Firing season: College coaches on the hotseat

First, Notre Dame gave Charlie Weis the heave-ho. Now FSU's Bobby Bowden is calling it quits after 34 seasons. Keep up with all the college coaching moves right here!

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UPDATE: Notre Dame's Charlie Weis fired, Florida State's Bobby Bowden announces retirement.

Before the postseason can commence, college administrators across the country must begin dumping their dead weight (sorry, Charlie). It’s firing season once again and Birmingham Weekly’s Matt Hooper has ranked every FBS school in the country by hotseat – that is to say, how likely a school is to fire their head football coach. As of Dec. 1, 11 coaches have already been canned or have retired, leaving 109 jobs hanging in some degree of limbo…

KEY: The rankings go in order from 1 to 109, most likely to be fired to least likely. Ranking, coach, school, 2009 record and overall record as a head coach.

Already out the door
- David Elson - Western Kentucky - 0-11 (0-11)
- Tommy West - Memphis - 2-10 (84-96)
- Mike Sanford - UNLV - 5-7 (16-43)
- Charlie Weis - Notre Dame - 6-6 (35-27)
- J.D. Brookhart - Akron - 3-9 (25-37)
- Charlie Weatherbie - La.-Monroe - 6-6 (76-115)
- Steve Kragthorpe - Louisville - 4-8 (44-43)
- Mark Snyder - Marshall - 6-6 (22-37)
- Dick Tomey - San Jose State - 2-9 (183-144-7)
- Al Groh - Virginia - 3-9 (85-93)
- Bobby Bowden - Florida State - 6-6 (385-129-4)
Positively Combustible
1. Dan Hawkins - Colorado - 3-9 (69-38) *Returning
2. Mark Mangino - Kansas - 5-7 (50-48)
3. Mike Locksley - New Mexico - 1-11 (1-11)

Muy Caliente
4. Todd Dodge - North Texas - 2-10 (5-30)
5. Ron Zook - Illinois - 3-8 (44-52)
6. Rich Rodriguez - Michigan - 5-7 (113-78-2)

Sweating it...
7. Mike Price - UTEP - 4-8 (205-166)
8. Mike Sherman - Texas A&M - 6-6 (10-14)
9. Paul Wulff - Washington State - 1-11 (55-55)
10. Tom O'Brien - N.C. State - 5-7 (91-66)
11. Ralph Friedgen - Maryland - 2-10 (66-46)
12. Bill Lynch - Indiana - 4-8 (95-90-3)
13. Jim Tressel - Ohio State - 10-2 (228-78-2)

Eh...probably safe. For one more year.
14. Bob Toledo - Tulane - 3-9 (85-85)
15. Doug Martin - Kent State - 5-7 (24-46)
16. David Bailiff - Rice - 2-10 (36-37)
17. Dennis Erickson - Arizona St. - 4-8 (167-82-1)
18. Tim Brewster - Minnesota - 6-6 (13-22)
19. Steve Spurrier - S. Carolina - 7-5 (177-67-2)
20. Mark Richt - Georgia - 7-5 (89-27)

Reasonably safe
21. Greg McMackin - Hawaii - 6-6 (13-13)
22. George O'Leary - Central Florida - 8-4 (86-73)
23. Rick Neuheisel - UCLA - 6-6 (76-44)
24. Mark Dantonio - Michigan State - 6-6 (40-33)
25. Pat Hill - Fresno State - 7-4 (99-65)

Should we really expect better?
26. Steve Roberts - Arkansas State - 3-8 (87-90-1)
27. DeWayne Walker - New Mexico St. - 3-9 (3-10)
28. Gary Andersen - Utah State - 4-8 (8-15)
29. Bobby Johnson - Vanderbilt - 2-10 (89-102)
30. Art Briles - Baylor - 4-8 (42-44)

Too new not to be safe
31. Mike Haywood - Miami (Ohio) - 1-11 (1-11)
32. Stan Parrish - Ball State - 2-10 (58-44-3)
33. Ron English - Eastern Michigan - 0-12 (0-12)
34. Doug Marrone - Syracuse - 4-8 (4-8)
35. Steve Fairchild - Colorado State - 3-9 (10-15)
36. Tim Beckman - Toledo - 5-7 (5-7)
37. Rich Ellerson - Army - 5-6 (65-46)
38. Brady Hoke - San Diego State - 4-8 (37-45)
39. Dave Clawson - Bowling Green - 7-5 (62-49)
40. Steve Sarkisian - Washington - 4-7 (4-7)
41. Danny Hope - Purdue - 5-7 (40-30)
42. Dan Mullen - Mississippi State - 5-7 (5-7)
43. Dave Christensen - Wyoming - 6-6 (6-6)
44. Paul Rhoads - Iowa State - 6-6 (6-6)
45. Lane Kiffin - Tennessee - 7-5 (7-5)
46. Gene Chizik - Auburn - 7-5 (12-24)
47. Frank Spaziani - Boston College - 8-4 (9-4)
48. Dabo Swinney - Clemson - 8-4 (12-7)
49. Chip Kelly - Oregon - 9-2 (9-2)

Safe
50. Turner Gill - Buffalo - 5-7 (18-26)
51. Howard Schnellenberger - Fla. Atl. - 4-7 (137-120-3)
52. Mario Cristobal - Florida Int'l - 3-8 (9-26)
53. Rickey Bustle - La.-LaFayette - 6-6 (23-35)
54. Derek Dooley - Louisiana Tech - 3-8 (16-20)
55. Bill Cubit - Western Michigan - 5-7 (68-45-1)
56. Neil Callaway - UAB - 5-7 (11-25)
57. Todd Graham - Tulsa - 5-7 (33-20)
58. Jim Grobe - Wake Forest - 5-7 (90-83-1)
59. Larry Fedora - Southern Miss - 7-5 (14-11)
60. Frank Solich - Ohio - 9-3 (88-47)
61. Rick Stockstill - Middle Tennessee - 9-3 (26-23)
62. June Jones - SMU - 7-5 (83-57)
63. Jerry Kill - Northern Illinois - 7-5 (111-63)
64. Randy Edsall - Connecticut - 6-5 (64-65)
65. Robb Akey - Idaho - 7-5 (10-26)
66. Troy Calhoun - Air Force - 7-5 (24-14)
67. Gary Pinkel - Missouri - 8-4 (140-82-3)
68. Bobby Petrino - Arkansas - 7-5 (53-21)
69. Pat Fitzgerald - Northwestern - 8-4 (27-22)
70. Bill Stewart - West Virginia - 8-3 (26-32)
71. Houston Nutt - Mississippi - 8-4 (128-79)
72. Butch Jones - Central Michigan - 10-2 (26-13)
73. Kevin Sumlin - Houston - 10-2 (18-7)
74. Bo Pelini - Nebraska - 8-3 (18-7)
75. Mike Stoops - Arizona - 7-4 (32-38)
76. Randy Shannon - Miami (Fla.) - 9-3 (21-16)
77. Jeff Tedford - California - 8-3 (67-33)
78. Mike Gundy - Oklahoma State - 9-3 (36-26)
79. Bret Bielema - Wisconsin - 8-3 (36-14)
80. Les Miles - LSU - 9-3 (79-35)
81. Paul Johnson - Georgia Tech - 10-2 (125-45)

Controlling their own destinies
82. David Cutcliffe - Duke - 5-7 (53-44)
83. Skip Holtz - East Carolina - 8-4 (75-48)
84. Rich Brooks - Kentucky - 7-5 (128-154-4)
85. Bill Snyder - Kansas State - 6-6 (142-74-1)
86. Chris Ault - Nevada - 8-4 (206-95-1)
87. Mike Leach - Texas Tech - 8-4 (84-43)
88. Jim Leavitt - South Florida - 7-4 (94-55)
89. Al Golden - Temple - 9-3 (19-29)
90. Ken Niumatalolo - Navy - 8-4 (16-10)
91. Greg Shiano - Rutgers - 8-3 (54-54)
92. Mike Riley - Oregon State - 8-3 (64-45)
93. Butch Davis - North Carolina - 8-4 (70-37)
94. Bronco Mendenhall - BYU - 10-2 (48-15)
95. Kyle Whittingham - Utah - 9-3 (46-17)
96. Jim Harbaugh - Stanford - 8-4 (46-25)
97. Larry Blakeney - Troy - 9-3 (153-75-1)
98. Kirk Ferentz - Iowa - 10-2 (92-74)
99. Dave Wannstedt - Pittsburgh - 9-2 (34-25)
100. Chris Peterson - Boise State - 11-0 (46-4)
101. Brian Kelly - Cincinnati - 11-0 (170-57-2)
102. Gary Patterson - TCU - 12-0 (85-27)

God-like beings
103. Bob Stoops - Oklahoma - 7-5 (115-29)
104. Mack Brown - Texas - 12-0 (212-100-1)
105. Pete Carroll - USC - 8-3 (96-18)
106. Frank Beamer - Va. Tech - 9-3 (223-114-4)
107. Nick Saban - Alabama - 12-0 (122-50-1)
108. Urban Meyer - Florida - 12-0 (95-17)
109. Joe Paterno - Penn State - 10-2 (392-130-3)

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Firing season: College coaches on the hotseat

First, Notre Dame gave Charlie Weis the heave-ho. Now FSU's Bobby Bowden is calling it quits after 34 seasons. Keep up with all the college coaching moves right here!

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