After college football's latest coaching carousel took place this winter, new coaches were tasked with filling out their staffs, navigating the first transfer portal window and the early signing period for recruits, all in the month of December.
Months later, the dust has settled and coaches moved onto the spring transfer window and the 2024 recruiting cycle, which as of Thursday has seen 113 prospects ranked in the ESPN 300 make commitments.
Last year, six teams with first-year coaches finished their first full recruiting cycles with top-10 classes, including Brent Venables at Oklahoma, Mario Cristobal at Miami, Marcus Freeman at Notre Dame and Lincoln Riley at USC.