Assistant Coaching Carousel Recap: Top 5 hires, biggest names and under-the-radar moves to note heading into 2024 (02/28)

The Cover 3 crew ranks some of the biggest offseason moves among assistant coaches. First, what to make of the latest National Signing Day proposal that includes not only moving the December signing period to earlier in the month but adding another one in late June (2:00), why UMass will find a move to the MAC beneficial (8:48) and Paul Johnson's sharp criticism of former Georgia Tech coach Geoff Collins (16:35). Then it's on to recapping the assistant coaching carousel, starting with a ranking of the top 5 hires from the cycle (25:45). After that, a rundown of some of the headline hires like Bobby Petrino to Arkansas (35:49) and grading the staff hires of new head coaches at Michigan, Alabama, Washington and Texas A&M (49:03).

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