The move was announced on January 5. USC on November 30 made the announcement that most observers thought it should - Clay Helton is the head coach. Ironically, Florida fired Muschamp as head coach the morning after the Gators lost 23-20 in overtime to South Carolina. His first two seasons produced 1st-place finishes in the MWC Mountain division and the 2018 conference championship. He replaces Willie Taggart who was, somewhat surprisingly, let go by FAU on Saturday night, November 26. Rhule was 28-23 in 4 seasons at Temple, but 20-7 over the past 2 seasons with back-to-back division titles and the 2016 American Athletic Conference title. Long inherited the program from Hoke after the 2010 season when Hoke left to take the head job at Michigan. On Wednesday, December 23, Louisiana-Monroe announced Terry Bowden as its replacement for Matt Viator. 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. The move came after his 8th season in Morgantown produced a 3-4 finish after a 5-0 start. Martin was 25-74 in nine seasons with the Aggies as the school bounded from independent status to the Sun Belt and back to being an independent. His records in Ruston were 64-50 over-all and 43-27 in Conference USA. He was the OC and QB coach at Utah for two seasons before taking the Hornets' job. The Bruins became bowl eligible with a 30-27 season-ending win over California with offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch serving as interim head coach. It might not be as wild as last season, but the coaching carousel has begun. Chow had very little to work with at Hawaii and compiled a 10-36 record (4-25, Mountain West). North Carolina State offensive coordinator Eliah Drinkwitz was announced as the new head coach at Appalachian State on Thursday, December 13. No one is wrong to tout his accomplishments, but omitting the problems that occurred under his watch are akin to once again sweeping them under the rug. The Pirates limped home with a 5-7 record in 2015 to bring McNeill's records at his alma mater to 42-34 overall, 8-8 in American Conference games the last 2 seasons, and 24-10 in Conference USA games from 2010-2013. He was 37-26 in American Athletic Conference games. Wilson was 26-47 in 6 seasons with back-to-back bowl appearances in each of the last 2 seasons. To his credit, Freeze told reporters after Saturday's loss at New Mexico State, "I've communicated with Ian (McCaw, Liberty A.D.) that if someone ever wanted to talk to us that interested us, I would tell them." Coastal Carolina made its FBS debut in 2017 without its head football coach. Elliott was the interim head coach at South Carolina in 2015 after Steve Spurrier abruptly retired mid-season, but only managed to guide the Gamecocks to a 1-5 finish. He coached running backs at Oklahoma State prior to that, and also held positions with Southern Miss and Cal. At McNeese State, Viator was 77-33 in 10 seasons with 5 FCS playoff appearances and 3 first-round wins. He also broke the Big Ten record with 1,347 career punt return yards. It was later announced that Jerry Kill will replace Martin. 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. Virginia Tech defeated Tulsa 55-52 in that bowl game to send Beamer out with an overall record of 280-144-4, a mark which led all active FBS head coaches. His all-time NFL head coaching record is 54-74. Bennett was the winning interim coach for Pitt in the 2010 BBVA Compass (Birmingham) Bowl. A December 6 article on SFGate.com brought the allegations to light. Before taking the job in Mobile, Campbell had zero losing campaigns in 19 seasons as a head coach at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (won 2007 JUCO national title), Delta State (won 2000 D-2 title), and Central Arkansas (two FCS tournament bids). On Sunday (November 28), USC announced Lincoln Riley as its new head coach. 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. Franchione's Bobcats were just 3-9 this season, taking an expected step backward after a 7-5 campaign in 2014. On Monday, December 5, Cincinnati announced they had persuaded Satterfield to leave Louisville and move 100 miles NE to to replace Fickell. College Football Coaching Changes 2013. Things have officially gone full circle at Fresno State where Jeff Tedford on Wednesday (December 8) was hired for a second time to lead the Bulldogs. But, Kelly's departure could give that very same committee a pause for concern. Lashlee was Miami's offensive coordinator in 2020 and 2021 after previously serving as OC under Dykes at SMU in 2018 and 2019. Toledo on December 2 promoted offensive coordinator Jason Candle to head coach to replace Matt Campbell after Campbell filled the opening at Iowa State of the fired Paul Rhoads. Defensive line coach John Mumford assumed the role of interim head coach for the school's final 3 games and went 1-2. At Liberty, Freeze was 34-15 in four seasons and 3-0 in bowl games. The school also fired athletics director, Julie Herrmann, and named her successor, Pat Hobbs. Locksley's prior head coaching stint at New Mexico was a certifiable disaster as he produced a 2-26 record. Rolovich was 28-27 in 4 seasons at Hawaii with a 15-17 conference mark and a 2-1 record in bowl games. Temple fired Rod Carey after a 3-9 season on Monday (November 29). Under Monken, Southern Miss enjoyed a dramatic turnaround in 2015 with a 9-3 regular season before suffering losses in the CUSA Championship game and the Heart Of Dallas Bowl. LSU returned to the BCS title game at the end of the 2011 season, losing 21-0 to Alabama. Collins exited with records of 10-28 over-all and 7-19 in the ACC. 7 in the nation in total offense and 10th in scoring at 39.3 points per game. Defensive coordinator Zach Arnett was immediately named interim head coach for bowl season. But that success was never repeated and he was just 24-23 over the last four years, including an 0-3 mark in bowl games. His teams at Tennessee were 16-19 overall, 10-16 in SEC play, and 1-0 in bowl games. the Knights won a double-overtime thriller, sealing the deal with an interception on the Tigers' potential game-tying possession. It was the program's best mark under Campbell who was hired in 2018 to replace the architect of the program, Joey Jones. Stan Drayton was introduced as the new head coach at Temple on Thursday (December 16). He officially takes the reins as head coach on November 28. However, the SGGate.com article alleged its investigation concluded that a "not insignificant contingent of players" had no desire to play another game for Graham. He replaced John Mackovic at Texas in 1998 and won Big 12 conference titles in 2005 and 2009 and played for the BCS National Championship in both of those seasons, beating USC in the first and losing to Alabama in the second. Hawaii is coming off a 10-5 season in which it won the MWC West division title and defeated BYU in the Hawaii Bowl. Montgomery was 9-26 overall and 4-20 in American conference games. Akron fired Tom Arth on November 4 after he spent just 27 games as head coach. Sumrall has spent the past three seasons at Kentucky where he was recently promoted to defensive coordinator. Colorado fired Karl Dorrell on October 2 after an 0-5 start and a 8-15 mark in his 23 games in Boulder . He was 72-84 overall. Solich was 115-82 overall, 77-46 in the MAC. Meanwhile, Norvell's Nevada squad was 8-4 and he leaves Reno with a 5-year records of 33-26 overall and 23-17 in the MWC. Odom was the head coach at Missouri from 2016-2019 where he compiled records of 25-25 over-all and 13-19 in the SEC. Jones revitalized programs at Central Michigan and Cincinnati, leading to his hiring in Knoxville where his teams also showed improvement year-over-year until backsliding terribly in 2017. Hudspeth was 51-38 in 7 seasons, including 4-1 in the only bowl games the school has played in. Athletic Director Todd Stansbury was also let go and Frank Neville was named interim AD. On Sunday, December 4, Liberty hired Coastal Carolina's head coach Jamey Chadwell to the same position. Defensive coordinator Scott Stoker was announced as the interim head coach for the season finale at Troy on December 17 which was ultimately canceled due to Covid issues. Beamer was an assistant at South Carolina under Steve Spurrier from 2007-2010, coaching cornerbacks, linebackers and special teams. In four seasons with the Ducks, Cristobal was 35-13 over-all and 23-9 in conference games with a 2-2 bowl record. but had the interim tag removed on December 15 and became the official head coach. Heupel spent 3 seasons in Orlando leading the Golden Knights to a 28-8 record over-all, a 19-5 record in the American Conference, and a 1-2 mark in bowl games. Turner's firing came in the aftermath of a 53-14 loss to Central Florida that dropped the Golden Panthers' record to 0-4. 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. Pinkel, the winningest coach in school history, went 1-2 after the announcement and finished with a record of 118-73 in 15 seasons. Frost became Nebraska's next coach on December 2, immediately after UCF beat Memphis in the American Conference Championship game at UCF. Bill Clark has been more than the football coach at UAB. He spent the 2020 season as the DB coach with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. The announcement came on September 13, two days after a 42-28 loss at home to Stanford as a 17.5-point favorite. Derek Mason was fired on Sunday, November 29, one day after he played a significant role in college football history. He was 16-9 in the ACC, but 0-2 in bowl games. 122 Coaches Table; Rk Coach School Conf W L Pct Notes; 1: Dan Hawkins: After firing Taggart on November 3, Florida State installed defensive line coach Odell Haggins as interim head coach. He is 5-5 in bowl games. Graham's 12-year head coaching career at Rice, Tulsa, Pittsburgh and Arizona State has produced a 95-61 record. Over the next four years, Rice went 8-5, 5-7, 3-9 and now 1-11. Kinne, who just turned 34 the previous day, spent the 2022 season in his first head coaching gig leading Incarnate Word to a 10-1 regular season and he will stay with the Cardinals throughout their survival in the FCS Playoffs. That's the position he held last year with the Miami Dolphins where he had just been promoted to Assistant Head Coach on February 20. Polian's downfall seemed to be the lack of success in the conference as the Wolf Pack were just 14-18 in the MWC. Auburn officially announced his hiring late in the afternoon on Monday, November 28. At the time, 3 games remained in a 4-5 season. The Tifton, Georgia native spent 1 year as the safeties coach at Georgia Southern in 2006. The president ultimately resigned. Marshall on Sunday, January 17, announced the hiring of another Nick Saban disciple, Charles Huff, as head coach of the Thundering Herd. He was hired by Bobby Petrino as the Cardinal's QB coach the next season and rose to AHC and OC by 2008 under Steve Kragthorpe. Newberry replaces his former boss, Ken Niumatalolo who was fired on Sunday, December 11, the day after the Midshipmen lost to Army in overtime to fall to 2-5 in the last 7 meetings with their arch-rival. On March 1, Southern Miss announced Jay Hopson as Monken's successor. Alex Miller was named interim head coach and UMass lost to another FCS program in his first game, bowing 35-10 to Maine. Georgia State on December 8 hired South Carolina assistant Shawn Elliott as head coach to replace Trent Miles. Just a year ago, Florida played Alabama tough in the SEC Championship game, but the Gators lost virtually all of their skill players from that team and they were just 5-6 at the time of Mullen's dismissal. Almost simultaneous with Liberty's hiring of Chadwell was Coastal Carolina's announcement of NC State offensive coordinator Tim Beck as the new head in Conway, South Carolina. Cal on January 14 announced Justin Wilcox as its new head coach, replacing the fired Sonny Dykes. After Brohm announced he was leaving Western Kentucky, the school appointed defensive coordinator Nick Holt as interim coach for the Hilltoppers' Boca Raton bowl game against Memphis on December 20 which WKU won. Before Arizona's announcement of firing Rodriguez, the last empty seat on the 2018 coaching carousel had been filled on Monday December 18 when Kent State hired Syracuse's Sean Lewis to replace Paul Haynes. The dismissal "with cause" prevented Pruitt from receiving a buyout settlement, but will almost surely result in a lawsuit. Utah State named assistant head coach Frank Maile as interim head coach for the New Mexico Bowl where the Aggies rolled over North Texas 52-13. There have been two NFL head coaching changes. He replaces Lincoln Riley who promptly resigned on Sunday, November 28 and headed to Los Angeles to become head coach at USC. 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 fired from his post in Baton Rouge four games in to the 2016 season. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. He was 38-10 vs. conference foes. The move is more than a bit surprising, given that the Thundering Herd just played in the conference championship game for the first time since 2014. Overall, he was 24-25 in Tampa and 18-14 in the American Athletic Conference. For the 5 years he coached Appalachian State as a FBS team, Satterfeld was 47-16 overall and 34-6 in the Sun Belt. Coaching changes are an annual occurrence there have been 29 in the FBS ranks this cycle and with coaching changes come coordinator changes. Cornerbacks coach Kevin Whitley was appointed interim head coach after Lunsford's dismissal and went 2-6 after starting 1-3 under Lunsford. Poggi has very little college coaching experience, but yet has been given much credit in Michigan's success since his arrival last season. Defensive backs coach Cory Hall was given the interim head coaching tag and went 0-6. Wells left with a 44-34 record in his 6 seasons, including 10-2 this year. Gary Andersen is 63-70 in his career, including 7-9 since returning to the Aggies. Florida State won only 3 of its first 9 games. He replaced P.J. He was 26-22 with Philly, 2-14 with the '49ers. Frank Wilson was fired by UTSA on December 1 after a 4-year mark of 19-29 that included a 13-19 Conference record. There, he replaces Tim DeRuyter who was relieved of his duties on October 23 after the Bulldogs had registered just 1 win in 7 games. Edwards was 26-20 over-all record and 17-14 PAC-12 mark. Holliday's teams were 6-2 in bowl games, losing the last two. As a head coach at the FBS level, Cooper was 22-33 with just one winning season (7-4, Louisville, 1995). On January 8, Rocky Long stepped down as the head football coach at San Diego State and the administration quickly handed the reins to defensive line coach, Brady Hoke. Hawaii on January 21 announced it had hired Todd Graham as head coach. Indiana defensive coordinator, and former South Alabama DC from 2016-2017, Kane Wommack was announced on December 12 as the new head coach at South Alabama. He was 1-5 as the interim head coach of Maryland when Randy Edsall was fired in 2015, and he was 2-26 at New Mexico. He replaces interim head coach Matt Canada who served in that capacity in place of A.J. Georgia 's DC Dan Lanning was named on Saturday, December11 as the new head coach at Oregon. The move had as much to do with over-all sentiment surrounding the coach, as it did wins and losses, after the school came under investigation for hosting recruits during a "dead period" after the Covid-19 pandemic season. Also on Monday (November 29), Rhett Lashlee was announced as Sonny Dykes' replacement with SMU. On Wednesday, December 23, a 24-year career assistant landed his first job as a head football coach when Jedd Fisch was announced as Kevin Sumlin 's replacement at Arizona. Houston on December 9 promoted from within and named former Texas quarterback Major Applewhite to replace Tom Herman as head coach after Herman left to accept the job with, ironically, Texas. This past year's 8-4 mark was actually his second-best season with the Mountaineers. Old Dominion on December 9 landed Penn State offensive coordinator Ricky Rahne to succeed Bobby Wilder who resigned on December 2 after a 1-11 season.