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[Tony4BG]

Illinois makes their hire.


Arizona - Kevin Sumlin out
Arkansas St - Blake Anderson out Hired Butch Jones Alabama Assistant to Head Coach
Auburn - Gus Malzahn out
Illinois - Lovie Smith out Hired Bret Bielema NY Giants Assistant
Louisiana-Monroe - Matt Viator out
South Alabama - Steve Campbell out Hired Kane Wommack Indiana DC
South Carolina - Will Muschamp out Hired Shane Beamer Oklahoma AHC/TE
Southern Miss - Jay Hopson out Hired Will Hall Tulane OC
Utah St - Gary Andersen out Hired Blake Anderson Arkansas St HC
Vanderbilt - Derek Mason out Hired Clark Lea Notre Dame DC

[MarkL]

Illinois hired Bert!!

[Class of 61]

Ex Wisconsin and Arkansas coach. Good hire for them as he shoiuknow the BIG.

[MarkL]

Auburn is having some problems with good coaches turning them down, including Steve Sarkisian. I'm guessing Auburn hires Neal Brown who would be a great pick after doing so well at Troy. Bill Clark from UAB would be decent too.

As for Steve Sarkisian. The guy has engineered one of the most prolific offenses in history. The QB Mac Jones was considered to be keeping the seat warm for Bryce Young. Instead Jones has an awesome chance at the Heisman. Not bad for a transition year. So the question is why would Sarkisian say no to Auburn? Best guess is he is working behind the scenes to lock up another job. Maybe Michigan is making a move after all? Maybe an NFL job? No idea.

[BillyLP]

Auburn is having some problems with good coaches turning them down, including Steve Sarkisian. I'm guessing Auburn hires Neal Brown who would be a great pick after doing so well at Troy. Bill Clark from UAB would be decent too.

As for Steve Sarkisian. The guy has engineered one of the most prolific offenses in history. The QB Mac Jones was considered to be keeping the seat warm for Bryce Young. Instead Jones has an awesome chance at the Heisman. Not bad for a transition year. So the question is why would Sarkisian say no to Auburn? Best guess is he is working behind the scenes to lock up another job. Maybe Michigan is making a move after all? Maybe an NFL job? No idea.

Could also be that he's happy making $2.5 million a year in a perennially successful gig. He's also young enough that he may view himself as the guy-in-waiting for Saban's job. I imagine Saban only wants to be there another 3-5 years before retiring.

[MarkL]

Auburn finally made their hire. Bryan Harsin from Boise State. He coached at Arkansas State for a year. Otherwise not in SEC recruiting territory.

Boise State coaches are hit and miss when they leave. Dirk Koetter was okay at Arizona State. Dan Hawkins was a disaster at Colorado. Petersen did well at Washington but never really lived up to the hype. So no telling with Harsin at Auburn.

[Tony4BG]

Arizona - Kevin Sumlin out
Arkansas St - Blake Anderson out Hired Butch Jones Alabama Assistant to Head Coach
Auburn - Gus Malzahn out Hired Bryan Harsin Boise St HC
Boise St - Bryan Harsin out
Illinois - Lovie Smith out Hired Bret Bielema NY Giants Assistant
Louisiana-Monroe - Matt Viator out
South Alabama - Steve Campbell out Hired Kane Wommack Indiana DC
South Carolina - Will Muschamp out Hired Shane Beamer Oklahoma AHC/TE
Southern Miss - Jay Hopson out Hired Will Hall Tulane OC
Utah St - Gary Andersen out Hired Blake Anderson Arkansas St HC
Vanderbilt - Derek Mason out Hired Clark Lea Notre Dame DC

[MarkL]

Would it be insane to think Kellen Moore could become the next Boise State head coach? And if that happens I will feel absurdly old I was in grad school and early career when he was tearing up defenses. And now a guy younger than me could be the next head coach at one of the nation's best best mid major programs.

[jpfalcon09]

Our old friend Terry Bowden has been hired at UL-Monroe

Arizona - Kevin Sumlin out
Arkansas St - Blake Anderson out Hired Butch Jones Alabama Assistant to Head Coach
Auburn - Gus Malzahn out Hired Bryan Harsin Boise St HC
Boise St - Bryan Harsin out
Illinois - Lovie Smith out Hired Bret Bielema NY Giants Assistant
Louisiana-Monroe - Matt Viator out Hired Terry Bowden GA Clemson/ex-Akron HC
South Alabama - Steve Campbell out Hired Kane Wommack Indiana DC
South Carolina - Will Muschamp out Hired Shane Beamer Oklahoma AHC/TE
Southern Miss - Jay Hopson out Hired Will Hall Tulane OC
Utah St - Gary Andersen out Hired Blake Anderson Arkansas St HC
Vanderbilt - Derek Mason out Hired Clark Lea Notre Dame DC

[Tony4BG]

Arizona hires Jedd Fisch

Arizona - Kevin Sumlin out Hired Jedd Fisch NE Patriots QB Coach
Arkansas St - Blake Anderson out Hired Butch Jones Alabama Assistant to Head Coach
Auburn - Gus Malzahn out Hired Bryan Harsin Boise St HC
Boise St - Bryan Harsin out
Illinois - Lovie Smith out Hired Bret Bielema NY Giants Assistant
Louisiana-Monroe - Matt Viator out Hired Terry Bowden GA Clemson/ex-Akron HC
South Alabama - Steve Campbell out Hired Kane Wommack Indiana DC
South Carolina - Will Muschamp out Hired Shane Beamer Oklahoma AHC/TE
Southern Miss - Jay Hopson out Hired Will Hall Tulane OC
Utah St - Gary Andersen out Hired Blake Anderson Arkansas St HC
Vanderbilt - Derek Mason out Hired Clark Lea Notre Dame DC

Boise St with remaining opening

[zete]

What is Terry Bowen doing these days?

[mbenecke]

Terry Bowden gets the HC job at ULM after being a GA (!) at Clemson for the past 2 seasons. What a wild career that man has had.

[guest44]

He was a GA at Clemson so he could help his career, while still getting his full buyout from Akron. In other words, another coach making money off another MAC AD spending money they don't have.

[Tony4BG]

Arizona - Kevin Sumlin out Hired Jedd Fisch NE Patriots QB Coach
Arkansas St - Blake Anderson out Hired Butch Jones Alabama Assistant to Head Coach
Auburn - Gus Malzahn out Hired Bryan Harsin Boise St HC
Boise St - Bryan Harsin out
Illinois - Lovie Smith out Hired Bret Bielema NY Giants Assistant
Louisiana-Monroe - Matt Viator out Hired Terry Bowden GA Clemson/ex-Akron HC
South Alabama - Steve Campbell out Hired Kane Wommack Indiana DC
South Carolina - Will Muschamp out Hired Shane Beamer Oklahoma AHC/TE
Southern Miss - Jay Hopson out Hired Will Hall Tulane OC
Texas - Tom Herman out
Utah St - Gary Andersen out Hired Blake Anderson Arkansas St HC
Vanderbilt - Derek Mason out Hired Clark Lea Notre Dame DC

[Tony4BG]

Rumor Steve Sarkisian will be hired by Texas