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Even CFB championship coaches have nearly 50/50 chance of being fired

Surprised Les Miles was fired at LSU on Sunday despite having led the Tigers to a national championship during his career?

Maybe you shouldn’t be.

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Firing a national championship coach is surprisingly common in the past 25 years, when 18 led their team to the promised land at least once.

Ten of them are still on the job, retired or left of their own accord (at least by all public appearances).

Eight were outright fired or are at least popularly believed to have been forced out, although sometimes the circumstances are up for debate.

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Of course, Ohio State is not immune to this phenomenon as Jim Tressel’s tenure came to an end in May 2011 after he admitted not disclosing potential NCAA violations.

Tressel, like the three men who preceded him in Columbus, is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. John Cooper, Earle Bruce and Woody Hayes were all let go before they were ready to, too.

Not fired

Nick Saban, LSU and Alabama

Jimbo Fisher, Florida State

Urban Meyer, Florida and Ohio State

Pete Carroll, USC

Bob Stoops, Oklahoma

Tom Osborne, Nebraska

Steve Spurrier, Florida

Dennis Erickson, Miami (Fla.)

Don James, Washington

Gene Stallings, Alabama.

Fired/Forced out

Gene Chizik, Auburn

Les Miles, LSU

Larry Coker, Miami (Fla.)

Jim Tressel, Ohio State

Mack Brown, Texas

Bobby Bowden, Florida State

Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee

Lloyd Carr, Michigan.

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