2025-26 Coaching Carousel

[Blanko97]

Now THAT is a great hire

 

[Blanko97]

Chesney is a good coach, but he's going from playing patsies to playing Michigan and Oregon.

In his defense, he played patsies with patsies, now he’s going to play top level talent with top level talent

 

[Willy75]

Seems like a bad fit. You might see UVA, Maryland, UNC open up next year. I would have stayed for that. Unless the cupboard is at JMU.

UVA will be coming off a 10 win season and ACC championship game appearance, Mike Locksley just got an extension. Those coaches aren’t going anywhere next year.

 

[Chip]

In his defense, he played patsies with patsies, now he’s going to play top level talent with top level talent

I think, at JMU, he inherited a cupboard that was more full than that of his opponents.

I think, at UCLA, he will not enjoy such a luxury.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

UVA will be coming off a 10 win season and ACC championship game appearance, Mike Locksley just got an extension. Those coaches aren’t going anywhere next year.

If he has another good season at UVA other schools will look to poach him. Locksley is only under contract through 2028, it would be 2 years buyout.

 

[djorange1989]

In his defense, he played patsies with patsies, now he’s going to play top level talent with top level talent

Except UCLA generally does not get top talent. The program is second class in its own city and beyond a few fun weeks this season and bringing in Nico, they are an afterthought.

 

[Chip]

Given the horrific way that Kiffin left Ole Miss, and the equally terrible way LSU handled the Brian Kelly firing, can we all agree that the good ol’ “who will want to coach here if we treat Paul/Greg/Scott/Dino/Fran that way?” is a ridiculous argument?

Coaches clearly don’t care at all how insane a school is, or how they treated the guy they canned that opened up a job. All a HC coach cares about is advancement and money. Period. Literally nothing else.

UCLA fired their coach (and alum) after just 15 games!

They have no fans at their games.

Chesney didn't think twice before accepting that job.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

I think the Sitake rumors were started by Bama to hurt BYU’s chances of knocking Bama out of the playoffs.

 

[Blanko97]

Except UCLA generally does not get top talent. The program is second class in its own city and beyond a few fun weeks this season and bringing in Nico, they are an afterthought.

They’ve had a couple top 25 classes recently according to 247, I don’t think it’s very hard to sell “come play at UCLA where they’ve made movies about how hot our female students are” and it doesn’t hurt that they’ll get to play in sofi

 

[djorange1989]

They’ve had a couple top 25 classes recently according to 247, I don’t think it’s very hard to sell “come play at UCLA where they’ve made movies about how hot our female students are” and it doesn’t hurt that they’ll get to play in sofi

The move to Sofi will be good. I don’t know, good coaches sometimes don’t work out because they took the wrong gig. I think this is one of those cases

 

[Willy75]

If he has another good season at UVA other schools will look to poach him. Locksley is only under contract through 2028, it would be 2 years buyout.

By that logic you could say that most jobs beyond the top 15 could become open, and I don’t really get the probability that Locksley could be gone after the first year of an extension. And whatever financial issues UCLA might have (if any) they pale in comparison to Maryland’s.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

By that logic you could say that most jobs beyond the top 15 could become open, and I don’t really get the probability that Locksley could be gone after the first year of an extension. And whatever financial issues UCLA might have (if any) they pale in comparison to Maryland’s.

Since when did he get an extension this year?

 

[Willy75]

Since when did he get an extension this year?

Ok my bad. They announced last month they’re bringing him back and devoting more financial resources to the program.

 

[Scooch]

UCLA fired their coach (and alum) after just 15 games!

They have no fans at their games.

Chesney didn't think twice before accepting that job.

Bingo.

Not that I want to see this scenario, but if we’re sitting at 3-8 next year and someone is crying that firing a HC after 3 years means no one would want our job, I’m going to lose it.

We pay in American dollars, and SU is a step up for the majority of HCs and coordinators. That’s entirely the equation.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Newhouser]

Yep but UCLA is a dumpster fire of an athletic department. Hope it works out for him but seems like he could have done better, maybe next year if not now

He's a PA guy right? Had to think PSU was going to call when their options dried up. Guy knows what he is doing but this fit seems off.

 

[longtimefan]

They could fix all of this by just changing the timelines. But now that signing day starts Dec 3, and only one portal window from Jan 2-12, they basically did this to themselves.

I mean, how did they think it would go?

This sport's leadership is rudderless and full of greed.

On Dan Patrick this AM, Andy Staples, who is very knowledgeable about such things, said that the NCAA presented a plan a couple of years ago that would have changed the D-I calendar and solved most of this, but it was vetoed by the coaches, who want their rosters set by the beginning of the second semester (late January).

Podcasts – DanPatrick.com

Scroll down to "Hour 3", and move ahead to the 25 minute mark. Some interesting facts and opinions.

 

[FloridaCuse]

 

[FloridaCuse]

Paul Finebaum on Lane Kiffin. On CNN.

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

As a solid NE guy myself who has been out West for 24 years now, I wish Bob the best. Westwood is an awesome place.

 

[AngryOtto]

If he has another good season at UVA other schools will look to poach him. Locksley is only under contract through 2028, it would be 2 years buyout.

Prior to this season thought uva coach would be fired with another bad season. Did great this year which will get him an extension. I see this being a Dino situation in the end.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Prior to this season thought uva coach would be fired with another bad season. Did great this year which will get him an extension. I see this being a Dino situation in the end.

I am not sold on him but just like with Fran a 2nd good season will get you on short lists. With all the turn over lately there aren't a lot of choices either. Look at Sitake. His first season in the B12 he was 2-7 in conference and now he is Penn State's leading candidate?

 

[OburgOrange]

 

[HtownOrange]

Just throwing my name in the hat for the next HC opening at LSU. Kiffin will see greener gra$$ elsewhere soon enough.

 

[DocFlanders]

pure and total insanity