Kansas' Turner Gill and the 10 Worst College Football Hires of the BCS Era

There have been some awful head coaching hires at some major college football programs throughout the last decade plus of action.

Some looked good on paper. Some never even made it to coach a game for their new employer. Those who did never came close to producing the results that their new employers envisioned.

Here's a look at some of the worst head coaching hires during the BCS era.

2009: Turner Gill, Kansas

Gill was hired at Kansas in December of 2009, and the Jayhawks have been awful since he arrived in town.

The former Nebraska Cornhusker has only 17 games under his belt at Kansas, but has only won five of those; including a whopping one Big 12 Conference win to date.

I bet the folks at Nebraska are more thankful for Bo Pelini every day.

2007: Rich Rodriguez, Michigan

Good old Rich-Rod headed to Michigan in December of 2007, and he was never able to get the Wolverines going.

It's hard to argue with Michigan for the hire. Rodriguez was one of the hottest coaches in the nation at the time, but he didn't win. And you have to win at Michigan.

During his tenure, he compiled only a 15-22 record in three seasons, winning only a total of six Big Ten games. In that span, Michigan went to only one bowl game, last season's Gator Bowl, in which they lost.

West Virginia fans hate Rodriguez to this day for abandoning their program. Michigan fans hate the fact that he ever came to town.

2004: Bill Callahan, Nebraska

At the time, Callahan became the first head coach that didn't have direct ties to the Cornhuskers program in over four decades.

While there, he did have a winning record in four seasons at 27-22, but the Nebraska program took a big step backwards under his watch.

Nebraska finished a season as a ranked team only once during his tenure.

2002: Tyrone Willingham, Notre Dame

It's hard to pinpoint where and when Notre Dame started to go wrong, but the hiring of Willingham certainly didn't help.

He lasted only three years as the head coach, in which time he compiled a 21-15 record. The bad part is that 10 of those wins came in his first season on the job.

He didn't last the entire three seasons partly because the Irish were blown out in a ton of games on his watch.

2002: Mike Price, Alabama

Head coaches and strip clubs don't mix. Alabama hired Price away from Washington State in December of 2002, but a Sports Illustrated report about an alleged night out at a strip club ended his tenure at Alabama before ever coaching a game.

2001: George O'Leary, Notre Dame

O'Leary left Georgia Tech in 2001 for his dream job at Notre Dame, but lasted only a few days after it was found out he had padded his resume.

2010: Michael Haywood, Pitt

Haywood is another on the list that never coached a game for his new employer.

Pitt AD Steve Pederson is responsible for a couple of these hires on this list, including Haywood, who really had nothing on his resume to warrant getting a job with a BCS Conference team.

Two weeks after accepting the Pitt job, Haywood was arrested in South Bend, Ind. on felony domestic violence charges arising from a custody dispute.

2008: Mike Locksley, New Mexico

Locksley was hired by the Lobos in December of 2008, and in his two-plus years as head coach, had as many off the field incidents as he did wins.

He went only 2-26 as the New Mexico head coach, but was involved in many embarrassing incidents off the field, including punching an assistant coach, having a minor arrested for DWI while driving Locksley's own car and being part of an age and sex discrimination complaint that was filed against him during his first season in New Mexico.

2004: Charlie Weis, Notre Dame

Weis got off to a great start during his first year, but after that, it was all downhill. He started out his career with a 14-3 record, prompting Notre Dame to give him a foolish contract extension.

Through the next three-plus seasons, Weis only went 21-24 combined, proving that he simply wasn't a good head coach.

2008: Lane Kiffin, Tennessee

Kiffin replaced Phillip Fulmer in November of 2008 and ran his mouth plenty. The only problem, though, is that he was out of town before he shut up.

He went only 7-6 in his only season at Tennessee, leaving possible recruiting violations behind.