Ranking the top 10 college football coaching hires

5. Charles Huff, Southern Miss

The Thundering Herd had one of the weirdest seasons in program history in 2024. They went 10-3 with a Sun Belt championship, but it finished with them opting out of a bowl game due to roster turnover and their head coach leaving for a worse job. Huff went 32-20 at Marshall and will now be the biggest-named coach at Southern Miss since Todd Monken in 2015.