With the coaching carousel underway, we’ve got the 2019-20 head coaching changes page live to keep track of all the movement.
Consider this your one-stop shop for coaching changes at every level of football – NFL, NCAA and NAIA – throughout the fall and winter, so check back frequently. For your reference, here are the lists of changes for the 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-2017, 2017-18, and 2018-19 seasons.
There has been one NFL head coaching change as of October 7th. Last year, eight NFL jobs came open. There were seven changes following the 2017 season, six changes after 2016, and seven changes following the 2015 season.
| Team | 2019 Coach | 2020 Coach |
| Carolina Panthers | Ron Rivera | |
| Washington Redskins | Jay Gruden |
There have been 17 FBS head coaching changes as of Dec. 7, and 12 jobs have been filled. Number of changes over the past 11 seasons: 22 (2008), 23 (2009), 24 (2010), 28 (2011), 31 (2012), 20 (2013), 15 (2014), 29 (2015), 21 (2016), 21 (2017), and 28 (2018).
| Team | 2019 Coach | 2020 Coach |
| Appalachian State | Eli Drinkwitz | |
| Arkansas | Chad Morris | Sam Pittman |
| Boston College | Steve Addazio | |
| Colorado State | Mike Bobo | Steve Addazio |
| Florida Atlantic | Lane Kiffin | Willie Taggart |
| Florida State | Willie Taggart | Mike Norvell |
| Fresno State | Jeff Tedford | |
| Memphis | Mike Norvell | |
| Missouri | Barry Odom | Eli Drinkwitz |
| New Mexico | Bob Davie | |
| Old Dominion | Bobby Wilder | Ricky Rahne |
| Ole Miss | Matt Luke | Lane Kiffin |
| Rutgers | Chris Ash | Greg Schiano |
| South Florida | Charlie Strong | Jeff Scott |
| UNLV | Tony Sanchez | Marcus Arroyo |
| UTSA | Frank Wilson | Jeff Traylor |
| Washington | Chris Petersen | Jimmy Lake |
In FCS, nine jobs have come open as of Dec. 6 and three have been filled. Twenty-five FCS jobs came each of the last two years, 24 in 2017, and 15 in 2016.
| Team | 2019 Coach | 2020 Coach |
| Cal Poly | Tim Walsh | Beau Baldwin |
| Central Connecticut State | Ryan McCarthy (I) | Ryan McCarthy |
| Gardner-Webb (NC) | Carroll McCray | |
| Eastern Kentucky | Mark Elder | Walt Wells |
| Howard (DC) | Ron Prince | |
| Lamar (TX) | Mike Schultz | |
| Mercer (GA) | Bobby Lamb | |
| Murray State (KY) | Mitch Stewart | |
| Northern Colorado | Earnest Collins |
Twenty programs at the Division II level has made a head coaching change as of Dec. 9, and four jobs have been filled. Fifteen jobs opened at the D-II level after last season.
| Team | 2019 Coach | 2020 Coach |
| Alderson Broaddus (WV) | Sal Dewalt | |
| Benedict College (SC) | Mike White | |
| Black Hills State (SD) | John Reiners | |
| Bloomsburg (PA) | Paul Darragh | |
| Carson-Newman (TN) | Mike Turner | |
| Colorado Mesa | Russ Martin | |
| Concord (WV) | Paul Price | |
| Edinboro (PA) | Wayne Bradford | |
| Fort Valley State (GA) | Kevin Porter | |
| Gannon (PA) | Brad Rzyczycki | Erik Raeburn |
| Lane (TN) | Derrick Burroughs | |
| Lock Haven (PA) | Dave Taynor | |
| Northern State (SD) | Tom Dosch | |
| Pitt State (KS) | Tim Beck | Brian Wright |
| South Dakota Mines | Zach Tinker | |
| Southern Nazarene (OK) | Andy Lambert | |
| St. Augustine’s (NC) | Tim Chavous | David Bowser |
| Texas A&M-Kingsville | Daren Wilkinson | |
| Wayne State (NE) | Dan McLaughlin | John McMenamin |
| Winston Salem State (NC) | Robert Massey |
Fifteen programs at the Division III level have announced a change as of Dec. 4, and two jobs have been filled. Twenty-one programs made changes last year, and 25 schools at the Division III level announced a change in 2017.
| Team | 2019 Coach | 2020 Coach |
| Buffalo State | Jerry Boyes | |
| Coast Guard (CT) | Bill George | |
| Cornell (IA) | Vince Brautigam | |
| DePauw (IN) | Bill Lynch | |
| Fairleigh Dickinson (NJ) | Brian Surace | |
| Franklin (IN) | Mike Leonard | |
| Greensboro (NC) | Paul Janoscak | |
| Grinnell (IA) | Jeff Pedersen | |
| Hiram (OH) | Henry Stanford | |
| Iowa Wesleyan | Michael Richtman | |
| Juniata (PA) | Tim Launtz | |
| Lawrence (WI) | Rob McCarthy | |
| Pacific (OR) | Keith Buckley | Ian Falconer |
| Wash U (MO) | Larry Kindbom (*) | |
| Wheaton | Mike Swider | |
| Worcester State (MA) | Brien Cullen | Adam Peloquin |
There have been two NAIA head coaching changes. Last season, there were 15 coaching changes.
| Team | 2019 Coach | 2020 Coach |
| Lawrence Tech (MI) | Jeffrey Duvendeck | |
| Peru State (NE) | Steve Schneider | |
| Saint Mary (KS) | Jay Osborn | Lance Hinson |
(I) denotes that the coach has, or will lead the team as an interim head coach
(*) denotes coach announced plans to retire before the end of the current season
(n) denotes a new program
(c) denotes co-head coaches
(h) denotes a coach stepping down citing health reasons
(x) denotes the program will not field a team in 2019
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