However, there are no obvious ties between Tedford's coaching background and the college jobs that are available. Openings remain in the SEC (South Carolina, Missouri), the ACC (Miami, Virginia, Syracuse), and the Big Ten (Maryland, Rutgers), plus a score of jobs in the Group of Five conferences. None of them, however, are on the West Coast, which is where Tedford has spent his entire college coaching career (Cal, Oregon, Fresno State). As an Oregon assistant, his head coach was Mike Bellotti, who is no longer coaching.