College football coaches on hot seat: Bill Belichick, Mike Norvell and others facing make-or-break 2026

We are just three weeks away from the college football season getting underway, which means that it's time to start discussing which coaches are fighting for their jobs in 2026.

In case you weren’t paying attention to the chaos that transpired during the 2025 season, schools are no longer hesitating when it comes to pulling the trigger on what could be a very expensive decision to restart their football programs with a new coach.

Right now, the stakes couldn’t get any higher from a financial standpoint.