Six SEC schools will enter the 2018 season with a new head coach, including Texas A&M with Jimbo Fisher and Florida with Dan Mullen. Which are in position to contend now?
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…