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The Complete 2011-12 SEC Coaching Carousel Scorecard

The ride's over. Come back next fall.
The ride's over. Come back next fall.

With Auburn's naming Scot Loeffler as the Tiger's new offensive coordinator on Sunday, the 2011-12 SEC Coaching Carousel has finally come to a stop. The grotesque carnival of innuendo and speculation that began on Nov. 7 with Ole Miss firing Houston Nutt has finally reached its conclusion.

Yes, there are still a host of position coaching positions to be sorted out but that's part of the annual churn for every program. We'll let Phil Steele sort all of that out. Now the head coaches and coordinators in place, plans for the 2012 season can begin in earnest.

This year was marked by consistency at the head coaching level and mass chaos amongst the coordinator slots. Nutt and Texas A&M's Mike Sherman were the only head coaches in next year's SEC to be affected but almost half of the coordinator positions in the league were affected.

The two teams that played in the conference championship, LSU and Georgia, saw no change at the top spots while three others - Mississippi State, Vanderbilt and Missouri - also chose to avoid the ride this off-season.

Last month, Team Speed Kills provided a scorecard to keep track of the changes and with the close of this phase of the silly season, we give you both the initial and final versions of the tally after the jump...

Final 2011-12 SEC Coaching Carousel Scorecard

Head Coach Offensive Coordinator Defensive Coordinator
Alabama

Nick Saban

Doug Nussmeier
from Wash. QBC
Kirby Smart

Arkansas

Bobby Petrino

Paul Petrino
from Illinois OC
Paul Hayes
from OSU DC
Auburn

Gene Chizik

Scot Loeffler
from Temple OC
Brian VanGorder
from Atlanta Falcons
Florida

Will Muschamp

Brent Pease
from Boise St.
Dan Quinn

Georgia

Mark Richt

Mike Bobo

Todd Grantham

Kentucky

Joker Phillips

Randy Sanders

Rick Minter
from Indiana St. LBC
LSU

Les Miles

Greg Studrawa

John Chavis

Ole Miss

Hugh Freeze
from AR State HC
Dan Werner
Matt Luke
Dave Womack
from AR State DC
Miss State

Dan Mullen

Les Koenning

Chris Wilson

S. Carolina

Steve Spurrier

n/a

Lorenzo Ward
promoted
Tennessee

Derek Dooley

Jim Chaney

Sal Sunseri
from Alabama OLC
Vanderbilt

James Franklin

John Donovan

Bob Shoop

Texas A&M

Kevin Sumlin
from Houston HC
Kliff Kingsbury
from Houston Co-OC
Mark Snyder
from USF
Missouri

Gary Pinkel

David Yost

David Steckel

Initial 2011-12 SEC Coaching Carousel Scorecard

Head Coach Offensive Coordinator Defensive Coordinator
Alabama

Nick Saban

Jim McElwain
to CO State HC
Kirby Smart

Arkansas

Bobby Petrino

Garrick McGeee
to UAB HC
Willy Robinson
resigned
Auburn

Gene Chizik

Gus Malzahn
to AR. State HC
Ted Roof
to UCF DC/ PSU DC
Florida

Will Muschamp

Charlie Weis
to Kansas HC
Dan Quinn

Georgia

Mark Richt

Mike Bobo

Todd Grantham

Kentucky

Joker Phillips

Randy Sanders

Steve Brown
fired
LSU

Les Miles

Greg Studrawa

John Chavis

Ole Miss

Houston Nutt
fired
n/a
Pete Boone
resigned
Miss State

Dan Mullen

Les Koenning

Chris Wilson

S. Carolina

Steve Spurrier

n/a

Ellis Johnson
to So. Miss. HC
Tennessee

Derek Dooley

Jim Chaney

Justin Wilcox
to Washington DC
Vanderbilt

James Franklin

John Donovan

Bob Shoop

Texas A&M

Mike Sherman
fired
n/a

Tim DeRuyter
to Fresno St. HC
Missouri

Gary Pinkel

David Yost

David Steckel