SubscribeWell, a few weeks ago I thought we had all of the head coaching changes in FBS locked down. Then Greg Schiano accepts the Bucs job and we’re on the coaching search train again.
Schiano accepted the Tampa Bay Buccaneers job on Thursday, which smells like he was the third of fourth choice. The Bucs interviewed coaches like Marty Schottenheimer, Mike Sherman and Wade Phillips. They also interviewed Oregon coach Chip Kelly and Kelly pretty much took the job, but then reversed course and stayed in Eugene. A couple of days later, Schiano had the job.
Schiano did coach for three years in the NFL as an assistant. But the majority of his career was spent in the college ranks. He spent more than a decade in Piscataway building Rutgers into a Big East contender. He’s had interviews for top college jobs but never got them. Now he’ll tackle the NFL.
His odds of success are long. Most college coaches that make the move to the pros don’t fare that well. Schiano heads to a young Bucs team that may actually buy into his college ways, but can he overcome what became the Bucs’ comical coaching search to achieve success? We’ll see.
PigskinU.com has the list of all of the old and new coaches in FBS for the upcoming season after the jump. We’ll release our head coaching hiring rankings soon, so stay tuned.
Akron: Out: Rob Ianello. In: Terry Bowden
Arizona: Out: Bob Stoops; In: Tim Kish (interim); Rich Rodriguez.
Arizona State: Out: Dennis Erickson (after bowl game). In: Todd Graham.
Arkansas State: Out: Hugh Freeze. In: David Gunn (interim), Gus Malzahn.
Colorado State: Out: Steve Fairchild. In: Jim McElwain.
Florida Atlantic: Out: Howard Schnellenberger; In; Carl Pelini.
Fresno State: Out: Pat Hill. In: Tim DeRuyter.
Hawaii: Out: Greg McMackin. In: Norm Chow.
Houston: Out: Kevin Sumlin; In: Tony Levine.
Illinois: Out: Ron Zook. In: Tim Beckman.
Kansas: Out: Turner Gill. In: Charlie Weis.
Massachusetts: Out: Kevin Morris. In: Charles Molnar.
Memphis: Out: Larry Porter. In: Justin Fuente.
Mississippi: Out: Houston Nutt; In: Hugh Freeze.
New Mexico: Out: Mike Locksley; In: George Barlow (interim), Bob Davie.
North Carolina: Out: Butch Davis; In: Everett Withers (interim), Larry Fedora.
Ohio State: Out: Jim Tressel; In: Luke Fickell (Interim), Urban Meyer.
Penn State: Out: Joe Paterno; In: Tom Bradley (interim), Bill O’Brien
Pittsburgh: Out: Todd Graham. In: Larry Chryst.
Rutgers: Out: Greg Schiano;
Southern Miss: Out: Larry Fedora. In: Ellis Johnson.
texas A&M: Out: Mike Sherman. In: Kevin Sumlin.
Toledo: Out: Tim Beckman. In: Matt Campbell.
Tulane: Out: Bob Toledo; In: Mark Hutson (interim); Curtis Johnson.
UAB: Out: Neil Callaway; In: Garrick McGee.
UCLA: Out: Rick Neuheisel. In: Jim Mora Jr.
Washington State: Out: Paul Wulff. In: Mike Leach.
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