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.
On Tuesday, Cal found its guy with Oregon defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi and North Texas grabbed former West Virginia head coach Neal Brown, who most recently was assistant to the head coach at Texas.
Here’s the full list of hires that have been made and openings that remain vacant as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 2, 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
- 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
Cal – Tosh Lupoi
- Previously DC at Oregon
- Fired Justin Wilcox
Oregon State – JaMarcus Shephard
- Previously AHC/Co-OC at Alabama
- Fired Trent Bray
Colorado State – Jim Mora
- Previously HC at UConn
- Fired Jay Norvell
North Texas – Neal Brown
- Previously assiststant to HC at Texas, HC at West Virginia
- Eric Morris left for Oklahoma State
Kent State – Mark Carney
- Previously Kent State interim coach
- Fired Kenni Burns
Openings
Penn State
- Fired James Franklin
- Tennessee’s Josh Heupel, BYU’s Kalani Sitake both not in the running
South Florida
- Alex Golesh left for Auburn
Memphis
- Ryan Silverfield left for Arkansas
UAB
- Fired Trent Dilfer
- Interim HC Alex Mortensen lobbying for job
Coastal Carolina
- Fired Tim Beck
Tulane
- Jon Sumrall left for Florida
JMU
- Bob Chesney left for UCLA
UConn
- Jim Mora left for Colorado State
