Hot Seat Watch: 10 college football coaches feeling the heat in 2019

Looking ahead to the 2019 college football season, these 10 head coaches will be on the hot seat.

We’re roughly seven months from the first games of the 2019 college football season, but it’s never too early to begin speculation on certain big topics. Early Heisman Trophy candidates are an easy one, but alongside that are coaches who will enter next season on the hot seat. A few surprisingly survived last season, and without better results next season a change will almost surely be made.

With that in mind, these 10 head coaches will enter the 2019 season under pressure and on the hot seat.

10. Willie Taggart, Florida State

After just one season, it’s hard to say Taggart will enter his second season in Tallahassee with real questions about his job security. But the Seminoles were just 5-7 last year, and they barely (and really shouldn’t have, with only five FBS wins) made a bowl game in Jimbo Fisher’s last season as head coach in 2017. For a football program that went bowling for 36 years straight, and popped up in the national title conversation at times, better results are expected.

If Florida State doesn’t show some progress next season, ideally into the seven or eight-win range heading into a bowl, speculation will come regarding Taggart’s status. He would ideally get more time to implement his systems and get the right players, but another dismal season would bring at least a coin flip’s chance Taggart is two-and-done.