College football hot seat: 10 coaches who could be fired

College hot seat: 10 coaches who could be hitting unemployment line

EAST LANSING, MI - SEPTEMBER 28: Head coach Mark Dantonio of the Michigan State Spartans looks on during the game against the Indiana Hoosiers at Spartan Stadium on September 28, 2019 in East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State defeated Indiana 40-31. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 19: Head coach Kevin Sumlin of the Arizona Wildcats on the sidelines as his team trails 10-0 to the USC Trojans during the first half at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on October 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /

10. Kevin Sumlin – Arizona

The Kevin Sumlin tenure in Arizona hasn’t exactly inspired any confidence yet. Now, it can be argued that Sumlin needs time to bring his own recruits in and build back up a barren program that was left by Rich Rodriguez.

That is if you believe Sumlin and quarterback Khalil Tate couldn’t work any magic together. Instead, Sumlin might finish with a worse record in his second season with the Wildcats than he would have in his first.

Right now, Arizona is 4-7. The first year on the job, Sumlin went 5-7. Arizona will miss a bowl game in each of the first two years Sumlin has been in Tucson.

It’s not exactly the strongest of starts for a coach that quickly fell off at the end of his tenure at Texas A&M. Conventional wisdom says that Sumlin probably gets a third season to prove himself and if it’s still bad, then he will be let go.

Plus comes the matter of the buyout. If Arizona hangs on for one more year, it will be less costly to let Sumlin walk. In Tucson, boosters aren’t exactly lined with the pockets that some of the other major programs around the country have.

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