The teaching carousel is spinning following one of many wildest faculty soccer seasons of the trendy period. Does that imply a foolish season is upon us as effectively?
We’re as much as 20 adjustments within the FBS following the common season, however solely 4 jobs in energy conferences are open. It is anticipated to be a traditionally sluggish cycle for the ability conferences, however that is not stopping the AAC, arguably the strongest non-power league, from shaking issues up. Six packages have made adjustments on the high to culminate a wild 12 months within the convention the place Military and Navy made headlines for his or her sizzling begins earlier than first-year coach Jon Sumrall pushed Tulane into the convention title recreation to face the Black Knights.
On the Sunday after the common season, there have been few head-coaching adjustments however not many surprises. The largest shocker was the resignation of UCF head coach Gus Malzahn, who departed to develop into the offensive coordinator at Florida State. It is an emergence of a brand new pattern within the sport: head coaches leaving for assistant teaching gigs. Chip Kelly did the identical in 2023 when he left UCLA for Ohio State.
Two different coaches have entered retirement with the departures of North Carolina’s Mack Brown and Central Michigan’s Jim McElwain.
The SEC stays the one energy convention with out a change at head coach, although the teaching carousel has simply begun spinning. Does that imply a giant churn is coming for the league in 2025?
CBS Sports activities is monitoring each transfer within the 2024-25 cycle and grading every rent under.
