The Virginia coaching search has been going on strong for three days now, and while the names continue to make their ways through the Virginia rumor mill, other schools are starting to finalize their coaching searches. Still Virginia has some stiff competition on what seems to be a higher-than-average turnover year for Power 5 conference teams, and a few others as well.
So far, the following teams have all made new head coaching hires this year:
- Georgia is expected to hire Alabama DC Kirby Smart
- Hawaii hired Nevada OC Nick Rolovich
- Illinois hired interim coach Bill Cubit as permanent, for a two-year deal
- Maryland is expected to hire Michigan DC DJ Durkin
- Minneosta hired interim coach Tracy Claeys as permanent, for a three-year deal
- UCF hired Oregon OC Scott Frost
- USC (Southern California) hired interim Clay Helton as permanent
- Virginia Tech hired Memphis HC Justin Fuente
That's a lot of schools off the board, including Virginia's immediate neighbors, Virginia Tech and Maryland, but there are still a good number of schools remaining, and of course, as these schools take other head coaches away from other schools, so goes the carousel round and round.