The NFL regular season wrapped up, but that just means plenty of teams are officially kicking off their offseason. And several of the struggling ones are beginning with massive changes up top, specifically at the head coach position. The New England Patriots got the ball rolling with their dismissal of first-year coach Jerod Mayo on Sunday, not long after the Pats finished their 2024 campaign with a 4-13 record.

The Jaguars wasted little time on Monday morning by firing Doug Pederson, but retaining GM Trent Baalke.

Other clubs got a head start on rebuilds, with the Chicago Bears firing Matt Eberflus, the New Orleans Saints firing Dennis Allen and the New York Jets firing Robert Saleh earlier this season. Each of those franchises has since been linked to notable candidates, including ex-head coaches like Mike Vrabel and Ron Rivera.

College Coaches

Things have been a bit slow to get off the ground so far in 2024. As of the first week of November, only four coaches have been fired, and all of them hail from the Group of Five ranks. The expanded College Football Playoff allowing for more meaningful football late into the year and fears of mass opt-outs and transfer exoduses are likely the primary culprits.

Here are the coaches who have been fired so far in 2024.

Blake Anderson – Utah State

The first coach firing in 2024 came before a ball was even snapped. On July 18, Utah State fired Anderson for alleged failure to comply with the school’s policy regarding reporting complaints of sexual harassment. Anderson went 11-3 and won the Mountain West in his first season in Logan in 2021, but the Aggies fell to 6-7 in each of the last two seasons. Anderson left with a 23-17 record.

Will Hall – Southern Miss

The Will Hall hire made a lot of sense on paper, and the early returns were solid. A Mississippi native son, Hall previously had successful Division II head coaching stints at West Alabama and West Georgia, and after a 3-9 campaign in Year 1 in Hattiesburg, the Golden Eagles went 7-6 in 2022.

However, they regressed back to 3-9 in 2023, and Hall was ultimately dismissed following a 1-6 start in 2024. This was once a premier Group of Five program, but it enters this search with quite a diminished star after Hall’s 14-30 tenure.

Mike Houston – East Carolina

Houston’s time at ECU began in interesting fashion as the former FCS national champion head coach at James Madison initially agreed to take the Charlotte job before backtracking when the Pirates offered. However, they ultimately didn’t get their money’s worth after pulling the coup. Houston was 7-14 in his first two seasons before he seemed to get things on track with 7-5 and 8-5 finishes in 2021 and 2022 respectively. But East Carolina collapsed in 2022, falling to 2-10. He narrowly survived, and a 3-4 start in 2024 wasn’t enough to save him.

He leaves Greenville with a 27-38 record including a 15-28 mark in American play.

Mike Bloomgren – Rice

The former David Shaw assistant at Stanford had his work cut out for him at Rice, and in seven seasons, it never really got off the ground. Bloomgren staved off the hot seat earlier in his tenure as he turned in backto- back bowl appearances in 2022 and 2023, but the Owls still finished with losing records in both campaigns. Rice ultimately cut the cord with Bloomgren after a 2-6 start, leaving his final record at 24-52.

Brian Bohannon - Kennesaw State The Owls opted to part ways with program architect Brian Bohannon after a 1-8 start to the team’s first campaign at the FBS level. Aside from a win over Liberty, it’s been a rough year, but Kennesaw State still boasts a 72-38 all-time record with Bohannon, who won 11 or more games four times at the FCS level and led the Owls to the FCS quarterfinals twice. However, he’s 10-20 over the last three seasons.

Mike Neu - Ball State

Ball State fired Neu after a 3-7 start in 2024. He had been the head coach of his alma mater for nine seasons, leading the program to two bowl games and a MAC title during a 7-1 campaign in 2020. The Cardinals finished with two straight losing seasons in 2022 and 2023, and with a third now locked up, the school is moving on.

Stan Drayton – Temple

Temple hired Drayton in 2022 after five years as an assistant at Texas, but he never got things going in Philly. The Owls never won more than three games in a season and won just four total games in conference play during his tenure. Temple is moving on after a 9-25 stint in a little under three years with Drayton.

Don Brown – Umass

UMass brought back Brown, who led the team to an FCS national title appearance during his first stint from 2004-08, hoping it would lead to some semblance of success at what is one of the toughest jobs in the FBS. Despite the 69-year-old’s experience and institutional knowledge, it didn’t lead to success on the field. He turned in just a 6-28 overall record and was fired after a 2-8 start to the 2024 season.

Tom Herman - Florida Atlantic

The former Texas coach was expected to parlay the Florida Atlantic job into another Power Four gig, but things didn’t go as planned in Boca Raton for Herman. He went just 4-8 in Year 1 in 2023, and the Owls opted to pull the plug on the experiment after just 22 games in which he had a 6-16 record.

Biff Poggi – Charlotte

The former Jim Harbaugh assistant at Michigan and successful Baltimore area high school coach was best known for his sleeveless game-day attire, but that style never translated to the field. Poggi went just 6-16 in less than two seasons at Charlotte and was fired after a 3-7 start to the 2024 season. The 49ers were just 4-10 in AAC play during his tenure.

Kevin Wilson – Tulsa

Another G5 coach who didn’t get to see the end of his second season, Wilson was fired at Tulsa after a 3-8 start in Year 2 and finished 7-16 overall and just 3-12 in AAC play. The former Indiana head coach and offensive coordinator at Oklahoma and Ohio State saw his team suffer four losses of more than 30 points in 2024, including a 63-30 loss to South Florida in Week 13 that proved to be his final game.

Mack Brown - North Carolina

Reports indicated that Brown planned to return to North Carolina in 2025, and he confirmed those plans at a press conference following a loss to Boston College. However, Brown was fired after athletics director Bubba Cunningham reportedly allowed him to resign, which he rejected. It was Brown’s second stint in Chapel Hill, as he previously coached the Tar Heels from 1988-97 before he left for Texas, where he won a national title. Since returning in 2019, his Tar Heels won eight or more games three times and the ACC Coastal Division in 2022. Brown becomes the first power conference coach to be fired in 2024.

Ryan Walters – Purdue

The former Illinois defensive coordinator achieved great success in Champaign, but he couldn’t match the Jeff Brohm era at Purdue. After going 4-8 in Year 1 in 2023, the 38-yearold was fired following the conclusion of his second season in 2024, in which he went just 1-11 and ended the season on an 11-game losing streak with no wins against FBS opponents.

Neal Brown - West Virginia

Neal Brown survived 2023 with a surprising 9-4 finish, but a 6-6 regression in 2024 was enough for West Virginia to move on from the sixth-year coach. The former Troy coach exits with a 37-35 record and one more than six games just once.

Mike MacIntyre - Florida International

Mike MacIntyre brought Colorado its most successful season this century prior to the Deion Sanders era, but that success wasn’t replicated in three seasons in South Florida. MacIntyre went just 12-24, turning in three straight losing seasons, and he was fired following the 2024 regular season.

Shawn Clark - Appalachian State At a job with high expectations relative to the Group of Five, Clark never quite lived up to expectations while coaching at his alma mater. Promoted from his offensive coordinator role at the end of the 2019 season when Eli Drinkwitz left for Missouri, Clark won nine and 10 games in each of his first two seasons, but the Mountaineers fell off to 6-6 in 2022. He got things back on track with a 9-5 finish last fall, but after missing a bowl at 5-6 this season, Appalachian State pulled the plug.