College Football has seen its fair share of Coach firings in the last few years. From Ed Orgeron getting the boot from LSU years removed from a National Title to the greatest recruiter College Football has ever seen in Jimbo Fisher. These are the coaches most likely to join them on the ever-growing list.
5. Mario Cristobal (Miami FL.)
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The Hurricanes have one of the most prominent NIL games in all of College Sports, allowing them to receive commitments from 5 5-Star prospects in the last two recruiting cycles.
But the next thing cycling through Miami may just be a new Head Coach.
The U finished just 7-6 last year, ending the season with a loss to Rutgers (Yes, Rutgers) in the Pinstripe Bowl. If Freeman can’t even beat the worst the Big Ten has to offer, he stands little chance of ever claiming the throne to the ACC
4. Marcus Freeman (Notre Dame)
Head Coach of the Irish Marcus Freeman is a young, energetic coach who has provided a boost to Notre Dame recruiting.
At least for a while.
Notre Dame has developed a trend of landing top-ranked recruits, only just to have them decommit to their rivals. The most recent being Four-Star S Ivan Taylor who flipped to Michigan. Prior to flipping he was South Bend’s highest ranked defensive recruit in 2025.
The struggles haven’t stopped there. During Freeman’s reign Notre Dame has gone a combined 19-8, suffering unfathomable defeats such as Marshall and Stanford. Perhaps the most embarrassing of these was the loss to Ohio State in 2023, in which OSU scored a last second touchdown when ND had only 10 players on the field.
3. Billy Napier (Florida)
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Hopes were high for Napier when he arrived at Florida. He had won two conference championships with Louisiana and was named twice the Sun Belt COTY.
His first two years have been nothing short of a failure. He finished 6-7 and 5-7 in 2022 and 2023 respectively, with the Gators missing their first bowl game in nearly a decade (2014).
His saving grace thus far might be that Florida has long been in decline as a program, going 6-7 the year Napier arrived. Even with this, expectations are high for a program such as Florida, less than two decades removed from a national championship (2008, Urban Meyer).
2. Sam Pittman (Arkansas)
Coming in at #1 on CBS Sports list of coaches on the Hot Seat, Pittman doesn’t quite reach the top for Blitz Sports. That doesn’t change the fact that he’s currently sitting under a bonfire.
The fact of the matter is, unless something drastic changes, this is likely his last year with the Razorbacks. A once proud SEC program, Arkansas went just 4-8 last year. Pair that with sub-par recruiting and little to no NFL production and the hogs likely will be searching for a new Coach in 6 months.
There is some chance for redemption though, if you’ve ever seen the movie Greater (2016), although it’s unlikely Pittman ever has another first round pick, let alone a former walk-on.
1. Ryan Day (Ohio State)
You would think that a coach that has gone 45-6 in his first four seasons as a Head Coach wouldn’t be on the verge of getting fired, but that is the reality in Columbus.
More often than not, the last Saturday on the schedule isn’t Ryan’s “Day.” Heck, it hasn’t even been his decade. The Buckeyes have lost three straight to Michigan, haven’t won a conference title since 2020, and barely made the playoffs in 2022 with the #2 Pick in the NFL Draft in CJ Stroud. Odds are, even if Ohio State were to win a National Title, if they didn’t beat Michigan there would still be calls from within for Day to step down, as implausible as it seems.
Ryan Day has to beat Michigan or suffer the consequences.