The 2014-15 FBS head coaching carousel spun for five full months. June Jones' Sept. 8 resignation at SMU started the spinning, Jim Harbaugh's return to Michigan in late December brought it to a temporary stop, and then John Bonamego's hiring at Central Michigan brought the cycle to a full stop almost five months to the day later.
With apologies to Patrick Stevens, the originator of this idea, it's time for the second annual look at the list of all 128 FBS head coaching tenures.
Before we get to the list, a few notes.
- Bob Stoops is now the second-longest tenured coach, at age 54 and heading into year 17 in Norman. He'll tie Bud Wilkinson for the second-longest run in Oklahoma history and, in theory, could still be doing this 10 or 15 years from now.
- Gary Patterson is now in the top five, and Bronco Mendenhall is now in the top 10.
- Akron's Terry Bowden now represents the exact median of FBS coaching job tenure. He was hired Dec. 22, 2011.
- Mark Stoops has coached two seasons at Kentucky and has been on the job longer than nearly half his peers.
- Bob Davie and Rich Rodriguez, with three seasons under their collective belts, are now in the top 50.
- Art Briles ranks 21st on the list, having just completed his seventh full season as Baylor's head coach. Bobby Petrino has taken three jobs since then.
- One final note: UAB has dropped football, but the number stays steady at 128 thanks to Charlotte joining Conference USA this fall.
1986
1. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech - Dec. 22
1998
2. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma - Dec. 1
3. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa - Dec. 2
2000
4. Gary Pinkel, Missouri - Nov. 30
5. Gary Patterson, TCU - Dec. 8
6. Mark Richt, Georgia - Dec. 26
2003
7. George O’Leary, UCF - Dec. 8
2004
8. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina - Nov. 23
9. Kyle Whittingham, Utah - Dec. 9
10. Bronco Mendenhall, BYU - Dec. 13
11. Frank Solich, Ohio - Dec. 17
2005
12. Les Miles, LSU - Jan. 2
13. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State - Jan. 3
14. Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee - Dec. 12
2006
15. Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern - July 7
16. Mark Dantonio, Michigan State - Nov. 27
17. Troy Calhoun, Air Force - Dec. 22
2007
18. Nick Saban, Alabama - Jan. 3
19. David Bailiff, Rice - Jan. 19
20. Bobby Wilder, Old Dominion - Feb. 13
21. Art Briles, Baylor - Nov. 28
22. Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech - Dec. 7
23. Ken Niumatalolo, Navy - Dec. 8
24. David Cutcliffe, Duke - Dec. 15
2008
25. Joey Jones, South Alabama - Feb. 15
26. Dabo Swinney, Clemson - Oct. 13
27. Bill Snyder, Kansas State - Nov. 24
28. Dan Mullen, Mississippi State - Dec. 11
29. Paul Rhoads, Iowa State - Dec. 21
2009
30. Larry Coker, UTSA - March 6
31. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State - Dec. 1
32. Mike London, Virginia - Dec. 7
33. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame - Dec. 11
34. Todd Berry, Louisiana-Monroe - Dec. 15
35. Doc Holliday, Marshall - Dec. 17
2010
36. Ruffin McNeill, East Carolina - Jan. 21
37. Dan McCarney, North Texas - Nov. 30
38. Kevin Wilson, Indiana - Dec. 4
39. Jerry Kill, Minnesota - Dec. 5
T-40. Al Golden, Miami - Dec. 12
T-40. Mark Hudspeth, Louisiana-Lafayette - Dec. 12
42. Pete Lembo, Ball State - Dec. 19
2011
43. Randy Edsall, Maryland - Jan. 2
44. Dennis Franchione, Texas State - Jan. 7
45. Rocky Long, San Diego State - Jan. 12
46. David Shaw, Stanford - Jan. 13
47. Brad Lambert, Charlotte - March 1
48. Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia - June 11
49. Bob Davie, New Mexico - Nov. 17
50. Rich Rodriguez, Arizona - Nov. 21
51. Urban Meyer, Ohio State - Nov. 28
52. Mike Leach, Washington State - Nov. 30
T-53. Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss - Dec. 5
T-53. Curtis Johnson, Tulane - Dec. 5
T-55. Larry Fedora, North Carolina - Dec. 8
T-55. Justin Fuente, Memphis - Dec. 8
57. Tim Beckman, Illinois - Dec. 9
T-58. Jim Mora, UCLA - Dec. 10
T-58. Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M - Dec. 10
60. Matt Campbell, Toledo - Dec. 12
T-61. Todd Graham, Arizona State - Dec. 14
T-61. Tim DeRuyter, Fresno State - Dec. 14
63. Norm Chow, Hawaii - Dec. 21
64. Terry Bowden, Akron - Dec. 22
2012
65. Kyle Flood, Rutgers - Jan. 31
66. Mark Stoops, Kentucky - Nov. 27
67. Trent Miles, Georgia State - Nov. 30
68. Dave Doeren, N.C. State - Dec. 1
69. Rod Carey, Northern Illinois - Dec. 2
70. Paul Petrino, Idaho - Dec. 3
T-71. Steve Addazio, Boston College - Dec. 4
T-71. Bret Bielema, Arkansas - Dec. 4
T-71. Gus Malzahn, Auburn - Dec. 4
T-74. Sonny Dykes, California - Dec. 5
T-74. Darrell Hazell, Purdue - Dec. 5
T-76. Butch Jones, Tennessee - Dec. 7
T-76. Willie Taggart, South Florida - Dec. 7
78. Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati - Dec. 8
T-79. Sean Kugler, UTEP - Dec. 10
T-79. Mike MacIntyre, Colorado - Dec. 10
81. Todd Monken, Southern Miss - Dec. 11
82. Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech - Dec. 12
T-83. Skip Holtz, Louisiana Tech - Dec. 14
T-83. Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State - Dec. 14
T-85. Rob Caragher, San Jose State - Dec. 17
T-85. P.J. Fleck, Western Michigan - Dec. 17
T-87. Paul Haynes, Kent State - Dec. 17
T-87. Matt Rhule, Temple - Dec. 17
89. Matt Wells, Utah State - Dec. 20
2013
90. Ron Turner, Florida International - Jan. 4
91. Brian Polian, Nevada - Jan. 7
92. Scott Shafer, Syracuse - Jan. 9
93. Mark Helfrich, Oregon - Jan. 20
94. Doug Martin, New Mexico State - Feb. 1
95. Steve Sarkisian, USC - Dec. 2
96. Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio) - Dec. 3
97. Chris Petersen, Washington - Dec. 6
98. Craig Bohl, Wyoming - Dec. 8
99. Dave Clawson, Wake Forest - Dec. 10
T-100. Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan - Dec. 11
T-100. Bryan Harsin, Boise State - Dec. 11
102. Bob Diaco, Connecticut - Dec. 12
103. Charlie Partridge, Florida Atlantic - Dec. 17
104. Dino Babers, Bowling Green - Dec. 18
105. Blake Anderson, Arkansas State - Dec. 19
106. Jeff Monken, Army - Dec. 24
2014
107. Charlie Strong, Texas - Jan. 5
108. Bobby Petrino, Louisville - Jan. 9
T-109. Jeff Brohm, Western Kentucky - Jan. 10
T-109. Willie Fritz, Georgia Southern - Jan. 10
111. James Franklin, Penn State - Jan. 11
112. Mark Whipple, Massachusetts - Jan. 14
113. Derek Mason, Vanderbilt - Jan. 17
T-114. Neal Brown, Troy - Dec. 1
T-114. Chad Morris, SMU - Dec. 1
T-114. Lance Leipold, Buffalo - Dec. 1
T-117. Jim McElwain, Florida - Dec. 4
T-117. Mike Riley, Nebraska - Dec. 4
119. David Beaty, Kansas - Dec. 5
120. Gary Andersen, Oregon State - Dec. 10
T-121. Philip Montgomery, Tulsa - Dec. 11
T-121. Tony Sanchez, UNLV - Dec. 11
123. Tom Herman, Houston - Dec. 16
124. Paul Chryst, Wisconsin - Dec. 17
125. Mike Bobo, Colorado State - Dec. 23
126. Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh - Dec. 26
127. Jim Harbaugh, Michigan - Dec. 30
2015
128. John Bonamego, Central Michigan - Feb. 8