Cincinnati.com · Jul 27, 2021
Which first-year SEC football coach will be fired first?
Four SEC football coaches were fired last season amid a pandemic that ate away at athletic department earnings.
That came after preseason speculation that coach firings would reduce during the pandemic as universities looked to avoid paying costly buyouts.
So much for that idea.
Auburn owed Gus Malzahn a $21.45 million after its December firing of a coach who has never had a losing season.
The year before that, four other coaches were fired.