It’s almost the end of January, and (knock on wood) the FBS head-coaching carousel has finally stopped. This year the metaphorical carousel was more like a domino effect; by Christmas, things seemed settled on the coaching market, and then two late, unexpected departures shook everything up, spurring six of the seven (seven!) coaching changes we’ve seen since the College Football Playoff semifinals on Dec. 29.
Mark Richt retired after three years as Miami's head coach. Miami turned around and hired back its recently departed defensive coordinator Manny Diaz, who’d taken the Temple job not three weeks earlier.