Poll: 2021 FBS HC changes and which school(s) would have strongly considered Leipold to be their HC

jolebo · Dec 27, 2021

Some of y'all want some football chat so here you go. Thinking back to some of our discussions, I remembered this thread by JK.

Could be craziest season for coach searches ever

There are so many good football programs fighting for coaches. Then you will have the domino effect of even more openings. Example: when Dykes takes TCU that will leave an opening at SMU. Brett McMurphy set the over under at 25 total changes a month ago and he thinks is going to go well over...

kansas.forums.rivals.com

There were 28 FBS HC changes; 13 P5 jobs, 11 G5 jobs, and 4 independents. TL;DR - you may skip over reading down the list but I highlighted the P5 teams I placed in the poll to see when they had their HC changes and when they hired the next HC.

Sept 6: Connecticut - Randy Edsall resigned; hired Jim Mora on Nov 11
Sept 14: USC - Clay Helton fired; hired Lincoln Riley (OU HC) on Nov 28
Sept 26: Georgia Southern - Chad Lunsford fired; hired Clay Helton (former USC HC) on Nov 2
Oct 19: LSU - Ed Orgeron resigned; hired Brian Kelly (ND HC) on Nov 29
Oct 20: Washington State - Nick Rolovich fired; hired Jake Dickert (WSU DC/interim HC) on Nov 27
Oct 25: Texas Tech - Matt Wells fired; hired Joey McGuire (Baylor Asso. HC/DE coach) on Nov 8
Oct 31: TCU - Gary Patterson resigned, hired Sonny Dykes (SMU HC) on Nov 27
Nov 4: Akron - Tom Arth fired; hired Joe Moorhead (Oregon OC) on Dec 4
Nov 8: UMass - Walt Bell fired; hired Don Brown (Arizona DC) on Nov 22
Nov 14: Washington - Jimmy Lake fired; hired Kalen DeBoer (Fresno State HC) on Nov 29
Nov 15: Florida International - Butch Davis fired; hired Mike MacIntyre (Memphis DC) on Dec 9
Nov 16: Virginia Tech - Justin Fuente fired; hired Brent Pry (Penn State DC) on Nov 30
Nov 21: Florida - Dan Mullen fired; hired Billy Napier (ULL HC) on Nov 28
Nov 21: Troy - Chip Lindsey fired; hired Jon Sumrall (Kentucky Co-DC) on Dec 2
Nov 23: New Mexico State - Doug Martin fired; hired Jerry Kill (TCU interim HC) on Nov 28
Nov 26: Louisiana Tech - Skip Holtz fired; hired Sonny Cumbie (Tech OC) on Nov 30
~~Nov 27: Kansas - final game; assumed Emmett Jones as interim~~
Nov 27: SMU: Sonny Dykes resigned; hired Rhett Lashlee (Miami OC) on Nov 29
Nov 28: Oklahoma - Lincoln Riley resigned; hired Brent Venables (Clemson DC) on Dec 5
Nov 28: Duke - David Cutcliffe resigned, hired Mike Elko (Texas A&M DC) on Dec 10
Nov 28: Louisiana - Billy Napier resigned; hired Michael Desormeaux (ULL Co-OC) on Dec 5
Nov 29: Notre Dame: Brian Kelly resigned; hired Marcus Freeman (ND DC) on Dec 3
Nov 29: Fresno State - Kalen DeBoer resigned; hired Jeff Tedford (former Cal HC) on Dec 7
Nov 29: Temple - Rod Carey fired; hired Stay Drayton (Texas RB coach) on Dec 15
Dec 2: Virginia - Bronco Mendenhall resigned; hired Tony Elliott (Clemson OC) on Dec 10
Dec 2: Colorado State - Steve Addazio fired; hired Jay Norvell (former Nevada HC) on Dec 6
Dec 6: Miami - Manny Diaz fired; hired Mario Cristobal (Oregon HC) on Dec 6
Dec 6: Oregon - Mario Cristobal resigned; hired Dan Lanning (Georgia DC) on Dec 11
Dec 6: Nevada - Jay Norvell resigned; hired Ken Wilson (Oregon Co-DC) on Dec 10

Many have stated that the timing for the KUFB HC search in April was most ideal to get Leipold. With that in mind, which of the job openings would have really considered Leipold? I specifically left off some of the P5 schools in the poll because I eventually had to do that but there were some that never felt like schools that would have considered Leipold.

jolebo · Dec 27, 2021