Coaching carousel 2025-26

[CB4]

I will say Jimbo and Durkin are the most likely

As bad as they have been, Durkin has done a very good job with their defense. I could see them giving him these last three games as an “audition” for the job.
Keeping him may also minimize some defections to the portal.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

that's a bold prediction cotton!!

Didn't really say he would accept the job. Just seems like someone they think they can get and would offer. Then again they think they can get Andy Reid.

 

[bamajas]

As bad as they have been, Durkin has done a very good job with their defense. I could see them giving him these last three games as an “audition” for the job.
Keeping him may also minimize some defections to the portal.

If he can prove he can build a relevant offensive staff, they could do much worse

 

[selmaborntidefan]

that's a bold prediction cotton!!

Let's see how it plays out......

 

[Joefus]

Lincoln Riley is my prediction

He’s a SoCal guy I can’t imagine him leaving La for Auburn.

 

[Crimson1967]

Mike Shula out as OC at South Carolina.

 

[Joefus]

AUBURN COACHING HIRE LIST

1) Who has beaten Alabama?

Mike Norvell
Clark Lea
Josh Heupel - he's not coming
Brent Venables - not coming
Sherrone Moore
Steve Sarkisian
Jim Harbaugh
Brian Kelly
Jimbo Fisher
Kirby Smart
Gus Malzahn
Ed Orgeron - wait, he beat Saban and WON A NATIONAL TITLE!!!
Hugh Freeze
Bob Stoops
Kevin Sumlin
Les Miles
Steve Spurrier
Gene Chizik
Urban Meyer
Kyle Whittingham
Mark Richt
Bobby Bowden - won't answer his phone for some reason
Sylvester Croom
Charlie Weatherbie

2) Who on our staff do we not want to go to Arkansas or Miss State and beat us?
Our staff sucks, so this isn't a problem.

3) Who can we hire that Charles Barkley won't criticize?
a superstar white guy (none available) or any black guy (Deion Sanders)

4) Which coaches above that have beaten Alabama have SEC experience but no Auburn experience?
Ed Orgeron
Clark Lea
Steve Sarkisian
Les Miles
Brian Kelly
Jimbo Fisher
Kevin Sumlin
Mark Richt
Sylvester Croom

5) Whose baggage from a previous scandal is eliminated?
Miles


So here's your Auburn shopping list:
Brian Kelly
Ed Orgeron
Jimbo Fisher
Clark Lea
Deion Sanders
The guy at Tulane

(I'm only HALF KIDDING on this list, folks).

Jimbo at Auburn might actually be a problem with a decent staff

 

[Methylred]

So I guess this means Auburn will end up fighting Arkansas for whatever coaching scraps are left over from LSU, Florida, and PSU. It’d sure be entertaining for the Waltons and Yella Fella to get into a bidding war.

I really thought they’d hold onto Freeze for a while and fire him at a more opportune time, but I guess I was giving the boogs too much credit.

 

[CrimSonami]

How odd would it be if Dabo traded the lake for the plains or switched to a different Death Valley?

I mean they’re both Tigers, right?

 

[CoolBreeze]

Jimbo at Auburn might actually be a problem with a decent staff

Yea, Jimbo is definitely gettable for barney.

 

[AlistarWills]

Yea, Jimbo is definitely gettable for barney.

agbarn meddlers are the same as the texas meddlers. They just don’t have the same amounts of money.

 

[Tide-one-on]

I think LSU may go after the Tulane coach if Lane says no

 

[Cruiser]

Would Lebby go to the barn? Would the barn go after Lebby?

 

[Bama_N_Va]

They just need the right coach.
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This should get you a 7 day 14 day 35 day vacation...

I mean, its just so obnoxious to my senses...

 

[CoolBreeze]

I think LSU may go after the Tulane coach if Lane says no

Lane to the gators or stay put.

 

[CoolBreeze]

Would Lebby go to the barn? Would the barn go after Lebby?

If he is smart, no. If they are smart, yes.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

Lane to the gators or stay put.

Agreed. If you have your choice of jobs with eight-figure annual incomes, why would you subject yourself to the LSU or barn level of dysfunction and booster / politician meddling?

I'm fully aware that no coach is fully insulated from that stuff. But LSU, the barn, UTw, and to a lesser extent aTm, take it to an entirely different level.

I'm sure Kiffin has a tad of that in Oxford, and would in Gainesville. But nowhere near the level of LSU or the barn.

I could make logical arguments for either Oxford or Gainesville. Not the other two places.

 

[CB4]

So far, with basically another month until the regular season ends, we have eleven FBS coaches canned. There are probably at least five more at high risk of a similar fate. Either the Jimbos, Brian Kellys and Freezes get recycled or a bunch of programs are going to be overpaying for the Sumralls, Laslees, and Chadwells of G5.

 

[smith5753]

Jimbo at Auburn might actually be a problem with a decent staff

He would be the same level of problem he was at A&M, maybe some less. At A&M Jimbo has unlimited resources, bought all the top recruits, and every season underperformed. Of course he did beat Bama once so he has to be considered, and to me, he actually seems exactly like the coach auburn generally hires.

 

[CoolBreeze]

So far, with basically another month until the regular season ends, we have eleven FBS coaches canned. There are probably at least five more at high risk of a similar fate. Either the Jimbos, Brian Kellys and Freezes get recycled or a bunch of programs are going to be overpaying for the Sumralls, Laslees, and Chadwells of G5.

This would be the year that Jimbo would resurface somewhere. Will be interesting if the money he is getting paid not to coach will keep him from entering the fray.