In his 12 seasons at the helm of the Irish, Kelly amassed records of 92-39 over-all, and went 9-0 as a Covid year member of the ACC in 2020. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. The 2016 squad met the lowered preseason expectations according of CollegeFootballPoll.com's Congrove Computer Rankings which warned of a 5-7 campaign and a 2-6 conference mark. Kill was a former head coach at Minnesota before epilepsy forced him to step down and he hadn't served in an on-field capacity since 2017 when he was the OC at Rutgers. Monken leaves with a 13-25 record at the Hattiesburg school. Former UTEP head coach Mike Price (2004-2012) served as interim head coach for the final seven games and went 0-7. It is the school's greatest season since joining the PAC-8/PAC-10/PAC-12 in 1968. Moorehead spent just two seasons in Starkville, compiling a 14-12 record over-all, a 7-9 mark in SEC play and an 0-2 bowl record. Last year, Buffalo went 5-0 during the regular season, but lost 38-28 to Ball State in the MAC Championship game. Running backs coach Vai Taua was named interim head coach for the Wolf Pack's Quick Lane Bowl game against Western Michigan on December 27 which Nevada lost 52-24. He spent the last three seasons on Nick Saban's staff at Alabama. At the time of Miles' hiring, Beatty's record was 3-8 for the season and 6-41 over 4 seasons with a Big 12 mark of just 2-33. Bobo just joined the program this year as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach after losing his job as head coach at Colorado State at the of a 4-8 campaign in 2019. Pelini is a long-term assistant at multiple schools and was the former head coach of FAU where we went 5-15 in less than two full seasons from 2012-2013. Brown was 43-19 in his first stint from 2004-2008 when UMass was in the FCS. Assistant coach Chris Naeole was handed the interim duties for the rest of the season and went 1-3. But with pirates, it didn't matter if you were black, white, rich or poor. Baylor called upon Grobe when the Bears fired Art Briles on May 25 following an external investigation by the Pepper Hamilton law firm into allegations of covering up incidents of violence and widespread sexual misconduct by his players. The NCAA Rules Committee adopted the following rules changes for the 2002 season: The penalty for violating the so-called "Halo Rule" (two yard restricted area around the punt/kick receiver) without making contact with the receiver is increased from five yards to 10 yards. As for Dilfer, this will be his first coaching job in any position at the collegiate level. This will be Kinne's 7th different team in 7 seasons, including previous one-year stints as an offense assistant with UCF and Hawaii. Les Miles was 114-34 in a little more than 11 seasons at LSU from 2005-2016, and his 2007 team won the BCS national championship. This is his second trip back to his alma mater as a coach, having held the QB coach responsibilities in 2005-06. The coach said his motives were nothing more than wanting to take a pause after 31 straight seasons as an assistant and head coach, and spend more time with his wife. Kurt Watson served as interim AD until Travis Goff was hired on April 7. TCU on October 31 effectively fired a head coach with a 181-79 record and championships in Conference USA, the Mountain West and Big 12 (shared, 2014). He had been promoted from defensive coordinator when Doug Marrone left to become the head coach of the Buffalo Bills (NFL), a job which Marrone left after just 2 seasons (now assistant head coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars). Dykes began his tenure with the Mustangs by losing 51-10 to one of the two teams that he previously led as head coach, Louisiana Tech, in the Frisco Bowl. The school's reinstatement of Durkin was met with a strong backlash from members of the student body, government officials and even some team players. "Paul is a man of integrity who loves his players. Also on Friday (December 10), Duke announced the hiring of Mike Elko as its new head coach. Beamer announced on November 1 that his 29th season at Virginia Tech will be his last as a college football head coach. Cincinnati will be led in that game by interim head coach Kerry Coombs, a long-time assistant in college and the NFL who just joined Fickell's staff for the 2022 season after being let go by Ohio State. But on December 3, Richt informed the school that he will not coach the Bulldogs in their bowl game. 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy, resulting in a split national championship. This was the first split title since the inception of the BCS, something the BCS intended to eliminate. Kent State ended that campaign with its first bowl appearance (lost 17-13 to Arkansas State in the GoDaddy.com Bowl) since 1972 and only its second in school history. Stewart was 9-4 in each of his 3 seasons at WVU. Details were presented at a Hawaii state senate hearing earlier on Friday. 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." They feel this pressure. 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. His teams were 1-16 in Big 12 play. A two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American, he also was a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, the prestigious National Football Foundation award referred to as the "Academic Heisman.". The longtime assistant to Jerry Kill was named interim head coach after Kill announced his immediate retirement on October 28 due to health reasons. Odom was a linebacker at the school in the late 90s', and held a position with the program every year after that except when he coached high school ball from 2000-2002 and served as Memphis' defensive coordinator from 2012-2014 under Justin Fuente. He has spent the last 10 years at Clemson with the same responsibilities. Heupel was the Heisman Trophy runner-up in 2000 when he led Oklahoma to an undefeated season and a national championship with an 11-2 victory over Florida State, though FSU's Chris Weinke won the Heisman. It was announced on October 17 that Ed Orgeron (4-3) would stay as head coach at LSU through the end of the 2021 season, but a nationwide search for his replacement was already underway. He left to become the head coach of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers but was fired after going 11-21 in two seasons. On Wednesday, December 23, a 24-year career assistant landed his first job as a head football coach when Jedd Fisch was announced as Kevin Sumlin 's replacement at Arizona. Appalachian State named defensive line coach Mark Ivey the interim head coach for the bowl season. At the time of the firing, Canada had led Maryland to a 5-3 record. The move came four days after a 38-28 loss to Louisville in the Music City Bowl gave the Bulldogs a losing record. Lewis, a Dino Babers protege, served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the Orange for the last 2 seasons and also worked under Babers at Bowling Green and Eastern Illinois. Each season, there are plenty of fired and hired head coaches in college football. Josh Aldridge will serve as Liberty's head coach in an interim capacity for the Boca Ration Bowl vs. Toledo. Thus, Rossomando wound up at Vandy. It will be the first head coaching job for Littrell, the North Carolina offensive coordinator. With the Cougars, Leach compiled an over-all record of 55-47 and had just a single co-divisional title in his next-to-last season (2018). Taylor spent the 2022 season as the Cardinals' offensive coordinator after spending three years in charge of the running game at Notre Dame. Graham and his staff stayed on for ASU's Sun Bowl game versus N.C. State, but lost 52-31. Charlotte dug itself a 35-0 hole by gifting 5 turnovers, in addition to failing to convert on three 4th-down attempts at FIU's 20-yard line or closer. Under Monken, Southern Miss enjoyed a dramatic turnaround in 2015 with a 9-3 regular season before suffering losses in the CUSA Championship game and the Heart Of Dallas Bowl. Among the scores of arrests of Gator football players were the more agregious matters of star RB Chris Rainey texting that it's "Time to die, B----" to an ex-girlfriend, and the ultimate cancer, Aaron Hernandez. Hazell was 1-11 in 2013, followed by 3-9 in 2014 and 2-10 in 2015 for a cumulative record of 9-33. Polian's downfall seemed to be the lack of success in the conference as the Wolf Pack were just 14-18 in the MWC. At the time of his dismissal, the Buffaloes were one of just two winless teams in the FBS. Just a year ago, Florida played Alabama tough in the SEC Championship game, but the Gators lost virtually all of their skill players from that team and they were just 5-6 at the time of Mullen's dismissal. CSU and Bobo parted ways on December 4. Rhule replaced Jim Grobe who served as acting head coach in 2016 and the Bears stumbled to a 6-6 finish after an 0-6 start, on par with expectations. Sonny Dykes was introduced as the new head coach at SMU on December 12, replacing Chad Morris. He replaces Dino Babers who vacated the Falcons' post to fill the head coaching vacancy at Syracuse on December 5, the day after leading Bowling Green to the MAC title over Northern Illinois. On December 7, Louisiana-Monroe announced the firing of Matt Viator with one game left in an 0-10 season. Fuente was 26-23 overall at Memphis, including 19-6 the last 2 years. This past year's 8-4 mark was actually his second-best season with the Mountaineers. Stay up to date on all of the coaching changes around college football. 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. He was not permitted to be with the team for the following week's 35-30 loss to Arizona State and was fired the next day. Key took over a 1-3 program and went 4-4 down the stretch as the team just missed out on a bowl game. Johnson was 15-34 in 4 seasons, including a 7-6 mark and a New Orleans Bowl loss in 2013 that stands as the only winning season for the Green Wave since 2002. The NCAA has cited numerous violations by Freeze and his staff from October 2012 to January 2016 and leveled the most serious charge of lack of institutional control. DeRuyter was 20-6 in his first two season in the San Joaquin Valley, and a slip to 6-8 in 2014 still produced a conference championship game appearance. The Oklahoma website on Monday morning, December 6 announced Clemson defensive coordinator, and former Sooners DC, Brent Venables as its new head coach. In Madison, Bielema's teams were 37-19 in Big Ten games and 2-4 in bowl games. Offensive coordinator Mike DeBord had been serving as 'acting' head coach ever since Miles was put on administrative leave two days prior. It appeared as though public ridicule of the university left the school with no other option. Graham's 12-year head coaching career at Rice, Tulsa, Pittsburgh and Arizona State has produced a 95-61 record. Offensive coordinator Rod Smith was named interim head coach as preparation began for the 2020 finale at Penn State which the Illini lost 56-21. It was a far cry from what Purdue thought they would get after Hazell led Kent State to the MAC Championship in 2012 (lost 43-37 in overtime to Northern Illinois), an 11-3 overall record, an 8-0 regular season conference record, and a final No. It was later revealed by Niumatalolo that he was fired in the locker room immediately after the loss. Durkin who was suspended in August, welcomed back for a day on October 30, and then fired on October 31. At the age of 34, he was hired away from Austin Peay to replace the fired Brad Lambert after the 2018 season. Morris was 4-18 in his 22-game tenure. As a player, he spent time in the NFL, the WFL the CFL and Arena Football but never found success. The Vols finished the season with two more losses after defensive line coach Brady Hoke took over in an interim capacity. WebDavie's Football 101: Bob Davie looks at all the latest rule changes Sunday, Aug. 10; The best of the best: Which conference has the best head coaches? Athletic Director Todd Stansbury was also let go and Frank Neville was named interim AD. He is 69-54 in his career. As expected, Marcus Arroyo on December 11 was named the head coach at UNLV. Troy announced on Monday, November 22 that Chip Lindsey had been fired. The Bulls were 1-8 when they fired Jeff Scott on November 6, the day after a blowout 54-28 loss to Temple (3-6). Akron was 2-7 at the time and finished 2-10, losing its final three games under interim head coach Oscar Rodriguez, Jr. Moorhead has had two previous stints as a head coach, spending just two seasons in that position at Mississippi State where he was 14-12 over-all and 3-9 in the SEC in 2018-2019, and four seasons at FCS member Fordham where he had a sterling 38-13 record with an 11-1 mark in the Patriot League and 3 FCS playoff appearances. In all, Leach spent 8 years with the Cougars who hired him 3 years after he had been fired by Texas Tech. Auburn officially announced his hiring late in the afternoon on Monday, November 28. On November 15, it was revealed that FIU (1-9) and Butch Davis would part ways at the end of the season. Hopson was 28-23 in 4+ seasons in Hattiesburg, but the loss to the Jaguars was the 4th straight for Southern Miss after closing the 2019 campaign on a 3-game skid. MacIntyre spent the last two seasons as defensive coordinator at Memphis after holding the same position at Ole Miss in 2019. Frank Wilson was fired by UTSA on December 1 after a 4-year mark of 19-29 that included a 13-19 Conference record. The move came shortly after the Owls had suffered a 32-31 loss at home to Western Kentucky in overtime when the Hilltoppers successfully went for two points after a touchdown. The 37-year old had previous gigs with Florida from 2010-2013 and Stanford 2007-2009. Harsin was 9-12 over-all and 4-9 in SEC games in his short tenure. Montgomery achieved his watermark success in his second season (2017) when the Golden Hurricane finished 10-3 with a win in the Miami Beach Bowl. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Todd Fitch, the coordinator of the nation's 109th-ranked offense, takes the interim reins. He was an Auburn OA in 2013, but was hired by Todd Monken as his OC at Southern Miss for 2014-2015 before holding that same post at Arizona State for a year. DeBord was among those interviewed for the interim position. 17. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. By Sunday afternoon, McElwain was out and defensive coordinator Randy Shannon was named interim head coach. He served as the face of the university, rescued football from the garbage heap, and resuscitated it from cancellation by rallying unprecedented community support. He spent this season as the QB coach for the New England Patriots. He has mostly served as a special teams and defensive backs coach and is almost certain to join Fickell at Wisconsin after the bowl game. It was the 8th straight to FBS teams, all by single digits. Tim Lappano was named his interim successor and, under his watch, Georgia State went 1-1. He was 0-2 in the two bowls in which he did perform the HC duties. WKU was 6-7 in his inaugural year, falling under .500 with a loss to Georgia State in the Cure Bowl. He was 35-16 in four seasons and 23-9 in Sun Belt games. Overall, Edsall is 96-104 as a head coach. A large number of players on the 2021 roster - 19 in all - have entered the transfer portal since November. In Blacksburg, he rose his Alma mater's football significance from nonexistent to major status. Johnson's dismissal came after a loss to Tulsa dropped the Green Wave to 3-9. Its harder to win than ever. 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