Just when everyone was expecting Alabama OC, and former Penn State/Houston Texans HC, Bill O'Brien to be announced, Virginia Tech flipped the script and went with defense, giving Pry his first head coaching gig. On Wednesday, July 14, Frank Solich announced his immediate retirement after 16 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio Bobcats. Long inherited the program from Hoke after the 2010 season when Hoke left to take the head job at Michigan. He previously led Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to a JUCO national title in 2007, and Delta State to the D-2 title in 2000. Lake was the HC for less than two seasons, finishing 7-6 overall and 6-4 in the conference. 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. Rhoads coached his teams' last regular season game at West Virginia and lost 30-6, dropping his record 32-55. Charlotte announced the hiring of Michigan assistant head coach Francis "Biff" Poggi as its new head coach on Tuesday, November 15. Maryland gave Randy Edsall the boot on October 11, the day after a 49-28 loss to Ohio State. The move came after his 8th season in Morgantown produced a 3-4 finish after a 5-0 start. Turner's firing came in the aftermath of a 53-14 loss to Central Florida that dropped the Golden Panthers' record to 0-4. Co-offensive coordinator Shawn Elliott was 1-5 after being named interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Coastal Carolina made its FBS debut in 2017 without its head football coach. Before leaving for Colorado State, Bobo had served as QB coach and later as OC on the Georgia staff from 2001-2014. Long was 91-38 overall in 9 seasons at San Diego State with 5 divisional championships (3 outright). Rutgers had never won a bowl game prior to his arrival and had only played in one. Offensive coordinator Mike Sanford, Jr. took over as interim head coach and went 1-6. The Huskies were 3-9 this season and just 11-26 in 3 seasons under Diaco. Then, it snowballed on Monday, November 29th with reports that Brian Kelly is leaving Notre Dame to go to LSU. 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). He is the school's winningest head coach. At Purdue, Brohm replaces Darrell Hazell who was fired on October 16 with the team sitting at 3-3. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. The Pirates fired Scottie Montgomery on November 29 after a 3-8 season and finished the season two days later with a 58-3 loss to N.C. State with defensive coordinator David Blackwell serving as the interim head coach. Bennett's defense this year was 9th out of 11 CUSA programs and 124th out of 131 FBS schools in the nation. He was hired by the Mountaineers when Scott Satterfield left Appalachian State for Louisville after the 2018 season. The Bearcats also played in the 2019 championship game and lost, and were in the hunt once again in 2022 until Tulane's 27-24 upset win at Cincinnati on November 26 in the final game of the regular season. Dickert guided the Cougars to a 3-2 finish and bowl eligibility (7-5) after Nick Rolovich and several assistants were fired on October 18 for failing to get vaccinated by the state-imposed deadline. Gerad Parker was named to the interim position, and the wide receivers coach/recruiting coordinator guided Purdue to an 0-6 finish for a 3-9 overall record. Central Michigan last won its division in 2009 when the Chips defeated Ohio in the conference champion game. The Aggies fired Gary Andersen two days after a 34-9 loss at Nevada on Saturday, November 7. Louisiana-Lafayette hired Arizona State offensive coordinator Billy Napier as its new head coach on December 15, replacing Mark Hudspeth. When he was hired the first time around, Utah State had just finished an 11th-straight losing season and had been to 5 bowl games in its history (none since 1997). 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." Defensive backs coach Cory Hall was given the interim head coaching tag and went 0-6. Kill deals with epileptic seizures and had a previous bout with kidney cancer in 2005. The 2017 team was among the preseason favorites to win another national title, but lost starting QB Deondre Francois in an opening-day loss to Alabama. Since then, the Tigers have won a single division title (2017) while Alabama has dominated the division and the conference. Louisiana went on to defeat Marshall in the New Orleans Bowl in Desormeaux's debut as head coach as the team finished the season on a 13-game winning streak.. Dan Mullen was fired from Florida on November 21 on the heels of a 24-23 loss to Missouri. Rice announced on December 5 that Stanford offensive coordinator Mike Bloomgren will be the next head coach of the Owls. Fuente was 26-23 overall at Memphis, including 19-6 the last 2 years. 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. Malzahn was 68-35 overall at Auburn, and 39-27 in SEC play. Illinois on Saturday, December 19, announced former Wisconsin and Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema as their guy to replace Lovie Smith who was fired on December 13. "After a heartfelt and authentic conversation with Coach Chryst about what is in the long-term best interest of our football program, I have concluded that now is the time for a change in leadership," McIntosh said. But, Kelly's departure could give that very same committee a pause for concern. He had only 1 losing year in 4 seasons at Houston. Overall, Edsall is 96-104 as a head coach. In a 21-year career as a major college football coach at Texas Tech, Washington State and Mississippi State, Leach compiled records of 158-107 over-all and 8-9 in bowl games. 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. Tedford then orchestrated an amazing turnaround for the program to a 10-4 season in his first year which culminated in a 17-14 loss at Boise State in the conference championship game. Kingsbury landed on his feet when he was hired as the offensive coordinator at USC on December 4, but came out smelling even more rosy when the NFL's Arizona Cardinals tapped him as their head coach on January 8. Rhule took over a Baylor program that went 1-11 in 2017 and led the Bears to a 6-win improvement in 2018. We promise not to use any pop-ups or pop-unders just normal, unintrusive banners. Stan Drayton was introduced as the new head coach at Temple on Thursday (December 16). Coaches Most Wins Longest Tenured Head Coaches - FBS Youngest Head Coaches 2023 FCS Coaching Changes 2023 Division II Coaching Changes 2023 Division III Coaching Changes; College Football Every Day. 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 . It was announced on December 1 that Rutgers and Greg Schiano had reached an agreement for his return as head coach. Beamer was an assistant at South Carolina under Steve Spurrier from 2007-2010, coaching cornerbacks, linebackers and special teams. This will be his first head coaching job. On December 11 he was named head coach after having just been named interim head coach on Sunday December 8, the same day Eliah Drinkwitz was hired away by Missouri after just one season in Boone. He left to become the head coach of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers but was fired after going 11-21 in two seasons. From 2000-2008, Stoops guided the storied program to 4 BCS Championship game appearances and won the 2000 title in just his second year at the school. He was 37-26 in American Athletic Conference games. His teams were 1-16 in Big 12 play. After Brohm announced he was leaving, Western Kentucky appointed defensive coordinator Nick Holt as interim coach for the Hilltoppers' Boca Raton bowl game against Memphis which the Hilltoppers won 51-31. His teams were 19-21 in the SEC and finished 5th or worse in the SEC western division in 3 of his 5 seasons. He served in those capacities this season at Oregon. It's a continuation of the chaos that began Sunday, November 28 and Monday, November 29, which may go down in history as the craziest two days in college football for head coaching changes. On December 5, 2017, Taggart moved on to FSU. Sanford previously served as the head coach at Western Kentucky from 2017-2018, but he was fired after going 9-16 in two seasons. The 43-year old protege has been an Oklahoma since 2018 and this season served as assistant head coach for offense, tight ends and H-Backs, according to Soonerports.com. Briles was 65-37 overall at Baylor, including a solid 32-7 from 2013-2015. Kinne, who just turned 34 the previous day, spent the 2022 season in his first head coaching gig leading Incarnate Word to a 10-1 regular season and he will stay with the Cardinals throughout their survival in the FCS Playoffs. Apparently, the wheels were turning behind the scene as reports that Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian will be hired as his replacement quickly became confirmed by the school. This was the first split title since the inception of the BCS, something the BCS intended to eliminate. Solich was 115-82 overall, 77-46 in the MAC. Claeys was 0-2 in the interim capacity with losses to Michigan and Ohio State, and 1-1 after the interim tag removed. ODU moved up to the FBS in 2013 and hit a high water ark in 2016 with a 10-3 season that was capped off with its only bowl appearance and victory - a 24-20 win over Eastern Michigan in the Bahamas Bowl. He missed the first two games of 2017 while undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. He had a standout 10-2 season in 2005, but four seasons of either 7-6, 6-6 or 6-7. Louisiana Tech on Tuesday (November 30), named Sonny Cumbie as its new head coach. The 37-year-old played in the defensive backfield for Baylor from 2003-2006. UCF had lost to 14 straight FBS opponents heading into that game. 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. Champions: LSU (BCS,NFF,USA-ESPN)USC (AP,FWAA), Heisman Memorial Trophy: Jason White(Oklahoma), Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award:Nick Saban(LSU), Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 11:40AM. The dust-up began when USA Today uncovered previous allegations of misconduct by Miles at LSU, centered around complaints by female students. Leonhard replaces Paul Chryst, who was in his eighth season as the Badgers' head coach. 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