Colorado, Louisville join 4 other schools in ignominious ‘7 coaches this century’ club

Colorado and Louisville have joined four other schools atop a dubious Power 5 stat category: Most coaches this century.

Those schools joined Florida, Kansas, Miami and Washington in having seven coaches since the dawn of the 2000s.

Seventeen other Power 5 schools have had six coaches this century. That includes four programs that made changes this cycle: Arizona State, Mississippi State, Nebraska and Stanford.

That means almost one-third of this season’s Power 5 programs – 21 of 65 – have had at least six coaches in the 2000s. (We say “this season” because BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF will join the Big 12 next season.)

Perhaps not surprisingly, the SEC’s current membership collectively has had the most coaches in the 2000s, with 69. The Big Ten is second with 63, followed by the Pac-12 with 62, the ACC with 60 and the Big 12 with 41. (We’re not including the four newcomers to the Big 12, though Cincinnati did make a change this cycle.)

Here’s a complete breakdown of all the coaches in the 2000s at the Power 5 schools. (We admit it: We forgot a handful of these guys … but we’re betting fans of those teams didn’t.)

Coaches with an asterisk denote an interim who oversaw a team for an entire season; we did not include interims who were not in place for all of a team’s games. And a + sign signifies a school that had an opening this cycle.

Schools with 7 coaches

There are six:

+Colorado: Gary Barnett, Dan Hawkins, Jon Embree, Mike MacIntyre, Mel Tucker, Karl Dorrell, Deion Sanders

Florida: Steve Spurrier, Ron Zook, Urban Meyer, Will Muschamp, Jim McElwain, Dan Mullen, Billy Napier

Kansas: Terry Allen, Mark Mangino, Charlie Weis, Turner Gill, David Beaty, Les Miles, Lance Leipold

+Louisville: John L. Smith, Bobby Petrino, Steve Kragthorpe, Charlie Strong, Bobby Petrino, Scott Satterfield, Jeff Brohm

Miami: Butch Davis, Larry Coker, Randy Shannon, Al Golden, Mark Richt, Manny Diaz, Mario Cristobal

Washington: Rick Neuheisel, Keith Gilbertson, Tyrone Willingham, Steve Sarkisian, Chris Petersen, Jimmy Lake, Kalen DeBoer

Schools with 6

There are 17:

Arizona: Dick Tomey, John Mackovic, Mike Stoops, Rich Rodriguez, Kevin Sumlin, Jedd Fisch

+Arizona State: Bruce Snyder, Dirk Koetter, Dennis Erickson, Todd Graham, Herm Edwards, Kenny Dillingham

Arkansas: Houston Nutt, Bobby Petrino, John L. Smith*, Bret Bielema, Chad Morris, Sam Pittman

Baylor: Kevin Steele, Guy Morriss, Art Briles, Jim Grobe*, Matt Rhule, Dave Aranda

Illinois: Ron Turner, Ron Zook, Tim Beckman, Bill Cubit*, Lovie Smith, Bret Bielema

Indiana: Cam Cameron, Gerry DiNardo, Terry Hoeppner, Bill Lynch, Kevin Wilson, Tom Allen

Maryland: Ron Vanderlinden, Ralph Friedgen, Randy Edsall, D.J. Durkin, Matt Canada*, Mike Locksley

+Mississippi State: Jackie Sherrill, Sylvester Croom, Dan Mullen, Joe Moorhead, Mike Leach, Zach Arnett

+Nebraska: Frank Solich, Bill Callahan, Bo Pelini, Mike Riley, Scott Frost, Matt Rhule

North Carolina: Carl Torbush, John Bunting, Butch Davis, Everett Withers*, Larry Fedora, Mack Brown

Ole Miss: David Cutcliffe, Ed Orgeron, Houston Nutt, Hugh Freeze, Matt Luke, Lane Kiffin

Oregon: Mike Bellotti, Chip Kelly, Mark Helfrich, Willie Taggart, Mario Cristobal, Dan Lanning

+Stanford: Tyrone Willingham, Buddy Teevens, Walt Harris, Jim Harbaugh, David Shaw, Troy Taylor

Tennessee: Phil Fulmer, Lane Kiffin, Derek Dooley, Butch Jones, Jeremy Pruitt, Josh Heupel

USC: Paul Hackett, Pete Carroll, Lane Kiffin, Steve Sarkisian, Clay Helton, Lincoln Riley

Vanderbilt: Woody Widenhofer, Bobby Johnson, Robbie Caldwell*, James Franklin, Derek Mason, Clark Lea

Washington State: Mike Price, Bill Doba, Paul Wulff, Mike Leach, Nick Rolovich, Jake Dickert

Schools with 5

There are 17:

+Auburn: Tommy Tuberville, Gene Chizik, Gus Malzahn, Bryan Harsin, Hugh Freeze

Boston College: Tom O’Brien, Jeff Jagodzinski, Frank Spaziani, Steve Addazio, Jeff Hafley

+Georgia Tech: George O’Leary, Chan Gailey, Bobby Johnson, Geoff Collins, Brent Key

Kentucky: Hal Mumme, Guy Morriss, Rich Brooks, Joker Phillips, Mark Stoops

Minnesota: Glen Mason, Tim Brewster, Jerry Kill, Tracy Claeys*, P.J. Fleck

Notre Dame: Bob Davie, Tyrone Willingham, Charlie Weis, Brian Kelly, Marcus Freeman

Ohio State: John Cooper, Jim Tressel, Luke Fickell*, Urban Meyer, Ryan Day

+Purdue: Joe Tiller, Danny Hope, Darrell Hazell, Jeff Brohm, Ryan Walters

Pitt: Walt Harris, Dave Wannstedt, Todd Graham, Paul Chryst, Pat Narduzzi

Rutgers: Terry Shea, Greg Schiano, Kyle Flood, Chris Ash, Greg Schiano

Syracuse: Paul Pasqualoni, Greg Robinson, Doug Marrone, Scott Shafer, Dino Babers

Texas A&M: R.C. Slocum, Dennis Franchione, Mike Sherman, Kevin Sumlin, Jimbo Fisher

Texas Tech: Mike Leach, Tommy Tuberville, Kliff Kingsbury, Matt Wells, Joey McGuire

UCLA: Bob Toledo, Karl Dorrell, Rick Neuheisel, Jim Mora, Chip Kelly

Virginia: George Welsh, Al Groh, Mike London, Bronco Mendenhall, Tony Elliott

West Virginia: Don Nehlen, Rich Rodriguez, Bill Stewart, Dana Holgorsen, Neal Brown

+Wisconsin: Barry Alvarez, Bret Bielema, Gary Andersen, Paul Chryst, Luke Fickell

Schools with 4

There are 13:

Alabama: Mike DuBose, Dennis Franchione, Mike Shula, Nick Saban (Alabama hired Mike Price after Franchione, but Price was fired before ever coaching a game)

California: Tom Holmoe, Jeff Tedford, Sonny Dykes, Justin Wilcox

Duke: Carl Franks, Ted Roof, David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko

Florida State: Bobby Bowden, Jimbo Fisher, Willie Taggart, Mike Norvell

Iowa State: Dan McCarney, Gene Chizik, Paul Rhoads, Matt Campbell

Kansas State: Bill Snyder, Ron Prince, Bill Snyder, Chris Klieman

LSU: Nick Saban, Les Miles, Ed Orgeron, Brian Kelly

Michigan: Lloyd Carr, Rich Rodriguez, Brady Hoke, Jim Harbaugh

Michigan State: Bobby Williams, John L. Smith, Mark Dantonio, Mel Tucker

Missouri: Larry Smith, Gary Pinkel, Barry Odom, Eli Drinkwitz

Oregon State: Dennis Erickson, Mike Riley, Gary Andersen, Jonathan Smith

South Carolina: Lou Holtz, Steve Spurrier, Will Muschamp, Shane Beamer

Texas: Mack Brown, Charlie Strong, Tom Herman, Steve Sarkisian

Schools with 3

There are nine:

Georgia: Jim Donnan, Mark Richt, Kirby Smart

NC State: Chuck Amato, Tom O’Brien, Dave Doeren

Oklahoma: Bob Stoops, Lincoln Riley, Brent Venables

Oklahoma State: Bob Simmons, Les Miles, Mike Gundy

Penn State: Joe Paterno, Bill O’Brien, James Franklin

TCU: Dennis Franchione, Gary Patterson, Sonny Dykes

Utah: Ron McBride, Urban Meyer, Kyle Whittingham

Virginia Tech: Frank Beamer, Justin Fuente, Brent Pry

Wake Forest: Jim Caldwell, Jim Grobe, Dave Clawson

Schools with 2

Clemson: Tommy Bowden, Dabo Swinney

Northwestern: Randy Walker, Pat Fitzgerald

Schools with 1

Iowa: Kirk Ferentz