Every FBS and NFL head coaching job is now full, which means it's time for me to update the list I shamelessly stole faithfully continued from originator Patrick Stevens for now the fifthannual look at the length of all 130 FBS head coaching tenures.
Before we get to the list, a few notes.
- Obviously, the list grew by two coaches this year. Coastal Carolina officially joins the Sun Belt in 2017, and UAB re-joins Conference USA. The list will fall back to 129 next year when Idaho leaves to join the Big Sky in 2018.
- UAB head coach Bill Clark is near the midpoint of the list, No. 68, with only 12 games under his belt. Paul Chryst, who sits 10 spots below Clark at No. 78, has coached 27 games at Wisconsin.
- The median hire date for FBS head coaches is Jan. 11, 2014, the date James Franklin was hired at Penn State.
- Kentucky's Mark Stoops, the line-leader for the Class of 2013, the freshest hiring class when this project began four years ago, is now No. 40 on this list.
- Franklin represents the midway point of FBS coaching stability, while Kirby Smart, Will Muschamp and Chris Ash are the quarter pole. Those three have been on the job longer than a quarter of their peers, and they were hired Dec. 6-7, 2015.
- The Power 5/Group of 5 split in FBS is roughly 50-50, yet 13 of the 20 longest-tenured FBS head coaches hail from Power 5 schools. At the Group of 5 level it's often Move Up or Move On.
See the full list here:
1998
1. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma - Dec. 1
2. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa - Dec. 2
2000
3. Gary Patterson, TCU - Dec. 8
2004
4. Kyle Whittingham, Utah - Dec. 9
5. Frank Solich, Ohio - Dec. 17
2005
6. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State - Jan. 3
7. Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee - Dec. 12
2006
8. Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern - July 7
9. Mark Dantonio, Michigan State - Nov. 27
10. Troy Calhoun, Air Force - Dec. 22
2007
11. Nick Saban, Alabama - Jan. 3
12. David Bailiff, Rice - Jan. 19
13. Bobby Wilder, Old Dominion - Feb. 13
14. Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech - Dec. 7
15. Ken Niumatalolo, Navy - Dec. 8
16. David Cutcliffe, Duke - Dec. 15
2008
17. Joey Jones, South Alabama - Feb. 15
18. Dabo Swinney, Clemson - Oct. 13
19. Bill Snyder, Kansas State - Nov. 24
20. Dan Mullen, Mississippi State - Dec. 11
2009
21. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State - Dec. 1
22. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame - Dec. 11
23. Doc Holliday, Marshall - Dec. 17
2010
24. Mark Hudspeth, Louisiana-Lafayette - Dec. 12
2011
25. Rocky Long, San Diego State - Jan. 12
26. David Shaw, Stanford - Jan. 13
27. Brad Lambert, Charlotte - March 1
28. Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia - June 11
29. Bob Davie, New Mexico - Nov. 17
30. Rich Rodriguez, Arizona - Nov. 21
31. Urban Meyer, Ohio State - Nov. 28
32. Mike Leach, Washington State - Nov. 30
33. Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss - Dec. 5
34. Larry Fedora, North Carolina - Dec. 8
35(t). Jim Mora, UCLA - Dec. 10
35(t). Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M - Dec. 10
37. Todd Graham, Arizona State - Dec. 14
38. Joe Moglia, Coastal Carolina - Dec. 20
39. Terry Bowden, Akron - Dec. 22
2012
40. Mark Stoops, Kentucky - Nov. 27
41. Dave Doeren, NC State - Dec. 1
42. Rod Carey, Northern Illinois - Dec. 2
43. Paul Petrino, Idaho - Dec. 3
44. Steve Addazio, Boston College - Dec. 4
45(t). Bret Bielema, Arkansas - Dec. 4
45(t). Gus Malzahn, Auburn - Dec. 4
47. Butch Jones, Tennessee - Dec. 7
48(t). Sean Kugler, UTEP - Dec. 10
48(t). Mike MacIntyre, Colorado - Dec. 10
50. Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech - Dec. 12
51(t). Skip Holtz, Louisiana Tech - Dec. 14
51(t). Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State - Dec. 14
53. Paul Haynes, Kent State - Dec. 17
54. Matt Wells, Utah State - Dec. 20
2013
55. Doug Martin, New Mexico State - Feb. 1
56. Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio) - Dec. 3
57. Chris Petersen, Washington - Dec. 6
58. Craig Bohl, Wyoming - Dec. 8
59. Dave Clawson, Wake Forest - Dec. 10
60(t). Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan - Dec. 11
60(t). Bryan Harsin, Boise State - Dec. 11
62. Blake Anderson, Arkansas State - Dec. 19
63. Jeff Monken, Army - Dec. 24
2014
64. Bobby Petrino, Louisville - Jan. 9
65. James Franklin, Penn State - Jan. 11
66. Mark Whipple, Massachusetts - Jan. 14
67. Derek Mason, Vanderbilt - Jan. 17
68. Bill Clark, UAB - Jan. 21
69(t). Neal Brown, Troy - Dec. 1
69(t). Chad Morris, SMU - Dec. 1
69(t). Lance Leipold, Buffalo - Dec. 1
72(t). Jim McElwain, Florida - Dec. 4
72(t). Mike Riley, Nebraska - Dec. 4
74. David Beaty, Kansas - Dec. 5
75. Gary Andersen, Oregon State - Dec. 10
76(t). Philip Montgomery, Tulsa - Dec. 11
76(t). Tony Sanchez, UNLV - Dec. 11
78. Paul Chryst, Wisconsin - Dec. 17
79. Mike Bobo, Colorado State - Dec. 23
80. Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh - Dec. 26
81. Jim Harbaugh, Michigan - Dec. 30
2015
82. John Bonamego, Central Michigan - Feb. 8
83. Nick Rolovich, Hawaii - Nov. 27
84(t). Matt Campbell, Iowa State - Nov. 29
84(t). Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech - Nov. 29
86. Clay Helton, USC - Nov. 30
87. Scott Frost, Central Florida - Dec. 1
88(t). Jason Candle, Toledo - Dec. 2
88(t). D.J. Durkin, Maryland - Dec. 2
90. Barry Odom, Missouri - Dec. 3
91(t). Bronco Mendenhall, Virginia - Dec. 4
91(t). Mike Norvell, Memphis - Dec. 4
91(t). Mark Richt, Miami - Dec. 4
94(t). Dino Babers, Syracuse - Dec. 5
94(t). Seth Littrell, North Texas - Dec. 5
96(t). Kirby Smart, Georgia - Dec. 6
96(t). Will Muschamp, South Carolina - Dec. 6
98. Chris Ash, Rutgers - Dec. 7
99. Mike Jinks, Bowling Green - Dec. 8
100. Willie Fritz, Tulane - Dec. 12
101. Scottie Montgomery, East Carolina - Dec. 13
102. Matt Viator, Louisiana-Monroe - Dec. 14
103. Kalani Sitake, BYU - Dec. 19
104. Tyson Summers, Georgia Southern - Dec. 20
2016
105. Everett Withers, Texas State - Jan. 6
106. Mike Neu, Ball State - Jan. 7
107. Frank Wilson, UTSA - Jan. 15
108. Jay Hopson, Southern Miss - Jan. 30
109. Lovie Smith, Illinois - March 7
110. Jeff Tedford, Fresno State - Nov. 10
111. Butch Davis, Florida International - Nov. 15
112(t). Ed Orgeron, LSU - Nov. 26
112(t). Tom Herman, Texas - Nov. 26
114. Tom Allen, Indiana - Dec. 1
115. Jeff Brohm, Purdue - Dec. 5
116. Matt Rhule, Baylor - Dec. 6
117(t). Brent Brennan, San Jose State - Dec. 7
117(t). Willie Taggart, Oregon - Dec. 7
119. Shawn Elliott, Georgia State - Dec. 8
120(t). Major Applewhite, Houston - Dec. 9
120(t). Jay Norvell, Nevada - Dec. 9
122. Luke Fickell, Cincinnati - Dec. 10
123. Charlie Strong, South Florida - Dec. 11
124(t). Geoff Collins, Temple - Dec. 13
124(t). Lane Kiffin, Florida Atlantic - Dec. 13
126. Mike Sanford, Western Kentucky - Dec. 14
127. Randy Edsall, Connecticut - Dec. 28
2017
128. P.J. Fleck, Minnesota - Jan. 6
129. Tim Lester, Western Michigan - Jan. 13
130. Justin Wilcox, California - Jan. 14