How 11 first-year coaches are browsing recruiting and the portal:
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Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Personnel WriterMay 18, 2023, 08:00 AM ETClose
- ESPN staff writer
- Joined ESPN in 2011
- Finished from Central Michigan
After college football’s newest training carousel occurred this winter season, new coaches were charged with completing their staffs, browsing the very first transfer website window and the early signing duration for employees, all in the month of December.Months later on, the
dust has settled and coaches moved onto the spring transfer window and the 2024 recruiting cycle, which since Thursday has seen 113 prospects ranked in the ESPN 300 make commitments.Last year, six groups with first-year coaches completed their first full recruiting cycles with top-10 classes, consisting of Brent Venables at Oklahoma, Mario Cristobal at Miami, Marcus Freeman at Notre Dame and Lincoln Riley at USC.This year’s coaching carousel featured 11 Power 5 groups with new coaches, including Deion Sanders taking control of at Colorado, Matt Rhule replacing Scott Frost at Nebraska, Hugh Freeze ending up being Auburn’s next coach and Luke Fickell moving from Cincinnati to Wisconsin.We break down how each brand-new coach has actually fared on the recruiting path, how they’ve browsed the transfer portal and what the short-
and long-term scenario resembles as each coach looks to rebuild.Jump to: Arizona State|Auburn|Cincinnati Colorado|Georgia Tech|Louisville Mississippi State |
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