Toasty Buns: 10 college football coaches on the hot seat entering 2023
By John Buhler
The 2018 season feels like a very long time ago for Dino Babers over at Syracuse
To me, Dino Babers will always be a Syracuse legend for beating a bedridden Hugh Freeze while he was with Liberty. I will remember you, forever and always. However, the Orange only have one 10-win season in seven years under his guidance. That’s fine, but what is even more troubling is last year’s 7-6 campaign was only the second winning season under Babers since he took over.
While getting rid of divisions in the ACC will serve a good, but not great program like Syracuse, Babers needs to have his program achieving bowl eligibility with far more regularity. Simply put, they have to take care of business better in conference play. Last year saw the Orange go a supremely Coastaly 4-4 in ACC play. Too bad they played over in the far superior Atlantic Division…
So what is it going to take for Babers to feel safe? Well, back-to-back winning seasons would be a start. Going 7-5 again during the regular season will kick the can down the road for another year. An 8-4 mark might get him a lofty raise. However, if the Orange were to go something like 4-8 and win two meaningless games during conference play, Syracuse may need to go in another direction.
Syracuse is not an easy job, but we have seen this be a top-25 program from its old Big East days.