The Mike Houston era at East Carolina is now over. They were the first FBS school to fire their head coach during the season. This is an interesting opening and place. They had success years ago with Skip Holtz (more on him later) and with Ruffin McNeill,

Jacksonville Jaguars running backs coach Jerry Mack is another former college head coach who might be in play. Mack, 43, spent the previous three seasons at Tennessee, where he helped Josh Heupel lead that a program out of a messy stretch. Before that, Mack went 31-15 at FCS program North Carolina Central, including a 26-6 run in MEAC play.