damn, was reading the athletic.
can you imagine if all these schools jobs were open now at the same time.
it would really be crazy now
At the end of 2021, seven of the best jobs in college football became available at roughly the same time.
USC,
LSU,
Oklahoma,
Notre Dame,
Florida,
Miami and
Oregon hitting the market in one season was a remarkable occurrence, one without much recent precedent. But there was one hiring cycle, two decades ago, in which nearly everyone struck gold. Let’s rewind to the 2000 coaching carousel, which might just be the best of all time.
"Wildest coaching carousel ever? USC, Ohio State, Miami, Bama and the crucial 2000-01 cycle"
Pete Carroll wasn’t USC’s first, second or third choice. The frontrunner from the start was
Oregon State’s Dennis Erickson. The veteran head coach was Pac-10 Coach of the Year after leading the Beavers to a school-record 11 wins and the Fiesta Bowl, but he called USC athletic director Mike Garrett as soon as the job opened. Garrett later confirmed he offered Erickson the job. On Dec. 2, Erickson declined. “I’m not mad at Pete Carroll,” L.A. Times columnist Bill Plaschke wrote. “I’m mad at USC for hiring him.”
Miami players didn’t want Alvarez. A group of team leaders that included Reed, McKinnie and quarterback Ken Dorsey visited Dee and lobbied for Coker. “Keep it in the family,” Dorsey argued. Dee listened. The next morning, Coker interviewed with Shalala and got the job.
Signing day was four days away. Miami keeping the staff together held the class together, and it was one hell of a class featuring Sean Taylor, Vince Wilfork, Frank Gore, Antrel Rolle and 10 more future draft picks. Still, critics feared Miami rushed the process and shortchanged its future by settling for the 52-year-old career assistant. “Is Larry Coker a good hire? No,” Miami Herald columnist Dan Le Batard wrote. “Is he a bad hire? No. He’s just
there. That appears to be the clinching qualification that landed him one of the world’s most coveted football jobs. He just happened to be there.”
On Feb. 2, 2002, the NCAA hammered Alabama with a two-year postseason ban, five years on probation and a loss of 21 scholarships over three years.
Alabama was a repeat violator — three major violations in six years — so the NCAA’s death penalty was on the table. “They were absolutely staring down the barrel of a gun,” infractions committee chair Tom Yeager said. “These violations are some of the worst, most serious that have ever occurred.” If the Tide broke any rules while on probation, they should fear the worst.
so true
