CFB Coaching & Transfer Portal News

This is an evergreen document tracking coaching changes (HCs and OCs), transfer portal news, and notable returning players.

In the bustling market of alliances, the pig, a shrewd trader, swaps banners with the winds of change. Loyalties, like coins, jingle in the pocket of transformation, for in the dance of swaps, the pig reveals its clever steps to a new rhythm.

— Ancient CFF Proverb

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This document will serve as an evergreen document over the course of the offseason to track three things: coaching changes, CFF relevant transfer portal news, and notable players choosing to return to the same team instead of leaving for the NFL Draft.

The first section is dedicated to coaching changes, the next is a transfer portal tracker for each position (QB, RB, WR and TE), and the third section tracks notable returnees.

I will link this document in all of the subsequent articles I publish for your convenience to use as a reference for your research this offseason; I will continue to update it as time progresses (Substack lets you edit post-publishing). The email you’re receiving right now will be stagnant, however, hence why I’ll put the updated link in the new articles I publish for your reference.

On the initial release, I will give a preview to all subscribers of what this article is covering, however, the updated versions will only be fully available for paid subscribers.

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Coaching Changes (Last Update: Feb. 2 12:00PM)

In this section, I am making a record of any coaching change that could affect offensive play calling next season. I will do an article explaining the CFF implications of these changes once the dust settles.

• Jake Spavital (CAL OC) → Baylor OC

• Bobby Petrino (A&M OC) → ARK OC

• Curt Cignetti (JMU HC) → Indiana HC

• Mike Shanahan (JMU OC) → Indiana OC

• Mike Elko (Duke HC) → A&M HC

• Fran Brown (UGA DB) → Syracuse HC

• Jeff Nixon (NYG RB) → Syracuse OC

• Jonathan Smith (Oregon State HC) → Michigan State HC

• Jeff Lebby (OU OC) → Mississippi State HC

• Seth Littrell (OU analyst) → OU OC

• Sean Lewis (COL OC) → SDSU HC

• Trent Bray (Oregon State DC) → Oregon State HC

• Andy Kotelnicki (KU OC) → PSU OC

• John David Baker (MISS co-OC/QBs) → ECU OC

• Ryan Gunderson (UCLA QB) → Oregon State OC

• Willie Fritz (Tulane HC) → Houston HC

• Spencer Danielson (BSU DC/Interim HC) → BSU HC

• Manny Diaz (PSU DC) → Duke HC

• Jeff Choate (Texas co-DC) → Nevada HC

• Marcus Arroyo (former UNLV HC) → AZST OC

• Scotty Walden (Austin Peay HC) → UTEP HC