Hot Seat Watch, Week 9: 5 coaches who need to win

ATLANTA, GA - SEPTEMBER 04: Tennessee Volunteers head coach Butch Jones awaits the trophy presentation after the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Tennessee Volunteers on September 04, 2017. Georgia Tech defeated Tennessee by the score of 42-41 in double overtime at the Mercedez-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

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1. Butch Jones

Is this the week that Butch Jones finally has his last stand? If there’s anything that could be seen as surprising thus far this season, it’s the fact Jones continues to survive each week and make it to another game.

Now, a reason for that could be the big buyout he has if the program chooses to fire him. However, it’s just hard to see him surviving the season at this point regardless of whether or not they have to pay him to go away.

His first big act was surviving the bye week. Heading into a bye week off of a bad loss can often lead to a firing right then and there as programs like to give their interim coach a week to get things in order.

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He survived that and now he managed to survive losing to Alabama. His offense was shut out and the defense mustered a TD that put the program in the spotlight because of an obscene gesture after.

Now, his last stand could be against the Kentucky Wildcats. He needs a win in the absolute worst way here and if he doesn’t get it or furthermore, gets embarrassed, then that could be it for him finally.

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