2012 Coaching Changes

[Muleriders]

There are 120 Division I schools who play college football. During 2012, there will be 26 new coaches at these schools....that's an amazing 22%. Listed below are the changes:

School........................Out................. ..............In
Akron........................Rob Ianello...................Terry Bowden
Arizona.....................Mike Stoops...................Rich Rodriquez
Arizona St.................Dennis Erickson..............Todd Graham
Arkansas St...............Hugh Freeze...................Gus Malzahn
Colorado St................Steve Fairchild................Jim McElwain
Florida-Atlantic...........Howard Schnellenberger....Carl Pellini
Fresno St...................Pat Hill...........................Tim DeRuyter
Hawaii.......................Greg McMackin.................Norm Chow
Houston.....................Kevin Sumlin...................Tony Levine
Illinois.......................Ron Zook........................Tim Beckman
Kansas.......................Turner GIll......................Charlie Weis
Memphis.....................Larry Porter....................Justin Fuente
UMass........................Kevin Morris...................Charlie Molnar
Ole Miss.....................Houston Nutt..................Huge Freeze
New Mexico.................Mike Locksley..................Bob Davie
N. Carolina..................Butch Davis....................Larry Fedora
Ohio State..................Luke Fickell.....................Urban Meyer
Penn State..................Joe Paterno....................Bill O'Brian
Pittsburgh...................Todd Graham..................Paul Chryst
Southern Miss..............Larry Fedora...................Ellis Johnson
Texas A&M..................Mike Sherman.................Kevin Sumlin
Toledo........................Tim Beckman..................Matt Campbell
Tulane........................Bob Toledo.....................Curtis Johnson
UAB............................Neil Callaway.................Garrick McGee
UCLA..........................Rich Neuheisel................Jim Mora
Washington St.............Paul Wulff.......................Mike Leach

After three seasons, which of these coaches do you think will have the most success and which ones will be gone or on the hotseat? I listed four coaches who I think will be very successful and four who will be flops.

Winners........................Hotseat
Larry Fedora (NC)............Bill OBrian (PSU)
Urban Meyer (OS)............Charlie Weis (KU)
Mike Leach (WS).............Hugh Freeze (UM)
Rich Rodriquez (UA).........Garrick McGee (UAB)

Welcome your comments on any of the coaching changes.

[cman]

I agree on a couple of your hotseats....

I have no doubt that UAB will struggle...mainly since big brother (UAT) will not let them do anything to help themselves like a campus stadium.

I think Fedora may struggle since UNC is behind a lot of ACC teams in terms of talent. Same for Kansas.

I truly don't understand the hire of New Mexico.....Bob Davie makes not sense to me

He may prove me wrong...but I dont believe he has much of a shot

wde

[Muleriders]

I agree Cman with you about Bob Davie. He has been out of football coaching for ten years now.

Larry Fedora (NC) was a great hire to me. He is a great recruiter and North Carolina has great football facilities. He will hit NC, VA, WV, NJ, NY hard along with Georgia and Florida. I believe the Tar Heels are on the verge of being a solid program. Get past the NCAA issues and he will do a good job.

Another hire I don't understand is Jim Mora at UCLA. That's a head scratcher to me.

[JunkyardDog47]

Winners will include Fedora, Leach, and RichRod. Urban Meyer is also a good possibility, if he adjusts to the Big 10 style of football. Losers will be Mora (who UCLA is paying twice the salary that they gave to Neuheisel), Todd Graham (for the first few years because othe Pac 12 schools have passed ASU up, especially in recruiting), and Kevin Sumlin, because his brand of football will not work in the SEC.