The college football coaching carousel has now become a two-phase endeavor. There’s the initial rush of in-season or late November firings followed by the schools to get new hires in place by early signing day. This past year, 17 jobs changed hands by Dec. 17.



And then there’s Phase 2 in January, which this year included a delayed-reaction Egg Bowl firing at Mississippi State with waves that rippled to Washington State and Hawaii, plus the near-annual NFL call-up, this year being Baylor’s Matt Rhule.



Once the dust finally settled last week, 22 FBS schools had changed coaches since the end of the 2019 regular season. Let’s grade their hires.



Power 5



Washington State (A): Hawaii coach Nick Rolovich. Rolovich, 40, is a perfect fit for Pullman both in continuing the program’s recent tradition of wide-open offenses (his version being the Run n Shoot) and possessing a personality that will keep fans engaged. Already, the guy...