College Football: Grading every new Power Five head coach in 2018

It’s time to rank the 2018 power-five head coaching changes from worst-to-best at the midway point of the college football season based on early returns.

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There were 12 head coaching changes among power-five programs over the 2018 offseason. Some programs looked to make homerun hires to improve upon years of mediocrity, while others just needed assistance climbing the steps from the cellar. Some proven power-five coaches switched teams, and a couple of programs turned to former quarterbacks to take the reins of their alma mater.

Some of the more praised moves have been duds, while some of the more chastised coaching hires have been surprisingly okay.

It’s impossible to know how a coaching hire will go through just seven games, but there have been positive and troubling early signs among the new coaches.

Fanbases are growing more and more impatient with every passing day, so while it is unlikely that any of these coaches will be fired after one-year, popular opinion has swayed on several new-hires already, with fans expecting more immediate results than are practical.

The sample size is small, but some of the better highers have already shown tangible signs of progress that their programs are heading in the right direction. Others are still looking for their first meaningful win to give a frustrated fanbase something concrete to put their hands on.

Let’s assess the 12 new head coaches in the power-five with letter grades, while also ranking them from worst-to-best.