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Which First-Year Coach Faces the Toughest Job in Year One?

On Monday, we asked our writers which of the 27 college football coaches hired this offseason is in the best position to make an immediate impact in 2019, getting a different answer from each respondant. Now, we look at the other end of the spectrum—the coaches who won't have an easy go of it as they take over a new program. And if you missed it, be sure to check our our roundtable from last week on which team's summer hype train needs to be tempered.

Which first-year coach faces the toughest job in year one, whether because he has a massive turnaround on his hands or because the program standards have risen to a point where regression is almost a given?