# College Football Coaching Carousel - 2017-18 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 25, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641 "2017-11-25T03:41:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/1 "2017-11-25T03:41:19Z")
I thought we might separate the inevitable discussion of coaching changes from the other CFB thread (since it wasn’t labeled “omnibus” this year:p). At this point it looks like we have these definite openings: Florida Tennessee UCLA Arkansas Ole Miss Oregon State Georgia Southern Kent State UTEP South Alabama And these probable openings (among others): Nebraska Texas A&M Looks like Florida is probably going to get [del]Chip Kelly[/del] [del]Scott Frost[/del] ?Willie Taggert? I also predict that since no one else wants to go clean up the mess at Tennessee that they’ll end up hiring Lane Kiffin… ok maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/2 "2017-11-25T04:29:33Z")
Why do you say Nebraska is only probable? Nebraska fired Bo Pelini with a .713 percentage winning record and replaced him with Mike Riley who has a .50 percentage winning record–and now has a brand new Athletic Director Bill Moos. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/3 "2017-11-25T13:14:22Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Why do you say Nebraska is only probable? Nebraska fired Bo Pelini with a .713 percentage winning record and replaced him with Mike Riley who has a .50 percentage winning record–and now has a brand new Athletic Director Bill Moos. Only because it hasn’t been officially announced. Of course the current rumor is they already have a deal with Scott Frost so I assume it’ll be announced soon. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/4 "2017-11-25T13:27:19Z")
Chip Kelly’s probably going to UCLA. He knows the conference and his Ducks recruited heavily from the LA area when he was their coach, so it’s familiar territory to him. I’m wondering if Florida doesn’t try to go after Scott Frost or even, gasp, Lane Kiffin. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/5 "2017-11-25T14:24:39Z")
What about FSU? Jimbo Fisher’s act is getting old and the team has disappointed this year. They’ve consistently underachieved, even worse than the late Bowden years. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/6 "2017-11-25T14:37:33Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Chip Kelly’s probably going to UCLA. He knows the conference and his Ducks recruited heavily from the LA area when he was their coach, so it’s familiar territory to him. I’m wondering if Florida doesn’t try to go after Scott Frost or even, gasp, Lane Kiffin. Apparently Scott Frost is going back to his alma mater, Nebraska. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/7 "2017-11-25T14:41:34Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > What about FSU? Jimbo Fisher’s act is getting old and the team has disappointed this year. They’ve consistently underachieved, even worse than the late Bowden years. Well he did win a National Championship like 3 years ago! The latest in Carousel Rumors is that Gus Malzahn could leave Auburn to return to his roots at Arkansas (and closer to The Cowboys where he really wants to end up) in which case Jimbo could jump to Auburn. I have a hard time believing Malzahn would leave if Auburn keeps winning, though. Has a coach ever left a reigning national championship team other than retiring? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/8 "2017-11-25T14:41:40Z")
**USCDiver** : Except for the Florida rumors, and perhaps others not yet being floated. The only good bet is that Frost is going _somewhere_ bigger right after next week’s conference title game. It would be nice if the job didn’t require coaches to stoutly deny they’re leaving right up to the minute they announce it, but they do have to do that in case the deal falls through somehow. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/9 "2017-11-25T18:48:57Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Well he did win a National Championship like 3 years ago! > > The latest in Carousel Rumors is that Gus Malzahn could leave Auburn to return to his roots at Arkansas (and closer to The Cowboys where he really wants to end up) in which case Jimbo could jump to Auburn. > > I have a hard time believing Malzahn would leave if Auburn keeps winning, though. Has a coach ever left a reigning national championship team other than retiring? A coach doesn’t leave Auburn for Arkansas. A coach leaves Auburn for Alabama, maybe Texas or USC. But not Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/10 "2017-11-25T18:52:32Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Apparently Scott Frost is going back to his alma mater, Nebraska. I know he’s an alum but I’d think carefully about that move. Nebraska’s not the big show it was under Tom Osborn. It’s definitely possible to have the occasional 10-win season but what Huskers fans want is a championship and they’re not being reasonable in their expectations. They want Nebraska to dominate like they did in the Big 8 days, and it’s just not that easy now. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/11 "2017-11-25T20:26:03Z")
There is a good chance the Kansas State job is going to open up. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/12 "2017-11-25T20:43:47Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > A coach doesn’t leave Auburn for Arkansas. A coach leaves Auburn for Alabama, maybe Texas or USC. But not Arkansas. I know that and you know that but apparently some people didn’t get the memo! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/13 "2017-11-25T21:22:36Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > what Huskers fans want is a championship and they’re not being reasonable in their expectations. Same for Gators fans - which is why I suspect Frost might go somewhere else as yet unrumored, or even stay at UCF. Both those jobs are just coach-killers now and I’m sure he knows it. > [@](#): > > They want Nebraska to dominate like they did in the Big 8 days, and it’s just not that easy now. Maybe it’s time for the B1G and Big 12 to swap Nebraska for West Virginia, and let them both recruit better in their more natural regions. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/14 "2017-11-26T00:15:24Z")
Chip Kelly to UCLA as expected. Riley officially out at Nebraska. My Gamecocks about to beat Clemson so bad Dabo quits on the spot. Ok that last one is conjecture. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/15 "2017-11-26T03:03:19Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > There is a good chance the Kansas State job is going to open up. Is Mark Mangino still alive? ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/16 "2017-11-26T03:20:46Z")
:mad: ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/17 "2017-11-26T03:26:27Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > :mad: Sorry man, I was joking. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/18 "2017-11-26T03:29:21Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Sorry man, I was joking. I was reacting to the SC v Clemson game ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/19 "2017-11-26T20:11:35Z")
An update with some reported hirings from today ```auto School Out In Arizona State Todd Graham Arkansas Brett Bielema Florida Jim McElwain Dan Mullen Georgia Southern Tyson Summers Kent State Paul Hanes Mississippi Hugh Freeze Mississippi State Dan Mullen (to UF) Nebraska Mike Riley Oregon State Gary Andersen South Alabama Joey Jones Tennessee Butch Jones Greg Schiano UCLA Jim Mora Chip Kelly UTEP Sean Kugler ``` ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/20 "2017-11-26T21:41:16Z")
Chip Kelly is at UCLA? What’s the over/under for seasons until recruiting violations occur? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641.md?page=2)