The coaching carousel — at least for head coaches — stopped spinning last week and all the jobs are now filled.

With the hires made and National Signing Day behind us, now’s the time rank the 15 head-honcho hires made by FBS programs this offseason.

Ranking the new head coaching hires

15. Tony Sanchez, UNLV — Sanchez comes to the Rebels from nearby Bishop Gorman High School. It’s a big jump going from high school powerhouse directly to college head coach. High school coaches have obviously made the transition to college head coach, but they usually are assistants at major programs first. Assistant coach John Garrison was a good hire.

14. John Bonamego, Central Michigan — Bonamego is an alum with NFL coaching experience but hasn’t coached or recruited at the college level in 17 years. All his NFL coaching experience is on special teams. It’s nice to have someone in place who could view this as a destination job instead of a stepping-stone, but can he have the success necessary to be there long term? The program has had good success at the MAC level with Brian Kelly and Butch Jones, but Dan Enos just left to be a coordinator in the SEC.

13. Lance Leipold, Buffalo — Leipold had amazing success at the Division III level, leading Wisconsin-Whitewater. He was named the Division III coach of the year six times in the last eight years and led Whitewater to six national titles and a 109-6 record. Will it translate to Division I/FBS? Leipold is leading a program that has just two winning seasons since joining the MAC in 1999. Fired coach Jeff Quinn had one of those seasons in 2013, but he was let go in mid-October after losing to Eastern Michigan. The bad news for Bulls fans is if Leipold does thrive he’ll get snatched up quickly by a bigger program.

12. Neal Brown, Troy — Brown returns to the school where he made his name as an up-and-coming offensive coordinator. The Kentucky native later left the Texas Tech “Air Raid” offense to be the Wildcats’ coordinator in Lexington, but now he is heading South again for his first head coaching job. Having been at Troy before, the 34-year-old Brown understands the culture and the positives/negatives surrounding the job. The offense should be fine. The big question is whether Troy can stop anyone. Vic Koenning is the defensive coordinator, and North Carolina’s defenses under Koenning were less than impressive.

11. David Beatty, Kansas — Beatty’s back in Lawrence, where he had two stints as an assistant in the last seven years. Beatty’s lone year as a solo coordinator came at Rice in 2010, so the jump to head coach is a big one for him, especially at a program where it’s so difficult to win. His high school experience in Texas and his stint with the Aggies will help with recruiting. Interim head coach Clint Bowen has agreed to stay on as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. Bowen is an alum and has been with the program for 20 years, so he’s heavily invested.

10. Mike Bobo, Colorado State — Bobo steps into a good situation at CSU, with the Rams coming off a 10-win season. Bobo was named 247Sports’ offensive coordinator of the year in 2013 and the Colorado State offense shouldn’t miss a beat. Bobo’s whole career has been spent at Georgia, so recruiting the West as a first-time head coach could be a challenge. He can start by keeping some of the better in-state players home instead of losing them to Pac-12, Big 12 and Big Ten schools.

Mike Riley was a bit of a surprise hire for Nebraska after the Huskers fired Bo Pelini.

9. Phillip Montgomery, Tulsa — Montgomery is a Texas native who coordinated some powerful offenses at Baylor and Houston. He was a high school coach in Texas as well, so those relationships should help him recruit well. He has been tied to Art Briles at his previous stops, so it will be interesting to see how well Montgomery does on his own.

8. Mike Riley, Nebraska — Riley was a bit of a surprise choice for the Huskers, but so far things have worked out well for him in Lincoln. The Huskers closed well on the recruiting trail, and he seems to be the antithesis of Bo Pelini personally, which is what the Nebraska brass wanted. The Huskers need to recruit nationally, so Riley’s ties to the West Coast should help in that regard. The one downside is that even if Riley and his staff do well, the Huskers could still be looking for a new coach in a few years. Riley is already 61, the same age Tom Osborne was when he stepped down as Huskers coach.

7. Pat Narduzzi, Pitt — The Panthers have offensive stars in James Conner and Tyler Boyd and Narduzzi’s defense should help complement those stars well. Narduzzi runs hard-nosed defenses, and should be able to recruit the types of players he wants in Pennsylvania, Ohio and the surrounding areas. Narduzzi won the Broyles Award in 2013, and has often been mentioned as a coordinator who was ready to take on his own program. Narduzzi hired veteran offensive coordinator Jim Chaney to run the offense, and with Conner and Boyd in place it should be a smooth transition.

6. Tom Herman, Houston — Herman won the Broyles Award in 2014 and was also named the 247Sports offensive coordinator of the year en route to Ohio State’s national championship. No matter the quarterback, Herman’s unit didn’t miss a beat. Third string quarterback Cardale Jones led Herman’s offense against tough defenses from Wisconsin, Alabama and Oregon and came out on top. Herman spent 10 years as an assistant coach in Texas, so he knows the high school coaches around the state and should be able to recruit well, especially offensively.

5. Paul Chryst, Wisconsin — Chryst is a Madison native, a former Badgers letterman and was an assistant there for eight years before returning this season as head coach. He obviously knows what it takes to win at Wisconsin and he figures to be there for as long as the administration will have him. He has previous head coaching experience at Pitt and his Panthers offenses were some of the best in school history. He took the Panthers to three consecutive bowl appearances, and has a bit of professional coaching experience, which will help on the recruiting trail.

4. Chad Morris, SMU — Morris was the hot coordinator name in the country for several years, and his patience paid off with a head coaching job in his native Texas. The American Football Coaches’ Association in 2013 named him assistant coach of the year, and his offenses at Clemson were prolific. If he can keep some of the talented players in the Dallas Metroxplex home to play for the Mustangs he can start the rebuilding process immediately. Morris’ offenses should be fine. Van Malone is a first-year defensive coordinator, but Morris also hired veteran coach Bill Young to help on defense and Young has been a coordinator as several stops like Miami, Oklahoma, Ohio State, USC, Oklahoma State and others.

3. Jim McElwain, Florida — McElwain knows what it takes to have success in the SEC and he also proved he can be a successful head coach by rebuilding the Colorado State program and leading the Rams to a 10-2 mark last season. McElwain took over a program that had gone 9-27 in the three seasons prior to his arrival and led the Rams to a 22-16 mark in three seasons. As Alabama’s offensive coordinator he won two national championships and guided the Tide to some of the best offensive production in the storied history of the program

2. Gary Andersen, Oregon State — Andersen left Utah State for Wisconsin and the Big Ten following the 2012 season, but after two years with the Badgers he decided to return to the West. In leading Wisconsin to a 19-7 mark over two seasons, Andersen showed he could coach and succeed at a major program on the FBS level.

1. Jim Harbaugh, Michigan – Harbaugh was the no-brainer choice for No. 1 on this list. It was a coup for the Wolverines to lure him back home to Ann Arbor after such a successful run as an NFL head coach with the San Francisco 49ers. Prior to that, Harbaugh led Stanford to consecutive bowl games including a 12-1 final season. He has the name-recognition and NFL pedigree that today’s recruits are interested in. Harbaugh has shown he can be successful on the college and NFL levels, and there is no reason to doubt that he can carry the Wolverines back to “elite” status.