2016-17 Coaching Carousel

[SmoothPancakes]

School
Former Coach
Reason
New Coach


:Baylor:
Art Briles
Fired (5/26)
Temple HC Matt Rhule


:LSU:
Les Miles
Fired (9/25)
DL Ed Orgeron


:FIU:
Ron Turner
Fired (9/25)
Butch Davis


:Purdue:
Darrell Hazell
Fired (10/16)
WKU HC Jeff Brohm


:Fresno_State:
Tim DeRuyter
Fired (10/23)
Jeff Tedford


:Georgia_State:
Trent Miles
Fired (11/12)
South Carolina OL Coach Shawn Elliott


:Texas:
Charlie Strong
Fired (11/26)
Houston HC Tom Herman


:Houston:
Tom Herman
Left for Texas (11/26)
OC Major Applewhite


:San_Jose_State:
Ron Caragher
Fired (11/27)
Ore. St. WR Coach Brent Brennan


:Nevada:
Brian Polian
Fired (11/27)
Arizona St. co-OC Jay Norvell


:FAU:
Charlie Partridge
Fired (11/27)
Alabama OC Lane Kiffin


:Oregon:
Mark Helfrich
Fired (11/29)
USF HC Willie Taggart


:Indiana:
Kevin Wilson
Resigned (12/1)
DC Tom Allen


:Cincinnati:
Tommy Tuberville
Resigned (12/4)
Ohio State DC Luke Fickell


:Western_Kentucky:
Jeff Brohm
Left for Purdue (12/5)
Notre Dame OC Mike Sanford


:Temple:
Matt Rhule
Left for Baylor (12/6)
Florida DC Geoff Collins


:USF:
Willie Taggart
Left for Oregon (12/7)
Charlie Strong


:Connecticut:
Bob Diaco
Fired (12/26)
Randy Edsall


:Minnesota:
Tracy Claeys
Fired (1/3)
WMU HC P.J. Fleck


:Western_Michigan:
P.J. Fleck
Left for Minnesota (1/6)
Purdue QB Coach Tim Lester


:Cal:
Sonny Dykes
Fired (1/8)
Wisconsin DC Justin Wilcox





Well, that didn't take long! LSU tells Les Miles to shove off! Ed Orgeron is the interim HC.

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[souljahbill]

Well, that didn't take long! LSU tells Les Miles to shove off! Ed Orgeron is the interim HC.

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Les and Cam Cameron needed to go. They have the most predictable offense on college football.

[cdj]

Les and Cam Cameron needed to go. They have the most predictable offense on college football.

I really thought Les staying last year would mean Cam would have to go. Instead, it just delayed the inevitable.

So what dominoes does this event start? Have to think LSU DC Dave Aranda (just came over from Wisconsin) might be coveted at a place like Notre Dame.

Early media speculation on LSU job centers on obvious names: Tom Herman, Art Briles, Bobby Petrino, Jimbo Fisher.

[SmoothPancakes]

Thanks for editing that in cdj. It's almost impossible to add a table via Tapatalk unless you have the entire code for tables memorized. The best I can do is pictures, videos, bold, underline and smilies. :D

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[cdj]

Lost in the LSU hoopla is FIU firing Ron Turner.

[baseballplyrmvp]

Look for clay Helton to get fired if he loses next game against Arizona state.

[cdj]

Darrell Hazell out at Purdue after 9-33 record in just over three seasons. WR coach Gerard Parker is the interim HC.

[cdj]

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[bdoughty]

The way Texas is playing today...

[bdoughty]

Goodbye Charlie.

[cdj]

Texas looks likely to open, LSU will probably also pursue Herman.

Despite an upset win today, I think Oregon fires Helfrich. Does Kingsbury survive at Texas Tech?

Will WMU's PJ Fleck be on the radar for a big job or will he move into a place like Houston?

[JeffHCross]

I expect Texas to throw everything at Herman and try to have him bring Major Applewhite with him. Which would be so awesome.

[bdoughty]

The waiting is the hardest part...

http://i.imgur.com/R7kXEU1.jpg

Meanwhile over at Shaggy Texas the Bag is back.

http://i.imgur.com/GuPdGhA.gif

[cdj]

Reports/rumors that Jimbo Fisher has turned down LSU and that Tom Herman may be hired by the Tigers by Saturday.

ESPN reporting that Charlie Strong might get another year at UT if they miss out on Herman:

Texas president Gregory Fenves' preference has been to keep Strong, sources told ESPN's Mark Schlabach, and the odds of Strong returning for a fourth season are expected to increase dramatically if Herman is no longer available. The Longhorns need to beat TCU on Friday to finish 6-6 and become bowl eligible.

[bdoughty]

Texas fans are now actively rooting for TCU to lay the wood to their beloved Longhorns. Even those who defended Charlie up to the Kansas debacle have given up on him. The city of Austin would implode if Herman took any job other than Texas. That is how low the program has gone.

Even in the darkest times as a Sooner fan (most of the 90's especially that year with Howard Schnellenberger) wanting OU to lose has never crossed my mind. For all my bitching about the Stoops brothers (mostly Mike) the lowest we have fallen is 8-5 on a couple occasions this century.

[cdj]

Baylor rumored to be locked on SMU's Chad Morris.

[cdj]

Ed Orgeron is no longer the "backup plan" and instead is the new head football coach of the LSU Tigers, a source confirmed to ESPN's Brett McMurphy on Saturday.

The school has scheduled a news conference for 1 p.m. ET. Orgeron's hiring was first reported by Football Scoop and The Advocate.

LSU had zeroed in on Houston coach Tom Herman, who remains a candidate to take over as coach of the Texas Longhorns amid speculation that Charlie Strong will be fired.

The source told McMurphy that LSU decided to go with Orgeron because it "wasn't going to be held hostage [while Herman negotiated with others]. ... In the end, they chose the guy who wanted the job and not the guy who wanted the money."

[morsdraconis]

Good for LSU. Don't let coaches hold you hostage and use you as a negotiating tool. Go with who you like first.

[cdj]

Charlie Strong officially out at Texas.

[steelerfan]

Charlie Strong officially out at Texas.
Apparently, Tom Herman in.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/report-texas-expected-to-announce-tom-herman-as-next-coach/amp/

[jaymo76]

Charlie Strong officially out at Texas.

I actually feel bad for him. He was treated like crap from day 1. Boosters walked away from the programme and taking personal shots; racism from the fans, etc. I am glad he gets to take an additional $10 from a programme that really doesn't deserve to win.

[cdj]

Apparently, Tom Herman in.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/report-texas-expected-to-announce-tom-herman-as-next-coach/amp/

Apparently they are not legally obligated by the state to have the job listed/opened for 14 days before any hires?

I hope Charlie got his office cleaned out before Tom walked in. Sheesh.

[morsdraconis]

I actually feel bad for him. He was treated like crap from day 1. Boosters walked away from the programme and taking personal shots; racism from the fans, etc. I am glad he gets to take an additional $10 from a programme that really doesn't deserve to win.

Yeah, that whole thing was gross and from what I hear from pretty much everyone, Strong is a super awesome guy and a really damn good coach. Lots of rumors about too many fingers in the cookie jar in Texas (mainly billionaire boosters). I'm sure Strong will land on his feet somewhere more deserving of a quality coach like it sounds like he is.

[bdoughty]

I actually feel bad for him. He was treated like crap from day 1. Boosters walked away from the programme and taking personal shots; racism from the fans, etc. I am glad he gets to take an additional $10 from a programme that really doesn't deserve to win.

He lost to freaking Kansas. Three straight losing seasons and two years with no bowl game cost him the job. They got worse each year. Do you honestly think that big time boosters would have let him get hired in the first place if they were, "walking away from the program?" Most Longhorn fans I know loved his hire. One booster, Red McCombs wanted Jon Gruden and bitched about it, then apologized for it a few days later. Guess who Red still wants to coach Texas? Jon Gruden.

Crying racism. :fp:

[bdoughty]

Yeah, that whole thing was gross and from what I hear from pretty much everyone, Strong is a super awesome guy and a really damn good coach. Lots of rumors about too many fingers in the cookie jar in Texas (mainly billionaire boosters). I'm sure Strong will land on his feet somewhere more deserving of a quality coach like it sounds like he is.

Those same boosters that had Mack Brown fired (yeah he "resigned" due to everyone in Austin wanting him gone). You know, the guy who won them a National Championship. His first three seasons were all 9 win seasons and his last three seasons were 8-5, 9-4 and 8-5 and went to three bowl games. ZOMG RACISM. Someone think of the poor old white dude that had one losing season in sixteen seasons.

I am starting to miss Ram, after these last few posts. Need a better place to discuss football, free of political correctness and white guilt.

[cdj]

Leverage to avoid heat/scrutiny or is he looking to get out before he can be fired this year or next?


Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly has reached out through representatives to explore coaching options outside Notre Dame, sources told Yahoo Sports.

Kelly just completed his seventh season as coach of the Fighting Irish, a 4-8 debacle that was the school’s second-worst record of the last 52 years. The disappointment was compounded by news Tuesday that the NCAA is vacating 21 Notre Dame victories in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons for academic misconduct involving eight players.

However, sources told Yahoo Sports that Kelly’s curiosity regarding other jobs was not spurred by the NCAA sanctions and predates that development. Although Kelly has come under fire from some Notre Dame fans this year, athletic director Jack Swarbrick has consistently stated that Kelly’s job is safe.

Notre Dame sources said Saturday night that Kelly has expressed no desire to leave the school.

Kelly’s seven-year record at Notre Dame is 59-31, with a 12-1 season in 2012 and a 10-win season in 2015. He is the school’s most successful coach since Lou Holtz resigned in 1996.

[steelerfan]

Personally, I don't want to see Kelly go.

[cdj]

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[cdj]

Reports that FAU has fired HC Charlie Partridge.

[cdj]

San Jose State fires Ron Caragher & Nevada lets Brian Polian go.

[cdj]

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May be wrong here, but I think the FIU OC job would be better for Hawk than the UC Davis HC job.

[cdj]

Helfrich out at Oregon.

[cdj]

Kevin Wilson out at Indiana over allegations of mistreatment towards injured players.


Indiana University will announce the dismissal of football coach Kevin Wilson at a news conference at 6 this evening, according to sources in the athletic department.

Sources have confirmed to IndyStar a team meeting is scheduled for 5:15 p.m.

In six seasons, Wilson led IU to two bowl berths and four-straight wins over Purdue, a streak unmatched since 1947.


EDIT - IU stating departure was a resignation/mutual decision. DC Tom Allen is the new head coach.

[JeffHCross]

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May be wrong here, but I think the FIU OC job would be better for Hawk than the UC Davis HC job.Hawk is from California, so that may have played a part.

[cdj]

Hawk is from California, so that may have played a part.

Yep...I later read he went to UC Davis, so now the hire/spot makes a lot of sense.

[cdj]

Footbal Scoop reporting that Tommy Tuberville will be stepping down at Cincinnati.

[cdj]

Western Kentucky's Jeff Brohm leaves for Purdue. Rumored to be 6-year, $20 million deal.

[souljahbill]

Western Kentucky's Jeff Brohm leaves for Purdue. Rumored to be 6-year, $20 million deal.

Purdue is where careers go to die.


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[cdj]

Purdue is where careers go to die.


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The best they can seem to hope for is another Joe Tiller.


Baylor rumored to going after Arkansas State's Blake Anderson. (Sorry, G.)

[gschwendt]

Baylor rumored to going after Arkansas State's Blake Anderson. (Sorry, G.)

After he himself suggested we were looking at the Cotton Bowl at the start of the season and then going 0-4 in OOC including an in-state FCS loss, fans are starting to sour on him. He's 3-11 in OOC, two of those against FCS. Not to mention, we'd get $2M for our troubles if he is hired away.

He made one, maybe two bad hires in the offseason, largely the new OC. We'd love a do-over at this point if we can get a Lincoln Riley type, though we'll be best if we can find a guy with ANY level of HC experience (Freeze & Malzahn only needed HS).

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[cdj]

Temple's Matt Rhule expected to be next coach at Baylor.

[cdj]

Oregon hires USF's Willie Taggart.

[bdoughty]

Temple's Matt Rhule expected to be next coach at Baylor.

Hiring a Penn State graduate that grew up in State College, PA to be the next head coach at Baylor.

http://i.imgur.com/38tFApr.jpg

It was apparently a culture fit hire. He learned from the best how to turn a blind eye to rape and they do love them some rape in Baylor. :drum:

[cdj]

San Jose State hires Oregon State WR coach Brent Brennan.

[cdj]

Nevada hires ASU assistant Jay Norvell.

Houston promotes OC Major Applewhite to HC.

[cdj]

Cincinnati hires Luke Fickell, USF hires Charlie Strong.

[morsdraconis]

Florida Atlantic hires Lane Kiffin.... Talk about a drop in prestige for Kiffin.

[cdj]

Florida Atlantic hires Lane Kiffin.... Talk about a drop in prestige for Kiffin.

He was in a spot where a) he was going to take any FBS job and/or b) he couldn't pass up being that close to Florida spring break locations.



WKU hires Notre Dame OC Mike Sanford.

[cdj]

As of now, all FBS jobs are filled (until Harbaugh leaves for the Rams) ;).

The Carousel now is among assistant coaches.

LSU lands Pitt OC Matt Canada and Oregon steals away DC Jim Leavitt from Colorado.

[cdj]

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[cdj]

Merry Christmas! UConn fires Bob Diaco.

[cdj]

UConn hires former coach Randy Edsall.

[cdj]

- 49ers fire Chip Kelly. Unless some ballsy AD makes a move this winter (A&M? Tennessee?), he'll likely be the #1 choice for schools next year. Should some big-name school struggle next year, ADs will be making firings mid-season in order to start courting Kelly.

The funniest (best?) possibility I saw was SF hiring Brian Kelly and Notre Dame then hiring Chip this offseason. That might be a win-win for everyone involved.

- Saw some media member from Michigan (IIRC) claim that WMU's PJ Fleck would have interest in the Minnesota job if it opened up. I thought Claeys did a good job at Minnesota this year, but maybe some boosters/admins might force him out based on the post-season rape incident/tweet of support in order to get the more exciting Fleck.

[cdj]

Minnesota fires Tracy Claeys, presumably to land (chase?) PJ Fleck.

[cdj]

- And Minnesota has reportedly landed PJ Fleck.

[cdj]

Cal fires Sonny Dykes.

Chip back in the Pac-12 already?

[cdj]

- Western Michigan hires Purdue QB Coach Tim Lester.

- Cal hires Wisconsin DC Justin Wilcox.


Until the next surprise firing, the Carousel is now over (for head coaching positions).


Nebraska hires former UConn HC & Notre Dame DC Bob Diaco as their new DC.

[cdj]

Steve Sarkisian reported to be leaving Alabama as OC (after one game as such; 0-1) to be OC for the Atlanta Falcons.

The 'fun' speculation is Chip Kelly as Bama OC.

[steelerfan]

Bye bye Big Game Bob.

[bdoughty]

Amazing record in his 18 years. I think it was the perfect time for him to retire and thankfully it was not Mike Stoops replacing him.

[bdoughty]

Rumor says he was diagnosed with heart disease a month ago, he is 56. His dad died of heart disease while coaching HS football at 54. I think he just put things in perspective which explains the odd timing of his stepping down.

[SmoothPancakes]

Well, start the carousel spinning again.

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[SmoothPancakes]

And Freeze is gone.

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[souljahbill]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2017/07/20/ole-miss-coach-hugh-freeze-called-number-tied-escort-service/498056001/


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