The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy, resulting in a split national championship. 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. 
Carey's over-all record is 64-50. Sam Robinson, who has covered sports for nearly a decade, is based in Kansas City, Missouri. In all, Leach spent 8 years with the Cougars who hired him 3 years after he had been fired by Texas Tech. Once in a while a school does the right thing. The former Iowa defensive back (1982-1985) spent last season as the wide receivers coach at Arizona State. UNLV announced on November 25 that the season-ending game at rival Nevada would be the last for Tony Sanchez as head coach, and the Rebels went out and won that game, 33-30 in OT. His 3-year stint in Austin failed to show improvement in wins and losses, though most will agree that the program was left in much better shape than when he arrived. On March 1, Southern Miss announced Jay Hopson as Monken's successor. On January 13, Western Michigan announced its new head coach would be its own star quarterback from the late 90's, Tim Lester. FAU defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer was interim head coach for the Owls in their 52-28 romp at home over SMU in the Boca Raton Bowl. Arizona completed a 7-6 season with a loss to Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl. In fact, Zach Smith was a Graduate Assistant under Meyer at Florida in 2009 when the first instance of abuse came to light - shoving his pregnant wife against a wall. Pruitt will reportedly stay on with the Tide through their Final Four playoff run while simultaneously handling his new UT head coaching duties. Central Michigan last won its division in 2009 when the Chips defeated Ohio in the conference champion game. Campbell becomes just the second head coach in the short history of the football program which Joey Jones helped launch in 2009. AP MVP: Peyton Manning, Steve McNair. 
Suffice it to say, it's a clouded legacy that Meyer leaves behind. USC on November 30 made the announcement that most observers thought it should - Clay Helton is the head coach. Appalachian State named defensive line coach Mark Ivey the interim head coach for the bowl season. He also "played a role in overseeing special teams". Miami beat Oklahoma, a Wishbone team, in three straight seasons; the third conquest secured the 1987 national title. West Virginia 4, 35. He also guided the program to the MAC Championship game last season (lost to Toledo). Lanning spent the last four seasons on Kirby Smart's staff, beginning as outside linebackers coach in 2018. Administrators said they were irked by McElwain's unsubstantiated comments that family members and players had received death threats. Sixteen jobs came open in 2019, twenty-five FCS jobs came open in 2018, 24 in 2017, 15 in 2016. Regardless, the administration had stood by Graham and the coach, in a statement, said he was not forced out but was stepping aside for the good of the program and his own health. The Hogs have lost 19 consecutive SEC games. Miles was dismissed on November 12 after a 37-23 loss to UL-Monroe dropped the Panthers to 2-8. The Roadrunners were 22-26 in 4 seasons as a Football Bowl Subdivision school after going 4-6 in 2011 as a Football Championship Subdivision independent. There have been 26 FCS head coaching changes so far this season. There were 21 FCS coaching changes after last fall. After the 2020 season, there were six head coaching changes, 16 changes following 2019, 25 in 2018, 24 in 2017, and 15 in 2016. There have been 23 Division II head coaching changes. Ash was just 8-32 in his tenure, including a 3-26 record in Big Ten play. There have been 23 coaching changes in the FBS to date. Cristobal played offensive tackle for Jimmy Johnson and Dennis Erickson 1989-1992, and coached under Butch Davis (1998-2000) and Larry Coker (2004-2006). Overall, the Kansas native spent 30 seasons as a head coach at various levels, most notably at TCU, Alabama and Texas A&M. His 2006 team made it to the NCAA Championship, losing 28-17 to Appalachian State. 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. The former Hampton walk-on (2001-2005) has also spent time as an assistant with Penn State and Mississippi State, among other institutions. Luke first took the reins as the interim head coach for the 2017 season after Hugh Freeze resigned just 44 days before the 2017 opener. From Yale's Walter Camp to Alabama's Nick Saban, here are eight whose innovations or achievements have significantly impacted the sport over the past 15 Rankings given are AP poll positions at time of game. With the Gators, Spurrier went 122-27-1 and a remarkable 87-12 in the SEC. The former TCU offensive coordinator under Gary Patterson has served as the head coach of Memphis for the last 4 seasons where he quickly turned the program around. Under Spanos, the Huskies went 1-9 with the only victory against FCS member Yale. Lembo was 33-29 in 5 seasons at the Muncie, Indiana school, but the Cardinals backslid to 5-7 in 2014 and just 3-9 in 2015. Shawn Clark wasn't the interim head coach for long at Appalachian State. Florida State won only 3 of its first 9 games. Two days later, Randy Edsall was announced as the not-so-new hire. That move came just 3 days after Claeys was fired. He has been the head coach at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville since 2019. At the FCS level, there were six head coaching changes last fall. It was announced on the school's website on Thursday (December 9) that Mike MacIntyre is the new head coach at FIU. Helfrich had been promoted from OC when Chip Kelly left for the NFL. Brown was 69-46-1 in 10 seasons at North Carolina from 1988-1997, but never won an ACC title. His career mark is 76-48 and he is 4-1 in bowl games. On Sunday, December 5, Louisiana promoted from within and announced Michael Desormeaux as its new head coach, effective immediately. On December 10, 2016, he was the head coach at USF. After his inaugural team went 8-4 in the 2019 regular season, that team was clobbered 55-13 by North Carolina in the Military Bowl and the Owls proceeded to lose 15 of their next 19. The professional game owes much of its success to the foundation built by the college sport. Morris spent 3 seasons as the head coach at SMU, following a 4-year stint as the offensive coordinator at Clemson. READ MORE: 10 African American Pioneers in Sports. His first two seasons produced 1st-place finishes in the MWC Mountain division and the 2018 conference championship. He was hired at South Carolina in 2005 where he undeniably elevated the program's level of competitiveness, but was unable to deliver a conference title and the Gamecocks won only 1 division title during his 10 full seasons in Columbia. Karl Dorrell was named head football coach for Colorado on Sunday (February 23), replacing Mel Tucker who resigned on February 11 to fill the same position at Michigan State which became available when Mark Dantonio stepped down on February 4. He spent the 2020 season as the DB coach with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. He's a Miami, Florida native. Overall, he was 24-25 in Tampa and 18-14 in the American Athletic Conference. Johnson was 15-34 in 4 seasons, including a 7-6 mark and a New Orleans Bowl loss in 2013 that stands as the only winning season for the Green Wave since 2002. Each bar in the graph can be clicked to reveal Campbell was 35-15 in 4 seasons with Toledo, including 9-2 this year. He had a standout 10-2 season in 2005, but four seasons of either 7-6, 6-6 or 6-7. Johnsons speed merchants were especially adept at stopping teams that used the Wishbone offense, a run-based attack. Though the Temple post is his first as a head coach, the Owls may well have knocked this one out of the park. The college football world was shocked June 7 by the announcement that 56-year-old Bob Stoops is retiring as head coach at Oklahoma, effective immediately. 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Hudspeth was fired on Sunday (December 3) after a 5-7 season. In all, Rutgers was 27-24 overall during his tenure and 12-19 in conference games. Charlotte, a team projected to go 4-8 over-all and 3-5 in CUSA this season, fired head coach Will Healy on Sunday (October 23) after a 35-14 loss at home to FIU dropped the 49ers to 1-7, 0-4. He is 95-61 over-all, including 31-23 in conference games. The game clock will start on all kickoffs once touched in the field of play, repealing a rule change adopted in the 1997 season where the clock started on the kick (except during the final 2:00 of each half). Army became the first team in NCAA Division I-A football modern history to finish the season 013. Sanders will stay on to coach the Tigers in the Celebration Bowl on December 17. Polian's downfall seemed to be the lack of success in the conference as the Wolf Pack were just 14-18 in the MWC. USC's No. Sanchez finished his tenure with a 19-41 overall record in 5 seasons and had a conference mark of 12-27. Running backs coach and special teams coordinator Greg Knox led the Bulldogs to a win over Louisville in the TaxSlayer Bowl. Former Hawaii quarterback and assistant coach, Nick Rolovich, was announced November 27 as the new head coach of Hawaii in 2016. Hunter Yurachek was named the new Director of Athletics earlier in the day, leaving his Houston post where he was the Assistant Director of Athletics. Leonhard is in his seventh season on Wisconsin's coaching staff. YW1lKCJzY3JpcHQiKVswXTsgcy5hc3luYyA9IHRydWU7CiAgICAvLyBsb2Fk Cristobal's promotion by Oregon was somewhat surprising as his only previous head coaching experience was at FIU from 2007-2012 where he was 27-47 over-all, 20-26 in the Sun Belt, and 1-1 in bowl games. The Oklahoma website on Monday morning, December 6 announced Clemson defensive coordinator, and former Sooners DC, Brent Venables as its new head coach. The NCAA also cited numerous violations by Freeze and his staff from October 2012 to January 2016 and leveled the most serious charge of lack of institutional control. Over-all, he has spent 29 years as an assistant, almost exclusively coaching running backs. Miles was forced out by Kansas on March 8, and athletic director Jeff Long' agreed to depart two days later. cG9XSlVIbnFWemRFYTd3JmFtcDtndG1fcHJldmlldz1lbnYtMSZhbXA7Z3Rt Solich was 115-82 overall, 77-46 in the MAC. But that team ended its season with a blowout 62-17 loss to Clemson and a 36-28 loss to Florida in the Orange Bowl to drop to 9-5. The problem was that in the last 3 years he was 10-16 in PAC-12 games, 0-3 vs. USC, and just 17-19 over-all. He was 96-54 in 12 seasons with a conference mark of 65-40. Six national championships in 12 years place Saban-led Alabama on its own tier among modern programs. The Chanticleers were 10-2 in a transition season in 2016. However, the Terps fizzled down the stretch and finished the season 5-7. Applewhite was serving under Herman as offensive coordinator, and since he was already on the staff, will take over immediately and lead the Cougars against San Diego State in the Las Vegas Bowl. bS9ucy5odG1sP2lkPUdUTS1NRjZQWFhDJmFtcDtndG1fYXV0aD1LaEg2aGVD He has a 1-2 bowl record with the school. Hammock has been the NFL Baltimore Ravens' running backs coach since 2014 and the team ranked 2nd in the league in rushing yards per game this past season. He was the OC and QB coach at Utah for two seasons before taking the Hornets' job. Although USC, then 111, finished ranked No. Y29tc2NvcmUgPSBfY29tc2NvcmUgfHwgW107CiAgX2NvbXNjb3JlLnB1c2go Holgorsen was the OC and QB coach under Kevin Sumlin in 2008-2009 when Case Keenum threw for over 10,600 yards in two seasons with 88 TD passes. Edwards hasn't coached a down of football in any capacity since he last served as head coach of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs from 2006-2008. Lester had a respectable 6-year mark of 37-32, including 26-20 in MAC games. Before returning to Columbia for the 2015 season, Odom spent 3 years under Justin Fuente at Memphis. News of Gary Andersen returning to Utah State originally broke on Sunday, December 9 and he was officially introduced as the 'new' head coach two days later. On Saturday (November 27), Doug Martin led New Mexico State to a 44-27 win over UMass in what turned out to be his final game. Prior to his stint with the Longhorns, Drayton coached running backs for the Chicago Bears (2015-2016) after logging four years at Ohio State for Luke Fickell and Urban Meyer. Phil Bennett, who was hired last year a defensive coordinator, was the interim head coach for the 35-32 loss in the Frisco Bowl on December 17 against Boise State. The Orange Bowl game was noteworthy in that Miami and Florida State previously had scheduled to play each other on Labor Day in 2004 in Miami's first game as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. He was an Auburn OA in 2013, but was hired by Todd Monken as his OC at Southern Miss for 2014-2015 before holding that same post at Arizona State for a year. Pinkel, the head coach of Missouri since 2001, was diagnosed with Lymphoma in May. There have been 35 Division II head coaching changes so far. After being fired from Texas, Charlie Strong landed on his feet as the new head coach at USF. CSU and Bobo parted ways on December 4. 1 in the BCS poll. Hopson was 28-23 in 4+ seasons in Hattiesburg, but the loss to the Jaguars was the 4th straight for Southern Miss after closing the 2019 campaign on a 3-game skid. 500 in the SEC (6-2). New Mexico on December 17 named former punter and safety Danny Gonzales as the successor to Bob Davie to end the ride on this season's coaching carousel. Bowden brings a 25-year career record of 175-114-2 (.605) to the Warhawk's program, including marks of 47-17-1 at Auburn, and 35-52 at Akron. The "Halo Rule" (two-yard restricted area around the kick/punt returner) is abolished. He was 16-9 in the ACC, but 0-2 in bowl games. Freeze was 39-25 in five seasons, but 5-7 in 2016. On December 13, North Texas named Washington State OC and QB coach Eric Morris as head coach. As a player, Healy quarterbacked the 2008 Richmond team that won the FCS Championship. / Bettmann Archive/Getty Images, John Melton/Oklahoma Historical Society/Getty Images, The Heisman Trophy is Named After This Coach and Innovator, When College Football Stars Played NFL Champs, https://www.history.com/news/greatest-college-football-coaches, 8 College Football Coaches Who Changed the Game. The Bulls were 1-8 when they fired Jeff Scott on November 6, the day after a blowout 54-28 loss to Temple (3-6). He was fired from his post in Baton Rouge four games in to the 2016 season. Mullen spent 9 seasons in Starkville, becoming the school's second-winningest head coach behind Jackie Sherrill. He was 21-15 in 3 seasons without much to work with as the program was hampered by Covid in 2020 and consistently riddled with injuries. Baylor on January 16 named Dave Aranda as its news head coach. Memphis' bowl responsibilities were transferred to offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey (lost 31-10 to Auburn in Birmingham Bowl). Initially anchored by menacing defenses, four of which led the nation, the Saban-era Crimson Tide have produced dozens of players for the NFL, including many drafted in the first round. 25 ranking in the BCS Standings after rising as high as No. Operating with undersized teams at Carlisle (Pennsylvania), Warner unveiled a host of tactics that injected deception into football. 1 in both the AP and Coaches' Polls, with LSU (121) ranked No. The former Western Kentucky quarterback, and later WKU head coach, has quickly built a reputation as a man with great recruiting strengths and the ability to rebuild programs in a hurry. He then became head coach at FIU from 2007-2012, replacing Don Strock, and went 27-47 before being fired. Tim Lappano was named his interim successor and, under his watch, Georgia State went 1-1. He also debuted the three-point stance and shoulder pads, which impacted the game much longer than his formations. BYU on December 19 announced Kalani Sitake as its new head coach following BYU's loss to Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl which served as the final game for Bronco Mendenhall. UCF's website touts the dramatic improvement of Missouri's offense under Heuple, noting that the Tigers ranked 124th in the nation in total offense in 2015. His Owls teams were 7-17 in Conference USA play. Hazell was 1-11 in 2013, followed by 3-9 in 2014 and 2-10 in 2015 for a cumulative record of 9-33. On Monday, December 5, Cincinnati announced they had persuaded Satterfield to leave Louisville and move 100 miles NE to to replace Fickell. Rolovich has spent the past 4 seasons as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Nevada, the same positions he held under Greg McMackin at Hawaii. This is the statement published on the school's website: Defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard has been named interim head coach of the Wisconsin football team, UW Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh announced Sunday. 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. 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. The Huskies were 3-9 this season and just 11-26 in 3 seasons under Diaco. O'Leary took over the Knights' program in 2004 and went 0-11 in his first year, but guided the team to an 8-4 mark the following season and the school's first-ever FBS bowl bid (Hawaii Bowl). Edsall was hired for a second stint as head coach in December of 2016, but failed to recapture the magic of his 1999-2010 tenure when he oversaw the transition from the FCS to the FBS (classified as 1-AA and 1-A at the time). The high water mark came in 2019 when Virginia was 9-3 in the regular season and ended a 15-year losing streak to rival Virginia Tech. In the mid-1960s, Michigan State's Duffy Daugherty recruited Black players and won two national titles. Lovie Smith's teams were 17-39 overall and a paltry 10-33 in league games in five seasons with the school with zero winning seasons and a best division finish of fourth. He had four seasons of 4-4 finishes and four seasons below .500. His career record now stands at 35-38. Turner was 10-30 at the Miami school. He was 43-31 overall with the Hokies and 28-20 in the ACC. The Ole Miss grad spent the last 4 seasons as the head coach at Alcorn State where his teams collected a 32-17 record and consecutive SWAC titles the last two seasons. Texas plucked Strong from Louisville after he led the Cards to a 23-3 record his last 2 years and a 37-15 mark in his 4-year tenure. Solich went on to become a legend at Ohio University before retiring prior to the 2001 season with a 173-101 career record. FAU on Thursday, December 1, announced Tom Herman as head coach. His overall record was 28-35, including a 20-20 mark in MWC games. 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." In 7 seasons, Littrell was 44-44 overall and 32-23 in league play. Nonetheless, the school said it was "in the best interest of the University of Arizona and our athletics department to go in a new direction". Over the next four years, Rice went 8-5, 5-7, 3-9 and now 1-11. On January 6, Ball State hired former student and player Mike Neu to replace Lembo. Harsin resigned to take the head coaching job at Auburn on December 22 after Gus Malzahn was fired on December 13. Iowa State announced Campbell's hiring on November 29. Mendenhall, who has career records of 135-81 overall and 7-7 in bowl games, surprisingly left BYU after the 2015 season to fill the vacancy at Virginia when Mike London resigned. A belated Crisler capitalization on this front eventually reshaped the construction of football depth charts for generations. Pgo8L25vc2NyaXB0Pgo8IS0tIEVuZCBjb21TY29yZSBUYWcgLS0+CgoK, Enjoying Rivals? He had only 1 losing year in 4 seasons at Houston. Edwards had records of 26-20 over-all and 17-14 in the PAC-12. The NCAA has cited numerous violations by Freeze and his staff from October 2012 to January 2016 and leveled the most serious charge of lack of institutional control. On Friday, December 10, the Virginia Cavaliers' website announced Clemson's offensive coordinator, Tony Elliott, as the new head coach in Charlottesville. In his own press release, Moglia said, "For three years now, I have had a bronchial asthmatic reaction to allergies, which causes inflammation around my lungs. 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. Do you have a blog? Bell was 2-23 in less than three full seasons in Amherst and was dismissed the day after a 35-22 loss at home to FCS Rhode Island. Stanford achieved 29 wins against top-25 opponents (ranking eighth nationally since 2011), 11 against top-10 programs and five against top-5 foes. His teams were 20-12 in Conference USA games and 1-2 in bowl games. 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. Arkansas on December 8 named Sam Pittman as its new head coach, replacing Chad Morris who was fired on November 10. Lewis, a Dino Babers protege, served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the Orange for the last 2 seasons and also worked under Babers at Bowling Green and Eastern Illinois. Pelini is a long-term assistant at multiple schools and was the former head coach of FAU where we went 5-15 in less than two full seasons from 2012-2013. 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Carey's over-all record is 64-50. Sam Robinson, who has covered sports for nearly a decade, is based in Kansas City, Missouri. In all, Leach spent 8 years with the Cougars who hired him 3 years after he had been fired by Texas Tech. Once in a while a school does the right thing. The former Iowa defensive back (1982-1985) spent last season as the wide receivers coach at Arizona State. UNLV announced on November 25 that the season-ending game at rival Nevada would be the last for Tony Sanchez as head coach, and the Rebels went out and won that game, 33-30 in OT. His 3-year stint in Austin failed to show improvement in wins and losses, though most will agree that the program was left in much better shape than when he arrived. On March 1, Southern Miss announced Jay Hopson as Monken's successor. On January 13, Western Michigan announced its new head coach would be its own star quarterback from the late 90's, Tim Lester. FAU defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer was interim head coach for the Owls in their 52-28 romp at home over SMU in the Boca Raton Bowl. Arizona completed a 7-6 season with a loss to Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl. In fact, Zach Smith was a Graduate Assistant under Meyer at Florida in 2009 when the first instance of abuse came to light - shoving his pregnant wife against a wall. Pruitt will reportedly stay on with the Tide through their Final Four playoff run while simultaneously handling his new UT head coaching duties. Central Michigan last won its division in 2009 when the Chips defeated Ohio in the conference champion game. Campbell becomes just the second head coach in the short history of the football program which Joey Jones helped launch in 2009. AP MVP: Peyton Manning, Steve McNair. Suffice it to say, it's a clouded legacy that Meyer leaves behind. USC on November 30 made the announcement that most observers thought it should - Clay Helton is the head coach. Appalachian State named defensive line coach Mark Ivey the interim head coach for the bowl season. He also "played a role in overseeing special teams". Miami beat Oklahoma, a Wishbone team, in three straight seasons; the third conquest secured the 1987 national title. West Virginia 4, 35. He also guided the program to the MAC Championship game last season (lost to Toledo). Lanning spent the last four seasons on Kirby Smart's staff, beginning as outside linebackers coach in 2018. Administrators said they were irked by McElwain's unsubstantiated comments that family members and players had received death threats. Sixteen jobs came open in 2019, twenty-five FCS jobs came open in 2018, 24 in 2017, 15 in 2016. Regardless, the administration had stood by Graham and the coach, in a statement, said he was not forced out but was stepping aside for the good of the program and his own health. The Hogs have lost 19 consecutive SEC games. Miles was dismissed on November 12 after a 37-23 loss to UL-Monroe dropped the Panthers to 2-8. The Roadrunners were 22-26 in 4 seasons as a Football Bowl Subdivision school after going 4-6 in 2011 as a Football Championship Subdivision independent. There have been 26 FCS head coaching changes so far this season. There were 21 FCS coaching changes after last fall. After the 2020 season, there were six head coaching changes, 16 changes following 2019, 25 in 2018, 24 in 2017, and 15 in 2016. There have been 23 Division II head coaching changes. Ash was just 8-32 in his tenure, including a 3-26 record in Big Ten play. There have been 23 coaching changes in the FBS to date. Cristobal played offensive tackle for Jimmy Johnson and Dennis Erickson 1989-1992, and coached under Butch Davis (1998-2000) and Larry Coker (2004-2006). Overall, the Kansas native spent 30 seasons as a head coach at various levels, most notably at TCU, Alabama and Texas A&M. His 2006 team made it to the NCAA Championship, losing 28-17 to Appalachian State. 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. The former Hampton walk-on (2001-2005) has also spent time as an assistant with Penn State and Mississippi State, among other institutions. Luke first took the reins as the interim head coach for the 2017 season after Hugh Freeze resigned just 44 days before the 2017 opener. From Yale's Walter Camp to Alabama's Nick Saban, here are eight whose innovations or achievements have significantly impacted the sport over the past 15 Rankings given are AP poll positions at time of game. With the Gators, Spurrier went 122-27-1 and a remarkable 87-12 in the SEC. The former TCU offensive coordinator under Gary Patterson has served as the head coach of Memphis for the last 4 seasons where he quickly turned the program around. Under Spanos, the Huskies went 1-9 with the only victory against FCS member Yale. Lembo was 33-29 in 5 seasons at the Muncie, Indiana school, but the Cardinals backslid to 5-7 in 2014 and just 3-9 in 2015. Shawn Clark wasn't the interim head coach for long at Appalachian State. Florida State won only 3 of its first 9 games. Two days later, Randy Edsall was announced as the not-so-new hire. That move came just 3 days after Claeys was fired. He has been the head coach at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville since 2019. At the FCS level, there were six head coaching changes last fall. It was announced on the school's website on Thursday (December 9) that Mike MacIntyre is the new head coach at FIU. Helfrich had been promoted from OC when Chip Kelly left for the NFL. Brown was 69-46-1 in 10 seasons at North Carolina from 1988-1997, but never won an ACC title. His career mark is 76-48 and he is 4-1 in bowl games. On Sunday, December 5, Louisiana promoted from within and announced Michael Desormeaux as its new head coach, effective immediately. On December 10, 2016, he was the head coach at USF. After his inaugural team went 8-4 in the 2019 regular season, that team was clobbered 55-13 by North Carolina in the Military Bowl and the Owls proceeded to lose 15 of their next 19. The professional game owes much of its success to the foundation built by the college sport. Morris spent 3 seasons as the head coach at SMU, following a 4-year stint as the offensive coordinator at Clemson. READ MORE: 10 African American Pioneers in Sports. His first two seasons produced 1st-place finishes in the MWC Mountain division and the 2018 conference championship. He was hired at South Carolina in 2005 where he undeniably elevated the program's level of competitiveness, but was unable to deliver a conference title and the Gamecocks won only 1 division title during his 10 full seasons in Columbia. Karl Dorrell was named head football coach for Colorado on Sunday (February 23), replacing Mel Tucker who resigned on February 11 to fill the same position at Michigan State which became available when Mark Dantonio stepped down on February 4. He spent the 2020 season as the DB coach with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. He's a Miami, Florida native. Overall, he was 24-25 in Tampa and 18-14 in the American Athletic Conference. Johnson was 15-34 in 4 seasons, including a 7-6 mark and a New Orleans Bowl loss in 2013 that stands as the only winning season for the Green Wave since 2002. Each bar in the graph can be clicked to reveal Campbell was 35-15 in 4 seasons with Toledo, including 9-2 this year. He had a standout 10-2 season in 2005, but four seasons of either 7-6, 6-6 or 6-7. Johnsons speed merchants were especially adept at stopping teams that used the Wishbone offense, a run-based attack. Though the Temple post is his first as a head coach, the Owls may well have knocked this one out of the park. The college football world was shocked June 7 by the announcement that 56-year-old Bob Stoops is retiring as head coach at Oklahoma, effective immediately. 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Hudspeth was fired on Sunday (December 3) after a 5-7 season. In all, Rutgers was 27-24 overall during his tenure and 12-19 in conference games. Charlotte, a team projected to go 4-8 over-all and 3-5 in CUSA this season, fired head coach Will Healy on Sunday (October 23) after a 35-14 loss at home to FIU dropped the 49ers to 1-7, 0-4. He is 95-61 over-all, including 31-23 in conference games. The game clock will start on all kickoffs once touched in the field of play, repealing a rule change adopted in the 1997 season where the clock started on the kick (except during the final 2:00 of each half). Army became the first team in NCAA Division I-A football modern history to finish the season 013. Sanders will stay on to coach the Tigers in the Celebration Bowl on December 17. Polian's downfall seemed to be the lack of success in the conference as the Wolf Pack were just 14-18 in the MWC. USC's No. Sanchez finished his tenure with a 19-41 overall record in 5 seasons and had a conference mark of 12-27. Running backs coach and special teams coordinator Greg Knox led the Bulldogs to a win over Louisville in the TaxSlayer Bowl. Former Hawaii quarterback and assistant coach, Nick Rolovich, was announced November 27 as the new head coach of Hawaii in 2016. Hunter Yurachek was named the new Director of Athletics earlier in the day, leaving his Houston post where he was the Assistant Director of Athletics. Leonhard is in his seventh season on Wisconsin's coaching staff. YW1lKCJzY3JpcHQiKVswXTsgcy5hc3luYyA9IHRydWU7CiAgICAvLyBsb2Fk Cristobal's promotion by Oregon was somewhat surprising as his only previous head coaching experience was at FIU from 2007-2012 where he was 27-47 over-all, 20-26 in the Sun Belt, and 1-1 in bowl games. The Oklahoma website on Monday morning, December 6 announced Clemson defensive coordinator, and former Sooners DC, Brent Venables as its new head coach. The NCAA also cited numerous violations by Freeze and his staff from October 2012 to January 2016 and leveled the most serious charge of lack of institutional control. Over-all, he has spent 29 years as an assistant, almost exclusively coaching running backs. Miles was forced out by Kansas on March 8, and athletic director Jeff Long' agreed to depart two days later. cG9XSlVIbnFWemRFYTd3JmFtcDtndG1fcHJldmlldz1lbnYtMSZhbXA7Z3Rt Solich was 115-82 overall, 77-46 in the MAC. But that team ended its season with a blowout 62-17 loss to Clemson and a 36-28 loss to Florida in the Orange Bowl to drop to 9-5. The problem was that in the last 3 years he was 10-16 in PAC-12 games, 0-3 vs. USC, and just 17-19 over-all. He was 96-54 in 12 seasons with a conference mark of 65-40. Six national championships in 12 years place Saban-led Alabama on its own tier among modern programs. The Chanticleers were 10-2 in a transition season in 2016. However, the Terps fizzled down the stretch and finished the season 5-7. Applewhite was serving under Herman as offensive coordinator, and since he was already on the staff, will take over immediately and lead the Cougars against San Diego State in the Las Vegas Bowl. bS9ucy5odG1sP2lkPUdUTS1NRjZQWFhDJmFtcDtndG1fYXV0aD1LaEg2aGVD He has a 1-2 bowl record with the school. Hammock has been the NFL Baltimore Ravens' running backs coach since 2014 and the team ranked 2nd in the league in rushing yards per game this past season. He was the OC and QB coach at Utah for two seasons before taking the Hornets' job. Although USC, then 111, finished ranked No. Y29tc2NvcmUgPSBfY29tc2NvcmUgfHwgW107CiAgX2NvbXNjb3JlLnB1c2go Holgorsen was the OC and QB coach under Kevin Sumlin in 2008-2009 when Case Keenum threw for over 10,600 yards in two seasons with 88 TD passes. Edwards hasn't coached a down of football in any capacity since he last served as head coach of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs from 2006-2008. Lester had a respectable 6-year mark of 37-32, including 26-20 in MAC games. Before returning to Columbia for the 2015 season, Odom spent 3 years under Justin Fuente at Memphis. News of Gary Andersen returning to Utah State originally broke on Sunday, December 9 and he was officially introduced as the 'new' head coach two days later. On Saturday (November 27), Doug Martin led New Mexico State to a 44-27 win over UMass in what turned out to be his final game. Prior to his stint with the Longhorns, Drayton coached running backs for the Chicago Bears (2015-2016) after logging four years at Ohio State for Luke Fickell and Urban Meyer. Phil Bennett, who was hired last year a defensive coordinator, was the interim head coach for the 35-32 loss in the Frisco Bowl on December 17 against Boise State. The Orange Bowl game was noteworthy in that Miami and Florida State previously had scheduled to play each other on Labor Day in 2004 in Miami's first game as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. He was an Auburn OA in 2013, but was hired by Todd Monken as his OC at Southern Miss for 2014-2015 before holding that same post at Arizona State for a year. Pinkel, the head coach of Missouri since 2001, was diagnosed with Lymphoma in May. There have been 35 Division II head coaching changes so far. After being fired from Texas, Charlie Strong landed on his feet as the new head coach at USF. CSU and Bobo parted ways on December 4. 1 in the BCS poll. Hopson was 28-23 in 4+ seasons in Hattiesburg, but the loss to the Jaguars was the 4th straight for Southern Miss after closing the 2019 campaign on a 3-game skid. 500 in the SEC (6-2). New Mexico on December 17 named former punter and safety Danny Gonzales as the successor to Bob Davie to end the ride on this season's coaching carousel. Bowden brings a 25-year career record of 175-114-2 (.605) to the Warhawk's program, including marks of 47-17-1 at Auburn, and 35-52 at Akron. The "Halo Rule" (two-yard restricted area around the kick/punt returner) is abolished. He was 16-9 in the ACC, but 0-2 in bowl games. Freeze was 39-25 in five seasons, but 5-7 in 2016. On December 13, North Texas named Washington State OC and QB coach Eric Morris as head coach. As a player, Healy quarterbacked the 2008 Richmond team that won the FCS Championship. / Bettmann Archive/Getty Images, John Melton/Oklahoma Historical Society/Getty Images, The Heisman Trophy is Named After This Coach and Innovator, When College Football Stars Played NFL Champs, https://www.history.com/news/greatest-college-football-coaches, 8 College Football Coaches Who Changed the Game. The Bulls were 1-8 when they fired Jeff Scott on November 6, the day after a blowout 54-28 loss to Temple (3-6). He was fired from his post in Baton Rouge four games in to the 2016 season. Mullen spent 9 seasons in Starkville, becoming the school's second-winningest head coach behind Jackie Sherrill. He was 21-15 in 3 seasons without much to work with as the program was hampered by Covid in 2020 and consistently riddled with injuries. Baylor on January 16 named Dave Aranda as its news head coach. Memphis' bowl responsibilities were transferred to offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey (lost 31-10 to Auburn in Birmingham Bowl). Initially anchored by menacing defenses, four of which led the nation, the Saban-era Crimson Tide have produced dozens of players for the NFL, including many drafted in the first round. 25 ranking in the BCS Standings after rising as high as No. Operating with undersized teams at Carlisle (Pennsylvania), Warner unveiled a host of tactics that injected deception into football. 1 in both the AP and Coaches' Polls, with LSU (121) ranked No. The former Western Kentucky quarterback, and later WKU head coach, has quickly built a reputation as a man with great recruiting strengths and the ability to rebuild programs in a hurry. He then became head coach at FIU from 2007-2012, replacing Don Strock, and went 27-47 before being fired. Tim Lappano was named his interim successor and, under his watch, Georgia State went 1-1. He also debuted the three-point stance and shoulder pads, which impacted the game much longer than his formations. BYU on December 19 announced Kalani Sitake as its new head coach following BYU's loss to Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl which served as the final game for Bronco Mendenhall. UCF's website touts the dramatic improvement of Missouri's offense under Heuple, noting that the Tigers ranked 124th in the nation in total offense in 2015. His Owls teams were 7-17 in Conference USA play. Hazell was 1-11 in 2013, followed by 3-9 in 2014 and 2-10 in 2015 for a cumulative record of 9-33. On Monday, December 5, Cincinnati announced they had persuaded Satterfield to leave Louisville and move 100 miles NE to to replace Fickell. Rolovich has spent the past 4 seasons as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Nevada, the same positions he held under Greg McMackin at Hawaii. This is the statement published on the school's website: Defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard has been named interim head coach of the Wisconsin football team, UW Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh announced Sunday. 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. 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. The Huskies were 3-9 this season and just 11-26 in 3 seasons under Diaco. O'Leary took over the Knights' program in 2004 and went 0-11 in his first year, but guided the team to an 8-4 mark the following season and the school's first-ever FBS bowl bid (Hawaii Bowl). Edsall was hired for a second stint as head coach in December of 2016, but failed to recapture the magic of his 1999-2010 tenure when he oversaw the transition from the FCS to the FBS (classified as 1-AA and 1-A at the time). The high water mark came in 2019 when Virginia was 9-3 in the regular season and ended a 15-year losing streak to rival Virginia Tech. In the mid-1960s, Michigan State's Duffy Daugherty recruited Black players and won two national titles. Lovie Smith's teams were 17-39 overall and a paltry 10-33 in league games in five seasons with the school with zero winning seasons and a best division finish of fourth. He had four seasons of 4-4 finishes and four seasons below .500. His career record now stands at 35-38. Turner was 10-30 at the Miami school. He was 43-31 overall with the Hokies and 28-20 in the ACC. The Ole Miss grad spent the last 4 seasons as the head coach at Alcorn State where his teams collected a 32-17 record and consecutive SWAC titles the last two seasons. Texas plucked Strong from Louisville after he led the Cards to a 23-3 record his last 2 years and a 37-15 mark in his 4-year tenure. Solich went on to become a legend at Ohio University before retiring prior to the 2001 season with a 173-101 career record. FAU on Thursday, December 1, announced Tom Herman as head coach. His overall record was 28-35, including a 20-20 mark in MWC games. 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." In 7 seasons, Littrell was 44-44 overall and 32-23 in league play. Nonetheless, the school said it was "in the best interest of the University of Arizona and our athletics department to go in a new direction". Over the next four years, Rice went 8-5, 5-7, 3-9 and now 1-11. On January 6, Ball State hired former student and player Mike Neu to replace Lembo. Harsin resigned to take the head coaching job at Auburn on December 22 after Gus Malzahn was fired on December 13. Iowa State announced Campbell's hiring on November 29. Mendenhall, who has career records of 135-81 overall and 7-7 in bowl games, surprisingly left BYU after the 2015 season to fill the vacancy at Virginia when Mike London resigned. A belated Crisler capitalization on this front eventually reshaped the construction of football depth charts for generations. Pgo8L25vc2NyaXB0Pgo8IS0tIEVuZCBjb21TY29yZSBUYWcgLS0+CgoK, Enjoying Rivals? He had only 1 losing year in 4 seasons at Houston. Edwards had records of 26-20 over-all and 17-14 in the PAC-12. The NCAA has cited numerous violations by Freeze and his staff from October 2012 to January 2016 and leveled the most serious charge of lack of institutional control. On Friday, December 10, the Virginia Cavaliers' website announced Clemson's offensive coordinator, Tony Elliott, as the new head coach in Charlottesville. In his own press release, Moglia said, "For three years now, I have had a bronchial asthmatic reaction to allergies, which causes inflammation around my lungs. 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. Do you have a blog? Bell was 2-23 in less than three full seasons in Amherst and was dismissed the day after a 35-22 loss at home to FCS Rhode Island. Stanford achieved 29 wins against top-25 opponents (ranking eighth nationally since 2011), 11 against top-10 programs and five against top-5 foes. His teams were 20-12 in Conference USA games and 1-2 in bowl games. 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. Arkansas on December 8 named Sam Pittman as its new head coach, replacing Chad Morris who was fired on November 10. Lewis, a Dino Babers protege, served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the Orange for the last 2 seasons and also worked under Babers at Bowling Green and Eastern Illinois. Pelini is a long-term assistant at multiple schools and was the former head coach of FAU where we went 5-15 in less than two full seasons from 2012-2013. 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