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Firing a national championship coach is surprisingly common in the past 25 years, when 18 led their team to the promised land at least once.
Ten of them are still on the job, retired or left of their own accord (at least by all public appearances).
Eight were outright fired or are at least popularly believed to have been forced out, although sometimes the circumstances are up for debate.
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Of course, Ohio State is not immune to this phenomenon as Jim Tressel’s tenure came to an end in May 2011 after he admitted not disclosing potential NCAA violations.
Tressel, like the three men who preceded him in Columbus, is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. John Cooper, Earle Bruce and Woody Hayes were all let go before they were ready to, too.
Not fired
Nick Saban, LSU and Alabama
Jimbo Fisher, Florida State
Urban Meyer, Florida and Ohio State
Pete Carroll, USC
Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
Tom Osborne, Nebraska
Steve Spurrier, Florida
Dennis Erickson, Miami (Fla.)
Don James, Washington
Gene Stallings, Alabama.
Fired/Forced out
Gene Chizik, Auburn
Les Miles, LSU
Larry Coker, Miami (Fla.)
Jim Tressel, Ohio State
Mack Brown, Texas
Bobby Bowden, Florida State
Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee
Lloyd Carr, Michigan.
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