College Football Coaching Carousel 2004-05
Full list of FBS Football Coaching Changes (2004 Season / 2005 Off-Season)
| Conference | School | New Coach | Previous Coach |
| Big 12 | Oklahoma State | Mike Gundy | Les Miles (left for LSU) |
| Big East | Pittsburgh | Dave Wannstedt | Walt Harris (resigned) |
| Syracuse | Greg Robinson | Paul Pasqualoni (fired) | |
| Big Ten | Indiana | Terry Hoeppner | Gerry DiNardo (fired) |
| Illinois | Ron Zook | Ron Turner (fired) | |
| Conference USA | East Carolina | Skip Holtz | John Thompson (resigned) |
| Marshall | Mark Snyder | Bob Pruett (retired) | |
| Independent | Notre Dame | Charlie Weis | Tyrone Willingham (fired) |
| MAC | Miami (OH) | Shane Montgomery | Terry Hoeppner (left for Indiana) |
| Ohio | Frank Solich | Brian Knorr (fired) | |
| Western Michigan | Bill Cubit | Gary Darnell (fired) | |
| Mountain West | BYU | Bronco Mendenhall | Gary Crowton (resigned) |
| UNLV | Mike Sanford Sr. | John Robinson (resigned) | |
| Utah | Kyle Whittingham | Urban Meyer (left for Florida) | |
| Pac-10 | Stanford | Walt Harris | Buddy Teevens (fired) |
| Washington | Tyrone Willingham | Keith Gilbertson (fired) | |
| SEC | Florida | Urban Meyer | Ron Zook (fired) |
| LSU | Les Miles | Nick Saban (left for NFL) | |
| Ole Miss | Ed Orgeron | David Cutcliffe (fired) | |
| South Carolina | Steve Spurrier | Lou Holtz (retired) | |
| WAC | New Mexico State | Hal Mumme | Tony Samuel (fired) |
| San Jose State | Dick Tomey | Fitz Hill (resigned) | |
| Utah State | Brent Guy | Mick Dennehy (fired) |
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