Its that time of the year again in college football, with most teams finishing up the regular season, and the select few of those teams with good enough records receiving bowl invites. And with the winding down of the season comes the various coaching changes as programs wish to head in new directions. There have been a number of notable moves already, with perhaps the biggest coming with the stepping down of Lloyd Carr at Michigan. A name that has been connected with that vacancy has been Les Miles, currently the head coach at LSU(right).
Other big moves have been Dennis Franchione out and Mike Sherman(below) in at Texas A&M, Chan Gailey out as the head coach at Georgia Tech, Bill Callahan fired at Nebraska, and the big news recently, Houston Nutt's resignation at Arkansas just days after beating the number one team in the country. Ole Miss also fired their head coach, Ed Orgeron, and have already hired Nutt as his successor. In all, 12 schools have parted ways with their head football coaches.
Sherman's hiring at A&M has not been without controversy. He was the only candidate interviewed for the position, and that was met with criticism from the BCA, the Black Coaches and Administrators group. The BCA pushes for more minority inclusion in the college football ranks, and Floyd Keith, the executive director of BCA released a statement expressing his disappointment in the way the Aggies handled the situation. His was disappointed in the fact that they made no effort to pursue a minority candidate for the head coaching job.
Overall, it has been an eventful past week or so with head coaching jobs opening and being filled, and as the season winds down and comes to a close I'm sure many more people will be hired and fired.
2 comments:
This coaching carousel has almost become a joke among head football coaches. The media fabricates rumors to stir things up and some will argue that it cost LSU their game against Arkansas and theoretically their national title shot. Because recruiting is such an important factor in college coaching, a head coach needs to be around for atleast 4-5 years to see his recruiting ability. Stability in programs would allow more success. The boosters demand wins and the fact of the matter is, one team has to lose in every game.
What goes wiht coaches today in college football is crazy. Sherman's hiring in Texas A and M right away I could not believe, but the mroe surprising one was with Houston Nutt going from Arkansas to Ole Miss. I guess he hoeps it be less stressful and he knows that going 8-4 with McFadden and beating LSU was not good enough for the Alumni. As for Ole Miss to select him so quickly when there are bowl games that still need to be played I can not believe. These athletic programs need to take moretime in interviewing other coaches not just because to have equal rights, but because you never know what another coach's system or ideas may bring to the table to help turn a team around.
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