College coaching carousel 2025: It's going to be wild

[4thandFive]

Of all the years to keep a coach….this is it. 

[AusMOJO]

2 hours ago, Jbro52 said:

Who does Oregon hire as OC is the new question 

Bobby Petrino incoming, lol. 

[Glass Joe]

31 minutes ago, horns96 said:

I feel like the only home run hire so far is Va Tech.  There aren’t enough qualified candidates to fill all these positions.

This is a very astute observation.  Very, very few programs changing coaches are actually upgrading.  Many are just replacing an HC with a speculative hire.

This HC market was a complete imbalance of supply and demand.  Most of the best HCs either signed extensions, or told their agents they weren’t interested in changing jobs - Ryan Day, Kirby, Lanning, Sark, DeBoer, Elko, Dabo, Cristobal, Ruhle,  Campbell, Dillingham, etc. all chose to stay put in their current gigs.  And potentially recycled former great HCs (Saban, Meyer, Gruden, Gundy, etc) chose not to join the fray either.

So, you wind-up with SEC schools  (Auburn, Ark, Florida) hiring a bunch AAC coaches or simply elevating assistants with no HC experience (Ole Miss).  

The supply of HCs on the market was so bad that Lane Kiffin was the best available, and Lincoln Riley wasn’t even worthy of interest.

[AusMOJO]

1 hour ago, Michelle Lynn said:

Wild if this is true. Sexton gonna Sexton 😆

Sexton has way too much power, needs to be humbled a bit, imo.

[AusMOJO]

56 minutes ago, horns96 said:

I feel like the only home run hire so far is Va Tech.  There aren’t enough qualified candidates to fill all these positions.

Lane Kiffin if he doesn't sh*t the bed again at a Blue Blood, will succeed at LSU. That will be a home run hire, depending on what he does defensively. 

[Lnghrn]

11 minutes ago, Glass Joe said:

This is a very astute observation.  Very, very few programs changing coaches are actually upgrading.  Many are just replacing an HC with a speculative hire.

This HC market was a complete imbalance of supply and demand.  Most of the best HCs either signed extensions, or told their agents they weren’t interested in changing jobs - Ryan Day, Kirby, Lanning, Sark, DeBoer, Elko, Dabo, Cristobal, Ruhle,  Campbell, Dillingham, etc. all chose to stay put in their current gigs.  And potentially recycled former great HCs (Saban, Meyer, Gruden, Gundy, etc) chose not to join the fray either.

So, you wind-up with SEC schools  (Auburn, Ark, Florida) hiring a bunch AAC coaches or simply elevating assistants with no HC experience (Ole Miss).  

The supply of HCs on the market was so bad that Lane Kiffin was the best available, and Lincoln Riley wasn’t even worthy of interest.

Crazy to think about the average tenure of SEC coaches next year.  I guess Kirby, Sark, Huepel and Clark Lea are the veteran coaches.  The 9 game SEC schedule will drive more turnover.  1st or 2nd year coaches at most schools next year.  

[TheContractor12]

If Stein goes from Oregon to Kentucky, does that open the door for a WR from North Texas with UT ties?