It is hot and the middle of summer, but also a relative "dead period" for sports and chatting. Therefore, I'm starting the new Coaching Carousel thread a little early!
A review of how last year ended and historical numbers (obtained from FootballScoop, go to the link to see the list of changes for last year). We had 24 changes last year/cycle, with 10 of those in P5 conferences and mostly affected by Luke Fickell's move from Cincy to Wisky, which caused a rotation among L'ville and Purdue--three of the 10 P5 moves right there. The most-watched new head coaches will be Matt Rhule, Deion Sanders, and Hugh Freeze. Rhule for returning to CFB and trying to get Nebraska back (at least initially to respectability). Can he work his magic as he did at Temple and Baylor? Sanders to see if his FCS touch was coaching, or just recruiting a level of athlete to FCS that others couldn't match on the field. Freeze for a return to P5 and can he bring back an Auburn team in what is likely the toughest division in CFB.
The Scoop began tracking these in 2008, and the 2022-23 cycle didn't alter the 15-year average at all--it stayed at 23.7. With the high of 31 (in 2012) dropping off, the average for the past 10 years dropped to 22.8.
22 (2008)
23 (2009)
24 (2010)
28 (2011)
31 (2012) *highest number of changes
20 (2013)
15 (2014) **lowest number of changes
29 (2015)
21 (2016)
21 (2017)
28 (2018)
24 (2019) 12 in P5
17 (2020) 8 in P5
29 (2021) 13 in P5
24 (2022) 10 in P5
Changes by conferences:
P5
PAC12 - 3 (of 12)
Big 10 - 3 (of 14)
ACC - 2 (of 14)
SEC - 2 (of 14)
Big12 none (of 10)
G5
AAC - 4 (of 11)
CUSA - 4 (of 11)
MAC - 2 (of 12)
SBC - 2 (of 14)
MWC - 1 (of 12)
Independents - 1 (Liberty)
As of July 1 of this year, we have new conference alignments. Three teams leave the American for the Big12 (UCF, Cincy, Houston; the Big12 will also add independent BYU to get to 14), and 6 join the AAC from CUSA (UNC-Charlotte, FAU, N. Texas, Rice, UAB, and UTSA). CUSA will be adding Liberty and a lot of former FCS teams to make up for the losses, in part (losing 6 adding 4): Jacksonville St, New Mexico St, and Sam Houston.
A review of how last year ended and historical numbers (obtained from FootballScoop, go to the link to see the list of changes for last year). We had 24 changes last year/cycle, with 10 of those in P5 conferences and mostly affected by Luke Fickell's move from Cincy to Wisky, which caused a rotation among L'ville and Purdue--three of the 10 P5 moves right there. The most-watched new head coaches will be Matt Rhule, Deion Sanders, and Hugh Freeze. Rhule for returning to CFB and trying to get Nebraska back (at least initially to respectability). Can he work his magic as he did at Temple and Baylor? Sanders to see if his FCS touch was coaching, or just recruiting a level of athlete to FCS that others couldn't match on the field. Freeze for a return to P5 and can he bring back an Auburn team in what is likely the toughest division in CFB.
The Scoop began tracking these in 2008, and the 2022-23 cycle didn't alter the 15-year average at all--it stayed at 23.7. With the high of 31 (in 2012) dropping off, the average for the past 10 years dropped to 22.8.
22 (2008)
23 (2009)
24 (2010)
28 (2011)
31 (2012) *highest number of changes
20 (2013)
15 (2014) **lowest number of changes
29 (2015)
21 (2016)
21 (2017)
28 (2018)
24 (2019) 12 in P5
17 (2020) 8 in P5
29 (2021) 13 in P5
24 (2022) 10 in P5
Changes by conferences:
P5
PAC12 - 3 (of 12)
Big 10 - 3 (of 14)
ACC - 2 (of 14)
SEC - 2 (of 14)
Big12 none (of 10)
G5
AAC - 4 (of 11)
CUSA - 4 (of 11)
MAC - 2 (of 12)
SBC - 2 (of 14)
MWC - 1 (of 12)
Independents - 1 (Liberty)
As of July 1 of this year, we have new conference alignments. Three teams leave the American for the Big12 (UCF, Cincy, Houston; the Big12 will also add independent BYU to get to 14), and 6 join the AAC from CUSA (UNC-Charlotte, FAU, N. Texas, Rice, UAB, and UTSA). CUSA will be adding Liberty and a lot of former FCS teams to make up for the losses, in part (losing 6 adding 4): Jacksonville St, New Mexico St, and Sam Houston.
