Three first-time Power 4 college football head coaches who will be household names by season's end

The 2025 coaching carousel in college football ended up being one of the wildest hiring cycles in recent memory for the sport. Multiple, big-time blue-blood jobs came open and were filled by several high-profile coaches looking to prove their worth on the brightest stage. But for every established, well-known name like Lane Kiffin and James Franklin , there were plenty of others who were either hot-shot coordinators or Group of Five head coaches who were hired more on their promise than their li