Three-straight bowl losses and last year’s fall from grace kept Tuberville in the middle of the national pack.
Athlon Sports did something nifty in preparation for the 2016 college football season, ranking all 128 FBS coaches.
Hey, Cincinnati has one of those! Tommy Tuberville fit in at No. 59 in the rankings, just a spot behind Temple’s Matt Rhule and ahead of Maryland’s D.J. Durkin.
Tuberville was a bit of a high-profile hire by the Bearcats when he came in for the 2013-14 season. Well, at least because he was a big name. He was following in the footsteps of Butch Jones, who won 23 games in three seasons with UC.