How Lincoln Riley's Unprecedented Move Shakes the Coaching Carousel - CalBearsMaven

“I’m not going to be the next head coach at LSU,” he said, shooting down unsubstantiated reports linking him to the Tigers’ opening.

Riley will be the next head coach at USC, one of the most significant coaching carousel moves in the modern history of college football—a coach moving from one elite Power 5 school to another.

Oklahoma and USC are two programs that have won the fourth and 13th-most games in college football history, respectively, and have combined for 34 national titles (17 each).

And it is landscape-altering amid a coaching carousel cycle that rivals some of the busiest ever.

At Oklahoma, he’d follow behind brother Bob, who is conveniently serving as interim coach for the Sooners bowl game.

It sure feels like the Iowa State coach is ready to make a move out of Ames.

Rhule, 46, is held in high esteem by many athletic directors and coaches at the college level and some wonder if he’d like to return.

Fickell’s situation is made more complicated because the Bearcats appear to be barreling toward a CFP run, which means he’d be coaching through December and potentially through much of January.

Yes, he’s a Midwestern guy too, having never coached outside of the state of Ohio.

Maybe he’ll just wait for jobs in that region—say Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Penn State, etc.—come open.

The Notre Dame coach could be as well leading a team into the CFP and coaching through December, another complication in his moving jobs.

The other complication: He’s the coach at Notre Dame.

The 51-year-old Oregon coach has a sizable buyout at $9 million, but he’s an attractive option.

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The former Sooners coach leaves Norman just before Oklahoma joins the meat grinder of the SEC