2015-16 Coaching Carousel

School	Former Coach	Reason	New Coach
:Illinois: Illinois	Tim Beckman	Fired (8/28)	OC Bill Cubit
:North_Texas: North Texas	Dan McCarney	Fired (10/10)	North Carolina OC Seth Littrell
:Maryland: Maryland	Randy Edsall	Fired (10/11)	Michigan DC D.J. Durkin
:USC: Southern Cal	Steve Sarkisian	Fired (10/12)	OC Clay Helton
:South_Carolina: South Carolina	Steve Spurrier	Retired (10/12)	Auburn DC Will Muschamp
:UCF: UCF	George O'Leary	Retired (10/25)	Oregon OC Scott Frost
:Miami: Miami	Al Golden	Fired (10/25)	Georgia HC Mark Richt
:Minnesota: Minnesota	Jerry Kill	Retired (10/28)	Minnesota DC Tracy Claeys
:Virginia_Tech: Virginia Tech	Frank Beamer	Retiring (11/1)	Memphis HC Justin Fuente
:Hawaii: Hawai'i	Norm Chow	Fired (11/1)	Nevada OC Nick Rolovich
:Missouri: Missouri	Gary Pinkel	Retiring (11/13)	DC Barry Odom
:UL_Monroe: UL-Monroe	Todd Berry	Fired (11/14)	McNeese State HC Matt Viator
:Iowa_State: Iowa State	Paul Rhoads	Fired (11/22)	Toledo HC Matt Campbell
:Syracuse: Syracuse	Scott Shafer	Fired (11/23)	Bowling Green HC Dino Babers
:Tulane: Tulane	Curtis Johnson	Fired (11/28)	Georgia Southern HC Willie Fritz
:Memphis: Memphis	Justin Fuente	Left for Virginia Tech (11/29)	Arizona State OC Mike Norvell
:Toledo: Toledo	Matt Campbell	Left for Iowa State (11/29)	OC Jason Candle
:Virginia: Virginia	Mike London	Resigned (11/29)	BYU HC Bronco Mendenhall
:Rutgers: Rutgers	Kyle Flood	Fired (11/29)	Ohio State DC Chris Ash
:Georgia: Georgia	Mark Richt	Fired (11/29)	Alabama DC Kirby Smart
:East_Carolina: East Carolina	Ruffin McNeill	Fired (12/4)	Duke OC Scottie Montgomery
:BYU: BYU	Bronco Mendenhall	Left for Virginia (12/4)	Oregon State AHC/DC Kalani Sitake
:Bowling_Green: Bowling Green	Dino Babers	Left for Syracuse (12/5)	Texas Tech AHC/RB coach Mike Jinks
:Georgia_Southern: Georgia Southern	Willie Fritz	Left for Tulane (12/11)	Colorado State DC Tyson Summers
:Texas_State: Texas State	Dennis Franchionne	Resigned/Retired (12/22)	James Madison HC Everett Withers
:Ball_State: Ball State	Pete Lembo	Left for Maryland [AHC/ST] (12/22)	Saints QB coach Mike Neu
:UTSA: UTSA	Larry Coker	Fired (1/5)	LSU RC/RB coach Frank Wilson
:Southern_Miss: Southern Miss	Todd Monken	Left for Tamp Bay OC (1/24)	Alcorn State HC Jay Hopson
:Illinois: Illinois	Bill Cubit	Fired (3/6)	Lovie Smith

Randy Edsall was fired on Sunday. OC Mike Locksley will be the interim coach.

Sark wasn't on the hot seat long. He gone!

Sarki fell off the wagon. Checked into rehab today according to SB Nation.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier is retiring per source.

— Thayer Evans (@ThayerEvansCR) October 13, 2015

Damn. According to ESPN, it's immediately. An interim coach will be named Wednesday morning.

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South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier is retiring per source.

— Thayer Evans (@ThayerEvansCR) October 13, 2015

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Translation: Steve, you suck this season. Retire or you will be fired. Choose now!

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

Sarki fell off the wagon. Checked into rehab today according to SB Nation.

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IMO, it seemed like USC leaked some of the sordid details of Sark's issues to 1) justify firing him to possibly save Haden's job and 2) get Sark out of there following a very underachieving start to the season. I thought it was pretty tacky for the media (some in CA, some national) to be sharing those details. The guy has already been through enough and is trying to resolve his issues.

Haden is stepping down anyway after the season for health reasons.

He's had a rough past 6 months. Went through a divorce. Wife (now ex) got full custody of the kids, now lost his dream job. Hope he takes rehab seriously.

Last year, the carousel thread didn't start until 11/16 :D

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Originally Posted by JBHuskers

Last year, the carousel thread didn't start until 11/16 :D

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Technically, we could/should have started it on 8/28 with Illinois firing Tim Beckman.

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Technically, we could/should have started it on 8/28 with Illinois firing Tim Beckman.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU_EMA87Fv8

UCF beats Miami....in changing their coach first today.

Coach Kill announced today that he is retiring effective immediately due to health reasons. Tracy Claeys has been named interim head coach.

— Minnesota Football (@GopherFootball) October 28, 2015

Frank Beamer to retire at the end of the season.

Norm Chow fired at Hawai'i.

Name I'm hearing could be in play at Maryland: JMU's Everett Withers. Knows the Big Ten.

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) November 2, 2015

Minnesota removes interim tag from DC Tracy Claeys. He signs a 3-year deal worth $1.4M a year.

Reports that Missouri's Gary Pinkel will be stepping down at the end of the year.

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Reports that Missouri's Gary Pinkel will be stepping down at the end of the year.

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sadly sounds like he has cancer

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sadly sounds like he has cancer

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Trying to remember off the top of my head, but lymphoma if I remember right. Got diagnosed with it back in May. I guess the season ended up being more wear on him post-diagnosis than he expected or thought. Still sad all the way around. He had a hell of a career, sad to see it cut short early like this.

UL-Monroe has fired Todd Berry.

Rumors that Charlie Strong is interested in the Miami job.

We've reported UM people are under impression Texas coach Strong interested in UM job.Fox's Feldman now reporting Strong indeed interested.

— Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz) November 17, 2015

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Rumors that Charlie Strong is interested in the Miami job.

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That tells me either he's got a strong chance of being fired after this season or that there are too many people sticking their noses into his business at Texas. It's certainly not a step-up for him.

If true, that was a quick kick in the ass out of town!

Not too surprising. They've had a pretty big letdown season after going 7-5 last year.

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Not too surprising. They've had a pretty big letdown season after going 7-5 last year.

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Apparently the rumors are false. A UTSA troll decided to post that info... apparently he changes his twitter name every so often and pulls the same sort of stunt.

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Apparently the rumors are false. A UTSA troll decided to post that info... apparently he changes his twitter name every so often and pulls the same sort of stunt.

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That's awesome! Kudos to that young man. #Rivalry :up:

Sounds like Houston is going to up Tom Herman's salary to $3M a year in order to try and retain him.

Smart move.

Iowa State has fired Paul Rhoads.


The move comes a day after Rhoads’s Cyclones blew a 21-point halftime lead to Kansas State, including allowing two touchdowns in the final 42 seconds, to fall 38–35. The defeat dropped Iowa State to 3–8 on the season and 2–6 in Big 12 play.

Rhoads was 32–54 in nearly seven seasons in Ames. After a 7–6 debut campaign in 2009, capped by an Insight Bowl victory over Minnesota, Rhoads never had another winning season. The program took a downturn over the past three seasons, winning just eight combined games. Iowa State failed to win a conference game last season.

The Cyclones got off to a decent start in 2015, winning two of their first four games. They also got a surprising 24–0 victory over Texas on Oct. 31. However, those occasionally bursts of success were surrounded by setbacks, and Iowa State failed to hang on to late leads in each of its past two games. The Cyclones led then-undefeated Oklahoma State 31–21 entering the fourth quarter before allowing the Cowboys to come back with two late touchdowns to win.

So, word is coming out that USC is prepared to spend $8-10 million for their next head coach. I like this.

Reports are saying LSU may be giving Les Miles the boot within two weeks. His $15 million buyout apparently won't hinder their decision.

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So, word is coming out that USC is prepared to spend $8-10 million for their next head coach. I like this.

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Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

Reports are saying LSU may be giving Les Miles the boot within two weeks. His $15 million buyout apparently won't hinder their decision.

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Coincidental that these come out the same day...hmmmmm

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Originally Posted by psuexv

Coincidental that these come out the same day...hmmmmm

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You might even say scripted? [emoji14]

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Originally Posted by psuexv

Coincidental that these come out the same day...hmmmmm

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USC does NOT want Les Miles if they're smart.

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Reports are saying LSU may be giving Les Miles the boot within two weeks. His $15 million buyout apparently won't hinder their decision.

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If they think they can make another hire with the success of Saban and Miles, they might be sadly mistaken.

Some rumors they may pursue Jimbo Fisher.

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If they think they can make another hire with the success of Saban and Miles, they might be sadly mistaken.

Some rumors they may pursue Jimbo Fisher.

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That's a lateral move. There's nothing USC can offer that FL St. can't match.

Les miles isn't being pursued. After the terrible hires of Sark and kiffin, we're going after a big name. Miles? No way. He's little league compared to the names being thrown around.

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Les miles isn't being pursued. After the terrible hires of Sark and kiffin, we're going after a big name. Miles? No way. He's little league compared to the names being thrown around.

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Damn, he did win a national championship. That USC arrogance is back baby, I hope you end up with some Chip Kelly sloppy seconds.