That was a sharp increase from 2020, when there were 14 coaching changes, and up from pre-pandemic levels, when there were on average 25-30 changes annually. He took over the program in 2011 when Jim Harbaugh left for the NFL. Hell need to prove last years success is sustainable, but a solid spring would do just that. Now, UTA is back in the WAC with Van Hook at the helm. What to know: BYU on April 11 announced Littlewood was resigning as head coach effective immediately, citing personal reasons. Ole Miss announced it had fired head basketball coach Kermit Davis on Friday morning as the Rebels sat in a tie for last in the SEC at 2-13 in league play and 10-18 overall. Bruce was in the mix for Pac-12 jobs a couple years ago, but would Utah interest him? Former coach:Andy PascoeNew coach: Tayler Sheriff (interim). He very much wants to get East Carolina to the College World Series for the first time in program history. What to know: Meggs announced his retirement on June 6 after 13 seasons at the program's helm. He went 339-478-3 during his tenure and led the Thundering Herd to a winning record just three times. BA Newsletter: Get Analysis, Rankings Delivered To Your Inbox! Perhaps just as importantly, Southern had a perfect APR score last year after just a couple years ago being ineligible for the postseason due to its poor APR. He spent 27 years as the head coach at Charlotte before returning to his alma mater in 2019 as assistant athletic director for baseball operations and player development. We're a mere three weeks into the 2022 college football season and we've already seen two coaches, Scott Frost at Nebraska and Herm Edwards at Arizona State, fired among Power Five schools. He most notably took the Orange from a four-win team in 2017 to a 10 . Former coach:Jim FosterNew coach: Chris Tracz. Florida moved to extend OSullivans contract in the wake of Texas interest, signing him to a 10-year contract, worth $1.25 million a year. Kansas has not reached the NCAA Tournament since 2014, however, and finished last in the Big 12 in back-to-back seasons, including a 4-20 conference mark this year. The Huskies three NCAA Tournament appearances all came with Kelly on staff and hes regarded as one of the best pitching coaches in the country. College football hot seat: 5 coaches under pressure to start 2022. The latest Arizona headlines, breaking news, in-depth investigations, politics, and local community stories that matter to you. What to know:Iwasaki on May 22 resigned as Northern Colorado coach after 12 seasons as head coach of his alma mater. A few prominent schools have new athletic directors, which can lead to uncertainty. The Wildcats hired Foster, who comes to Evanston after six years at Army. That was the school's lone year in the WAC, as it moved to the Sun Belt the following year. In preparation for those changes, Baseball America presents its annual list of coaches to watch this summer as the job market plays out. In short, hes won a lot at schools that arent traditional powers. From going on the offensive against Nick Saban in the offseason to falling well short of preseason expectations, the lead man . College football's 2020 season brought a number of unprecedented firsts in a fiscally-challenging year for . What to know:Foster on June 28 left Army to take over as head coach at Northwestern. Simmons was on staff for the Owls super regional run in 2014 and their ASUN Conference regular-season title in 2016. Sean Allen, recruiting coordinator/pitching coach, Texas: Allen has spent the last nine years on staff under David Pierce, working at Sam Houston State, Tulane and Texas. College baseball over the last five years has averaged about 30 head coaching changes annually. Draft expert Carlos Collazo will be hosting a chat at noon ET Thursday to answer any questions you might have regarding the 2023 draft class. DiToma previously spent six seasons at Fordham, helping the Rams to the 2019 NCAA Tournament, their first regionals appearance since 1998. At this point, no decision in College Station or East Lansing would come as a surprise. There are already four open jobs Charleston Southern, Holy Cross, Pacific and St. Johns all enter the season with interim head coaches. Cliff Godwin, head coach, East Carolina: Godwin has been a hot name in previous years but so far no one has been able to lure him away from his alma mater, including Alabama and Mississippi State. He led the Bulldogs to the 2008 national championship and made the NCAA Tournament eight times. For schools in mid- and low-major conferences, however, the calculus is a bit different. He led the Wolverines to the 2019 College World Series finals and this season won the Big Ten Tournament. Sheriff, who joined the team as pitching coach a year ago, will lead WIU as the interim head coach in 2023. You can submit your questions here. Only one major conference baseball job turned over during the 2020 offseasonMike Fox retired after 22 years at North Carolina and his longtime assistant Scott Forbes was promoted to replace him. Tony Vitello, head coach, Tennessee: Vitello, 42, is known for his recruiting prowess, something that is crucial for success in the SEC. The college football season is about to begin. Laffertys experience in the league and the success of Ole Miss top-ranked 2016 recruiting class, the first No. Price announced his retirement at the conclusion of the season, bringing an end to his 20-year tenure at Kansas. AFC EAST. Prior to joining Pierces staff at Sam Houston, Allen also was an assistant coach at Houston and Florida International. Justin Haire, Campbell: Haire has quickly risen through the coaching ranks, going from NAIA assistant coach to Division I head coach in a decade. Matching such a special season wont be easy, but CMU begins the season as the MAC favorite and has a real shot at going back-to-back. On April 27, the school announced associate head coach Eddie Cornejo will be promoted to head coach at the end of the season. He is scheduled to start his duties, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Jeff Hafley, Boston College The passing game is great, Boston College is looking dangerous, and there's a shot Hafley becomes one of the hot rising coaches with a big year. Jeff Duncan, Kent State: The Golden Flashes last four head coaches (Bob Todd, Danny Hall, Rick Rembielak and Scott Stricklin) all eventually left for jobs in the Big Ten, ACC or SEC. Mike Brey: Notre Dame. Yeah, they won the SEC title in 1993. But at a place like Texas, where championships are the expectation, last-place seasons lead to increased pressure. He combines experience and youth and while Samford hasnt had a full-on breakout season, Dunn has built it into one of the top programs in the Southern Conference. He doesnt have major conference experience and hes in a comfortable spot, but at some point he might get an offer he cant refuse. Josh Jordan, associate head coach, Duke: Jordan, the 2018 Assistant Coach of the Year, has been with Duke coach Chris Pollard for the last 15 years, dating back to their Appalachian State days. Hibbs, who also played at Wichita State, takes over the program as the interim head coach for 2023. Miller spent the last seven years on staff at Lehigh, including the last year as associate head coach. No. He previously was an assistant coach at Rice and McNeese State and played at Texas. Big 12 NCAA men's college basketball conference Conference standings and conference rankings. The Gamecocks made super regionals in 2018, his first season, but then last spring went 28-28, including an 8-22 SEC mark, and missed regionals. Auburn, Alabama Pitching Staffs Make Early Impressions. Breaking down the performance of the seven draft-and-follow players selected in the 2022 draft. Hamm was hired away from Eastern Connecticut State, which he led to the 2022 Division III national championship. Following that postseason run, USC hired him away. Marshall made headlines on Monday by hiring Greg Beals away from Akron with the season nearing, while the Zips promoted internally instead of doing a full search. With cost-cutting taking place throughout universities, an athletic director could look to offer a new hire a smaller guaranteed contract than the current head coach, perhaps with incentive clauses making up the difference. He led the Spartans to a share of the 2011 Big Ten regular-season title and they reached the NCAA Tournament the following year for the first time since 1979. What to know: Kuhn resigned following the season, his third as head coach, to move into private business. Bakich, 43, is in a strong position already and proven he can win there. Former coach: Shawn StifflerNew coach:Bradley LeCroy. They assuredly won't be the only two coaches that do not survive the 2022 coaching cycle. Martin Jr. went 77-54 in three seasons and twice made the NCAA Tournament, but for the first time since 1981-85, the Seminoles have not advanced past regionals in back-to-back seasons. After a relatively slow coaching carousel in 2018, the market heated up last summer. Rob Childress: Texas A&M let Childress go following this season, his 16th as head coach. Now, it will be up to Stankiewicz to awaken the sleeping giant. So, where will the open jobs come from? All rights reserved. Kevin McMullan, associate head coach, Virginia: McMullan, the 2009 Assistant Coach of the Year, has been voted by head coaches as the assistant coach with the brightest future as a head coach each of the last three times Baseball America has held the survey, most recently in 2020. But he could be in the mix at LSU or A&M. 3 national seed in the NCAA Tournament. What to know:Jarrett spent three seasons at Notre Dame before he was hired away by Florida State, his alma mater. Jewett was hired following the Green Wave's 2016 American Athletic Conference title and NCAA Tournament appearance under David Pierce, who was hired away by Texas. He this year led the Runnin Bulldogs to a third-place finish in the Big South Conference, the programs best finish since moving up to Division I. Chesters fast rise may not be done yet. Justin Blood, head coach, Harford: Blood in 2018 led Hartford to its first America East Conference championship and NCAA Tournament appearance. What to know:Brown in July announced his retirement after 41 seasons as coach at George Mason. But the Buckeyes had struggled in recent years. SEC Baseball Weekend One Recap - Highway To Hoover. Alex Sogard, Wright State: The Raiders last three coaches moved on to bigger jobs (Penn States Rob Cooper, Central Floridas Greg Lovelady and Indianas Jeff Mercer) and Sogard could be the next to make such a move. He also spent nine years as head coach at Rhode Island, winning a pair of Atlantic-10 Conference titles. Though the season is just underway, there . Former coach:Nick RestainoNew coach: Pat Egan. Here are five mid-major coaches who may be a little off the radar now, but could this spring elevate their profile. SEC Player and Pitcher of the Week - Week 1. If either job opened, it would draw significant interest. The college hot sheet breaks down 20 of the best performers after an exciting second weekend of college baseball. Former coach: Stanley StubbsNew coach: Milton Barney Jr. What to know:After one season with the Delta Devils, Stubbs stepped down on June 15. 3. He also managed in the minor leagues, a stretch that included a season of coaching Mike Trout in Double-A. So, leaving wont come easy for OSullivan, 52. Dino Babers, Syracuse- Babers took the Syracuse job in 2016. The 2021-22 men's college basketball coaching hot seat, and the candidates on deck. Despite that head start this winter, largely as the result of coaches leaving for jobs in pro ball, the 2020 carousel looks like it will have a slower pace. He spent 2020 and 2022 as an assistant coach with the program, sandwiched around a season at Miami. He led the Explorers to a program-record 32 wins in 2021. Sogard, 33, figures to follow a similar path. After a relatively slow coaching carousel in 2018, the market heated up last summer. Miller. It makes for a stunning end to Littlewood's 10-year tenure at his alma mater. What to know:APSU on April 25 announced Janssen's firing. Now, he returns to his hometown with the task of returning the Seminoles to the top of the ACC. He has led the Blue Hens to the NCAA Tournament three times, most recently in 2017, and will finish his career with the second most wins in program history. Adam Gase, Dolphins- It's not good when you go from 10-6 in one year and then come back the next season and finish 6-10. OSullivan responded by winning the national championship the following season and Florida has since built a new, $65 million ballpark. Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images/Getty Images Subscribe to get the best baseball coverage. That work culminated with this years team, which has set the program record for wins and advanced to the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament for the first time since 2013. Alex Sogard, head coach, Wright State: The last three Wright State head coaches have left for jobs in major conferences: Rob Cooper (Penn State), Greg Lovelady (Central Florida) and Jeff Mercer (Indiana). Florida State is a prestigious football program that has struggled since the departure of coach Jimbo Fisher. BA Newsletter: Get Analysis, Rankings Delivered To Your Inbox! Paul comes back to Finlandia as head coach Luke Paul has been named head coach of the Finlandia University baseball team. Ole Miss Rebels. In between his time at William & Mary and Delaware, he was head coach at West Chester (Pa.), where he won the national championship in 2012 and 2017. He led the Black Knights to regionals in each of the last four seasons. Schlossnagles experience building programs and winning big in the Lone Star State makes it easy to see why both schools would be interested. There are three new athletic directors in the conference (Louisiana State, Mississippi and Texas A&M), but all three inherited coaches that have been in their jobs for more than a decade, have made CWS appearances and won the SEC Tournament in the last four years. He went 337-196-2 and led the Cornhuskers to the 2005 College World Series. You can submit your questions here. Brad Bohannon is an American college baseball coach and former middle infielder.He is the head baseball coach at the University of Alabama.He played college baseball at Vanderbilt University in 1994 before transferring to the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1995 and finally ending up at Berry College in 1996 and 1997. Childress is 592-207-3 in 15 seasons at Texas A&M, has made the last 13 NCAA Tournaments, twice guided the Aggies to the College World Series and in 2016 won the SEC Tournament. The Texas head coach is on ESPN's list of coaches on the "hot seat" as he enters his 3rd season with the program. He has a good thing going in Greenville and last July signed a contract extension through 2025, but hell also continue to be highly sought after in the job market. He led the Buckeyes to the NCAA Tournament three times, most recently in 2019, and twice won the Big Ten Tournament. Shaw is a name that seems to pop up in connection to NFL head coach vacancies every season. but it's also only made the NCAA Tournament twice since 2002 and hasn't had a winning record in a full season since 2015. He previously served as pitching coach at Boston College, helping the Eagles reach super regionals in 2016, and was head coach at Rhode Island for nine years. One important difference would be that this is just Kingstons third year as coach, while Holbrook had been head coach for five years. That will not be the case this season and many around the country are expecting a return to a typical number of head coaching changes, which for the last several years has been around 30or about 10% of all Division I jobs. He takes over after 10 years on staff, including the last four as associate head coach. He spent the last year at Louisiana State and nine years at Dallas Baptist, where he helped Dan Heefner build the Patriots into a power. Former coach:Eric WedgeNew coach: Loren Hibbs (interim). Last preseason's Coaches on the Hot Seat column featured the names of five power-conference coaches whose job security seemed iffy, at the time of publication, for one reason or another. Beck was on June 10 announced as WCU's next head coach. Beyond his time at GCU, hes also been an assistant coach in the Pac-12 (Arizona State), a minor league manager, a field coordinator in pro ball and a big leaguer. Aranda is one of the hottest names in college football right now and . He was fired by the Buckeyes at the end of the season before being hired by Akron, but he never coached an official game for the Zips, as he leaves after fall practice. Its never easy replacing a legend and Bragga struggled to do so in Houston, going 51-76-1 in three seasons. Bryant Ward, recruiting coordinator, UCLA: Ward has become one of the best recruiting coordinators on the West Coast, first at Loyola Marymount, where he landed the schools first Top 25 class in 15 years, and then at UCLA, where he has continued the Bruins strong tradition on the recruiting trail. In 25 years as a head coach at Arizona State, Michigan and Miami (Ohio), he has a career record of 805-612-1. So, unless a powerhouse slips in a big way this spring or theres a surprise retirement, the top of the coaching market should be fairly quiet this summer. Additionally, you can subscribe to Baseball America's newsletter and receive all of our rankings, analysis, prospect insight & more delivered to your inbox every day. Jarrett also impressed as a head coach at UNC Greensboro, leading the Spartans in successive seasons to their first NCAA Tournament appearance and regular-season title in 20 years. With as much fan interest and money involved as there is in the SEC, changes can never be ruled out. This is just the second time in program history that the Flames have made consecutive appearances in regionals. After 11 years with the program, Paul Johnson announced his retirement as Georgia Tech head coach . His prowess as a recruiter and his role in helping make DBU one of the most consistent mid-major programs in the country should be attractive to athletic directors. Now, he is back at Marist after four seasons with the Fighting Tigers. Former coach: T.J. BruceNew coach: Jake McKinley. 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