The 2025 college football coaching carousel got off to an early start with a pair of firings — DeShaun Foster at UCLA and Brent Pry at Virginia Tech just three weeks into the season.
The carousel picked up serious momentum with Penn State’s dismissal of James Franklin following Week 7, when the Nittany Lions — a preseason favorite to contend for the national championship — fell to 3-3 with their third loss in a row. Another big job opened after Week 8, when Florida fired Billy Napier, and again after Week 9, when Brian Kelly was shown the door at LSU and in Week 10, Huge Freeze at Auburn.
Auburn
Out: Hugh Freeze (15-19, two seasons) Fired Nov.2
LSU
Out: Brian Kelly (34-14, four seasons) | Fired Oct. 26 Florida
Out: Billy Napier (22-23, four seasons) | Fired Oct. 19 Penn State
Out: James Franklin (104-45, 12 seasons) | Fired Oct. 12 Arkansas
Out: Sam Pittman (32-34, six seasons) | Fired Sept. 28 Oklahoma State
Out: Mike Gundy (170-90, 21 seasons) | Fired Sept. 23 UCLA
Out: DeShaun Foster (5-10, two seasons) | Fired
Sept. 14
Virginia Tech
Out: Brent Pry (16-24, four seasons) | Fired Sept. 14 Stanford
Out: Troy Taylor (6-18, two seasons) | Fired March 25 Oregon State
Out: Trent Bray (5-14, two seasons) | Fired Oct. 12 Colorado State
Out: Jay Norvell (18-26, four seasons) | Fired Oct. 19 UAB
Out: Trent Dilfer (9-21, three seasons) | Fired Oct. 12
