Less than two weeks out from the Dec. 20 early signing period, the college football coaching carousel is finally slowing down, and Tennessee, Arkansas, Nebraska and Oregon have all hired new head football coaches.
What do those four programs have in common?
At some point in the last few weeks, Washington State football coach Mike Leach was rumored as a candidate for each of them, and the concern around Leach’s future at WSU reached fever pitch last Thursday, when he reportedly met with then-Tennessee athletic director John Currie to discuss the Vols’ head coaching job.