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The college football coaching carousel took a few dizzying late turns following the 2024 season after Nick Saban’s retirement and Jim Harbaugh’s departure for the NFL rocked the sport. Those moves and other coaching swaps generated plenty of headlines, but they weren’t the only significant changes.
The coordinator carousel was wild, too. Look no further than Ohio State as an example. Buckeyes coach Ryan Day made a splash by landing Bill O’Brien as his offensive coordinator, only to see O’Brien leave to take the Boston College job. Undeterred, Day plucked away UCLA coach Chip Kelly.
Kelly’s move is unquestionably the most significant coordinator hiring of the offseason, but it was just one of many impactful coordinator changes that will shape the sport in 2024. Here, we break down the most consequential of them.
The list is comprised mostly of coordinators who are working for returning head coaches. At Alabama, it’s hard to argue that the new coordinators are among the most consequential hires in the country when they aren’t even the most consequential coaching hires on their own campus.
However, Michigan defensive coordinator Wink Martindale and UCLA offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy are exceptions. Martindale will be working under a new coach in Sherrone Moore, who is already well-established within a Michigan program that is coming off a national title. Bieniemy is a blockbuster name who will be tasked with helping first-time head coach DeShaun Foster transition the Bruins into the Big Ten.
With that, here are the 10 most significant coordinator changes in college football.
1. Chip Kelly, Ohio State offensive coordinator
Day looked at his cards, read the table and decided this is the time. He is all in on 2024, and he’s banking on…
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Author : David Cobb
Publish date : 2024-03-01 15:55:58
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