New Coaches in 2008

As we start another College Football Season there are 18 new head coaches

to start the season. There is a learning curve for the players,

and the coaches at the start of the season.

Here is the list of the new head coaches for 2008

League

SEC                                             DIV 1 College Record

Ole Miss              Houston Nutt                 (80-54)  

Arkansas             Bobby Petrino                (41-9)

Big 10

Michigan               Rich Rodriguez              (60-29)

Big 12

Texas A&M           Mike Sherman               (0-0)

Baylor                  Art Briles                      (34-28)

Nebraska              Bo Pelini                      (1-0)

ACC

Duke                    David Cutcliffe               (44-29)

Georgia Tech        Paul Johnson                (45-29)

PAC 10

UCLA                   Rick Neuheisel              (66-30)

Washington State  Paul Paulff                    (0-0)

Big East

West Virginia        Bill Stewart                    (1-0)

MTN West

Colorado St           Steve Fairchild               (0-0)

Conference USA

SMU                     June Jones                   (76-41)

Houston                Kevin Sumlin                 (0-0)

Southern Miss       Larry Fedora                  (0-0)

WAC

Hawaii                   Greg McMackin             (0-0)

Independent

Navy                     Ken Niumatalo              (0-1)

MAC

No Illinois               Jerry Kill                      (0-0)

Interesting Facts 10 of these coaches are coaching Division 1

for the first time (includes Mike Sherman who coached the GB Packers.

Combined Record of these 18 coaches 372-209