Killing time before this plane lands. Head coaching experience prior to landing current job:
1. Ryan Day, OSU: None
2. Ed Orgeron, LSU: 10-25 at Ole Miss, 6-2 as an interim at USC
3. Dabo Swinney: None
4. Kirby Smart: None
5. Kyle Wittingham: None
6. Lincoln Riley: None
7. Matt Rhule: 28-23 in four years at Temple
8. Paul Chryst: 19-19 at Pitt
9. Dan Mullen: 69-46 at Mississippi State
10. James Franklin: 25-14 at Vanderbilt
Two teams in the current top ten hired established P5 coaches (both of whom got their first head job in the SEC). Two went the mid-major route. One hired a retread. Five had no head coaching experience at all.
1. Ryan Day, OSU: None
2. Ed Orgeron, LSU: 10-25 at Ole Miss, 6-2 as an interim at USC
3. Dabo Swinney: None
4. Kirby Smart: None
5. Kyle Wittingham: None
6. Lincoln Riley: None
7. Matt Rhule: 28-23 in four years at Temple
8. Paul Chryst: 19-19 at Pitt
9. Dan Mullen: 69-46 at Mississippi State
10. James Franklin: 25-14 at Vanderbilt
Two teams in the current top ten hired established P5 coaches (both of whom got their first head job in the SEC). Two went the mid-major route. One hired a retread. Five had no head coaching experience at all.
