The 2015-2016 college football coaching carousel got off to an early start, when Illinois fired Tim Beckman before the season even began. Steves Spurrier and Sarkisian left their respective USCs for wildly different reasons just weeks into the season, and firings of Maryland's Randy Edsall and Miami's Al Golden just added more steam to warm bottoms nationwide.

It appeared like we'd end up with a pretty normal carousel after all, until Georgia fired Mark Richt amidst a 10-win season and LSU came perilously close to canning Les Miles during his latest three-loss campaign. Miles stuck around, but Richt's exit to his alma mater, Miami, ensured a higher-than-usual level of turnover excitement.

But we weren't done! Ball State's Pete Lembo left for Maryland, and Texas State and UTSA both said goodbye to the coaches who took them to the FBS level.

That puts us at 27 teams out of 128 that will be under new management next year, and I guess we're not even done yet? What if the NFL plucks somebody?

You can click below for the timeline for each, but here are the two lists as they stand.

Teams that have hired new head coaches

December 20: Georgia Southern has hired Colorado State DC Tyson Summers, Football Scoop reports.

December 11: Georgia Southern HC will be hired by Tulane, multiple sources tell SB Nation's Steven Godfrey.

November 24: Georgia Southern head coach Willie Fritz is interested in the Iowa State job, per CBS Sports.

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December 3: Memphis has reportedly hired Arizona State OC Mike Norvell.

December 1: If Memphis can't hire Mizzou DC Barry Odom, it'll promote offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey to head coach, FootballScoop reports.

December 1: South Carolina plans to meet with Oklahoma OC Lincoln Riley, ESPN reports. Memphis is also interested.

November 29: Memphis has offered its head coaching job to Missouri defensive coordinator Barry Odom, FootballScoop is reporting.

November 29: Virginia Tech makes it official: the Hokies have hired Justin Fuente.

November 28:FOX 5 reports Virginia Tech will hire Memphis head coach Justin Fuente and retain VT DC Bud Foster.

November 28: SI reports VT has the easiest hire to predict of all: Memphis' Justin Fuente.

November 25: Memphis would reportedly be interested in UAB head coach Bill Clark if Fuente leaves, per CoachingSearch.

November 18: An eventual "top candidate" to replace Justin Fuente at Memphis: Missouri defensive coordinator Barry Odom, per FOX's Bruce Feldman.

November 16: Fuente's a name to consider at Missouri, per Rock M Nation.

October 30: The top three names for Minnesota, per The Daily Gopher: interim Tracy Claeys, Memphis HC Justin Fuente and Illinois State HC Brock Spack. The first and third seem like perfect fits.

October 26: Former North Carolina HC Butch Davis, Alabama OLC Mario Cristobal, Colts assistant Rob Chudzinski and Fuente are the Vegas favorites for Miami .

October 14: Bovada lists Alabama DC Kirby Smart, Fuente and LSU DLC Ed Orgeron among the betting favorites for South Carolina.

October 13: Garnet And Black Attack has plenty of potential South Carolina candidates, with Arizona HC Rich Rodriguez and Fuente perhaps the two most interesting.

September 26: TCU HC Gary Patterson protege Fuente has now won 11 games in a row at a place where that just doesn't happen.





North Texas State?

October 15: This is not a real school, but Eagles HC Chip Kelly says it's the only one he's heard from. ;)

December 11: Georgia Southern HC will be hired by Tulane, multiple sources tell SB Nation's Steven Godfrey.

December 5: Oklahoma State OC Mike Yurcich is a potential candidate for the Tulane job.