Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article misstated the number of coaching changes this offseason.
Six former Power 5 programs made coaching changes in the 2024-25 hiring cycle, down from 14 a year ago, but they involved some big names (most notably: a six-time Super Bowl champion). Group of 5 schools, however, had a staggering 21 coaching changes.
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One trend this year: Twelve of the new FBS coaches were recently FCS (or lower) head coaches. I call it the Curt Cignetti Effect.
Here are my grades for the 2024-25 coaching hires.
Power conference grades
West Virginia (A): Jacksonville State head coach Rich Rodriguez
I’m not always a fan of school-coach reunions (see below), but
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