HEAD COACHING CHANGES FOR 2013
| FBS | FCS | |||||
| School | Old Coach | New Coach | School | Old Coach | New Coach | |
| Arkansas | John L. Smith | Bret Bielema | Appalachian State | Jerry Moore | Scott Satterfield | |
| Arkansas St | Gus Malzahn | Bryan Harsin | Campbell | Dale Steele | Mike Minter | |
| Auburn | Gene Chizik | Gus Malzahn | Charleston Southern | Jay Mills | Jamey Chadwell | |
| Boston College | Frank Spaziani | Steve Addazio | Cornell | Kent Austin | David Archer | |
| California | Jeff Tedford | Sonny Dykes | Davidson | Tripp Merritt | Paul Nichols | |
| Cincinnati | Butch Jones | Tommy Tuberville | Delaware | K.C. Keeler | Dave Brock | |
| Colorado | Jon Embree | Mike MacIntyre | Florida A&M | Joe Taylor | Earl Holmes | |
| FIU | Mario Cristobal | Ron Turner | Gardner-Webb | Ron Dickerson, Jr. | ||
| Georgia St | Bill Curry | Trent Miles | Indiana State | Trent Miles | Mike Sanford Sr. | |
| Idaho | Robb Akey | Paul Petrino | Jacksonville State | Jack Crowe | Bill Clark | |
| Kent St | Darrell Hazell | Paul Haynes | Morehead State | Matt Ballard | Rob Tenyer | |
| Kentucky | Joker Phillips | Mark Stoops | Northwestern State | Bradley Dale Peveto | Jay Thomas | |
| Louisiana Tech | Sonny Dykes | Skip Holtz | San Diego | Ron Caragher | Dale Lindsey | |
| NC State | Tom O'Brien | Dave Doeren | Southern | Stump Mitchell | Dawson Odums | |
| Nevada | Chris Ault | Brian Polian | Western Illinois | Mark Hendrickson | Bob Nielson | |
| New Mexico St | DeWayne Walker | Doug Martin | UC Davis | Bob Biggs | Ron Gould | |
| Northern Illinois | Dave Doeren | Rod Carey | ||||
| Oregon | Chip Kelly | Mark Helfrich | ||||
| Purdue | Danny Hope | Darrell Hazell | NFL | |||
| San Jose St | Mike MacIntyre | Ron Caragher | Team | 2012 Coach | 2013 Coach | |
| Southern Miss | Ellis Johnson | Todd Monken | Arizona Cardinals | Ken Whisenhunt | Bruce Arians | |
| Syracuse | Doug Marrone | Scott Shafer | Buffalo Bills | Chan Gailey | Doug Marrone | |
| Temple | Steve Addazio | Matt Rhule | Chicago Bears | Lovie Smith | Marc Trestman | |
| Tennessee | Derek Dooley | Butch Jones | Cleveland Browns | Pat Shurmur | Rob Chudzinski | |
| Texas Tech | Tommy Tuberville | Kliff Kingsbury | Kansas City Chiefs | Romeo Crennel | Andy Reid | |
| USF | Skip Holtz | Willie Taggart | Jacksonville Jaguars | Mike Mularkey | Gus Bradley | |
| Utah St | Gary Andersen | Matt Wells | Philadelphia Eagles | Andy Reid | Chip Kelly | |
| UTEP | Mike Price | Sean Kugler | San Diego Chargers | Norv Turner | Mike McCoy | |
| WKU | Willie Taggart | Bobby Petrino | ||||
| Western Mich | Bill Cubit | P.J. Fleck | ||||
| Wisconsin | Bret Bielema | Gary Andersen | ||||