This is a continuation from Part 5.
Here are the 2025-26 season's confirmed FBS openings (job opening date, school, last coach, new coach):
- 3/25: Stanford (Troy Taylor): Tavita Pritchard
- 4/11: Kent State (Kenni Burns): Mark Carney (interim tag removed 10/30/25)
- 9/14: UCLA (DeShaun Foster): Tim Skipper (interim)
- 9/14: Virginia Tech (Brent Pry): James Franklin
- 9/23: Oklahoma State (Mike Gundy): Eric Morris
- 9/28: Arkansas (Sam Pittman): Ryan Silverfield
- 10/12: Oregon State (Trent Bray): JaMarcus Shephard
- 10/12: Penn State (James Franklin): Terry Smith (interim)
- 10/12: UAB (Trent Dilfer): Alex Mortensen (interim)
- 10/19: Florida (Billy Napier): Jon Sumrall
- 10/19: Colorado State (Jay Norvell): Jim Mora, Jr.
- 10/26: LSU (Brian Kelly): Lane Kiffin
- 11/2: Auburn (Hugh Freeze): Alex Golesh
- 11/23: California (Justin Wilcox): Nick Rolovich (interim)
- 11/25: North Texas (Eric Morris): Morris will coach UNT through the end of the 2025 season.
- 11/26: UConn (Jim Mora, Jr.): Gordon Sammis (interim)
- 11/30: South Florida (Alex Golesh):
- 11/30: Memphis (Ryan Silverfield):
- 11/30: Tulane (Jon Sumrall):
- 11/30: Michigan State (Jonathan Smith):
- 11/30: Mississippi (Lane Kiffin): Pete Golding
- Coastal Carolina (Tim Beck): Jeremiah Johnson (interim)
Contract Extensions
- Curt Cignetti (Indiana): eight-year, $93 million contract extension, annual salary of $11.6 million
- Matt Rhule (Nebraska): through 2032
- Rhett Lashlee (SMU): through 2032
- Eli Drinkwitz (Missouri): six-year contract extension with an average annual compensation of $10.75 million
- Clark Lea (Vanderbilt): new six-year deal that includes salary bump, additional resources for both staff and facilities
