There are currently six vacant head coaching positions in the AAC.
Tulsa fired coach Kevin Wilson after the Golden Hurricane lost to USF on Saturday. Wilson is the sixth coach in the 14-team conference to lose his job during the 2024 season after East Carolina, Charlotte, Rice, Temple and Florida Atlantic have previously made coaching changes.
“I would like to extend my gratitude to Coach Wilson for his devotion to the University of Tulsa, our student-athletes and the football program over the past two years.” Tulsa athletic director Justin Moore said in a statement. “Under his direction, our student-athletes excelled in the classroom and represented our university in a first-class manner. I wish nothing but the best for him and his family in the future.”
Former North Carolina wide receiver Ryan Switzer will be the team’s interim coach for the final game of the regular season.
Tulsa is 1-6 in the AAC and 3-8 overall after Saturday’s 63-30 blowout. Only FAU at 0-7 has a worse record in the conference this season. Tulsa has allowed more than 40 points six times so far this season and is 1-5 in those games.
Wilson was in his second season in Tulsa after succeeding Philip Montgomery. The Golden Hurricane went 4-8 a season ago and hasn’t been to a bowl game since the 2021 season.
Wilson is a long-time college coach and former Indiana head coach. He coached for six seasons in Bloomington from 2011 to 2016 and had a 26-47 record with the Hoosiers. Indiana went to bowl games in each of his final two seasons with the school, but never won more than six games in a season.
The coaching carousel is in full swing in the AAC, though it’s expected to be a slow turnaround in the rest of college football. There are few power conference coaches who appear to be in danger of losing their jobs as the House deal for schools to pay players starting next season looms large.
Of the schools that made coaching changes in the conference, only East Carolina has a winning record. The Pirates have won four straight games since firing Mike Houston following a blowout loss to Army.