Which College Football Coaches Are Still on the Hot Seat After Recent Firings?

Monday was far and away the biggest day of the year in terms of which coaches will be back for next year. Rick Neuheisel, Dennis Erickson, Turner Gill, Ron Zook, Neil Callaway, Luke Fickell and Larry Porter will not return as head coach of their respective teams, adding to the already long list of coaches shown the door earlier in the season.

So which coaches have the hottest seats in the country?

Here’s a list of the five coaches who have the most to worry about in the coming weeks.

Paul Wulff, Washington State

It’s hard to remember, but in the early 2000s, Washington State had a really good football team. Now, they are the laughingstock of the Pac-12, and that is a feat.

Wulff has been there for four years and has a .184 winning percentage. That is not going to cut it.

Talks are ongoing between him and the athletic department, but it doesn’t look promising.

Randy Edsall, Maryland

For whatever reason, Maryland decided to fire Ralph Freidgen after he won the ACC Coach of the Year award. Boy, was that a mistake.

He was replaced by Connecticut’s Randy Edsall. The Terrapins have promptly gone 2-10, and he is now squarely on the hot seat.

He will probably get another year to salvage his “dream job,” but fans are so upset that he may not get that long.

Tommy Tuberville, Texas Tech

If it weren’t for a win at Oklahoma, the Red Raiders would be an unimpressive 4-8 and be on an eight-game losing streak. Their four wins would be against teams that are a combined 15-31.

Not how things were supposed to go for the Auburn legend.

If he doesn’t right the ship soon, Tuberville will be gone in an undignified manner.

Mike Riley, Oregon State

Things have really gone downhill at Oregon State. The team finished 2008 with a 9-4 record, but have gotten progressively worse ever since.

With in-state rival Oregon doing so well and all of the coaching turmoil in the Pac-12, the time would be now for the Beavers to bring in a fresh face to the program.

Kevin Wilson, Indiana

Top quarterback prospect Gunner Kiel had committed to Wilson and company on the promise of starting a winning tradition in the Big Ten.

Oops?

The Hoosiers went 1-11 this season, with their only win coming against FCS opponent South Carolina State. With a year as bad as that, Wilson may not get another year to get the team off the ground.