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Grading College Football's Head Coach Hires for 2020

College football’s 2019-20 coaching carousel featured 24 changes, including moves at Florida State, Ole Miss, Washington State, Colorado and Arkansas. With the carousel completed and all 24 jobs filled, it's time to rank and grade the new hires and see how they fit with their new programs. Florida State's hire of Mike Norvell takes the top spot in Athlon's grades, but Ole Miss (Lane Kiffin), Washington State (Nick Rolovich) and Mississippi State (Mike Leach) aren't far behind. Washington's Jimmy Lake, Rutgers' Greg Schiano and Baylor's Dave Aranda highlight the next tier of hires for the 2019-20 cycle. Fresno State (Kalen DeBoer) and USF (Jeff Scott) ranked the highest among teams making a coaching move in the Group of 5 conferences.