2015 Head Coach Vacancies

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2nd Degree Gopher said:
And now Mark Richt to Miami.
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Teams that have hired new head coaches

Illinois hired Bill Cubit to replace Tim Beckman
Iowa State hired Matt Campbell to replace Paul Rhoads
Georgia is expected to hire Alabama DC Kirby Smart to replace Mark Richt
Hawaii hired Nevada OC Nick Rolovich to replace Norm Chow
Maryland hired Michigan DC D.J. Durkin to replace Randy Edsall
Miami is expected to hire Mark Richt to replace Al Golden
Minnesota hired interim Tracy Claeys to replace Jerry Kill
Toledo promoted OC Jason Candle to replace Matt Campbell
UCF hired Scott Frost to replace George O'Leary
USC hired Clay Helton to replace Steve Sarkisian
Virginia Tech hired Justin Fuente to replace Frank Beamer

Teams still in the market for head coaches

Memphis lost Justin Fuente to Virginia Tech
Missouri's Gary Pinkel will resign
North Texas fired Dan McCarney
Rutgers fired Kyle Flood
South Carolina's Steve Spurrier resigned
Syracuse fired Scott Shafer
Tulane fired Curtis Johnson
ULM fired Todd Berry
Virginia announced the departure of Mike London

http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...coaching-rumors-jobs-candidates-carousel-2015
 

Paul Finebaum, yes I know this should be taken with a grain of salt, is saying who will Kirby Smart take with him to Georgia. Lane Kiffin??
 

husker70 said:
Paul Finebaum, yes I know this should be taken with a grain of salt, is saying who will Kirby Smart take with him to Georgia. Lane Kiffin??
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Anyone who would ever voluntarily leave Alabama under Saban for a lateral move, in the SEC no less, is a complete mouth-breathing idiot. So yeah, sounds like something Kiffin would be stupid enough to do.
 

husker70 said:
Paul Finebaum, yes I know this should be taken with a grain of salt, is saying who will Kirby Smart take with him to Georgia. Lane Kiffin??
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Not sure why something Paul Finebaum says about Alabama should be taken with a grain of salt. That's not to say it's going to happen but he's someone very plugged into the Alabama program.
 



Rich Rodriguez is meeting with South Carolina.
 

Teams that have hired new head coaches

Illinois hired Bill Cubit to replace Tim Beckman
Iowa State hired Matt Campbell to replace Paul Rhoads
Georgia is expected to hire Alabama DC Kirby Smart to replace Mark Richt
Hawaii hired Nevada OC Nick Rolovich to replace Norm Chow
Maryland hired Michigan DC D.J. Durkin to replace Randy Edsall
Memphis is expected to hire Arizona State OC Mike Norvell to replace Justin Fuente
Miami is expected to hire Mark Richt to replace Al Golden
Minnesota hired interim Tracy Claeys to replace Jerry Kill
Missouri promoted DC Barry Odom to replace Gary Pinkel
Toledo promoted OC Jason Candle to replace Matt Campbell
UCF hired Scott Frost to replace George O'Leary
USC hired Clay Helton to replace Steve Sarkisian
Virginia Tech hired Justin Fuente to replace Frank Beamer

Teams still in the market for head coaches

North Texas fired Dan McCarney
Rutgers fired Kyle Flood
South Carolina's Steve Spurrier resigned
Syracuse fired Scott Shafer
Tulane fired Curtis Johnson
ULM fired Todd Berry
Virginia announced the departure of Mike London

And here's eeeeeeverything:

http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...coaching-rumors-jobs-candidates-carousel-2015
 

Funny that most, if not all, of the programs with issues in the athletic department or school hired the interim or promoted. Not a coincidence.


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dpodoll68 said:
Anyone who would ever voluntarily leave Alabama under Saban for a lateral move, in the SEC no less, is a complete mouth-breathing idiot. So yeah, sounds like something Kiffin would be stupid enough to do.
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Not sure if this is posted somewhere else, but apparently the s&c coach at Bama is besties with Kirby, and rumor is l he might be joining him in Athens.
 



minibeaver said:
Not sure if this is posted somewhere else, but apparently the s&c coach at Bama is besties with Kirby, and rumor is l he might be joining him in Athens.
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I still maintain that it's a bad career move, but you make a good point - I can't totally blame the guy if he wants to hang out with his bff.
 

dpodoll68 said:
I still maintain that it's a bad career move, but you make a good point - I can't totally blame the guy if he wants to hang out with his bff.
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Also read that Saban could jump ship if to many of his assistants bolt.


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Add Ruffin McNeil at East Carolina to the list of fired coaches. Very curious decision, 42-34 at ECU and lost his OC, Lincoln Riley, to Oklahoma. He was also an alum of ECU.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
Also read that Saban could jump ship if to many of his assistants bolt.

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Where did you hear that? Haven't heard that down here yet. Kiffin isn't going anywhere this year. I don't see Saban leaving any time soon.
 



Teams that have hired new head coaches

Illinois promoted Bill Cubit to replace Tim Beckman
Iowa State hired Matt Campbell to replace Paul Rhoads
Georgia is expected to hire Alabama DC Kirby Smart to replace Mark Richt
Hawaii hired Nick Rolovich to replace Norm Chow
Maryland hired D.J. Durkin to replace Randy Edsall
Memphis hired Mike Norvell to replace Justin Fuente
Miami hired Mark Richt to replace Al Golden
Minnesota hired interim Tracy Claeys to replace Jerry Kill
Missouri promoted Barry Odom to replace Gary Pinkel
Toledo promoted Jason Candle to replace Matt Campbell
UCF hired Scott Frost to replace George O'Leary
USC promoted Clay Helton to replace Steve Sarkisian
Virginia hired Bronco Mendenhall to replace Mike London
Virginia Tech hired Justin Fuente to replace Frank Beamer

Teams still in the market for head coaches

BYU lost Bronco Mendenhall to Virginia
East Carolina fired Ruffin McNeill
North Texas fired Dan McCarney
Rutgers fired Kyle Flood
South Carolina's Steve Spurrier resigned
Syracuse fired Scott Shafer
Tulane fired Curtis Johnson
ULM fired Todd Berry
 

Muschamp resigned from Auburn.

Didn't see if posted, but Tom Herman is staying at Houston.
 

gregbrady said:
Add Ruffin McNeil at East Carolina to the list of fired coaches. Very curious decision, 42-34 at ECU and lost his OC, Lincoln Riley, to Oklahoma. He was also an alum of ECU.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WOW!!

Just sent to me <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECU?src=hash">#ECU</a> players describing team meeting w/ AD Jeff Compher, finding out about McNeill firing <a href="https://t.co/qUz7ahynB0">pic.twitter.com/qUz7ahynB0</a></p>— Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/AllbrightNFL/status/672909327942860801">December 4, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WOW!!

Just sent to me <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECU?src=hash">#ECU</a> players describing team meeting w/ AD Jeff Compher, finding out about McNeill firing <a href="https://t.co/qUz7ahynB0">pic.twitter.com/qUz7ahynB0</a></p>— Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/AllbrightNFL/status/672909327942860801">December 4, 2015</a></blockquote>
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http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...red-east-carolina-university-pirates-football

With so many open head coaching positions, somebody was bound to make a truly baffling move. While there is still time for somebody to grab the title back (looking at you, South Carolina and Will Muschamp), right now, the undisputed leader of the "what the hell" contest is East Carolina, which unceremoniously dumped Ruffin McNeill after a 5-7 season.

That firing was announced with a truly weird press release, which singled out schools that finished ahead of ECU and didn't indicate he might've been fired for anything beyond on-field performance. The firing centered around McNeill's refusal to make changes on his coaching staff, reports SB Nation's Steven Godfrey.

Since the Pirates accepted membership in the American Athletic Conference in 2014, ECU has posted an 8-8 league mark, which includes a recent 3-5 ledger and fifth-place East Division finish this fall. During its inaugural year in the AAC, East Carolina was 5-3 and stood fourth behind Cincinnati, Memphis and UCF.

McNeill recently completed his sixth year heading the Pirate program following East Carolina's 19-16 loss to Cincinnati last Saturday that wrapped up a 5-7 regular season finish. He compiled an overall record of 42-34 (.553) and captured one bowl victory at ECU

ECU struggled a bit this season. The Pirates finished 5-7, thanks to a challenging non-conference schedule that included close losses at Florida and a 9-3 BYU and a victory over proto-rivals Virginia Tech. Before the season started, they lost their star offensive coordinator (Lincoln Riley) to Oklahoma, new projected starting QB Kurt Benkert to a season-ending knee injury, and all-everything WR Justin Hardy to the NFL Draft...

t's also worth pointing out that McNeill isn't a lot of coaches. For one, he's an ECU graduate and letterman, a member of the team that made the school's first modern bowl game (1978) under Pat Dye. He's beloved by his players, his community and other coaches.

And he's been uncommonly successful at East Carolina. Just two years ago, he led the Pirates to their first 10-win season since 1991, and that successful year was bookended by 8-5 campaigns and bowl trips. Since ECU doesn't have a true conference rival, the fanbase measures itself against local schools, like North Carolina and NC State. ECU has beaten all three of the ACC schools twice in a row each, despite having the lesser resources that come with being in the American.

So, ECU let go of a coach who dunked on local power-conference rivals, had ties to the university, was loved by nearly everybody and won a lot of football games. All because he had one bad season and didn't win the conference yet. What the hell are the Pirates thinking?

According to one national football writer, ECU AD Jeff Compher is just trying to advance the program...

The Pirates better hope they have a foolproof plan, because they just fired a great coach in a crowded market. And as dissatisfying as 5-7 might be in an unlucky year, with the wrong hire, things could get much worse in a hurry.
 




Teams that have hired new head coaches

Illinois promoted Bill Cubit to replace Tim Beckman
Iowa State hired Matt Campbell to replace Paul Rhoads
Georgia expected to hire Kirby Smart to replace Mark Richt
Hawaii hired Nick Rolovich to replace Norm Chow
Maryland hired D.J. Durkin to replace Randy Edsall
Memphis hired Mike Norvell to replace Justin Fuente
Miami hired Mark Richt to replace Al Golden
Minnesota hired interim Tracy Claeys to replace Jerry Kill
Missouri promoted Barry Odom to replace Gary Pinkel
North Texas reportedly hiring Seth Littrell to replace Dan McCarney
Syracuse reportedly hiring Dino Babers to replace Scott Shafer
Toledo promoted Jason Candle to replace Matt Campbell
UCF hired Scott Frost to replace George O'Leary
USC promoted Clay Helton to replace Steve Sarkisian
Virginia hired Bronco Mendenhall to replace Mike London
Virginia Tech hired Justin Fuente to replace Frank Beamer

Teams still in the market for head coaches

Bowling Green reportedly lost Dino Babers to Syracuse
BYU lost Bronco Mendenhall to Virginia
East Carolina fired Ruffin McNeill
Rutgers fired Kyle Flood
South Carolina's Steve Spurrier resigned
Tulane fired Curtis Johnson
ULM fired Todd Berry
 

Will Muschamp to South Carolina. Horrible hire, if he couldn't win at Florida, what makes them think he can win at South Carolina?
 

This was desperate move to a name. Muschamp is not a head coach. This has failure written all over it.
 

http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...coaching-rumors-jobs-candidates-carousel-2015

Teams that have hired new head coaches

Illinois promoted Bill Cubit to replace Tim Beckman
Iowa State hired Matt Campbell to replace Paul Rhoads
Georgia expected to hire Kirby Smart to replace Mark Richt
Hawaii hired Nick Rolovich to replace Norm Chow
Maryland hired D.J. Durkin to replace Randy Edsall
Memphis hired Mike Norvell to replace Justin Fuente
Miami hired Mark Richt to replace Al Golden
Minnesota hired interim Tracy Claeys to replace Jerry Kill
Missouri promoted Barry Odom to replace Gary Pinkel
North Texas reportedly hiring Seth Littrell to replace Dan McCarney
Rutgers hires Chris Ash to replace Kyle Flood
South Carolina expected to hire Will Muschamp to replace Steve Spurrier
Syracuse reportedly hiring Dino Babers to replace Scott Shafer
Toledo promoted Jason Candle to replace Matt Campbell
UCF hired Scott Frost to replace George O'Leary
USC promoted Clay Helton to replace Steve Sarkisian
Virginia hired Bronco Mendenhall to replace Mike London
Virginia Tech hired Justin Fuente to replace Frank Beamer

Teams still in the market for head coaches

Bowling Green reportedly lost Dino Babers to Syracuse
BYU lost Bronco Mendenhall to Virginia
East Carolina fired Ruffin McNeill
Rutgers fired Kyle Flood
Tulane fired Curtis Johnson
ULM fired Todd Berry
 

Teams that have hired new head coaches

Bowling Green hired Mike Jinks to replace Dino Babers
Illinois promoted Bill Cubit to replace Tim Beckman
Iowa State hired Matt Campbell to replace Paul Rhoads
Georgia expected to hire Kirby Smart to replace Mark Richt
Hawaii hired Nick Rolovich to replace Norm Chow
Maryland hired D.J. Durkin to replace Randy Edsall
Memphis hired Mike Norvell to replace Justin Fuente
Miami hired Mark Richt to replace Al Golden
Minnesota hired interim Tracy Claeys to replace Jerry Kill
Missouri promoted Barry Odom to replace Gary Pinkel
North Texas reportedly hiring Seth Littrell to replace Dan McCarney
Rutgers hired Chris Ash to replace Kyle Flood
South Carolina expected to hire Will Muschamp to replace Steve Spurrier
Syracuse reportedly hiring Dino Babers to replace Scott Shafer
Toledo promoted Jason Candle to replace Matt Campbell
UCF hired Scott Frost to replace George O'Leary
USC promoted Clay Helton to replace Steve Sarkisian
Virginia hired Bronco Mendenhall to replace Mike London
Virginia Tech hired Justin Fuente to replace Frank Beamer

Teams still in the market for head coaches

BYU lost Bronco Mendenhall to Virginia
East Carolina fired Ruffin McNeill
Tulane fired Curtis Johnson
ULM fired Todd Berry

http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...coaching-rumors-jobs-candidates-carousel-2015
 

Conflicting reports about Doug Meacham to Tulane. Gil Brandt tweeted it's a done deal and others are saying he's not even a candidate.
 

Former Gophers DC Everett Withers and former Michigan coach Brady Hoke in the running for the ECU job.

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Teams that have hired new head coaches

Bowling Green hired Mike Jinks to replace Dino Babers
East Carolina will reportedly hire Scottie Montgomery to replace Ruffin McNeill
Illinois promoted Bill Cubit to replace Tim Beckman
Iowa State hired Matt Campbell to replace Paul Rhoads
Georgia expected to hire Kirby Smart to replace Mark Richt
Hawaii hired Nick Rolovich to replace Norm Chow
Maryland hired D.J. Durkin to replace Randy Edsall
Memphis hired Mike Norvell to replace Justin Fuente
Miami hired Mark Richt to replace Al Golden
Minnesota hired interim Tracy Claeys to replace Jerry Kill
Missouri promoted Barry Odom to replace Gary Pinkel
North Texas reportedly hiring Seth Littrell to replace Dan McCarney
Rutgers hired Chris Ash to replace Kyle Flood
South Carolina expected to hire Will Muschamp to replace Steve Spurrier
Syracuse reportedly hiring Dino Babers to replace Scott Shafer
Toledo promoted Jason Candle to replace Matt Campbell
Tulane hired Willie Fritz to replace Curtis Johnson
UCF hired Scott Frost to replace George O'Leary
USC promoted Clay Helton to replace Steve Sarkisian
Virginia hired Bronco Mendenhall to replace Mike London
Virginia Tech hired Justin Fuente to replace Frank Beamer

Teams still in the market for head coaches

BYU lost Bronco Mendenhall to Virginia
Georgia Southern lost Willie Fritz to Tulane
ULM fired Todd Berry

http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...coaching-rumors-jobs-candidates-carousel-2015
 

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