ESPN college football (amongst other sports) numbers wizard extraordinaire Bill Connelly has an interesting perspective. Connelly was recently a guest on The Solid Verbal podcast, and to paraphrase- Bill said that if a college football head coach’s tenure isn’t producing by year three, it’s probably not going to work out. I found that really interesting and as someone that enjoys the coaching carousel to an extent, I’m surprised I hadn’t thought of it myself.
First, let’s look nationally at a few coaches who have seen year three come and go and are either gone from those jobs, or are likely to be gone soon.