Arkansas - fired Bobby Petrino * - John L. Smith interim coach (not retained)-hired Bret Bielema (Wisconsin HC)
Arkansas State - replacing Gus Malzahn (Auburn)
Auburn - fired Gene Chizik - hired Gus Malzahn (Ark St HC)
Boston College - fired Frank Spaziani - hired Steve Addazio (Temple HC)
Cal-Berkley - fired Jeff Tedford - hired Sonny Dykes (La Tech HC)
Cincinnati - replacing Butch Jones (Tennessee) - hired Tommy Tuberville (Texas Tech HC)
Colorado - fired John Embree - hires Mike MacIntyre (San Jose HC)
Florida International - fired Mario Cristobal - TBA
Georgia State - Bill Curry retired - Trent Miles (Indiana St HC)
Idaho - fired Robb Akey - hired Paul Petrino (Arkansas OC)
Kentucky - fired Joker Phillips - hired FSU DC Mark Stoops
Kent State - replacing Darrell Hazel (Purdue) - TBA
La Tech - replacing Sonny Dukes (Cal-Berkley) - TBA
NC State - fired Tom O'Brien - hired N. Illinois HC Dave Doeren
Northern Illinois - replacing Dave Doeren (NCSU) - promotes OC Rod Carey
Purdue - fired Danny Hope - Patrick Higgins interim coach - hired Darrell Hazel (Kent St HC)
San Jose St - replacing Mike MacIntyre (Colorado) - TBA
South Florida - fired Skip Holtz - hired Willie Taggert (Western Kentucky HC)
Southern Miss - fired Ellis Johnson - hired Todd Monken (Okla St OC)
Temple - replacing Steve Addazio (BC) - TBA
Tennessee - fired Derek Dooley - hired Butch Jones (Cincy HC)
Texas Tech - replacing Tommy Tuberville (Cincy)
UTEP - Mike Price retiring - Sean Kugler (Steelers OL coach)
Western Kentucky - replacing Willie Taggert (USF) - hires Bobby Petrino
Western Michigan -fired Bill Cubit - TBA
Wisconsin - replacing Bret Bielema (Arkansas) - Barry Alvarez interim coach - TBA



* preseason

Gotta add Idaho firing Rob Akey midseason

I think those are the only 3 so far.....

(11-04-2012 11:02 PM)stever20 Wrote:  Gotta add Idaho firing Rob Akey midseason

I think those are the only 3 so far.....

Thanks, forgot about that. I'll add it.

You'll probably be able to add Tennessee coach Derek Dooley to that list before too much longer...

(11-04-2012 11:31 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  You'll probably be able to add Tennessee coach Derek Dooley to that list before too much longer...

Probably, but I maintain that would be a huge mistake. When all is said and done Dooley is going to be a big winner, either in Knoxville or elsewhere. It's not his fault that Fulmer and Kiffen's recruiting classes have left in mass.

Tennessee has Missouri, Vandy, and Kentucky left. They win out, and get to 7-5, I think he survives another year.

A name to kind of watch out for I think is Lane Kiffin. If they lose to Arizona St, UCLA, and Notre Dame- to finish 6-6, I could see Pat Haden pull the trigger.

I think Chizik at Auburn & Richt at Georgia are on the hot seat. Which is kinda sad, not too long ago Chizik won a National Title and Richt wasn't that bad. You wonder why coach's and programs cheat these days. Its because boosters and fans want to win at all costs.

That's crazy cause Uga is still very much in the east title race.[/i]

Chizik- yes he'd be on the hot seat.
Richt- no way he's on a hot seat right now.... They with win vs Auburn clinch the east actually....

(11-05-2012 12:44 AM)stever20 Wrote:  Chizik- yes he'd be on the hot seat.
Richt- no way he's on a hot seat right now.... They with win vs Auburn clinch the east actually....

Richt's seat been lukewarm for sometime now.

(11-05-2012 12:53 AM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  

(11-05-2012 12:44 AM)stever20 Wrote:  Chizik- yes he'd be on the hot seat.
Richt- no way he's on a hot seat right now.... They with win vs Auburn clinch the east actually....

Richt's seat been lukewarm for sometime now.

it's cooled off considerably the last 2 years.

Whatever...

Any other possible job openings in the major conferences? And who is the hotshot up and comer. I know of Christobal at FIU but I'm unsure if he's leaving there anytime soon. I could see Petrino land a job somewhere.

(11-05-2012 01:08 AM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  Whatever...

Any other possible job openings in the major conferences? And who is the hotshot up and comer. I know of Christobal at FIU but I'm unsure if he's leaving there anytime soon. I could see Petrino land a job somewhere.

I don't know if Christobal is as hot this year with how poorly FIU has done this year

Great job answering the question. He's been on the radar at least 2 years now and stayed at FIU. So I wouldn't even consider him a hot shot up and comer anymore.

the up and comers are the guys at La Tech and Western Kentucky..... And- you wonder if the guys at Utah St and San Jose St may get looks.

Chizik is fairly safe I would imagine. Even if Auburn waited until after 12/1 to fire him it is going to cost then a $7.5 million buyout to get rid of him this year.


Richt has at least another year with the win over Florida, and the fact that nobody in the SEC is beating Bama this year.

Tom O'Brien at NC State is on his way out in my opinion.

(11-05-2012 01:43 AM)catdaddy_2402 Wrote:  Chizik is fairly safe I would imagine. Even if Auburn waited until after 12/1 to fire him it is going to cost then a $7.5 million buyout to get rid of him this year.


Richt has at least another year with the win over Florida, and the fact that nobody in the SEC is beating Bama this year.

I just wonder if Auburn got railroaded by Alabama by something like 63-7 if that could be the final nail. Esp if Georgia blasts them as well- giving Auburn a 0-8 SEC season....

Gene Chizak is going to be gone at the end of the season, unless Auburn turns it around and wins out. I heard that from somebody whose info I trust...

And the buyout is no problem. There are plenty of people around Auburn willing to donate a lot of money to get rid of him...

(11-05-2012 08:47 AM)samandrea Wrote:  Tom O'Brien at NC State is on his way out in my opinion.

Really? I figured FSU did their annual duty to keep bad ACC coaches in place, also known as the Tommy Bowden plan.