The college football coaching carousel didn’t wait for the regular season to end before springing into motion. By mid-November, jobs in the Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Mountain West had opened up. The day after the regular season ended, three FBS jobs had been filled while eight remained open.
More openings followed as dominoes – like Mike Elko leaving Duke for Texas A&M – continued to fall.
The 2023 season began with one job already open after Northwestern fired Pat Fitzgerald over the summer amid a hazing scandal. Then, a few weeks into the season, Michigan State fired Mel Tucker for inappropriate conduct.
By mid-December, it seemed like the carousel had stopped spinning. And then, just days after the National Championship, it restarted in a big way.
And then the cycle kept going as Jim Harbaugh and Jeff Hafley moved on to the NFL.
As more coaches get fired, retire or leave for other jobs – while others will remain on the hot seat heading into next season – we’ll be tracking them here as college football’s silly season progresses.
Updated: Feb. 15