The college football coaching carousel is in full swing. Coaching searches across the SEC and the country have come to a close, but that often just opens up a job at another school after one coach leaves for another.
After a chaotic Sunday, things cooled down to a certain extent, but there were still some big moves. This included Kentucky quickly turning around to reportedly hire Oregon offensive coordinator Will Stein and UCLA snagging JMU’s Bob Chesney.
Here’s the full list of hires that have been made and openings that remain vacant as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 1, 2025.
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Hires
LSU – Lane Kiffin
- Previously HC at Ole Miss
- Fired Brian Kelly
Ole Miss – Pete Golding
- Previously DC at Ole Miss
- Lane Kiffin left for LSU
Florida – Jon Sumrall
- Previously HC at Tulane
- Fired Billy Napier
Auburn – Alex Golesh
- Previously HC at South Florida
- Fired Hugh Freeze
Arkansas – Ryan Silverfield
- Previously HC at Memphis
- Fired Sam Pittman
Kentucky – Will Stein (Reported by On3, not an official announcement)
- Previously OC at Oregon
- Fired Mark Stoops
Virginia Tech – James Franklin
- Previously HC at Penn State
- Fired Brent Pry
Michigan State – Pat Fitzgerald
- Previously volunteer assistant at Loyola Academy (IL), Northwestern HC
- Fired Jonathan Smith
Oklahoma State – Eric Morris
- Previously HC at North Texas
- Fired Mike Gundy
UCLA – Bob Chesney
- Previously HC at JMU
- Fired DeShaun Foster
Stanford – Tavita Pritchard
- Previously NFL’s Washington Commanders QB coach
- Didn’t renew interim Frank Reich, fired Tory Taylor
Oregon State – JaMarcus Shephard
- Previously AHC/Co-OC at Alabama
- Fired Trent Bray
Colorado State – Jim Mora
- Previously HC at UConn
- Fired Jay Norvell
Kent State – Mark Carney
- Previously Kent State interim coach
- Fired Kenni Burns
Openings
Penn State
- Fired James Franklin
- On3 reports BYU’s Kalani Sitake is the top target
South Florida
- Alex Golesh left for Auburn
Memphis
- Ryan Silverfield left for Arkansas
North Texas
- Eric Morris left for Oklahoma State
UAB
- Fired Trent Dilfer
Coastal Carolina
- Fired Tim Beck
Cal
- Fired Justin Wilcox
Tulane
- Jon Sumrall left for Florida
JMU
- Bob Chesney left for UCLA
UConn
- Jim Mora left for Colorado State
