2018-19 Coaching Carousel

Printable View

School Former Coach Reason New Coach

:Bowling_Green: Mike Jinks Fired (10/14) Scot Loeffler

:Maryland: D.J. Durkin Fired (10/31) Alabama OC Mike Locksley

:Kansas: David Beaty Fired (11/4) Les Miles

:Louisville: Bobby Petrino Fired (11/11) App St HC Scott Satterfield

:Colorado: Mike MacIntyre Fired (11/18) Georgia DC Mel Tucker

:Charlotte: Brad Lambert Fired (11/18) Austin Peay HC Will Healy

:Texas_State: Everett Withers Fired (11/18) Jake Spavital

:UMass: Mark Whipple Fired (11/20) FSU OC Walt Bell

:Central_Michigan: John Bonamego Fired (11/23) Jim McElwain

:North_Carolina: Larry Fedora Fired (11/25) Mack Brown

:Western_Kentucky: Mike Sanford Fired (11/25) Tyson Helton

:Texas_Tech: Kliff Kingsbury Fired (11/25) Utah State HC Matt Wells

:Georgia_Tech: Paul Johnson Retired (11/28) Temple HC Geoff Collins

:East_Carolina: Scottie Montgomery Fired (11/29) James Madison HC Mike Houston

:Utah_State: Matt Wells Left for TTU (11/29) Gary Andersen

:Akron: Terry Bowden Fired (12/2) UT-C HC Tom Arth

:Kansas_State: Bill Snyder Retired (12/2) NDSU HC Chris Klieman

:Appalachian_State: Scott Satterfield Left for Louisville (12/3) NCSU OC Eli Drinkwitz

:Liberty: Turner Gill Retired (12/3) Hugh Freeze

:Ohio_State: Urban Meyer Retired (12/4) OC Ryan Day

:Temple: Geoff Collins Left for Georgia Tech (12/7) Miami DC Manny Diaz

:Houston: Major Applewhite Fired (12/30) WVU HC Dana Holgorsen

:Miami: Mark Richt Retired (12/30) Temple HC Manny Diaz

:Temple: Manny Diaz Left for Miami (12/31)

:West_Virginia: Dana Holgorsen Left for Houston (1/1) Troy HC Neal Brown

:Troy: Neal Brown Left for West Virginia (1/4)

11-04-2018, 06:38 PM
cdj

Kansas fires David Beaty, but he will coach out the remainder of the season.
11-11-2018, 08:24 PM
cdj

Bobby Petrino fired at Louisville, gets a $14M buyout.

Have to think top choices for Louisville are Jeff Brohm, Jeff Brohm, and Jeff Brohm.
11-12-2018, 01:19 PM
SmoothPancakes

Petrino was in the middle of his coach's show on TV when the news broke that he had been fired. Ouch.

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
11-13-2018, 08:40 AM
bdoughty

Is Louisville an upgrade over Purdue? The Big 10 West is winnable. The ACC Atlantic will be owned by Clemson for some time and after a HC firing, Florida St will get it's shit together.
11-14-2018, 05:09 PM
SmoothPancakes

Yeah, Northwestern proved that the Big 10 West is an open division. While Wisconsin and Iowa will remain the most likely candidates to win the division every year, a team can still manage to get through to the B10 CCG if they knock off Wisconsin or Iowa. Purdue has a much more favorable path to a CCG than Louisville will. It's not even Clemson anymore either. NC State is back to being decent, Florida State won't stay down for long, hell, even Syracuse and Boston College are good this year! Whether those two stay good remains to be seen, but they may have finally turned things around, so you may have them as a threat as well. Right now, Louisville will be lucky to finish higher than fourth or fifth in their division for at least the next couple years.
11-25-2018, 02:41 PM
bdoughty

Coach Bro is no mo.

http://www.espn.com/college-football...-losing-season
11-27-2018, 05:36 PM
cdj

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdoughty

Coach Bro is no mo.

http://www.espn.com/college-football...-losing-season

I don't follow TTU as closely since NU left the Big 12, but this seemed like a situation where some staff changes would be better than firing him. He didn't luck out like Helton (USC) and Malzahn (Auburn) where they kept their job if they shook up the staff.
11-28-2018, 07:07 PM
bdoughty

The problem with Kliff is no matter how good a QB coach he is and offensive coordinator, that does not equate to being a good head coach. His teams were wildly inconsistent. Only scoring 6 points against an average Kansas St team, that was the final blow. Tech needed a change. Just look at previous years. 2017 they only scored 3 points vs TCU and 13 against Iowa St, both times in Lubbock. 2016. Only scored 10 and 17 against WVU and Iowa St on the road. Don't feel bad for Kliff, everybody and their grandmother wants him to be their Offensive Coordinator.

I called it.

http://www.espn.com/college-football...sville-meeting
12-02-2018, 02:27 PM
cdj

Bill Snyder retires (again). Will KSU go back down to the bottom of CFB again?
12-03-2018, 02:06 PM
SmoothPancakes

Hopefully Kansas State can find a good replacement and either stay on the same level or improve.

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
12-04-2018, 06:48 AM
SmoothPancakes

I just got a breaking news notification on my phone that Urban Meyer is retiring and offensive coordinator Ryan Day will replace him. It hasn't shown up on ESPN or anything yet, so I wouldn't say it's confirmed, but it may be a matter of waiting for the official announcement.

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
12-04-2018, 06:50 AM
SmoothPancakes

OK, now it's showing up on ESPN. Urban will coach the Rose Bowl and step down after the game, with Ryan Day taking over head coach duties after the bowl game.

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
12-04-2018, 11:16 AM
SmoothPancakes

And word is Ryan Day has agreed to a 5 year contract as head coach of the Buckeyes. Ohio State wasted no time in locking him down under contract.

I'm gonna guess they already had Ryan Day pegged as Urban's replacement, even before there were any rumors and talks of Urban possibly stepping down over the next year or two. And he probably was going to be getting a lot of contact from other schools about their head coach vacancies, much like Tom Herman was, so they make the immediate move to keep him and sign him to a contract before anyone else can lure him away.

Not sure who else would have even been on the shortlist other than Ryan Day.

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
12-07-2018, 10:04 AM
cdj

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

And word is Ryan Day has agreed to a 5 year contract as head coach of the Buckeyes. Ohio State wasted no time in locking him down under contract.

I'm gonna guess they already had Ryan Day pegged as Urban's replacement, even before there were any rumors and talks of Urban possibly stepping down over the next year or two. And he probably was going to be getting a lot of contact from other schools about their head coach vacancies, much like Tom Herman was, so they make the immediate move to keep him and sign him to a contract before anyone else can lure him away.

Not sure who else would have even been on the shortlist other than Ryan Day.

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

Unless they went after Matt Campbell, I don't know who else they would have looked at either.
12-07-2018, 11:26 AM
SmoothPancakes

Quote:

Originally Posted by cdj

Unless they went after Matt Campbell, I don't know who else they would have looked at either.

Yeah, there's no names that really just jump out as being obvious short list candidates that Ohio State would have considered.

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
12-29-2018, 03:48 PM
cdj

Houston reportedly considering firing Major Applewhite and pursuing WVUs Dana Holgorson.
12-30-2018, 07:56 PM
cdj

Mark Richt retires at Miami.

RichRod rumored to be Ole Miss' new HC. Maybe he should hold off and see if Holgorson leaves for Houston? He might be in position for his old job.
01-01-2019, 11:24 AM
cdj

Holgorsen reportedly leaving WVU for Houston with a five-year $20M deal.
01-03-2019, 09:57 AM
SmoothPancakes

So was Holgorsen expecting to be fired at some point from WVU? I'm still surprised at this, since going from West Virginia and the Big 12 to Houston and the AAC seems sort of a step down for him.

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
01-03-2019, 06:13 PM
steelerfan

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

So was Holgorsen expecting to be fired at some point from WVU? I'm still surprised at this, since going from West Virginia and the Big 12 to Houston and the AAC seems sort of a step down for him.

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

I have no idea if he was expecting to be fired but it could be a move to jumpstart his career. If he can go win alot at UH he could get a real Power 5 job (compared to WVU).
01-05-2019, 09:15 PM
cdj

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes

So was Holgorsen expecting to be fired at some point from WVU? I'm still surprised at this, since going from West Virginia and the Big 12 to Houston and the AAC seems sort of a step down for him.

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

My guess was that he either felt it was time for a change of scenery and/or he was tired of the challenges there. At WVU, his best QB was a UF transfer who didn't even play the bowl game. Now he can basically walk across the street for talent in Texas.

WVU hires Neal Brown of Troy. His teams weren't flashy, but productive. They were 31-8 in his last three years there with wins at LSU and Nebraska.

School	Former Coach	Reason	New Coach
:Bowling_Green:	Mike Jinks	Fired (10/14)	Scot Loeffler
:Maryland:	D.J. Durkin	Fired (10/31)	Alabama OC Mike Locksley
:Kansas:	David Beaty	Fired (11/4)	Les Miles
:Louisville:	Bobby Petrino	Fired (11/11)	App St HC Scott Satterfield
:Colorado:	Mike MacIntyre	Fired (11/18)	Georgia DC Mel Tucker
:Charlotte:	Brad Lambert	Fired (11/18)	Austin Peay HC Will Healy
:Texas_State:	Everett Withers	Fired (11/18)	Jake Spavital
:UMass:	Mark Whipple	Fired (11/20)	FSU OC Walt Bell
:Central_Michigan:	John Bonamego	Fired (11/23)	Jim McElwain
:North_Carolina:	Larry Fedora	Fired (11/25)	Mack Brown
:Western_Kentucky:	Mike Sanford	Fired (11/25)	Tyson Helton
:Texas_Tech:	Kliff Kingsbury	Fired (11/25)	Utah State HC Matt Wells
:Georgia_Tech:	Paul Johnson	Retired (11/28)	Temple HC Geoff Collins
:East_Carolina:	Scottie Montgomery	Fired (11/29)	James Madison HC Mike Houston
:Utah_State:	Matt Wells	Left for TTU (11/29)	Gary Andersen
:Akron:	Terry Bowden	Fired (12/2)	UT-C HC Tom Arth
:Kansas_State:	Bill Snyder	Retired (12/2)	NDSU HC Chris Klieman
:Appalachian_State:	Scott Satterfield	Left for Louisville (12/3)	NCSU OC Eli Drinkwitz
:Liberty:	Turner Gill	Retired (12/3)	Hugh Freeze
:Ohio_State:	Urban Meyer	Retired (12/4)	OC Ryan Day
:Temple:	Geoff Collins	Left for Georgia Tech (12/7)	Miami DC Manny Diaz
:Houston:	Major Applewhite	Fired (12/30)	WVU HC Dana Holgorsen
:Miami:	Mark Richt	Retired (12/30)	Temple HC Manny Diaz
:Temple:	Manny Diaz	Left for Miami (12/31)
:West_Virginia:	Dana Holgorsen	Left for Houston (1/1)	Troy HC Neal Brown
:Troy:	Neal Brown	Left for West Virginia (1/4)