In 2006, after three seasons as Cincinnati Head Coach, Mark Dantonio left for Michigan State.
In 2009, after three seasons as Cincinnati Head Coach, Brian Kelly left for Notre Dame.
In 2012, after three seasons as Cincinnati Head Coach, Butch Jones left for Tennessee.
Here we are again. The year is 2019 and Luke Fickell is entering his third season as Head Coach of the University of Cincinnati. Based on the pattern above, would that mean it’s his last? Cincinnati fans have had this conversation before. And every time, fans find a reason to defend the coach and why he would stay.