With Tyrone Willingham's firing at Notre Dame just three years into a five-year contract, that means three of the five black head coaches in Division I-A are gone in just a few weeks -- along with New Mexico State's Tony Samuel and San Jose State's Fitz Hill (do I smell a bonus here?). Left are Carl Dorrell at UCLA (just two years in) and Sylvester Croom at Mississippi State (who had a trying first season).

BTW, for anyone looking to fill the coaching vacancies, how about Norm Chow, who would be the first Asian-American head coach if he gets hired?