The offseason is always an interesting time to remind ourselves of the new crop of head coaches that will be roaming the sidelines this upcoming fall. This year, the 20 college football new coaches barking out orders range from FBS veterans to former NFL head honchos getting their first crack at the college level.
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Here's the 20 FBS programs with new skippers commanding their ships during the 2018-19 campaign.
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Arizona State Sun Devils — Herm Edwards
Career Coaching Record: 0-0
Last Coaching Gig: Kansas City Chiefs
Interesting Tidbit: His first, last, and only college football coaching experience came between 1987-89 when he was the DB coach at San Jose State.
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Arizona Wildcats — Kevin Sumlin
Career Coaching Record: 86-43
Last Coaching Gig: Texas A&M
Interesting Tidbit: Sumlin is a two-time Conference USA Coach of the Year (2009, 2011) and the 2012 SEC Coach of the Year.
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Arkansas Razorbacks — Chad Morris
Career Coaching Record: 14-22
Last Coaching Gig: SMU
Interesting Tidbit: Morris accumulated a 169-38 record at the high school level from 1994 to 2009.
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Florida Gators — Dan Mullen
Career Coaching Record: 69-46
Last Coaching Gig: Mississippi State
Interesting Tidbit: The SEC Coach of the Year in 2014 had a stellar 5-2 record in bowl games with the Bulldogs from 2009-17.
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Florida State Seminoles — Willie Taggart
Career Coaching Record: 47-50
Last Coaching Gig: Oregon
Interesting Tidbit: Taggart spent just one season with the Ducks but managed to parlay a 7-5 record into the head coaching job at FSU.
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Georgia Southern Eagles — Chad Lunsford
Career Coaching Record: 2-4
Last Coaching Gig: Georgia Southern
Interesting Tidbit: Lunsford was named the official head coach after going 2-4 last season following the firing of Tyson Summers.
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Kent State Golden Flashes — Sean Lewis
Career Coaching Record: 0-0
Last Coaching Gig: Syracuse
Interesting Tidbit: Lewis gets his first shot at being an FBS head coach after a pair of seasons leading the offense for the Orange.
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Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns — Billy Napier
Career Coaching Record: 0-0
Last Coaching Gig: Arizona State
Interesting Tidbit: Napier was the offensive coordinator and QB coach with the Sun Devils last season and once quarterbacked Furman to the D2 national championship game during his junior season.
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Mississippi State Bulldogs — Joe Moorhead
Career Coaching Record: 38-12
Last Coaching Gig: Penn State
Interesting Tidbit: Moorhead tallied 38 wins and three FCS playoff appearances at Fordham from 2012-15.
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Nebraska Cornhuskers — Scott Frost
Career Coaching Record: 19-7
Last Coaching Gig: UCF
Interesting Tidbit: Led his alma mater to the 1997 national title with a 42-17 Orange Bowl win over Payton Manning and Tennessee.
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Oregon Ducks — Mario Cristobal
Career Coaching Record: 27-48
Last Coaching Gig: Oregon
Interesting Tidbit: Cristobal led Florida International to its first ever conference title and bowl victory during the 2010 season.
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Oregon State Beavers — Jonathan Smith
Career Coaching Record: 0-0
Last Coaching Gig: Washington
Interesting Tidbit: Smith was a four-year starting QB for the Beavers from 1998-01 under head coach Dennis Erickson and led the them to an 11-1 record in 2000, including a Fiesta Bowl victory.
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Rice Owls — Mike Bloomgren
Career Coaching Record: 0-0
Last Coaching Gig: Stanford
Interesting Tidbit: Bloomgren saw up close and personal how much work is needed with the Owls when his Stanford program walloped them 62-7 in last year's week 0 opener.
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SMU Mustangs — Sonny Dykes
Career Coaching Record: 41-46
Last Coaching Gig: TCU
Interesting Tidbit: This is Dykes' third FBS head coaching gig after stints with Louisiana Tech and California.
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South Alabama Jaguars — Steve Campbell
Career Coaching Record: 59-23
Last Coaching Gig: Central Arkansas
Interesting Tidbit: After accumulating 59 wins at the D2 and FCS levels with Delta State and Central Arkansas, Campbell gets his first crack at the FBS.
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Tennessee Volunteers — Jeremy Pruitt
Career Coaching Record: 0-0
Last Coaching Gig: Alabama
Interesting Tidbit: The head coaching search by the Volunteers was one of the hottest messes in college football history.
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Texas A&M Aggies — Jimbo Fisher
Career Coaching Record: 83-23
Last Coaching Gig: Florida State
Interesting Tidbit: Fisher lead the Seminoles to the 2013 national title and won another on LSU's staff in 2003.
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UCF Knights — Josh Heupel
Career Coaching Record: 0-0
Last Coaching Gig: Missouri
Interesting Tidbit: Heupel takes over a Knights' program that went 13-0 in 2017.
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UCLA Bruins — Chip Kelly
Career Coaching Record: 44-5
Last Coaching Gig: San Francisco 49ers
Interesting Tidbit: Kelly might have went 28-35 during his NFL tenure, but his .898 career winning percentage in the FBS is outrageous.
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UTEP Miners — Dana Dimel
Career Coaching Record: 30-39
Last Coaching Gig: Kansas State
Interesting Tidbit: Dimel takes over the only winless program in the FBS last year.
