Some notable college football coaching news has already hit 2011. First was the firing of Pittsburgh Head Coach. Didn't the head coach resign? No, that was Dave Wannstedt a month ago. They fired the new coach, Mike Haywood, after he was arrested for a domestic violence charge. He only served as head coach for 2 1/2 weeks and never coached a game. You'd think George Steinbrenner was behind this. A little pathetic to see a new coach already fired from his job but proves that image is key to any relationship. Too bad Haywood's is already ruined.
As for Florida, Urban Meyer has coached his last game in college football (for now). The Gators got Meyer the win, 37-24, over Penn State in the Outback bowl. Hope Meyer enjoys his family life. Some big changes were recently made at the university while Meyer was still there. They hired a new head coach (after making sure that Meyer was serious about leaving this time) and his name is Will Muschamp. He is a first time head coach who has been a defensive coordinator at one place or another for the past ten years, most recently Texas. Muschamp was hired back in December.
Florida has already made another significant hire to help Muschamp out. Charlie Weis, who seems to have reinvigorated the Chiefs offense, has taken the job of Offensive Coordinator at Florida. I wonder how much better the pay is to work at a College Football program like Florida compared to working for the Chiefs. Or perhaps Chalrie Weis like working with college kids more than pro athletes. Whatever the reason, he's going back to school.
I wonder who Pitt will hire then fire next and it looks like Florida will be a major player again in 2011 if Weis can get that offense working above par once more.
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