There are now six head coach vacancies 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 previously made coaching changes.
“I would like to thank Coach Wilson for his dedication 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 leadership, our student-athletes excelled in the classroom and represented our university in a top-notch 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 drubbing. Only FAU at 0-7 has a worse record in conference play 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 at Tulsa after succeeding Philip Montgomery. The Golden Hurricane went 4-8 a season ago and haven’t been to a bowl game since the 2021 season.
Wilson is a longtime college coach and former head coach at Indiana. He coached six seasons in Bloomington from 2011 through 2016 and had a 26-47 record with the Hoosiers. Indiana went to bowl games in each of his last two seasons with the school, but never won more than six games in a season.
The coaching carousel is running at full speed in the AAC, even if it’s widely expected to be slow for the rest of college football. Few power conference coaches appear to be in danger of losing their jobs now that the House of Representatives has made a provision for schools to pay players as next season looms.
Of the schools that have made coaching changes in the conference, only East Carolina has a winning record. The Pirates have won four straight games since firing Mike Houston in a loss to Army.
