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Lance Leipold Raised the Floor at Kansas. Now He Can't Clear It.

Jul 3, 2026

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Lance Leipold Raised the Floor at Kansas. Now He Can't Clear It.

He dug Kansas out of 0-9 and built it to 9-4, and back-to-back 5-7 seasons later the reward is a warm seat. The offense is real, the run defense is not, and the trend is bending the wrong way.

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

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

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

Mortensen

Mar 3, 2026

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Is Alex Mortensen A Good Hire For UAB?

One coach blames the players. The other signed 41 of them. Plus: Vol fans are drinking their feelings — to the tune of $615K per game.

Mark Haines

UConn

Feb 17, 2026

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UConn Just Handed Toledo's Jason Candle $15 Million Over 6 Years To Be Its Next Head Coach. He's Never Beaten a Ranked Opponent. Here's Why That Points You To The Huskies' Ceiling

81–44 overall. Two MAC titles. Seven bowl appearances. 0–5 against the top 25. Candle's résumé tells two stories. UConn is betting on one of them.

Mark Haines

Dillingham

Feb 13, 2026

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Stanford's New Head Coach Grades Out As An A+ In Fit And A C+ In Track Record. That Gap Is Where The Risk Lives.

Plus: Kenny Dillingham's power play at ASU, YouTube TV's new sports plan, and a state court judge just told the NCAA it was wrong about Trinidad Chambliss.

Mark Haines

Kentucky

Feb 10, 2026

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Kentucky's Will Stein Hire Comes Down to One Position. We Break It Down.

North Dakota State goes FBS, a judge shuts down UCLA's escape plan, and Brent Brennan gets extended through 2030.

Mark Haines

Cal Golden Bears

Feb 6, 2026

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We Graded Cal's Hire of a Coach Who Has Never Been a Head Coach. Then We Looked at What It Costs to Build a Program in 2026. The Numbers Are Insane.

The Lupoi deep dive, the new economics of recruiting, and a combined $971 million in debt at FSU and Penn State.

Mark Haines

Archive

Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.

Lance Leipold Raised the Floor at Kansas. Now He Can't Clear It.

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

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

Preseason 2026 Coaches' Hot Seat® Rankings

Is Alex Mortensen A Good Hire For UAB?

UConn Just Handed Toledo's Jason Candle $15 Million Over 6 Years To Be Its Next Head Coach. He's Never Beaten a Ranked Opponent. Here's Why That Points You To The Huskies' Ceiling

Stanford's New Head Coach Grades Out As An A+ In Fit And A C+ In Track Record. That Gap Is Where The Risk Lives.

Kentucky's Will Stein Hire Comes Down to One Position. We Break It Down.

We Graded Cal's Hire of a Coach Who Has Never Been a Head Coach. Then We Looked at What It Costs to Build a Program in 2026. The Numbers Are Insane.

Coaches Hot Seat®