No conference underwent more head coaching turnover this cycle than the SEC. Six of the league’s 14 programs made changes, one of which involved a sitting HC in the West Division filling a vacancy in the East Division, and another of which included an embarrassingly haphazard search process following vigorous social media pushback to a potential hire. Some of these new leaders are well positioned to succeed right away, while others may need a season or two before providing tangible signs of improvement. The first-season outlooks of each of the SEC’s new head coaches will be hot topics at the conference’s annual media days in Atlanta later this month, but SI.
First-Year Outlooks for the SEC's Six New Head Coaches in 2018
