Coaching carousel

[Tony4BG]

I wonder who Buffalo hires. Anyone obvious out there? At this point in the cycle, it's a little late to make a splash hire. Maybe they go from within, for now?

I would venture to guess, most that applied for BG position would be interested in UB.

Polian from ND
Tim Beck NC ST
Vince Kehres?

Just couple of names I have read already.

[MarkL]

Great hire by Kansas. And Leipold, good luck. Once you get a winning season or even close, get out of dodge and go for a Big Ten job. I've long thought he should be Ferentz' successor at Iowa. Anyone who can win at Kansas should be a candidate for big time jobs.

[Schadenfreude]

I wonder who Buffalo hires. Anyone obvious out there? At this point in the cycle, it's a little late to make a splash hire. Maybe they go from within, for now?

I would venture to guess, most that applied for BG position would be interested in UB.

Polian from ND
Tim Beck NC ST
Vince Kehres?

Just couple of names I have read already.

Maybe they could pry Mike Jinks loose from Southern California.

[Schadenfreude]

Slightly more seriously: I see Gregg Brandon is doing very well at the Colorado School of Mines. I wonder if he would ever want to try Division I again. (My guess is that he likes it out west, though.)

[fredthefalcon]

Great hire by Kansas. And Leipold, good luck. Once you get a winning season or even close, get out of dodge and go for a Big Ten job. I've long thought he should be Ferentz' successor at Iowa. Anyone who can win at Kansas should be a candidate for big time jobs.

Best of luck but Kansas is a graveyard for head coaches. Only Mark Mangino has a winning lifetime record there since 1952 and he barely did thanks mainly to one magnificent 12-1 season.

[MarkL]

Great hire by Kansas. And Leipold, good luck. Once you get a winning season or even close, get out of dodge and go for a Big Ten job. I've long thought he should be Ferentz' successor at Iowa. Anyone who can win at Kansas should be a candidate for big time jobs.

Best of luck but Kansas is a graveyard for head coaches. Only Mark Mangino has a winning lifetime record there since 1952 and he barely did thanks mainly to one magnificent 12-1 season.

100% agreed. I was trying to tactfully say that Leipold has too good of a career to risk Kansas. That place is a career killer. Of course what do I know because I said the same thing about Iowa State when Campbell went there.

[MarkL]

An excellent take on the state of Kansas football. Leipold has his work cut out for him.

[guest44]

Lance Leipold is 57 years old. He just increased his salary 4X base. How many more chances was he going to get to cash in like that? Probably very few. It makes a lot of sense.

[Tony4BG]

Leipold is retaining Coach Schoonover

[mbenecke]

Buffalo hires new Michigan co-DC (as of December/January), Maurice Linguist, as head coach.

[jpfalcon09]

Buffalo hires new Michigan co-DC (as of December/January), Maurice Linguist, as head coach.

Cunning linguist...

[MarkL]

With Linguist off to Buffalo, Michigan has a defensive coaching vacancy. I read on a different blog that Cato June is a candidate there.
Whether he takes it or not, that is a great endorsement of June.

[jpfalcon09]

With Linguist off to Buffalo, Michigan has a defensive coaching vacancy. I read on a different blog that Cato June is a candidate there.
Whether he takes it or not, that is a great endorsement of June.

Steve Clinkscale from UK is taking the open job at Michigan.

[roguewarrior]

With Linguist off to Buffalo, Michigan has a defensive coaching vacancy. I read on a different blog that Cato June is a candidate there.
Whether he takes it or not, that is a great endorsement of June.

Steve Clinkscale from UK is taking the open job at Michigan.

He was a Colonel in the Army, before coaching football.

[Tony4BG]

Late change. Solich retires.

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 Hired Andy Avalos Oregon DC
Buffalo - Lance Leipold out Hired Maurice Linguist Michigan Co-DC
Central Florida - Josh Heupel out Hired Gus Malzahn Ex-Auburn HC
Illinois - Lovie Smith out Hired Bret Bielema NY Giants Assistant
Kansas - Les Miles out Hired Lance Leipold Buffalo HC
Louisiana-Monroe - Matt Viator out Hired Terry Bowden GA Clemson/ex-Akron HC
Marshall - Doc Holliday out Hired Charles Huff Alabama RB Coach
Ohio Frank Solich out Hired Tim Albin Ohio OC
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
Tennessee - Jeremy Pruitt out Hired Josh Heupel UCF HC
Texas - Tom Herman out Hired Steve Sarkisian Alabama OC
Utah St - Gary Andersen out Hired Blake Anderson Arkansas St HC
Vanderbilt - Derek Mason out Hired Clark Lea Notre Dame DC