List: The tenure of every FBS head coach

CoachingSearch.com ^ | July 06, 2016 | Chris Vannini

[iowamark]

Earlier this week, CoachingSearch looked at the longest-tenured assistants in FBS. Now, here’s a look at the tenure of every FBS head coach.

Illustrating the amount of turnover in the profession, 108 of the 129 FBS head coaches have been hired since 2010, and 88 have been hired in the past four years. That means more than 2/3 of all head coaches have been hired since 2013.

Some veteran coaches who left the list this offseason included Frank Beamer (1987), Gary Pinkel (2001), George O’Leary (2004), and Steve Spurrier (2005).

First, the longest tenured coach in each conference:

AAC: Ken Niumatalolo (Navy) - 2007
ACC: Dabo Swinney (Clemson) / David Cutcliffe (Duke) / Paul Johnson (Ga Tech) - 2007
Big 12: Bob Stoops (Oklahoma) - 1999
Big Ten: Kirk Ferentz (Iowa) - 1999
Conference USA: Rick Stockstill (Middle Tennessee) - 2006
MAC: Frank Solich (Ohio) - 2005
Mountain West: Troy Calhoun (Air Force) - 2007
Pac-12: Kyle Whittingham (Utah) - 2005
SEC: Les Miles (LSU) - 2005
Sun Belt: Joey Jones (South Alabama) - 2009

Here’s the tenure for every FBS head coach:

1999:
Kirk Ferentz (Iowa)
Bob Stoops (Oklahoma)

2000:
Gary Patterson (TCU)

2005:
Les Miles (LSU)
Frank Solich (Ohio)
Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State)
Kyle Whittingham (Utah)

2006:
Rick Stockstill (Middle Tennessee State)
Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern)

2007:
Troy Calhoun (Air Force)
Nick Saban (Alabama)
Mark Dantonio (Michigan State)
Ken Niumatalolo (Navy)
David Bailiff (Rice)

2008:
Dabo Swinney (Clemson)
David Cutcliffe (Duke)
Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech)

2009:
Bill Snyder (Kansas State) (Also 1989-2005)
Dan Mullen (Mississippi State)
Bobby Wilder (Old Dominion)
Joey Jones (South Alabama)

2010:
Jimbo Fisher (Florida State)
Doc Holliday (Marshall)
Brian Kelly (Notre Dame)

2011:
Brad Lambert (Charlotte)
Kevin Wilson (Indiana)
Mark Hudspeth (Louisiana-Lafayette)
Rocky Long (San Diego State)
David Shaw (Stanford)
Dana Holgorsen (West Virginia)

2012:
Terry Bowden (Akron)
Rich Rodriguez (Arizona)
Todd Graham (Arizona State)
Tim DeRuyter (Fresno State)
Bob Davie (New Mexico)
Larry Fedora (North Carolina)
Urban Meyer (Ohio State)
Hugh Freeze (Ole Miss)
Kevin Sumlin (Texas A&M)
Jim Mora (UCLA)
Mike Leach (Washington State)

2013:
Scott Satterfield (Appalachian State)
Bret Bielema (Arkansas)
Gus Malzahn (Auburn)
Steve Addazio (Boston College)
Sonny Dykes (Cal)
Tommy Tuberville (Cincinnati)
Mike MacIntyre (Colorado)
Ron Turner (Florida International)
Trent Miles (Georgia State)
Paul Petrino (Idaho)
Paul Haynes (Kent State)
Mark Stoops (Kentucky)
Skip Holtz (Louisiana Tech)
Brian Polian (Nevada)
Dave Doeren (NC State)
Doug Martin (New Mexico State)
Rod Carey (Northern Illinois)
Mark Helfrich (Oregon)
Darrell Hazell (Purdue)
Ron Caragher (San Jose State)
Willie Taggart (South Florida)
Matt Rhule (Temple)
Butch Jones (Tennessee)
Kliff Kingsbury (Texas Tech)
Matt Wells (Utah State)
Sean Kugler (UTEP)
P.J. Fleck (Western Michigan)

2014:
Blake Anderson (Arkansas State)
Jeff Monken (Army)
Bryan Harsin (Boise State)
Chris Creighton (Eastern Michigan)
Charlie Partridge (Florida Atlantic)
Bobby Petrino (Louisville)
Chuck Martin (Miami OH)
James Franklin (Penn State)
Charlie Strong (Texas)
Bill Clark (UAB)
Bob Diaco (UConn)
Mark Whipple (UMass) (Also 1998-2003)
Derek Mason (Vanderbilt)
Dave Clawson (Wake Forest)
Chris Petersen (Washington)
Jeff Brohm (Western Kentucky)
Craig Bohl (Wyoming)

2015:
Lance Leipold (Buffalo)
John Bonamego (Central Michigan)
Mike Bobo (Colorado State)
Jim McElwain (Florida)
Tom Herman (Houston)
David Beaty (Kansas)
Jim Harbaugh (Michigan)
Mike Riley (Nebraska)
Gary Andersen (Oregon State)
Pat Narduzzi (Pitt)
Chad Morris (SMU)
Neal Brown (Troy)
Philip Montgomery (Tulsa)
Tony Sanchez (UNLV)
Paul Chryst (Wisconsin)

2016:
Mike Neu (Ball State)
Jim Grobe (Baylor interim)
Mike Jinks (Bowling Green)
Kalani Sitake (BYU)
Scottie Montgomery (East Carolina)
Kirby Smart (Georgia)
Tyson Summers (Georgia Southern)
Nick Rolovich (Hawaii)
Lovie Smith (Illinois)
Matt Campbell (Iowa State)
Matt Viator (Louisiana-Monroe)
D.J. Durkin (Maryland)
Mike Norvell (Memphis)
Mark Richt (Miami L)
Tracy Claeys (Minnesota)
Barry Odom (Missouri)
Seth Littrell (North Texas)
Chris Ash (Rutgers)
Will Muschamp (South Carolina)
Jay Hopson (Southern Miss)
Dino Babers (Syracuse)
Everett Withers (Texas State)
Jason Candle (Toledo)
Willie Fritz (Tulane)
Scott Frost (UCF)
Clay Helton (USC)
Frank Wilson (UTSA)
Bronco Mendenhall (Virginia)
Justin Fuente (Virginia Tech)

[octex]

I mean no disrespect to you, iowamark, but what the hell does FBS mean?

[Robert DeLong]

The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, is the top level of college football in the United States. The FBS is the more competitive subdivision of NCAA Division I, which itself consists of the largest and most competitive schools in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). As of 2014, there are ten conferences and 128 schools in the FBS. Despite the popularity of the professional National Football League, college football is very popular throughout much of the United States, and the top schools generate tens of millions of dollars in yearly revenue. Top FBS teams draw tens of thousands of fans to games, and the ten largest American stadiums by capacity all host FBS teams. College athletes are not paid, and colleges are only allowed to provide players with non-monetary compensation such as athletic scholarships that provide for tuition, housing, and books.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Here’s a few sticks to add to the offseason campfire.

“COACHES HOT SEAT RANKING”

http://www.coacheshotseat.com/CoachesHotSeatRanking.htm

[wrench]

Never heard the term FBS, thought it was some black lives matter group of athletes/thugs.

[Steven Scharf]

You obviously don’t follow college football.

[OKSooner]

No kidding, Stoops and Ferentz are the old timers now? Seems like only a couple of years that our athletic director fixed a problem and brought in a young assistant coach from the U of Florida.

Now he's going on 20 years, and so is his best bud Kirk Ferentz at Iowa.

For all the good work Stoops has done in his time and all the things he's done right, one thing that impressed me is that he really, really didn't want to play against his own alma mater and his best friend in the coaching business in... which bowl game was it, the Holiday Bowl, a few years ago?

[OKSooner]

Ping.

[SomeCallMeTim]

I guess it’s fair to say Strong and Stoops are on the hot seat at Texas and Kentucky.... but, I think the bar for them is not that high.

Both of them likely survive if they make a bowl game.

Stoops, maybe even if he doesn’t. The Cats have played harder, and better since he arrived. I don’t know if ANY coach could do much better at Kentucky.

[wrench]

“You obviously don’t follow college football.”

Not since I graduated from college. At that time I personally knew the coach and a handful of the players, these days, they are all just nameless kids playing a game.

[iowamark]

2011 Insight Bowl, Oklahoma over Iowa 31-14

[OKSooner]

Thanks.

[dfwgator]

I feel sorry for South Carolina.

[OKSooner]

LOL... Yeah I noticed that name. Didn’t even have to look back.

About 7 weeks, with an August game in Australia... Don’t ask me why...

[libertylover]

Stoops talks a good game, but he needs to deliver. If he doesn’t deliver this year I imagine his welcome will be wearing pretty thin.

In your view, why can’t Kentucky win in football?

[CommerceComet]

In your view, why can’t Kentucky win in football?

They are not alone in this regard. How many schools are elite powers in BOTH football and men's basketball? Florida made a good try at it in the mid-2000's but couldn't keep it going. Ohio State probably comes the closest today. I assume it is because it takes too much time and resources to keep both sports at elite levels. It is hard enough to keep one sport at that level.

[nascarnation]

I think a lot of it is recruiting reputation.
Kids want to go where their sport will be the “big dog” on campus.
Michigan State has done well on this also.

[CommerceComet]

Big 12: Bob Stoops (Oklahoma) - 1999

This is true only if tenure is defined by continuous service time. Bill Snyder has much higher service time as head coach at K-State than Stoops has at OU. Snyder was hired as K-State's HC just after the 1988 football season but retired for four years before coming back for the 2009 season.

[CommerceComet]

Michigan State has done well on this also.

You're right. I forgot about the Spartans. They are very strong in both the major college sports.

[SomeCallMeTim]

In your view, why can’t Kentucky win in football?

Good question. The facilities are good. I think, it's mostly because they have such a LONG HISTORY of futility in football. In a conference that is SO TOUGH... it's pretty hard to recruit top talent to come here. I actually think Stoops has hit upon the right formula: Recruit Ohio kids, who want to play in the SEC but not move too far from home.

Rich Brooks did OK here... Four straight bowl games. But, no question: Lexington is a BASKETBALL town. People here just don't care that much about football. And, it shows in recruiting. I'd like to see it change. But, I doubt that it will.