NCAA Division I Football Coaching Changes

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NCAA Division I Football Coaching Changes


From The Sports Network

SCHOOL FORMER COACH (exit date) NEW COACH (hire date)

Alcorn State Johnny Thomas (November 19) Ernest Jones (December 11)
Arkansas Houston Nutt (November 26) Bobby Petrino (December 11)
Ark-Pine Bluff Maurice Forte (November 19) Monte Coleman (November 19)
Baylor Guy Morriss (November 18) Art Briles (November 28)
Colorado State Sonny Lubick (November 27) Steve Fairchild (December 12)
Duke Ted Roof (November 26) David Cutcliffe (December 15)
Estrn Washington Paul Wulff (December 11)
Florida A&M Rubin Carter (November 20)
Georgia Tech Chan Gailey (November 26) Paul Johnson (December 7)
Houston Art Briles (November 28) Kevin Sumlin (December 14)
Indiana State Lou West (September 24) Trent Miles (December 4)
Michigan Lloyd Carr (November 19) Rich Rodriguez (December 16)
Mississippi Ed Orgeron (November 24) Houston Nutt (November 27)
Navy Paul Johnson (December 7) Ken Niumatalolo (December 8)
Nebraska Bill Callahan (November 24) Bo Pelini (December 2)
Northern Illinois Joe Novak (November 26) Jerry Kill (December 13)
Rhode Island Tim Stowers (November 19) Darren Rizzi (December 18)
Savannah State Thelo Lemon (November 30) Robert Wells (December 22)
Southern Illinois Jerry Kill (December 13)
S-M-U Phil Bennett (November 24)
Southern Miss Jeff Bower (December 22) Larry Fedora (December 12)
Southern Utah Wes Meier (November 19) Ed Lamb (December 20)
Texas A&M Dennis Franchione (Nov. 23) Mike Sherman (November 26)
Texas Southern Steve Wilson (November 8) Johnnie Cole (November 30)
U-C-L-A Karl Dorrell (December 3) DeWayne Walker (Interim)
Washington State Bill Doba (November 26) Paul Wulff (December 11)
Western Carolina Kent Briggs (November 17)
West Virginia Rich Rodriguez (December 16) Bill Stewart (Interim)


As of December 22, 2007, at 06:59 PM ET

Did anybody notice there isn't any mention of D-1AA?

[TexasTerror]

Did anybody notice there isn't any mention of D-1AA?[/CENTER]

Why is this surprising?

The only thing that surprises me is those SWAC moves aren't listed under Division II. You'd think because a nice part of your fan base on SWACPage refer to FBS as Division I, that FCS was not a part of the division... xnonono2x

Remember, the SWAC is Division I in football. Even if the fans do not realize it, I'm sure the coaches do when they are recruiting! xthumbsupx

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NCAA Division I Football Coaching Changes


From The Sports Network

SCHOOL FORMER COACH (exit date) NEW COACH (hire date)

Alcorn State Johnny Thomas (November 19) Ernest Jones (December 11)
Arkansas Houston Nutt (November 26) Bobby Petrino (December 11)
Ark-Pine Bluff Maurice Forte (November 19) Monte Coleman (November 19)
Baylor Guy Morriss (November 18) Art Briles (November 28)
Colorado State Sonny Lubick (November 27) Steve Fairchild (December 12)
Duke Ted Roof (November 26) David Cutcliffe (December 15)
Estrn Washington Paul Wulff (December 11)
Florida A&M Rubin Carter (November 20)
Georgia Tech Chan Gailey (November 26) Paul Johnson (December 7)
Houston Art Briles (November 28) Kevin Sumlin (December 14)
Indiana State Lou West (September 24) Trent Miles (December 4)
Michigan Lloyd Carr (November 19) Rich Rodriguez (December 16)
Mississippi Ed Orgeron (November 24) Houston Nutt (November 27)
Navy Paul Johnson (December 7) Ken Niumatalolo (December 8)
Nebraska Bill Callahan (November 24) Bo Pelini (December 2)
Northern Illinois Joe Novak (November 26) Jerry Kill (December 13)
Rhode Island Tim Stowers (November 19) Darren Rizzi (December 18)
Savannah State Thelo Lemon (November 30) Robert Wells (December 22)
Southern Illinois Jerry Kill (December 13)
S-M-U Phil Bennett (November 24)
Southern Miss Jeff Bower (December 22) Larry Fedora (December 12)
Southern Utah Wes Meier (November 19) Ed Lamb (December 20)
Texas A&M Dennis Franchione (Nov. 23) Mike Sherman (November 26)
Texas Southern Steve Wilson (November 8) Johnnie Cole (November 30)
U-C-L-A Karl Dorrell (December 3) DeWayne Walker (Interim)
Washington State Bill Doba (November 26) Paul Wulff (December 11)
Western Carolina Kent Briggs (November 17)
West Virginia Rich Rodriguez (December 16) Bill Stewart (Interim)


As of December 22, 2007, at 06:59 PM ET

Did anybody notice there isn't any mention of D-1AA?


FBS (I-A) and FCS (I-AA) are both considered Division I. Look at the list of schools; there are plenty of FCS schools listed there.

Calling this a Division I list is grammatically correct.

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Why is this surprising?

The only thing that surprises me is those SWAC moves aren't listed under Division II. You'd think because a nice part of your fan base on SWACPage refer to FBS as Division I, that FCS was not a part of the division... xnonono2x

Remember, the SWAC is Division I in football. Even if the fans do not realize it, I'm sure the coaches do when they are recruiting! xthumbsupx

Ahh TT, there's alot of fans on all these boards that still refer to our schools as D-1AA and that's my point. So let's not get it twisted

FYI the SWAC was D1 long before most of the conference that are now before they became D1 schools.

[TexasTerror]

Ahh TT, there's alot of fans on all these boards that still refer to our schools as D-1AA and that's my point. So let's not get it twisted

Not on this board -- this probably the most "FCS/Div I correct" board on the Internet...we all know the name and most of us on this board have taken it back to our home message boards, where it's starting to become more and more routine...if we call ourselves anything but Div I, we're not helping our coaches on the recruiting front when people use Div II basketball and baseball as our classifications in those sports...


FYI the SWAC was D1 long before most of the conference that are now before they became D1 schools.

Well, hopefully those "long-standing" Div I fans from the SWAC would actually start referring to their conference as a Div I conference.

I can't believe that 'the band fan' even refers to FBS as 'Div I'. You would think he'd be in a position which he acknowledges that he needs to "champion" the fight for folks to call everything properly by their right name. When I've asked him on it -- I never get an answer.

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Not on this board -- this probably the most "FCS/Div I correct" board on the Internet...we all know the name and most of us on this board have taken it back to our home message boards, where it's starting to become more and more routine...if we call ourselves anything but Div I, we're not helping our coaches on the recruiting front when people use Div II basketball and baseball as our classifications in those sports...

That's not accurate. You might want to do a search of D1-AA comments.
You'll be surprise what you find obviously.

Well, hopefully those "long-standing" Div I fans from the SWAC would actually start referring to their conference as a Div I conference.

I can't believe that 'the band fan' even refers to FBS as 'Div I'. You would think he'd be in a position which he acknowledges that he needs to "champion" the fight for folks to call everything properly by their right name. When I've asked him on it -- I never get an answer.

No surprise there

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This list should be updated to reflect Dale Lennon replacing Jerry Kill at Southern Illinois.

[Polar Bear]

UCLA hired Rick Neuheisel.

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FAMU has hired Hampton's head football coach Joe Taylor

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Looks like Eastern Washington, SMU and Western Carolina are the only three still searching for a coach.

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Looks like Eastern Washington, SMU and Western Carolina are the only three still searching for a coach.

West Virginia?

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West Virginia?
I didn't count teams with an interim coach, but you are correct if they decide not to keep Stewart after the bowl game.

[ERASU2113]

I didn't count teams with an interim coach, but you are correct if they decide not to keep Stewart after the bowl game.

That's what I figured just didn't know if you knew something I didn't xreadx