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The 8 Tiers of Midseason Coach Firings
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The 8 Tiers of Midseason Coach Firings

College football teams don't REALLY like to fire coaches during the season. What makes them do it anyway?
A man getting booted out of his job by Eastern Michigan. © Alex Gould/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK

Despite a busy few weeks in 2025, college football teams fire fewer coaches at midseason than you might expect. But when they do, there are usually some through lines: The firing after the death knell loss, or the guy who gets canned in September instead of on “Black Sunday” after Thanksgiving. Richard and host emeritus Steven Godfrey roll through the past five years of coach carousels to find out just what went into each case when a coach got fired extremely early.

Producer: Anthony Vito

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