And the Coaching Carousel for the year has started:

Out
Maryland- Mike Locksley
NC State- Doeren
Baylor- Aranda
Sam Houston- Longo
FSU- Norvell


Hot Seats (P4 schools only)- (according to different sports writers)
Rutgers
OU
Nebraska
Clemson
TCU
Washington
Colorado
Boston College
Virginia
Michigan (not sure how this can be real in his first year)
Kansas




Now that the first team has pulled the trigger many more will start to fall, especially as teams get eliminated from bowl eligibility over the next few weeks or the playoffs for the top teams.

Unless a bunch get fired over the next 3 weeks this might be a fairly quiet year.......

Please let it be us next with pulling the trigger!

Realitybites said:

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This isn't going to make it any easier to replace Aranda.

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Timing and competition makes it imperative that if "your guy" is available, you have to move. The Good Ship Lollipop based in Pat Neff doesn't turn the helm that quickly or that courageously. That's a financial goad as well as an inherent inability to move quickly in decisions-making. Neither good nor bad, necessarily...just reality.
What's not known publicly is what deliberations or possible plans/responses are being developed at the moment, or even if there are any contingencies being considered. Good sense would say that "possibilities" are being worked thru, and I'd suspect the AD is surfing ahead of this wave of "discontent". But who knows? Such things are best not made public but trusting the university to make wise decisions is not a widespread characteristic among Baylor Bears I know, and hasn't been for some years now due less to the Starr-sexual assault-Briles mess than to the more recent Rhoades-coaching carousel in conjuction with the admin's choices concerning the university's responses the grievance industry's pressure. We'll see, as the old adage goes. But I'm pretty sure the AD is not the problem in the university's solutions to what we saw against TCU.

Maryland now has plenty of time to shop.... not waiting until
Thanksgiving weekend to start their search. But, Chip Kelly
as a candidate? At least at Maryland, he won't have to relearn
how to talk, like he did at LSU with his phony Cajun accent.

Big guy said:

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Maryland now has plenty of time to shop.... not waiting until
Thanksgiving weekend to start their search. But, Chip Kelly
as a candidate? At least at Maryland, he won't have to relearn
how to talk, like he did at LSU with his phony Cajun accent.

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That was Brian Kelly.

chip is the former Oregon and UCLA head coach (as well as NFL Eagles) that seems to be happier being an OC and not having to deal with the NIL nightmares, head coaching duties, etc.

Thanks for the correction.

Realitybites said:

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This isn't going to make it any easier to replace Aranda.

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This ain't as easy as posters here think to begin with.

PartyBear said:

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Realitybites said:

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This isn't going to make it any easier to replace Aranda.

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This ain't as easy as posters here think to begin with.

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We unfortunately waited too long. So far, this isn't shaping up like the last few years where the pool was much more attractive

List updated

The hot seat must be scorching.

Deion tries to embarrass Brian Howell, one of CU’s most respected journalists, by painting him as someone profiting off his name behind his back. Brian calmly dismantles that narrative with a simple “I tried to get in touch with you.”

Make sure… pic.twitter.com/FL0XBGaROC

— Moneyline Matt (@MoneylineMatt12) October 27, 2026

Updated now that Sam Houston has fired their coach.

I would think former BU coaches Matt Powledge and Shawn Bell at top of list

Both have connections there.

Florida State fires Norvell after 3rd straight loss
https://thescore.com/ncaaf/news/3641636

FSU is officially opened for business.

Updated

updated with some hotseats