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?

[Coop2395]

8 hours ago, AusMOJO said:

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

If this is true, why did sexton not give LSU the same treatment? 
 

a guy working on a % wouldn’t tell a client not to get a raise if the client wanted the job. 
 

would he? 

[Glass Joe]

6 minutes ago, Coop2395 said:

If this is true, why did sexton not give LSU the same treatment? 
 

a guy working on a % wouldn’t tell a client not to get a raise if the client wanted the job. 
 

would he? 

Brian Kelly was not a CAA / Sexton client.  So, at LSU, Sexton just got one of his clients (Kiffin) a top 10 job while replacing a Trace Armstrong client (Brian Kelly) in the process.  That’s a big win for CAA / Sexton.

At Penn State, Sexton’s client (James Franklin) got humiliated with a mid-season firing….thereby damaging one of his star client’s perceived value.  Sexton got Franklin a decent landing spot (Va Tech) but at a lesser value.  One assumes Franklin was not able to land another blue blood type of job, which means his value has diminished…thus the possibility of Sexton’s ire toward PSU.

[Alex Butler]

9 hours ago, AusMOJO said:

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. 

Agree, then we’ll see the spectacular fireworks when he bails on them the night of the national championship game to jump to the NFL. It’s going to be glorious. 

[John F.]

Wild. Had to double check to make sure it wasn’t No3

 

[pinkman_90]

Crumbl Cookies over Penn St by way of TKO

[Joe Zura]

Penn state is in shambles 😭

[HookemTexas]

Penn St. fired Franklin early hoping to get a jump on a coaching search only to be left out in the dust with no great options.  They aren't who they think they are.

[genevalonghorn]

6 minutes ago, HookemTexas said:

Penn St. fired Franklin early hoping to get a jump on a coaching search only to be left out in the dust with no great options.  They aren't who they think they are.

The BYU coach's agent may have just been posturing for money.  I haven't seen anything taking DeBoer out of the mix, and if he lands at PSU, that is a great get.

[Uthookem4800]

@Gerry Hamilton I bet were happy sitake stays because I could see BYU come after Sark hard with a big offer since  he’s an alumn and  try to lure him away an Texas will pay him more?

Edited 6 minutes ago by Uthookem4800

[HookemTexas]

Just now, Uthookem4800 said:

@Gerry Hamilton I bet were happy sitake stays because I could see BYU come after Sark hard since he’s alumn an probably try to lure him away an Texas pay him more.

BYU would be a massive step back considering he's at a blue blood with other blue bloods courting him (Bama).

[pinkman_90]

Just now, HookemTexas said:

BYU would be a massive step back considering he's at a blue blood with other blue bloods courting him (Bama).

Yeah but he might really like crumbl cookies