Year one for a new coach is never easy. There are a plethora of reasons why taking over a program is a major adjustment that usually takes time to produce results. For starters, new hires head into the season with rosters made up mostly of players they didn’t recruit. Earning trust and commanding the locker room can be difficult, especially if the team struggles early on or players don’t buy in to the way the new coach wants to do things. There’s also the pressure that comes with impatient fanbases expecting success, a factor that is amplified exponentially for coaches moving from a mid-major school to a major conference.
Where Do 2017's Major Coaching Hires Stand Heading into Year Two?
