2,483
new hires
Every hire, every reunion, every small-world handshake of the 2025–26 college athletics year — CFB, MBB & WBB.
head and assistant coaches took new D1 jobs this cycle — including 157 new head coaches handed the keys to a program.
coaches left Penn State for new jobs — the most-raided staff in the country after James Franklin's move. North Texas (18) and South Florida (17) weren't far behind.
The résumé gets you read. The network gets you hired.
891 hires walked in on day one to a familiar face — and 574 more were one warm intro away from one.
working relationships across 13,926 coaches — every shared staff room, season by season. That’s how we know who really knows who.
hires returned to their alma mater — including nearly 1 in 5 new MBB head coaches. And women's basketball kept it local: 31% of new WBB head coaches are from the school's home state.
Including nearly 1 in 4 new college football head coaches. Impress the right AD once — the call comes years later.
And 222 hires landed at a school in their home state.
Texas wasn’t just producing coaches — it was hiring them. 209 new jobs, most of any state.
Plus 17 assistants who never changed parking spots — promoted straight to the big chair.
It's not just who you know — it's who they know. See every tie at coachingties.com.
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