ESPN's Pete Thamel wrote a rather interesting article on Friday about the nature of this year's upcoming coaching carousel. So far, six Power Four head coaches have been relieved of their duties during the season in DeShaun Foster, Brent Pry, Mike Gundy, Sam Pittman, James Franklin and Billy Napier. If we were to include the late offseason dismissal of Troy Taylor, that will bring us up to seven.
This is well ahead of last year's pace that only saw Mack Brown, Neal Brown and Ryan Walters be relieved of their duties at the end of the season.