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It’s already been a busy off-season of coaching changes in college football and we’re still two weeks from the regular season actually drawing to a close.  With Justin Fuente’s announced firing from Virginia Tech there have now already been 12 head college football coaches fired since the season began.

Some are staying on to finish the year while others technically resigned, but the the fact remains there will be at least 12 different head coaches in college football’s FBS when the 2022 season begins late next summer.

Here at Fighting Irish Wire we’re certainly not expecting Brian Kelly to be exiting anytime soon, even if Kirk Herbstreit has him on a plane to Southern California, but we certainly would be curious about a Kelly assistant getting a chance at a head coaching job.

Below is our tracker of all FBS coaching changes that will be updated through the fall and into the early parts of 2022.

Florida International assistant coach Aubrey Hill dies at 48

Florida International assistant coach Aubrey Hill has died at 48

Aubrey Hill, an assistant coach at FIU, died Sunday after a lengthy bout with cancer. He was 48.

Hill played college ball at Florida under Steve Spurrier and went on to become a graduate assistant at UF under Spurrier and was the Gators’ wide receivers coach in 2011.

Hill was in his fourth season as wide receivers coach at FIU on coach Butch Davis’ staff.

The head coach released a statement:

Report: Seahawks to sign UDFA running back Anthony Jones

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the Seattle Seahawks plan to sign running back Anthony Jones to a contract following the 2020 NFL Draft.

Former FIU running back Anthony Jones is reported to be set to sign a contract with the Seattle Seahawks after surviving a bullet to the face in a drive-by shooting in 2018. ESPN’s Adam Schefter delivered the news the Seahawks will be signing Jones as an undrafted free agent.

Jones was hospitalized and intubated following the incident. He told the Associated Press that he questioned why something so tragic could happen to him specifically.

“That first night, I asked God, ‘Why me?'” Jones said. “I did. You know I did. I just wished I could rewind time, man. Why me? I don’t ever do anything to anybody. I’m a good dude. I respect everybody. I’m a respectful man. My momma raised me right. I’ve never done anything to anybody. I just want to play football, graduate, get my degree and help my family.”

Doctors told FIU head coach Butch Davis that the bullet passed through Jones with no crucial structural damage inflicted.

“The doctor at the hospital when it happened told me, ‘Coach, I’ve been doing this for like 18 years and I’ve never seen anybody survive this,'” Davis told the Sun-Sentinel. “And then he described the bullet wounds, where they went, what they didn’t touch. For that shot to go through and not hit any organs, any bones, any nerve tissue, he said it’s a miracle. It honestly is a miracle.”

At the very least, Jones will get an opportunity to show what he can do at the professional level.

“I have that chance now,” Jones said.  “A second chance.”

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20 college coaches who flopped in the pros

John Beilein is the latest college coach to flame out when trying his hand in the pros.

John Beilein is done with the Cleveland Cavaliers a half-year into a four-year contract. The former Michigan coach isn’t alone in college coaches who failed to make it in the pros. It happens, over and over.

Basketball: John Beilein

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The Cleveland Cavaliers are 14-40 and that will be the final record for their coach of the first half of the 2019-20 season, John Beilein.

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