3 college football programs that should fire their head coach but won’t
By John Buhler
2. player. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. (1-11). Pat Fitzgerald. Northwestern Wildcats. 882
Pat Fitzgerald went (checks notes) 0-for-America this season at Northwestern
Pat Fitzgerald may be a College Football Hall of Famer as a player, but these last two years as the Northwestern Wildcats head coach have been absolutely dreadful. While he has three 10-win seasons on his resume, as well as two Big Ten West division titles, Northwestern went (checks notes) 0-for-America this season. They beat Nebraska in Dublin before losing 11 in The States…
These last two combined seasons of 4-20 ball have dropped his Northwestern record down to 110-101 overall and 65-76 in Big Ten play. Fitzgerald has been leading his alma mater since 2006, but it should not be this difficult for him to regularly achieve bowl eligibility. If Mike Elko can go 8-4 in his first season taking over at Duke, why is Northwestern incapable of pushing for a 6-6 mark?
Northwestern is in a brutal situation, one where its golden boy is starting to lay rotten goose eggs.
Iowa Hawkeyes. (7-5). Kirk Ferentz. 1. player. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. 878
Rampant nepotism by Kirk Ferentz utterly wasted a generational Iowa defense
While Fisher has all the money and the recruits, and Fitzgerald has a chance to be a two-time College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Kirk Ferentz has his son. Although the long-time Iowa Hawkeyes head coach should go into the hall of fame one day, rampant nepotism plaguing the team’s offense has been just deplorable. Brian Ferentz helped waste an all-time Iowa defense.
So is Kirk going to fire his kid? No, because he has been the Iowa head coach since 1999. Heck, Brian might even get a promotion for coordinating the worst offense in the Power Five. Thankfully, Mickey Joseph and the Nebraska Cornhuskers won Cornucopia on Black Friday to prevent Ferentz from shamelessly bragging about winning the Big Ten West title with special teams and defense.
Ferentz would rather retire or resign than fire his son, the worst offensive coordinator of all time.
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