Your Repeat Coach Hire Probably Won't Work
Your Repeat Coach Hire Probably Won't Work  
Podcast: Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast
Published On: Mon Jan 06 2025
Description: This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comScott Frost is back at UCF, and Rich Rodriguez is back at West Virginia. Hundreds of college football teams, at all levels, have hired head coaches back to their old jobs. There’s a whole Wikipedia list and everything, dating to the 1800s. But most of these situations are many decades old and didn't happen in FBS. What can we make, however, of 19 coaches who came around after World War II and got two head coaching opportunities at the same school? The list ranges from big successes like Bill Snyder to extreme failures like Randy Edsall, and there are lots of lessons to learn. See the data at www.splitzoneduo.com Producer: Anthony VitoHosts: Richard Johnson, Steven Godfrey, Alex Kirshner