Coaching carousel 2025-26

[crimsonaudio]

I absolutely can not and that’s why I’ve been looking sideways at all the rumors but heck at this point guess it’s real. Imagine leaving a team before getting them to their first playoff game ever. Just wild amounts not giving a hoot here. Hope he crashes and burns. Ole miss deserves better

Exactly. It's why I'm not sure any of this is real - we've heard plenty of 'sure things' before that weren't...

 

[Joefus]

Exactly. It's why I'm not sure any of this is real - we've heard plenty of 'sure things' before that weren't...

The “announcement” after the egg bowl is just super bizarre. Like why? This doesn’t make ole miss look good either way so why do it? Makes you wonder if anyone can look past what’s right in front of them and consider oh I don’t know like 1.5 months into the future.

 

[PA Tide Fan]

The “announcement” after the egg bowl is just super bizarre. Like why? This doesn’t make ole miss look good either way so why do it? Makes you wonder if anyone can look past what’s right in front of them and consider oh I don’t know like 1.5 months into the future.

I sure think if he was staying he'd just announce it now so the players are not distracted. Not a good thing to go into a rivalry game with players who are uncertain about the future.

 

[bamaga]

We have no idea if Bama contacted Kiffin or not

We? I have an idea Bama didn’t. Byrne didn’t mention Kiffin when he did an interview on the coaching search . I heard an interview with Ryan McGee that while doing research for the 30 for 30 , The many lives of Lane Kiffin, that Kiffin expressed hurt that Bama didn’t at least contact him when Saban retired. The majority of This board and the overall fanbase seemed to reject Kiffin as a candidate due to his maturity level at the time, and now 2 years later he is the overwhelming choice of the fanbase. Just seems odd.

 

[Bama9001]

We? I have an idea Bama didn’t. Byrne didn’t mention Kiffin when he did an interview on the coaching search . I heard an interview with Ryan McGee that while doing research for the 30 for 30 , The many lives of Lane Kiffin, that Kiffin expressed hurt that Bama didn’t at least contact him when Saban retired. The majority of This board and the overall fanbase seemed to reject Kiffin as a candidate due to his maturity level at the time, and now 2 years later he is the overwhelming choice of the fanbase. Just seems odd.

It really is slim pickings out there. Amazed at how quickly college football became like the NFL where coaches just get constatntly recycled. How many teams will be hiring head coaches that failed at their last gig?

 

[bamaga]

Exactly. It's why I'm not sure any of this is real - we've heard plenty of 'sure things' before that weren't...

That’s what I think, Kiffin being Kiffin. The ultimate troll.

 

[lowend]

It really is slim pickings out there. Amazed at how quickly college football became like the NFL where coaches just get constatntly recycled. How many teams will be hiring head coaches that failed at their last gig?

My theory is that because of the desire to find the "next Saban" over the past decade, a lot of really good coaches had their careers trashed by quick triggered ADs; so, now they don't want to spend money on an unproven/unfamiliar coach, but there's not really a lot of coaches with stability and a proven track record. That's why you end up with the same few names that get pushed by the media and message boards.

 

[arthurdawg]

My theory is that because of the desire to find the "next Saban" over the past decade, a lot of really good coaches had their careers trashed by quick triggered ADs; so, now they don't want to spend money on an unproven/unfamiliar coach, but there's not really a lot of coaches with stability and a proven track record. That's why you end up with the same few names that get pushed by the media and message boards.

Yes... It is interesting to look at coaches with a tenure of >4 years. Many had several bad seasons followed by longer stretches of success. I can only assume there are lots of bad and mediocre coaches who aren't really capable of managing a larger football program well, and lots of schools that are very unrealistic about what their ceiling is.

 

[Bama9001]

Pretty sure Urban Meyer was in Gainsville this last week. Not sure why...but wouldn't that be interesting.

 

[The Ols]

Saw one this morning that said Dabo was in serious talks with Arkansas.

Wish I could be more positive about CKD. We had big problems on offense and little has been done to fix them. I get that we'll lose occasional games to playoff caliber teams, I even get the loss to FSU, I don't get why we did nothing to improve our ability to run the ball. Any extension we give him should be offset by a lreduction in the buyout.

So you think he’s just ignoring the issue?
C’mon…

 

[teamplayer]

Ok, so two years removed from not even calling Kiffin, and everyone ok with that. . suddenly , he is the favorite for the fanbase to take over if CkD leaves? Bama fans…Amirite?

If it makes you feel better, I never want Kiffypoo to coach Bama. Roll Tide!

 

[bama2112]

I think Kiffin has a great football mind. I had just prefer him not to be our Head Coach.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Exactly. It's why I'm not sure any of this is real - we've heard plenty of 'sure things' before that weren't...

We've even heard them with LSU.

Remember when Kirk Herbstreit broke the story RIGHT BEFORE the 2007 SECCG that Les Miles was the next Michigan head coach? And Herbstreit doesn't tend to traffic in those kinds of rumors, so I've always wondered if he had a previously reliable source that got something wrong.

Miles denounced the report and said he was staying at LSU - and I didn't believe him for a second. I thought it was a repeat of "I'm not gonna be the Alabama coach" to wait and see what happened.

And in 2007, of course, the SECCG and BCS was the equivalent to the playoffs.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

My theory is that because of the desire to find the "next Saban" over the past decade, a lot of really good coaches had their careers trashed by quick triggered ADs; so, now they don't want to spend money on an unproven/unfamiliar coach, but there's not really a lot of coaches with stability and a proven track record. That's why you end up with the same few names that get pushed by the media and message boards.

What's so funny is that the "Next Legend" is always out there and not yet a legend.

Who saw Jimmy Johnson becoming a coaching legend when he was Oklahoma State?
The Guy at Penn State?
Tom Osborne?
Who saw Bob Stoops - who rose like a comet and then regressed but kept his rep - as good as he was?
Jim Tressel?
Pete Carroll?
Bobby Bowden?
Urban Meyer?

Who saw Nick Saban as a legend when he was at MICHIGAN STATE????

When LSU hired him, I laughed my tail off and thought they'd hired a "name" because of his last name. Remember, LSU had gone through a horrid cycle of hires with Archer, Hallman, and DiNardo to say nothing of Stovall. (And while we look back sentimentally, there's no reason to ASSUME Bo Rein would have become the next Woody Hayes at LSU. Everyone just wishes he'd had the chance to succeed or fail - and not die).

 

[81usaf92]

We have no idea if Bama contacted Kiffin or not.

Actually we do… just not as publicly available due to the reasons why. He wasn’t and will never be as long as the powers that be are still in charge with CNS in as some sorta advisor. He has burned way too many bridges here that it’s crazy that he still thinks he has a shot here. The Joey freshwater saga is the more milder issues he had here to give you an example of what was going on.

 

[Bama9001]

So you think he’s just ignoring the issue?
C’mon…

No, no, I don't think he's ignoring it. I'm rather worried that he doesn't know how to fix it. Justice Haynes sticks out like a big sore thumb.

I say, let's run for 175-225 against Auburn and prove my concerns were unwarranted. Then everyone will be happy, especially me.

 

[AlexanderFan]

No, no, I don't think he's ignoring it. I'm rather worried that he doesn't know how to fix it. Justice Haynes sticks out like a big sore thumb.

I say, let's run for 175-225 against Auburn and prove my concerns were unwarranted. Then everyone will be happy, especially me.

You think he’s just supposed to what, tighten a bolt somewhere and fix it? Maybe draw a new play in the dirt that will work? The running game has been struggling for years. Go get in Saban’s face if you want to get to the root of the problem. He let this happen. It’s not going to magically turn around in one season.

Dude fixed the passing game.
Dude’s defense just held a team to 34 yards.
His “fixed” running game won’t put 170 on folks, it will be in the 110-150 range and be efficient with the carries given.

 

[Cruiser]

I have often wondered why, what routinely goes on in college football coaching searches; is not considered tortious interference which is the act of improperly inducing someone to breach their contract with another party?

 

[teamplayer]

It really is slim pickings out there. Amazed at how quickly college football became like the NFL where coaches just get constatntly recycled. How many teams will be hiring head coaches that failed at their last gig?

It is funny how a guy who gets run out of town in one place is welcomed as some type of savior in another town. Case in point of the week- Penn St. runs Franklin out of town as a guy who can't win any big games, and Virginia Tech backs up the Brinks truck and welcomes the hope that he brings. Once these guys make it in the system, they can kick around for quite some time even as they mostly fail at what they were hired to do. It's a good gig if you can get it.

 

[CB4]

Gotta love the carousel. Matt Ruhle’s name gets floated as a candidate at Penn State. Nebraska then extends his contract through 2032 and upped his buyout.

A few weeks later, Penn State dog walks Nebraska 37-10. Yeah I understand Raiola is out for the season, but still it is funny.