The Late Spin Update:
THE BIG ONE: Georgia DC Mel Tucker is the next head Buff. Welcome Coach Tucker. Now let the panic ensue regarding Assistant Coaches.
Filled jobs:
KU- pulls the trigger first, Les Miles, 5 years $2.775MM/year. UPDATE: Chip Lindsey OC (h/t Jens).
Western Kentucky- Tyson Helton in, Bryan Ellis QB coach from USC now OC (h/t Jens)
UNC- Fedora out; Mack Brown in. Mack bringing Tim Brewster (aTm TE) and Greg Brown (noted OC sloth) along for the redux. (h/t Jens)
Texas State- WVU OC Jake Spatival in (h/t SerenityBuff) Okie Lite and Mines OC Bob Stitt tagged as OC. (h/t Jens)
BGSU- Mike Jinks out (h/t Mtn.), BC's OC Scot Loeffler in (h/t White Rabbit)
Texas Tech- Kliffy K out (h/t Jens), Matt Wells, USU HC, and entire offensive staff, in (h/t nik)
Central Michigan- John Bonamego out. Jim McElwain in (h/t Jens and nik)
East Carolina- Scottie Montgomery out (h/t Jens) Former JMU HC Mike Houston hired. (h/t Jens)
Louisville- Bobby P out, Scott Satterfield (App. St. HC) in. (h/t onealcd)
UMASS- Mark Whipple out. (h/t tschek) FSU OC Walt Bell gets the nod. (h/t SewallBeach)
Charlotte- Hires Will Healy, formerly of Austin Peay. (h/t DeNiro)
tOSU- Urban Meyer done. OC Ryan Day takes over.
Maryland- DJ Dirkin out, Mike Locksley in, for real this time. Foodcart to coach the TE (h/t Gary Indiana)
Georgia Tech- Paul Johnson hangs it up (h/t Jeric) Temple HC Geoff Collins takes over the Ramblin' Wreck (h/t onealcd)
Utah St.- Gary Andersen part deux. (h/t nik).
KjSU- Snydley hangs it up (h/t Jens) Designated Special Ambassador to the program, nice gesture by KjSU. NDSU HC Klieman moves into Snydley's shadow (h/t Jens)
Appalachian St.- Lost Satterfield to Louisville, NC St. OC Eli Drinkwitz gets the nod. (h/t deniro)
Akron- Terry Bowden gets the hook. (h/t nik) Tom Arth from Chattanooga Choo Choo U takes over.
The U- Mark Richt retires, surprisingly. (h/t BCS) Manny Diaz back as HC after cup of coffee and a wake up as HC at Temple (h/t Jens)
Houston High- Major Applewhite fired (h/t Duff) Dana Holgerson aka Coach Yost from Remember the Titans, flees Morgantown to be new Head Cougar. (h/t BCS)
Open jobs (secondary market):
WVU- Dana Holgerson, desperate to get out of Morgantown, off to Houston...Big12 to G5, did they burn his couch or something? Troy's Neal Browne the leading name along with Luke Fickell, The Pirate Mike Leach and Butch "Foodcart" Jones. Life Championships in Morgantown soon?
Temple- Manny Diaz to the U. Temple AD holds coaches like greased pigs.
Possibles:
ND- Brian Kelly being mentioned for NFL Tampa. (h/t Carolina Buff)
Somebody Else- If the NFL nabs somebody.
FCS Openings:
Eastern Illinois- (h/t Deniro)
Liberty- Hugh Freeze dials in. (h/t Deniro)
Austin Peay- Mark Hudpseth in (h/t deniro)
Other news:
Lincoln Riley- Gets paid, signs extension at OU (h/t Carolina Buff)
Rich Rod- OC at Ole Miss, paired with DC MikMac, talk about the odd couple... (h/t cmgoods)
Kurt Roper- Follows Ty Evans to NC St., or vice versa. (h/t Jeric)
Troy Taylor- Continuing the "Get me out of here" approach most AC's have with Da Yoots, now HC at Sac. St., yeah, those guys. (h/t Jeric)
Kwame Drake- Now DL coach at KU
Klayton Adams- Possible for Sac. St. (h/t nik)
Alabama- Hires DJ Durkin as analyst (h/t TSchek)
Syracuse- Dino Babers extended. (h/t nik)
Shadon Brown- Landed at Louisville (h/t slider)
Utah- Hires Sione Po'uha as DT coach (h/t Jens)
DJ Eliot- Monday will be announced as DC at a P5 program...poor Jayhawks. (h/t skidog)
Iowa St.- Liquidates soybean futures and gives it to Matt Campbell in the form of an extension and AC pool.
The Mike MacIntyre- Ole Miss DC. Lengthy analysis of whether that will be an offset, or not.
Auburn- Booster meddling runs amok, as usual. Sort of like crowd sourcing your AD.
Oklahoma DC- tOSU DC Alex Grinch interested (h/t OnealCD)
Jim Harbaugh- His name popping up re: Green Bay opening (h/t Jens) Maybe he is tired of getting pantsed every November by the Buckeyes
Pac 12- Oregon Live articles turning up heat on Larry "Hey guys, did you see I got an extension!" Scott.
Mark Helfrich- Not involved in any college jobs, per his own statement. Champagne corks pop in Boulder.
CSU- Bobo stays (h/t nik)
USC- UPDATE: Lynn Swann doubles down, Helton stays (h/t Jens) Ronnie Bradford, DB, Tee Martin, OC and Bryan Ellis QB, gone. (h/t unionbuff, Jens) Kliffy K "in the driver's seat" for OC (h/t TSchek) UPDATE: Boosters gathering pitchforks and torches over Helton retention (h/t Bombay) UPDATE: Kliffy K new OC (h/t Jens) UPDATE: Chad Kuahua'hua'ha'hua'ha'hualolo new DL coach, Mike Jinks RB's (h/t Jens), Greg Burns Ore. St. DB back to Troy...the Trojans get some beaver.
Rutgers- Chris Ash UPDATE: Ash is back (h/t nik).
Illinois- Lovie Smith UPDATE: Lovie not only stays, but gets extension (h/t Jens)
Maryland- DJ Durkin to get a $5MM buyout.
UH- fends off Texas St. more successfully than a bailer co-ed to keep Kendal Briles as OC. (h/t nik). UPDATE: 3 yr, $2.1 MM deal.
Tulsa- Philip Montgomery safe (h/t nik)
University of Northern Colorado- Earnest Hollings is safe and will remain head bear (h/t ahoelsken)
Purdue- Brohm stays. (h/t Jens) Louisville fans burning Brohm jerseys and threatening school children.
UNLV- Tony Sanchez safe. (h/t nik)
Boston College- Steve Addazio will return, extended 2 years (h/t Jalapeno)
University of Almost Mexico- Bob Davie back for year number Ocho