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This year’s coaching carousel wasn’t particularly robust, but there was a chorus of praise from the college football media following nearly every hire. That’s not unusual. Aside from the rare head-scratcher (Ron Turner going to FIU a few years ago) or obvious bad fit (Charlie Weis to Kansas, anyone?), most hires look good the day they’re made.
Of course, reality and history tells us that several of these coaches will be on hot seat lists in three years. And it may not be the ones we think. But here’s an attempt to grade how each school did in this year’s coaching carousel, with the obvious caveat that more moves are possible.