Faculties which have rehired previous coaches have struggled
In December 2024, the West Virginia Mountaineers rehired Wealthy Rodriguez as HC. He beforehand coached on the program from 2001-07, profitable 10 or extra video games thrice. In the course of the 2007 season, the Mountaineers may’ve made the BCS Nationwide Championship Recreation had they not misplaced their ultimate regular-season sport to the Pittsburgh Panthers, 13-9.
Nevertheless, Rodriguez’s second tenure is off to a disastrous begin. West Virginia (2-6, 0-5 in convention play) is tied with the Oklahoma State Cowboys for final within the Large 12 and has misplaced 5 straight video games. Issues might not get a lot better. 247Sports ranks its 2026 recruiting/switch portal class eighth within the convention.
The Central Florida Knights, in the meantime, introduced again Scott Frost as HC in December 2024. The Knights went undefeated beneath Frost in 2017, upsetting the Auburn Tigers within the Peach Bowl, 34-27.
Like West Virginia, Central Florida could also be having second ideas about its reunion. The Knights (4-3, 1-3 in convention play) are twelfth within the Large 12 and have misplaced three of their final 4 video games.
A minimum of, Frost and Rodriguez had been nonetheless teaching earlier than they had been employed at their respective jobs. Rodriguez was Jacksonville State Gamecocks HC, whereas Frost was an analyst for the Los Angeles Rams. Orgeron, in the meantime, has been out of soccer since LSU fired him and changed him with Kelly after the 2021 season.
After 2019 Heisman winner Joe Burrow left for the NFL, Orgeron struggled to win with out the star quarterback, going 11-11 in his ultimate two seasons with LSU. That will have made him a much less engaging teaching candidate.
Orgeron stated he could be keen to function an assistant coach at LSU if it poached Ole Miss Rebels HC Lane Kiffin, his former boss. Orgeron was on Kiffin’s employees when he was the HC for the Tennessee Volunteers and Southern California Trojans.
Regardless, LSU ought to keep away from hiring Orgeron as HC. It may very well be a messy second marriage for the downtrodden SEC energy.
