College Football Week 3: Which 5 Hot Seat Coaches Need Wins Most?

The college football season can be a demanding lifestyle for coaches, especially when they have to go through that whole "proving their worth" rigmarole. Here are five coaches that are doing little to save their neck from the axe. 

We are only two weeks in, but the following men have managed to either raise previous concerns with their team's abominable play or invent new ways to be deplorable. 

We have just witnessed two exciting weeks of college football. As we all know, excitement means that some very lofty teams have taken a bow to upsetting results. 

You really never want to see your name on the following list. These names will range from least likely to get canned, to hanging by a thread. 

The first couple coaches are barely feeling some warmth on their rears. The last is sitting on a full-on scorching blaze. 

You don't get into this business if you have a soft stomach. There is a great deal of pressure that mounts with ever week. Some of these proud men decided to helm some of the most storied programs in the nation. 

That decision means they are forever under the microscope of boosters and the media. They wanted the big-by chair, and they got it. 

By not proving their worth in recent showings, they are walking dangerously close to the end of their stay. Here are five coaches that need to win, and need to do ti immediately. 

Five seats are heating up in college football. Here the head coaches that are sitting on them. 

5. Brian Kelly: Notre Dame

The proud history that is Notre Dame is great for alumni, current students and supporters. The Fighting Irish are just so much fun to root for. 

That history is absolutely horrible for head coaches. It is the Notre Dame pedigree that puts any coach on the hot seat the minute they take the helm in South Bend. 

The Irish had a tumultuous year last season both on and off the field. Kelly entered his second year with promise, but has quickly extinguished that with two losses, one humiliating, the other heart wrenching. 

Kelly can save his butt. However, he needs to get this teams some wins, now. 

4. Rick Neuheisel: UCLA

When Rick Neuheisel came to UCLA, he promised to return the Bruins to prominence. At the very least, he was going to bring back an even keel to the Los Angeles market, trumping USC. 

We are all still waiting. Despite having a top recruiting class in 2009, UCLA has managed to underachieve ever season Neuheisel has served. The Bruins name is better than four win seasons and blowout losses to ranked teams. 

The 2011 campaign looks to be more of the same as UCLA lost the opener. That they beat San Jose State in Week 2 gives Neuheisel some leeway, for now. 

3. Mike Locksley: New Mexico

Mike Locksley is skirting the biggest rule in sports. You can get in trouble off the field; you just have to place a winning product on it. 

During his tenure, Locksley has been hit with a sexual discrimination claim and has been reprimanded for an altercation with an assistant. 

Such actions may work out for greater coaches, but with only two wins under his belt, Locksley is inching closer to the axe. 

2. Houston Nutt: Ole Miss

Houston Nutt was brought in to recapture Ole Miss dominance in the state. The duty is simple: Win eight or more games a year, and beat Mississippi State. 

Ole Miss has failed to do the latter for the past two seasons. He is coming off a 4-8 season and has delivered mixed results early in 2011. 

BYU showed they were a better squad in Week 1, but the ship was righted this past Saturday. The schedule is rife with ranked teams. The Rebels could once again be a four win team in 2011. 

That will be fine, just as long as one of the four is against Mississippi State. 

1. Mark Richt: Georgia

You never want to be the lame duck of any conference, and the same goes for the all-powerful SEC. Mark Richt has brought some very happy days to Georgia. There is something to be said for stagnation though. 

After six double-digit seasons in his first nine years, the Bulldogs have been a dreadful sight for the last two. They had an unacceptable six wins last year, then lost to UCF in the Liberty Bowl, equally unacceptable. 

Opening the 2011 season with two loses, both to ranked teams Boise State and South Carolina, hardly helped his cause. 

Programs operate with a short memory in college football. They constantly ask, "What have you done for me lately?" Richt's answer of absolutely nothing puts him squarely on the hottest seat in the nation.