• Approximately 25-30 coaching changes are anticipated this winter, following a trend of high turnover in recent years. • Several SEC coaches, including Hugh Freeze (Auburn), Sam Pittman (Arkansas), and Brent Venables (Oklahoma), are facing high-pressure seasons in 2025. • Other coaches on the hot seat include Brent Pry (Virginia Tech), Scott Satterfield (Cincinnati), Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State), Brent Brennan (Arizona), Trent Dilfer (UAB), Sonny Cumbie (Louisiana Tech)
Marcus Freeman’s seat at Notre Dame is an ice-cold tundra. The temperature of Clemson coach Dabo Swinney ’s seat sits at absolute zero. Likewise with Georgia’s Kirby Smart, Indiana’s Curt Cignetti and Colorado’s Deion Sanders, among a few others.
On the other end of the thermometer are the Bowl Subdivision coaches in