College Football Coaching Carousel 2001-02
Coaching Carousel 2001-02: Updating list of FBS Football Coaching Changes (2001 Season / 2002 Off-Season)
| Conference | School | New Coach | Previous Coach |
| ACC | Georgia Tech | Chan Gailey | George O’Leary (left for Notre Dame*) |
| Big 12 | Kansas | Mark Mangino | Terry Allen (fired) |
| Big Ten | Indiana | Gerry DiNardo | Cam Cameron (fired) |
| Independent | Navy | Paul Johnson | Charlie Weatherbie (fired) |
| Notre Dame | Tyrone Willingham | Bob Davie (fired) | |
| Mountain West | San Diego State | Tom Craft | Ted Tollner (fired) |
| Pac-10 | California | Jeff Tedford | Tom Holmoe (resigned) |
| Stanford | Buddy Teevens | Tyrone Willingham (left for Notre Dame) | |
| SEC | Florida | Ron Zook | Steve Spurrier (resigned) |
| Vanderbilt | Bobby Johnson | Woody Widenhofer (resigned) | |
| Sun Belt | Arkansas State | Steve Roberts | Joe Hollis (fired) |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | Rickey Bustle | Jerry Baldwin (fired) | |
| WAC | SMU | Phil Bennett | Mike Cavan (fired) |
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*George O’Leary was hired as the head coach at Notre Dame, but inaccuracies in his coaching resume came to light and he resigned just five days after his hiring; Tyrone Willingham was then hired by Notre Dame