Five college football coaches who should have been fired

Not every coach who deserved to be fired after this season actually got their pink slip.

College football is a really tough business. Head coaches have never been under more pressure to perform both on the field and in the classroom or else face losing their job. That’s led to a ton of turnover in the coaching ranks this off-season.

We often hear about the coaches who are fired that didn’t deserve their fate, but not as much is reported on coaches who somehow manage to avoid the hangman’s noose. To me, those are the more interesting characters heading into next season. It’s fascinating to look at why some coach’s are able to hang on at a school despite woefully under performing.

Some coaches may have only been at their schools for a couple of seasons which most would say isn’t giving the coach enough of a chance to build his own program. On the whole, I agree with the people who say a coach needs four years, but in some high-profile programs you can see things trending downwards almost immediately. You’ll find a few of those coaches in our list of five coaches who should’ve received their pink slips this year.

It may seem harsh to argue for more firings in college football, but in these five cases it’s the right potential course of action. Each of these athletic directors is taking a huge gamble by letting these men continue on as the leaders of their program. They may be fine men who are great examples to their student-athletes, but they won’t be winning enough games to get their program to the promised land any time soon.

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