His teams were 51-20 in the Mountain West. By enrollment, Rice is the 5th-smallest school in the FBS with 6,740 undergrad and post-grad students (2016). Ohio State and Miami both came into the Fiesta Bowl undefeated. Coker stepped down as head coach at UTSA on January 5 after building the program from scratch. In response, Ole Miss self-imposed a 2017 bowl ban and other restrictions. Interim head coaching duties were handled by offensive coordinator Mike Canales for the remainder of the season. Taggart previously held the HC job at Western Kentucky from 2009-2012, USF from 2013 to 2016, Oregon in 2017 and Florida State from 2018 through the first 9 nine games of 2019. He was fired by Maryland halfway through the 2015 season. In 19 seasons as a head coach, Campbell is 159-53 with zero losing seasons. Miles was fired 3 years later after a 2-2 start to the 2016 football season. Overall, the Kansas native spent 30 seasons as a head coach at various levels, most notably at TCU, Alabama and Texas A&M. Durkin was suspended August 11, pending a review of the death of redshirt freshman Jordan McNair, an offensive lineman. I have great respect and admiration for Paul and the legacy of him and his family at the University of Wisconsin. Key took over a 1-3 program and went 4-4 down the stretch as the team just missed out on a bowl game. Stoops was named interim head coach for the bowl season. At Florida, Hernandez was arrested or questioned by police more than once, and he was only one of the 31 Gator players who ran afoul of the law during his tenure. 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. His teams were just 3-18 in PAC-12 play. College football 2023 live news updates: Coaching changes, roster moves and analysis The Athletic College Football Staff January 12, 2023 at 3:51 PM PST He now becomes the official replacement for Geoff Collins who became the third head coach to be fired in September when he was relieved of his duties on Sunday, September 25. He served as offensive line coach and associate head coach under Drinkwitz. On November 25, UCLA announced Chip Kelly as its new head coach. Petersen's last game on the sideline was the Las Vegas Bowl which was dubbed the "Chris Petersen Bowl" as it had him facing him fomrer team, Boise State. Bennett spent 6 seasons as the head coach at SMU from 2002-2007 where he was a woeful 18-52 overall and 14-34 in conference games. Dantonio had a 13-year stint at Michigan State that produced records of 115-57 overall, 69-39 in Big Ten games, and 6-6 in bowl games. He was 1-0 this season as a head coach when he served in that capacity for the Auburn game after Saban tested positive for Covid-19. He was one of just four current head coaches inducted into the College Football Hall Of Fame. His teams at Tennessee were 16-19 overall, 10-16 in SEC play, and 1-0 in bowl games. Lake had been suspended for 6 games for a physical altercation with an Oregon player, and one of his own, while breaking up a skirmish during the Huskies' 26-16 loss. Aug 29, 2020. Miami won its last 5 games of 2016 and the first 10 games of 2017, but has since fallen apart. Mississippi State announced on November 29 that it has hired Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorehead as the successor to Dan Mullen. The Vols had fired Jeremy Pruitt on January 18 "with cause", along with numerous assistants, for alleged NCAA violations. He was 35-16 in four seasons and 23-9 in Sun Belt games. Frost became Nebraska's next coach on December 2, immediately after UCF beat Memphis in the American Conference Championship game at UCF. This will be Freeze's second stint in the SEC after he was embarrassingly forced out at Ole Miss in 2016 as a messy trail of public relations issues and NCAA violations dating back to the Houston Nutt era came to a head when it was learned that Freeze had several calls to an escort service found on school-issued phone. Baylor on January 16 named Dave Aranda as its news head coach. Cornerbacks coach Kevin Whitley was appointed interim head coach after Lunsford's dismissal and went 2-6 after starting 1-3 under Lunsford. Haggins later led FSU to an Independence Bowl win over Southern Miss to save the 'Noles from suffering their first losing season since 1976 which was Bobby Bowden's first year at the school and his only losing campaign. 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. Dykes' SMU team lost 4 of its last 5 games to finish 8-4 and he leaves the school with records of 30-18 over-all and 18-13 in the American Conference. TCU on October 31 effectively fired a head coach with a 181-79 record and championships in Conference USA, the Mountain West and Big 12 (shared, 2014). Helton was originally named interim head coach in 2015 after Steve Sarkisian was let go five games in to the season and was later elevated to head coach. Rutgers was 4-8 this season with assistant Norris Wilson going 1-2 during Flood's suspension. Another catalyst could have been the increase in empty seats at Florida Field as the result of an offense that had been stagnant since the suspension of QB Will Grier for PEDs in October of 2015 (Grier later transferred to West Virginia), or the numerous misdeeds by members of his team, or the perception the team was going backwards instead of improving. Andersen was the Aggies' head coach from 2009-2012. UTSA on December 9 announced Jeff Traylor as its new head coach. Over the last three season, his teams finished 24-10 and captured two MAC East titles, but lost in both conference championship games. Five days after Sumlin was fired from A&M, Fisher resigned from FSU and was immediately announced as the head coach of the Aggies. 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. He previously held the same post with Wisconsin and Minnesota, as well as his alma mater. Withers also served as the interim replacement for Butch Davis at North Carolina after Davis was fired just weeks before the season began amid ongoing NCAA investigations. He was 0-2 in the two bowls in which he did perform the HC duties. The Falcons were 1-6 overall and 0-3 in the MAC at the time of Jinks' dismissal. Overall, Fleck was 30-22 at WMU. Herman had previous had coaching stints at Houston from 2015-2016, and Texas from 2017-2020. USF on Sunday, December 4, announced Tennessee offensive coordinator and 2022 Broyles Award finalist (top assistant) Alex Golesh as head coach. The move came four days after a 38-28 loss to Louisville in the Music City Bowl gave the Bulldogs a losing record. They feel this pressure. Mickey Joseph was named interim head coach and went 3-6 for the rest of the season. Ed Orgeron was promoted on November 26 to head coach at LSU. Gary Patterson was asked to finish out the season and then accept being reassigned, but the man who has coached the Horned Frogs for 20 seasons + 9 games said, "No', and parted immediately. He has a career record of 56-62 with five winning seasons and five losing seasons. The move was announced on Labor Day Monday after the Golden Eagles fell 32-21 at home to South Alabama in the season opener on Thursday, September 3. The Bruins became bowl eligible with a 30-27 season-ending win over California with offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch serving as interim head coach. Stewart was 9-4 in each of his 3 seasons at WVU. Arizona State on Sunday, November 27 announced the hiring of Kenny Dillingham as head coach, replacing Herm Edwards who was fired on September 18 after a 30-21 upset loss at home to Eastern Michigan had dropped the Sun Devils to 1-2. 7 in the nation in total offense and 10th in scoring at 39.3 points per game. Graham was fired on November 26 by Arizona State after completing a 7-5 regular season (6-3, PAC-12) by defeating state rival Arizona. He replaces P.J. Bowden led the Zips to their only bowl win in history in 2015 at the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. He was 30-10 (19-5, CUSA) with the Hilltoppers over three seasons, and 36-34 (26-25, Big Ten) at Purdue in 6 years. Blake Anderson resigned as the head coach of the Red Wolves on December 10 to fill the vacancy at Utah State. Dimel was the head coach of Wyoming from 1997-1999, and Houston from 2000-2002, but has largely been an assistant coach at Kansas State for most of his career. Steve Spurrier resigned as the head coach of South Carolina on October 13, a few days after a 45-24 loss at LSU left the Gamecocks with a 2-4 record. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. He had only 1 losing year in 4 seasons at Houston. It will be the first head coaching gig for Walters who was a Broyles Award finalist in 2022 after guiding the Illini defense to Top 10 national rankings in 17 different defensive categories. He left Louisville in 2009 to rejoin Schnellenberger at FAU, but then moved on to Illinois, UAB and Western Kentucky (under Petrino) before replacing Petrino as head coach in 2015. Morris replaces Bret Bielema who was fired immediately after a 48-45 home loss to Missouri on Thanksgiving weekend (November 24). He was 24-31 in 5 seasons as the head coach of the Golden Flashes. 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. Franchione's Bobcats were just 3-9 this season, taking an expected step backward after a 7-5 campaign in 2014. The Alabama offensive coordinator and former head coach of the Oakland Raiders, Tennessee Vols and USC Trojans will be tasked with revitalizing a Florida Atlantic football program which has gone 9-27 over the last 3 years. He was 1-3 as the interim head coach at Texas Tech after Matt Wells was fired mid-season. Boston College upset Pitt 26-19 in the regular season finale to finish 6-6 and become bowl eligible. He resigned from Florida after the 2001 season to coach the Washington Redskins in the NFL in 2002 and 2003, but left that job after achieving little success. Sumrall has spent the past three seasons at Kentucky where he was recently promoted to defensive coordinator. The Trojans had been preseason-tabbed as national champion material by the Congrove Computer Rankings at CollegeFootballPoll.com. Orgeron's team won the national championship in 2019, but was 11-11 since then. He is 69-54 in his career. The loss dropped the Razorbacks to a 4-8 finish, including 1-7 in the SEC. But the school simply couldn't risk looking like victories mean more than high moral standards. 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. Cubit was the interim head coach during the 2015 season and was named the permanent head coach on November 28, just before the Illini completed a 5-7 season with a 24-14 loss to rival Northwestern. Last year, Buffalo went 5-0 during the regular season, but lost 38-28 to Ball State in the MAC Championship game. On March 1, Southern Miss announced Jay Hopson as Monken's successor. First reported by philly.com and confirmed by multiple sources, Carey will leave DeKalb, Illinois and head to the City of Brotherly Love. At the time of Miles' hiring, Beatty's record was 3-8 for the season and 6-41 over 4 seasons with a Big 12 mark of just 2-33. Bloomgren had been on the Cardinal staff since 2011 and, before that, was an NFL assistant with the New York Jets from 2008-2010. UConn on November 11 announced the somewhat surprising hiring of Jim Mora as head coach to the tune of a reported $1.1 million a year in total compensation. He replaces Geoff Collins who was announced on December 7 as Georgia Tech's replacement for Paul Johnson. This changes how coaches coach. The school announced after the game that Martin would not be retained. Arth is a graduate and former quarterback of John Carol University near Cleveland where he set every major passing record. MacIntyre spent the last two seasons as defensive coordinator at Memphis after holding the same position at Ole Miss in 2019. Pruitt, a former Alabama assistant, was hired by Tennessee on December 7, 2017. He has a career mark of 25-38. After an internal investigation at LSU was concluded in 2013, then-athletic director Joe Aleva recommended Miles be fired but the school instead reportedly banned him from communicating with, or being alone with, female students. Meyer says the sole reason for his retirement is a health issue he disclosed to reporters in October - an arachnoid cyst in his brain, which causes frequent headaches. Freeze was 39-25 in five seasons, but 5-7 in 2016. Kill deals with epileptic seizures and had a previous bout with kidney cancer in 2005. Hawaii became a late rider, and the 29th over-all, on the coaching carousel after Todd Graham resigned on Friday, January 14, amid allegations that included verbal abuse, incompetence and favoritism, from former and current players. It was later announced that Jerry Kill will replace Martin. He's had a different place to work almost every year since beginning his coaching career in 2007 as a graduate assistant at Baylor, but he spent two seasons with the Bulls back in 2012 and 2013 as a DB coach, co-DC and recruiting coordinator. He was 68-67 from 2001-2011, including 56-33 over his last 7 seasons. Temple fired Rod Carey after a 3-9 season on Monday (November 29). 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. Akron was 2-7 at the time and finished 2-10, losing its final three games under interim head coach Oscar Rodriguez, Jr. Moorhead has had two previous stints as a head coach, spending just two seasons in that position at Mississippi State where he was 14-12 over-all and 3-9 in the SEC in 2018-2019, and four seasons at FCS member Fordham where he had a sterling 38-13 record with an 11-1 mark in the Patriot League and 3 FCS playoff appearances. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. But not all coordinator changes are tied to new coaches. Luke Fickell, former Ohio State nose guard, longtime Buckeye assistant, and one-season interim head coach/head coach (2011) was named December 10 as Tommy Tuberville's replacement at Cincinnati. He was just 4-26 in nearly 3 full seasons and 3 of those wins came against FCS members Howard, Florida A&M and The Citadel . Featured. Graham and his staff stayed on for ASU's Sun Bowl game versus N.C. State, but lost 52-31. 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. Ironically, Beamer's 23rd straight bowl game would be the Independence Bowl which is where the streak began in 1993. Former Hawaii quarterback and assistant coach, Nick Rolovich, was announced November 27 as the new head coach of Hawaii in 2016. He is a Vanderbilt alumnus who played fullback from 2002-2004. Brian Brohm, Jeff's younger brother by more than 14 years, was named as Purdue's interim head coach for the bowl season. Kiffin replaces Charlie Partridge who was dismissed on November 27 after a third consecutive 3-9 campaign. Tedford previously served as the head coach at Cal from 2002-2012 where he was 82-57 overall and 50-45 in the PAC-10/PAC-12. The LSU defensive coordinator replaces Matt Rhule who moved to the NFL's Carolina Panthers. Riley was 55-10 at Oklahoma while losing 2 games every season. That action came following a 4-8 campaign in Whipple's 5th season since returning as head coach in 2014. He is 5-5 in bowl games. Bielema had significant success at Wisconsin, going 68-24 after replacing the program's savior, Barry Alvarez. The former Texas A&M assistant under R.C. Brown was hired away from Troy on Friday, January 4 as Dana Holgorsen's successor at West Virginia. This is his second trip back to his alma mater as a coach, having held the QB coach responsibilities in 2005-06. Jerry Kill, Patterson's longtime friend, best man at his wedding, and an off-field assistant at TCU since 2020, took the reins as interim head coach and went 2-2. 122 Coaches Table; Rk Coach School Conf W L Pct Notes; 1: Dan Hawkins: Unfortunately for Baylor fans, that performance caught the attention of NFL teams and Rhule was hired on January 7 as the new head coach at Carolina. Clark Lea late Monday, December 14, was announced as the new head coach at Vanderbilt, replacing Derek Mason (0-8) and interim head coach Todd Fitch (0-1). 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. As a player in 2000, Hammock had a stellar season of 1,083 yards rushing and 16 touchdowns, and he followed that up with a 1,096-yard season in 2001. Former coach Deion Sanders (Dec. 3) 12-0 record in 2022, 27-5 in three overall seasons; named new Colorado coach, but will coach JSU through Celebration Bowl on Dec. 17. The 50-year old Venables spent 12 seasons in Norman from 1999-2011 under former head coach Bob Stoops , the last eight of which he wore the titles of assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. At Texas Tech, Wells replaces Kliff Kingsbury who was handed his walking papers on November 25. The victory lifted UNLV's final record to 5-7 after a 4-1 start. 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. 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. He replaces David Cutcliffe who was 77-97 over-all and 35-79 in the ACC in 13 seasons. Mike Locksley was officially announced on Tuesday, December 4 as the new head coach at Maryland. He was 84-43 in 10 seasons with the Red Raiders where his team was co-champs of the conference in his next-to-last season (2008), but he was just 47-33 in Big 12 play. Kansas on April 30 named Lance Leipold as its new head coach, two months after Les Miles was fired. He didn't coach in 3 of those 5 bowls as he had moved on to his next stop. McElwain was 22-12 when he was fired halfway through his third season at Florida (2015-2017) and was 22-16 while rebuilding the Colorado State program from 2012-2014. Leach leaves Washington State after a 6-7 season, his worst in Pullman since 2014. His teams were 1-16 in Big 12 play. The Bulls were 10-2 in Strong's first season in Tampa and they reeled off 7 consecutive wins to start the 2018 campaign. But the job with the Trojans didn't last long as he was fired five games into his second season for alcohol problems. Im beginning to think we are on the cusp of some major changes in the way high-quality coaches look at college football. Johnson announced his retirement on November 28, stating that it would become effective after the Quick Lane Bowl game with Minnesota. He has spent the last 10 years at Clemson with the same responsibilities. He's a Miami, Florida native. Hawaii is coming off a 10-5 season in which it won the MWC West division title and defeated BYU in the Hawaii Bowl. WebHere's a rundown of coaching changes for the 2002 college football season. Edsall was 74-70 in his first stint, but just 6-32 since being rehired. He played college football at Indiana. Ironically, Key also has an extensive past with UCF as an assistant for 11 years before moving on to Alabama from 2016-2018. He leaves with marks of 12-20 overall and 7-16 in the American Conference. The dismissal "with cause" prevented Pruitt from receiving a buyout settlement, but will almost surely result in a lawsuit. As for Harsin, the school said very little on its website and only offered a one paragraph release that said, "Auburn University has decided to make a change in the leadership of the Auburn University football program. Kelly left Oregon to become head coach of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles from 2013-2015, and the San Francisco 49ers in 2016. His 2014 season was the only one in which the Bulldogs finished above. Rodriguez denied the allegation and the complainant declined multiple requests to participate in the investigation. Golesh spent two seasons in Knoxville assisting Josh Heupel in leading the Volunteers' offense which led the nation in 2022 and ranked 9th a year ago. Tim Lappano was named his interim successor and, under his watch, Georgia State went 1-1. Brennan was named the head coach on December 7, replacing the fired Ron Caragher. Leach has an over-all career record of 139-90. Jamey Chadwell served as interim head coach as the Chanticleers went 3-9 in their inaugural season in the FBS and the Sun Belt conference. Co-offensive coordinator Shawn Elliott was 1-5 after being named interim head coach for the remainder of the season. He has a career record of 61-34 that includes a 28-15 mark at USC and a 7-6 record at Tennessee. Former Boise State backup QB (2000-2004) and Western Kentucky QB Coach (2010), Mike Sanford, Jr. had filled what was thought to be the final head coaching vacancy when he was hired at Western Kentucky on December 14. Edwards was 26-20 over-all record and 17-14 PAC-12 mark. Bobo was hired after Jim McElwain left to take the Florida head coaching job. Interim head coach J.C. Price led his Alma mater to a 29-24 upset win at Virginia to become bowl eligible after Fuente's 2020 team ended a 27-season bowl appearance streak. The NCAA on December 1 announced its penalties which added 2018 to the bowl ban and a further reduction of scholarships. Freeze was 39-25 in five seasons, but 5-7 in 2016. More disastrous was an 8-12 record vs. FBS teams and a 6-11 record vs. Power 5 Conference teams. Malzahn was 68-35 overall at Auburn, and 39-27 in SEC play. The object was to get a treasure. The only thing that happened since then was a 55-23 demolition of Colorado in the Alamo Bowl. Defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard was immediately named interim head coach. The winningest coach in Notre Dame history leaves behind a team that isn't out of the running to make the College Football Playoffs. The former Minnesota head coach went 2-2 as the interim head coach at TCU after Gary Patterson was fired. WKU was 6-7 in his inaugural year, falling under .500 with a loss to Georgia State in the Cure Bowl. Memphis' bowl responsibilities were transferred to offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey (lost 31-10 to Auburn in Birmingham Bowl). The Chanticleers were 10-2 in a transition season in 2016. Moorehead spent just two seasons in Starkville, compiling a 14-12 record over-all, a 7-9 mark in SEC play and an 0-2 bowl record. Taggart landed at FAU on December 11, replacing Lane Kiffin who left the Owls' nest on December 7 to fill Matt Luke's vacated position with Ole Miss. Brent Brennan is returning to San Jose State where he was an assistant under both Dick Tomey and Mike MacIntyre from 2005-2010. He replaces Lincoln Riley who promptly resigned on Sunday, November 28 and headed to Los Angeles to become head coach at USC. Josh Aldridge will serve as Liberty's head coach in an interim capacity for the Boca Ration Bowl vs. Toledo. As a player, he led the Broncos in tackles every year from 20022004. 'Sark' was 34-29 at Washington from 2009-2013, a job he left to become head coach at USC (12-6). Leonhard was a three-time All-American as a safety for Wisconsin, tying the school record with 21 career interceptions. Sanford spent the last two seasons as offensive coordinator at Notre Dame. On December 5, 2017, Taggart moved on to FSU. Unfortunately, one close call against a much better team doesn't save you when you are 7-28 after nearly 3 full seasons, and just 2-21 in the Sun Belt. Urban Meyer on Tuesday, December 4 announced his retirement from Ohio State and presented Ryan Day as his successor. He was 44-44 overall, but just 22-34 in the ACC. Then, Southern Miss turned to defensive coordinator Tim Billings as interim head coach who went 2-3 to close out the season. The former Auburn head coach inked a deal reportedly worth $2.3 million per year over 5 years, according to ESPN's Andrea Adelson. Tulsa was 5-7 in 2022, but closed with an upset win at Houston. Gerad Parker was named to the interim position and the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator guided Purdue to an 0-6 finish for a 3-9 overall finish. On January 13, Western Michigan announced its new head coach would be its own star quarterback from the late 90's, Tim Lester. Under Jones' guidance, South Alabama went 23-4 an a FCS independent over 3 seasons, then moved up to the FBS in 2012 where the Jaguars are now 29-46 overall, 18-29 in the Sun Belt and 0-2 bowl games. Bennett's defense this year was 9th out of 11 CUSA programs and 124th out of 131 FBS schools in the nation. We promise not to use any pop-ups or pop-unders just normal, unintrusive banners. The former Hampton walk-on (2001-2005) has also spent time as an assistant with Penn State and Mississippi State, among other institutions. The Warhawks fired Berry on November 14, following a 59-21 loss at home to Arkansas State that dropped the Warhawks' 2015 record to 1-9. He was 1-19 in American conference games. Montgomery was a star for Duke at wide receiver in the late 1990's. His five predecessors going back to 1979 also had losing tenures. Durkin was confirmed on December 2 as the new head coach of Maryland. Coastal Carolina made its FBS debut in 2017 without its head football coach. He replaces Mike MacIntyre who was fired on November 18, a day after the Buffaloes lost their sixth straight game following a 5-0 start. Dykes was 19-30 overall in 4 seasons, but just 10-26 in the PAC-12. Campbell was 35-15 in 4 seasons with Toledo, including 9-2 this year. Desormeaux has been on the staff of the Ragin' Cajuns for the past six seasons and served as co-offensive coordinator this past season. Wisconsin on Sunday, November 27th, announced the hiring of Fickell after his four-year run in Cincinnati produced a 57-18 record over-all and a conference mark of 35-11 while claiming back-to-back American Athletic Conference titles in 2020 and 2021.
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