It's time to set up the coaching carousel! P4 head coaching jobs will probably be very sparse this year, as athletic departments will be on the hook to pay players and are apparently no longer willing to pay the monstrous buyouts that many of their coaches have. But there may still be plenty of action in the Group of 5 (and among coordinators). Here's the current list of FBS HC moves (I'll update it as it spins along):
- Ball State: ~~Mike Neu~~ replaced by OPEN
- Central Michigan: Jim McElwain (retiring at end of season)
- Charlotte: ~~Biff Poggi~~ replaced by OPEN
- East Carolina: ~~Mike Houston~~ replaced by OPEN
- FAU: ~~Tom Herman~~ replaced by OPEN
- Fresno State: ~~Jeff Tedford~~ replaced by OPEN
- Kennesaw State: ~~Brian Bohannon~~ replaced by OPEN
- Rice: ~~Mike Bloomgren~~ replaced by OPEN
- Southern Miss: ~~Will Hall~~ replaced by OPEN
- Temple: ~~Stan Drayton~~ replaced by OPEN
- Tulsa: ~~Kevin Wilson~~ replaced by OPEN
- UMass: ~~Don Brown~~ replaced by OPEN
- Utah State: ~~Blake Anderson~~ replaced by OPEN
Other notes: A lot of "hot seats" (e.g. Arkansas, Baylor, Florida, West Virginia) probably cooled off by winning enough games. Mack Brown at UNC claims he's not retiring. Deion Sanders at CU claims he does not intend to go to the NFL.
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