We’ve crossed a significant threshold here in the 2021 version of the college football coaching carousel. In the prior years and decades, the November chatter in the sport centered on what jobs could potentially open.
Well, Virginia Tech unceremoniously disposed of Justin Fuente as head coach Tuesday morning and agreed to pay him $8.75 million to go away. It marked the 12th coaching change of the cycle. Miami dispatched athletic director Blake James on Monday, portending the firing of Manny Diaz as an inevitability.
Then there are still plenty more jobs that could open by the end of the year — Florida, Duke and Arizona State among them.