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Ranking the 10 college football head coaching vacancies

By Nicholas Ian Allen

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Dec 27, 2014; Shreveport, LA, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Steve Spurrier (right) shakes hands with Miami Hurricanes head coach Al Golden at the conclusion of the 2014 Independence Bowl at Independence Stadium. South Carolina defeated Miami 24-21. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports

With 10 FBS head coaches already out of a job, the annual coaching carousel is in full swing. We rank this year’s college football head coaching vacancies.

The silly season started early this year.

In fact, the 2015 college football season hadn’t even kicked off when Illinois terminated the employment of head coach Tim Beckman following allegations of player mistreatment. A little more than two months later, there are a total of 10 head coaching vacancies at the FBS level.

Head coaching vacancies, and former head coaches, in alphabetical order by school:

  • Hawaii: Norm Chow fired Nov. 1; 10-36 in four seasons
  • Illinois: Tim Beckman fired Aug. 28; 12-25 in three seasons
  • Maryland: Randy Edsall fired Oct. 11; 22-34 in five seasons
  • Miami: Al Golden fired Oct. 25; 32-25 in five seasons
  • Minnesota: Jerry Kill retired Oct. 28; 29-29 in five seasons
  • North Texas: Dan McCarney fired Oct. 10; 22-33 in five seasons
  • South Carolina: Steve Spurrier retired Oct. 13; 86-49 in 11 seasons
  • UCF: George O’Leary retired Oct. 26; 81-68 in 12 seasons
  • USC: Steve Sarkisian fired Oct. 12; 12-6 in two seasons
  • Virginia Tech: Frank Beamer announced retirement Nov. 2; 235-120-2 in 29 seasons

We’ve lost legends, such as South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier, who abruptly resigned in October, and Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer, who announced this week he will step down at the end of the season – his 29th with the Hokies.

Other highly respected members of the coaching profession are also out of work, including North Texas head coach Dan McCarney, who was fired in October, and Jerry Kill, who is sadly stepping away from football for health reasons after five seasons as the head coach at Minnesota.

With more than a month of the regular season still to play, the list of available head coaching jobs is sure to grow. However, in the mean time, we rank the ten vacancies in college football today.

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