Letter from AFM- Home on the Range

This year, over 20% of FBS schools will enter the 2012 season with new head coaches. That’s nothing new. Every year, more and more coaches find themselves on the coaching carousel as the pressure to win, win often and win consistently becomes more relentless.  Sometimes, a change at the top is just what a program needs to get on track. Witness Brady Hoke, who led a Michigan team that had underachieved for years to 11 wins, including a victory over Ohio State for the first time in eight years and a BCS win over Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl. Or Louisiana University, led by first-year coach Mark Hudspeth. The Ragin’ Cajuns improved from 3-9 to 9-4 and captured the first FBS bowl win in the school’s history. More often, however, it is coaching stability that leads to success on the field. That was certainly the case in 2011 for Oklahoma State. The Cowboys, led by 7th year Head