out by Pat Riley.

Here's a sport-by-sport rundown. I looked at, among other things, how the teams' winning percentages improved or declined after their coaches were fired. Most were a wash, as the numbers didn't vary in a significant way, or the change was made too early or late in the season for the numbers to say anything meaningful. A few, though, deviated enough for me to be able to call them "good firings" or "bad firings" strictly from an immediate win-loss perspective.

MLB

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Baseball teams have, on the whole, benefited from their decisions to can their coaches mid-season. The difference in winning percentage is only .021, which, over the course of an entire season, means about 3.4 games. If the team's making the switch halfway through the season, of course, that's only one or two games. If you're in a tight playoff race, that's huge. If you're sitting around .450, like most of these teams were, that isn't nearly as significant.

So usually, a mid-season firing doesn't affect a team negatively in the win-loss department, and the team gets to make a PR statement. Not bad.

Good firings: 17
Bad firings: 5
A wash: 17

Best mid-season firing: After Clint Hurdle staggered to an 18-28 start in 2009, the Rockies dumped him in favor of Jim Tracy, who went 74-42 and led them to the playoffs.

Worst mid-season firing: Jimy Williams had his 2001 Red Sox well over .500, but thanks to an August slump and a rough relationship with general manager Dan Duquette, Boston fired him and replaced him with Joe Kerrigan. After inheriting a 65-53 record, Kerrigan's Red Sox went 17-26 and fell out of the playoff race.

NFL

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Mid-season firings are relatively uncommon in the NFL. If an NFL team fires its head coach, it's a pretty sure bet that it wasn't going to the playoffs anyway, but on average, teams did win just a little bit more often. That might mean a difference between 4-12 and 6-10. That difference matters to fans.

Good firings: 3
Bad firings: 0
A wash: 17

Best mid-season firing: Wade Phillips enjoyed three winning seasons in Dallas, but the Cowboys started 1-7 in his fourth, and the Cowboys had no real choice but to fire him. Jason Garrett took the reins and went 5-3 the rest of the way to salvage some measure of respect for the team.

Worst mid-season firing: Honestly, almost no mid-season firings I found could be described as "bad firings," because by and large, the teams finished about as badly as they started. However, in 2000, Norv Turner led the Redskins to a 6-2 start before they dropped four of their next five. At 7-6, the Redskins dropped Turner in favor of Terry Robiskie. The team dropped two of its last three games and missed the playoffs.

NBA

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Good firings: 19
Bad firings: 6
A wash: 15

That "good firings" number is important. On the whole, as you can see, a mid-season firing has had virtually zero impact on an NBA team's win-loss record. The thing is, I did find 19 "good firings," which should indicate to you that the bad firings must have been really bad firings. In several cases, would-be playoff teams sunk like rocks as soon as their coaches were fired.

Best mid-season firing: In just two years, Jeff Bzdelik turned the Nuggets from a perennial loser into a playoff team. He started his third year with a 13-15 record, at which point he lost his job. The move probably seemed premature to some fans, especially after the team dropped 10 of its next 14 under interim coach Michael Cooper. However, the Nuggets then landed veteran coach George Karl, who led Denver to a 32-8 record the rest of the way.

Worst mid-season firing: With a 20-20 record, the 2006-07 Timberwolves were showing significant improvement, but the team fired head coach Dwane Casey in only his second season. Randy Wittman took over and the team immediately sunk in the standings, going 12-30 the rest of the way. Wittman retained the head coaching job in 2007-08 and went 22-60. Strangely enough, he managed to keep his job into the 2008-09 season, and was finally fired after a 4-15 start.

NHL

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Well, dang. Look at that. NHL teams are more willing to can their coaches mid-season than those in other leagues, and as it turns out, it looks like they're better at it, too. Of the 52 teams I counted, 15 actually ended up reaching the playoffs -- far more than I can say of MLB (four teams) or the NFL (zero). Of course, that's thanks in part to the NHL's inclusive playoff format, but said format simply underscores the importance between finishing at .475 and finishing at .525.

Good firings: 19
Bad firings: 4
A wash: 29

Best mid-season firing: Through two years and change under head coach Glen Hanlon, the Capitals were cellar-dwellers, and after a 6-14-1 start to the 2007-08 season, he was fired. Bruce Boudreau took the captain's chair, led the Caps to a 37-17-7 record the rest of the way, and transformed the team into a perennial playoff contender.

Worst mid-season firing: In 2004, the Phoenix Coyotes started 20-24-15-3 under Bobby Francis, at which point they fired him in favor of Rick Bowness. The Coyotes then took a nosedive, going 2-12-3-3 the rest of the way.

OVERALL

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So there you go. After lumping together the numbers from every sport, we have an especially large sample size, and the data indicates that, by and large, teams are just a little better after firing a coach.

The difference between .428 and .450 almost never means anything if you're gunning for the playoffs, but it does mean something if you're trying to send a message to your players and fans, or if you're getting your affairs in order for the long-term future. There is, of course, such a thing as a terrible mid-season firing. But if you're making the decision with a level head, in terms of both short-term and long-term stability, it's probably a win-win.

So yeah, every team should fire every coach immediately. Go! NOW!

https://www.sbnation.com/2012/4/10/2936696/head-coach-fired-stats

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