With college basketball tipping off, there are a lot of coaches out there champing at the bit to get their teams off to good starts. Some hope for championships or tournament appearances. Others hope their teams improve enough that their jobs are safe.
These are strange times in the college hoops coaching profession. With news of the FBI's investigation into bribery and other elicit activities in college basketball, there is a lot of stress to pass around all over the nation. The investigation has already claimed one of the biggest names in the profession, Rick Pitino. With big programs like Arizona, Oklahoma State and Miami tied to this investigation, there is a lot of unknown out there that could show itself at any moment.
We will not focus on that here. It's too early to speculate what if anything else comes out of this. Barring some evidence that would directly implicate a coach, we aren't putting somone on this season's hot seat list, unless he's already been struggling to field a winning team.
That being said, let's look at 15 college hoops coaches who need a big season to fend off all the rumors.
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