# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/101 "2017-12-05T21:55:04Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > I like Herm a lot, too, but it is a curious hire, to say the least. I’m not sure which is more surprising, that ASU offered it or that Herm took it. I mostly have a hard time imagining Herm connecting with high school kids on the recruiting beat. If Bill Snyder can at 75 🙂 He better hire some excellent coordinators to deal with the crazy variety of play in the Pac 12. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/102 "2017-12-05T23:26:29Z")
Lots of action so far today with several coaching announcements and rumor changes. ```auto School Out In Arizona State Todd Graham **Herm Edwards** Arkansas Brett Bielema (Chad Morris) Florida Jim McElwain **Dan Mullen** Florida State Jimbo Fisher **Willie Taggert** Georgia Southern Tyson Summers **Chad Lunsford** Kent State Paul Hanes (Bob Nielson) Louisiana-Lafeyette Mark Hudspeth Mississippi Hugh Freeze **Matt Luke** Mississippi State Dan Mullen **Joe Moorhead** Nebraska Mike Riley **Scott Frost** Oregon Willie Taggert Oregon State Gary Andersen **Jonathan Smith** Rice David Bailiff **Mike Bloomgren** South Alabama Joey Jones (Will Healy) Tennessee Butch Jones (Les Miles) Texas A&M Kevin Sumlin **Jimbo Fisher** UCLA Jim Mora **Chip Kelly** UCF Scott Frost **Josh Heupel** UTEP Sean Kugler Rumors and domino effects in parentheses. Official hires in Bold ``` ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/103 "2017-12-05T23:49:00Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > If Bill Snyder can at 75 🙂 > > He better hire some excellent coordinators to deal with the crazy variety of play in the Pac 12. Yeah, but Bill Snyder had been a college football coach for a hundred years, so he already knows what’s up. Herm is an old dog learning a new trick. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/104 "2017-12-07T19:46:12Z")
Not too many horses left on the Carousel ```auto School Out In Arizona State Todd Graham **Herm Edwards** Arkansas Brett Bielema **Chad Morris** Florida Jim McElwain **Dan Mullen** Florida State Jimbo Fisher **Willie Taggert** Georgia Southern Tyson Summers **Chad Lunsford** Kent State Paul Hanes Louisiana-Lafeyette Mark Hudspeth Mississippi Hugh Freeze **Matt Luke** Mississippi State Dan Mullen **Joe Moorhead** Nebraska Mike Riley **Scott Frost** Oregon Willie Taggert Oregon State Gary Andersen **Jonathan Smith** Rice David Bailiff **Mike Bloomgren** South Alabama Joey Jones **Steve Campbell** SMU Chad Morris Tennessee Butch Jones **Jeremy Pruitt** Texas A&M Kevin Sumlin **Jimbo Fisher** UCLA Jim Mora **Chip Kelly** UCF Scott Frost **Josh Heupel** UTEP Sean Kugler **Dana Dimel** ``` ---
**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:** [December 19, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/105 "2017-12-19T23:25:57Z")
One last update since it looks as though the carousel has come to a stop and all the head coaching vacancies have been filled. ```auto School Out In Arizona State Todd Graham **Herm Edwards** Arkansas Brett Bielema **Chad Morris** Florida Jim McElwain **Dan Mullen** Florida State Jimbo Fisher **Willie Taggert** Georgia Southern Tyson Summers **Chad Lunsford** Kent State Paul Hanes **Sean Lewis** Louisiana-Lafeyette Mark Hudspeth **Billy Napier** Mississippi Hugh Freeze **Matt Luke** Mississippi State Dan Mullen **Joe Moorhead** Nebraska Mike Riley **Scott Frost** Oregon Willie Taggert **Mario Cristobal** Oregon State Gary Andersen **Jonathan Smith** Rice David Bailiff **Mike Bloomgren** South Alabama Joey Jones **Steve Campbell** SMU Chad Morris **Sonny Dykes** Tennessee Butch Jones **Jeremy Pruitt** Texas A&M Kevin Sumlin **Jimbo Fisher** UCLA Jim Mora **Chip Kelly** UCF Scott Frost **Josh Heupel** UTEP Sean Kugler **Dana Dimel** ``` ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/106 "2017-12-20T01:40:34Z")
Signing day tomorrow so lets see how they all do out on the road. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2018, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641/107 "2018-01-04T10:51:37Z")
Just a bump to add Arizona to this list now that RichRod has Petrino’d himself. Sounds like Les Miles may be getting a look out west. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-coaching-carousel-2017-18/802641.md?page=5)