Every new coaching hire comes with its unique set of challenges, and across the landscape of college football, eight fresh faces at Power 5 programs are getting ready to take those head-on.
With a spring practice session in the books, the new coaches have a clear picture of the tasks at hand, and in the big-money, win-now atmospheres of the nation's top conferences, they know they don't have a lot of time to do it.
For some, such as Texas' Tom Herman and Oregon's Willie Taggart, it's about restoring the proud programs back to the state in which their fanbases believe they belong.