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Preseason 2026 Coaches' Hot Seat® Rankings

Jun 23, 2026

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Preseason 2026 Coaches' Hot Seat® Rankings

Ten coaches, ranked by the heat they feel right now, not by who gets fired in a month where nobody gets fired. Fair warning: a few of these are going to make you mad.

Mark Haines

Big Ten

Maryland fired Mike Locksley in November, except they didn't.

Jun 26, 2026

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Maryland fired Mike Locksley in November, except they didn't.

The fake report still pulled two million views, because the seat is that hot

Mark Haines

College Football

Florida State Graded Its Own Coach as Failing, in Writing, and Kept Him

Jun 30, 2026

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Florida State Graded Its Own Coach as Failing, in Writing, and Kept Him

Mike Norvell went 0-4 in one-score games and 0-5 on the road, so he took back the one job that was never the problem: the play sheet.

Mark Haines

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College Football

Sep 9, 2026

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Week 2: Coaches' Hot Seat Rankings

Luke Fickell Led Notre Dame At Halftime And Left Lambeau With The Hottest Seat In America. Mike Locksley Won 62-0 And Dropped 3 Spots. Dabo Swinney Moved 44.

Mark Haines

College Football

The Clock In The Stadium Said Michigan Lost. The Big Ten Has A Different Clock, And You Are Not Allowed To See It

Sep 8, 2026

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The Clock In The Stadium Said Michigan Lost. The Big Ten Has A Different Clock, And You Are Not Allowed To See It

Michigan beat a MAC school by one point on Saturday, and to do it the Big Ten had to reveal that the clock 110,000 people were staring at isn't the one that counts.

Mark Haines

Doeren

TCU's Receiver Spent 3 Days in a Hospital With a Brain Bleed. TCU's Response Was to Ban the Newspaper.

Sep 4, 2026

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TCU's Receiver Spent 3 Days in a Hospital With a Brain Bleed. TCU's Response Was to Ban the Newspaper.

Also, Dave Doeren enters year 14 at NC State with 0 ACC Championship Game appearances and a defense that fell from 19th to 111th in 3 years.

Mark Haines

College Football

Florida State Paid $1.4 Million to Get Booed by Minute 20

Sep 1, 2026

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Florida State Paid $1.4 Million to Get Booed by Minute 20

Tony Elliott was on the hot seat 2 years ago. Saturday he put Dave Doeren on it, and our board moved for the first time all season.Sub Headline

Mark Haines

Deion Sanders

Aug 28, 2026

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Deion Sanders and Mike Norvell Are Closer Than Anybody in Boulder Wants to Admit

Over the same 3 seasons, Norvell went 20-18 and Sanders went 16-21, and both peaked on borrowed talent before the floor gave out. Plus the 3 days that closed the door between the NFL and college football, and the Baton Rouge hearing Monday that could kick it back open.

Mark Haines

College Football

Wisconsin Fans Stopped Chanting and Canceled 7,193 Season Tickets. That Is How You Measure a Hot Seat in 2026

Aug 25, 2026

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Wisconsin Fans Stopped Chanting and Canceled 7,193 Season Tickets. That Is How You Measure a Hot Seat in 2026

Our Week Zero board ranks all 10, from Mike Norvell at No. 1 to the 4 coaches whose own presidents put a defense of them in writing last fall. Plus a military college that sold its jersey to a gun store. Headline

Mark Haines

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Featured

Preseason 2026 Coaches' Hot Seat® Rankings

Maryland fired Mike Locksley in November, except they didn't.

Florida State Graded Its Own Coach as Failing, in Writing, and Kept Him

Articles

Week 2: Coaches' Hot Seat Rankings

The Clock In The Stadium Said Michigan Lost. The Big Ten Has A Different Clock, And You Are Not Allowed To See It

TCU's Receiver Spent 3 Days in a Hospital With a Brain Bleed. TCU's Response Was to Ban the Newspaper.

Florida State Paid $1.4 Million to Get Booed by Minute 20

Deion Sanders and Mike Norvell Are Closer Than Anybody in Boulder Wants to Admit

Wisconsin Fans Stopped Chanting and Canceled 7,193 Season Tickets. That Is How You Measure a Hot Seat in 2026

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