HEAD
COACHING CHANGES FOR 2026 |
| SCHOOL |
OLD
COACH |
YRS |
NEW
COACH (former
position) |
| Arkansas |
Sam
Pittman |
6 |
Ryan
Silverfield (Memphis Head
Coach) |
| Auburn |
Hugh
Freeze |
3 |
Alex
Golesh (South Florida Head
Coach) |
| California |
Justin
Wilcox |
10 |
Tosh
Lupoi (Oregon Def. Coor.) |
| Coastal
Carolina |
Tim
Beck |
4 |
TBA |
| Colorado
State |
Jay
Norvell |
4 |
Jim
Mora (Connecticut Head Coach) |
| Connecticut |
Jim
Mora |
4 |
Jason
Candle (Toledo Head Coach) |
| Florida |
Billy
Napier |
4 |
Jon
Sumrall (Tulane Head Coach) |
| Iowa
State |
Matt
Campbell |
10 |
Jimmy
Rogers (Washington State
Head Coach) |
| James
Madison |
Bob
Chesney |
2 |
Billy
Napier (Florida Head Coach) |
| Kansas
State |
Chris
Klieman |
7 |
Collin
Klein (Texas A&M Off.
Coor.) |
| Kentucky |
Mark
Stoops |
13 |
Will
Stein (Oregon Off. Coor.) |
| Louisiana
State |
Brian
Kelly |
4 |
Lane
Kiffin (Ole Miss Head Coach) |
| Memphis |
Ryan
Silverfield |
6 |
Charles
Huff (Southern Miss Head
Coach) |
| Michigan
State |
Jonathan
Smith |
2 |
Pat
Fitzgerald (Northwestern
Head Coach) |
| North
Texas |
Eric
Morris |
3 |
Neal
Brown (West Virginia Head
Coach) |
| Oklahoma
State |
Mike
Gundy |
21 |
Eric
Morris (North Texas Head
Coach) |
| Ole
Miss |
Lane
Kiffin |
6 |
Pete
Golding (Ole Miss Def. Coor.) |
| Oregon
State |
Trent
Bray |
2 |
JaMarcus
Shepard (Alabama Co-Off.
Coor.) |
| Penn
State |
James
Franklin |
12 |
Matt
Campbell (Iowa State Head
Coach) |
| Southern
Miss |
Charles
Huff |
1 |
TBA |
| South
Florida |
Alex
Golesh |
3 |
Brian
Hartline (Ohio State Off.
Coor.) |
| Stanford |
Frank
Reich |
1 |
Tavita
Pritchard (NFL Commanders
QB Coach) |
| Toledo |
Jason
Candle |
10 |
TBA |
| Tulane |
Jon
Sumrall |
2 |
TBA |
| UAB |
Trent
Dilfer |
3 |
Alex
Mortensen (UAB Off. Coor.) |
| UCLA |
DeShaun
Foster |
2 |
Bob
Chesney (James Madison Head
Coach) |
| Virginia
Tech |
Brent
Pry |
4 |
James
Franklin (Penn State Head
Coach) |
| Washington
State |
Jimmy
Rogers |
1 |
TBA |
