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Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier on the sidelines late in the game. The annual Florida vs Georgia football game at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, FL, Saturday, October 27, 2023. Georgia walked away with a final score of 43 to 20. [Bob Self/Florida Times-Union]
In many ways, the 2024 college football season marks the beginning of a new era in the sport.
The latest wave of realignment has created conference landscapes that would have looked completely foreign to a fan 20 years ago, and the expansion of the College Football Playoff to 12 teams allows for many more squads to remain in contention for a championship late into the season.
But despite all this change, there’s at least one remaining constant in college football: the hot seat.
CFP expansion in addition to the advent of NIL and the transfer portal has only ramped up the pressure coaches are facing, and athletic departments could become even less patient than they’ve historically been.
As we enter the 2024 season, quite a few coaches from the Power Four ranks find themselves in danger of losing their jobs. While this doesn’t mean a change is guaranteed — West Virginia’s Neal Brown seemed to occupy the nation’s hottest seat entering the 2023 season and is nowhere to be found on this year’s list — there are certainly quite a few situations worth keeping an eye on.
Here are 10 power conference coaches who enter the season on the hot seat.
Justin Wilcox, Cal
California’s head football coach Justin Wilcox walks along the sidelines during the Independence Bowl game against Texas Tech, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, La.
Let’s be clear: Cal is a tough job, and Justin Wilcox’s seven-year tenure has been far from awful.
It was especially promising early on as he turned in seven and eight-win seasons in his second and third years in…
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Publish date : 2024-08-26 22:44:54
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