Power 5 Coaching Tenure and Recent Experience

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Per suggestion from @AuroranHusker, here's a similar look for coaching tenure and hires for the Power 5 coaches.

 

For simplicity, it's important to note that this is based on 2022 coaches. This was intentional due to upcoming conference realignments that may muddy up the results of hiring behaviors by conferences. It's also minor, but I included Notre Dame experience as "Power 5" and North Dakota State experience as "Mid-Major". Mid-Major is just a rollover from the college basketball analysis, which simply means "non-Power 5".

 

 

* number of seasons at their current school (as of 2022)

 

• Big Ten far-and-above has the longest tenure of head coaches among the Power 5 conferences
• Pac-12 and ACC have the next longest tenure
• Big 12 and SEC with the shortest tenure across Power 5 conferences

 

 

 

* This is based on the most recent job experience prior to taking the head coaching job at their current school (as of 2022) (not total coaching experience)

 

• Unlike college basketball, there are zero coaches hired with recent Mid-Major assistant experience (i.e., Utah State QB/OC)
• Big Ten, Pac-12, and SEC hired coaches with prior NFL experience
• ACC: 87% of coaches come from Mid-Major Coaches and Power 5 Assistants
• Big 12: Consists only of Mid-Major Coaches and Power 5 Assistants (evenly split)
• Big Ten: 43% come from NFL Coaches/Assistants and Power 5 Coaches, next largest comes from Power 5 Assistants
• Pac-12: Similar to the Big Ten, 42% come from NFL Coaches/Assistants and Power 5 Coaches; and similar to Big 12, half come from Power 5 Assistants
• SEC: Fairly evenly split among NFL/Power 5 Coaches, Power 5 Assistants, and Mid-Major Coaches