Every year, college football is marked by constant turnover and movement. The era of big money (for coaches) and NIL (for players) has only exacerbated that.
As of 2025, there are 135 FBS college football programs, and nearly one-quarter of them have a new head coach leading the team into this season.
Seven guys on the list below are moving into head coaching roles from a coordinator role in their previous job. Nearly as many are coming from the NFL (4) as they are from the FCS (5).
Some are second marriages, like Rich Rodriguez in Morgantown or Scott Frost in Orlando.
One guy – Delaware head coach Ryan Carty – is technically a new FBS coach, even though he hasn’t changed jobs since 2022.
Here’s the full list of new FBS head coaches in 2025.
New FBS Coaches in College Football 2025
| Head Coach | 2025 Program | Last Job |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Abell | Rice | Head Coach, Davidson (FCS) |
| Tim Albin | Charlotte | Head Coach, Ohio |
| Bill Belichick | North Carolina | Head Coach, New England Patriots (NFL) |
| Mark Carney (Interim Head Coach) | Kent State | Off. Coordinator, Kent State |
| Ryan Carty* | Delaware | Delaware Head Coach since 2022 |
| Jake Dickert | Wake Forest | Head Coach, Washington State |
| Matt Drinkall | Central Michigan | Offensive Line Coach, Army |
| Jason Eck | New Mexico | Head Coach, Idaho (FCS) |
| Matt Entz | Fresno State | Associate Head Coach, USC |
| Scott Frost | UCF | Senior Analyst, Los Angeles Rams (NFL) |
| Eddie George | Bowling Green | Head Coach, Tennessee State (FCS) |
| Tony Gibson | Marshall | Def. Coordinator, NC State |
| Joe Harasymiak | UMass | Def. Coordinator, Rutgers |
| Charles Huff | Southern Miss | Head Coach, Marshall |
| K.C. Keeler | Temple | Head Coach, Sam Houston |
| Charles Kelly | Jacksonville State | Def. Coordinator, Auburn |
| Zach Kittley | Florida Atlantic | Off. Coordinator, Texas Tech |
| Tre Lamb | Tulsa | Head Coach, East Tennessee State (FCS) |
| Dowell Loggains | Appalachian State | Off. Coordinator, South Carolina |
| Phil Longo | Sam Houston | Off. Coordinator, Wisconsin |
| Jerry Mack | Kennesaw State | Running Backs Coach, Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL) |
| Bronco Mendenhall | Utah State | Head Coach, New Mexico |
| Dan Mullen | UNLV | Head Coach, Florida |
| Barry Odom | Purdue | Head Coach, UNLV |
| Frank Reich | Stanford | Head Coach, Carolina Panthers (NFL) |
| Rich Rodriguez | West Virginia | Head Coach, Jacksonville State |
| Jimmy Rogers | Washington State | Head Coach, South Dakota State (FCS) |
| Willie Simmons | Florida International | Running Backs Coach, Duke |
| Mike Uremovich | Ball State | Head Coach, Butler (FCS) |
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