This is a continuation from Part 7, which we blew through in 2-1/2 days.
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 tag removed 12/4/25)
- 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): Neal Brown
- 11/26: UConn (Jim Mora, Jr.): Gordon Sammis (interim)
- 11/30: South Florida (Alex Golesh): Brian Hartline
- 11/30: Memphis (Ryan Silverfield): Reggie Howard (interim)
- 11/30: Tulane (Jon Sumrall):
- 11/30: Michigan State (Jonathan Smith): Pat Fitzgerald
- 11/30: Mississippi (Lane Kiffin): Pete Golding
- 11/30: Coastal Carolina (Tim Beck): Jeremiah Johnson (interim)
- 12/1: Kentucky (Mark Stoops): Will Stein
- 12/3: Kansas State (Chris Klieman): Collin Klein
Contract Extensions
- Curt Cignetti (Indiana): 8-year, $93M contract extension, annual salary of $11.6M
- Matt Rhule (Nebraska): through 2032
- Rhett Lashlee (SMU): through 2032
- Eli Drinkwitz (Missouri): 6-year contract extension with an average annual compensation of $10.75M
- Clark Lea (Vanderbilt): new 6-year deal that includes salary bump, additional resources for both staff and facilities
- Jason Eck (New Mexico): new 6-year deal that raises his salary to $1.75M
- Joey McGuire (Texas Tech): new 7-year deal averaging $7M per year
- Jake Dickert (Wake Forest): extended but details not released
- Brent Key (Georgia Tech): new 5-year for an average of $6.5M annually, up $2M
