KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The decade-long chase to catch Alabama has caused patience to wear thin across the rest of the Southeastern Conference.
As Nick Saban and Alabama chase their sixth national title in 10 seasons, five of the SEC's other 13 programs have new coaches. It represents the league's highest turnover since 1946, when the SEC had six new coaches.
The new faces this year include Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher , Mississippi State's Joe Moorhead , Arkansas' Chad Morris , Florida's Dan Mullen and Tennessee's Jeremy Pruitt . Mississippi's Matt Luke was an interim coach last year but was hired on a permanent basis after the season .