Regular carousels move quickly, but not as fast as the proverbial coaching carousel, which routinely tosses off coaches with the same speed as they add them.

Keeping a job in the SEC takes plenty of talent and a little luck.

Here are the conference coaches with the longest tenures at their respective schools.

Alabama — Burton Burns, running backs/special teams/associate head coach: Alabama strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran also joined Burton Burns on Nick Saban’s staff when the head coach took over the Tide in 2007. With more than 20 years of experience — half of them at Alabama — Burns is considered one of the best assistant coaches and recruiters in the nation. The fact that the Crimson Tide has had a 1,000-yard rusher in six of the last eight seasons is a testament to Burns’ influence.

Arkansas — Barry Lunney Jr. and Michael Smith: Arkansas enters the fourth season under Bret Bielema with perhaps its best and deepest collection of pass-catchers. Much of that is thanks to wide receivers coach Michael Smith and tight ends coach Barry Lunney Jr. — both of whom are original members of Bielema’s coaching staff in Fayetteville.

Auburn — Rhett Lashlee, Rodney Garner, Scott Fountain and Tim Horton: Gus Malzahn’s coaching staff is among the most loyal in the SEC. Four coaches, including offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee, as well as associate head coach/defensive line coach Rodney Garner, running backs coach Tim Horton and tight end/special teams coach Scott Fountain, have coached alongside Malzahn since he took over the Tigers for the 2013 campaign.

Florida — Mike Summers, assistant coach/defensive line: Jim McElwain cleaned house when he took over at Florida, hiring nearly an entirely new staff. This year’s Gators return eight coaches from McElwain’s inaugural 2015 staff that enter their second year in The Swamp. However, among the holdovers from the Will Muschamp era is assistant coach Mike Summers, who also heads up the team’s defensive linemen. The 2016 season will mark the third at Florida for Summer, who has also had stints at Southern California, Kentucky and Arkansas.

Georgia — Tracy Rocker and Kevin Sherrer: Several coaches stuck around Athens after the departure of Mark Richt, including Tracy Rocker and Kevin Sherrer. The duo join Kirby Smart’s new staff as associate head coach/defensive line and outside linebackers coaches, respectively. Both men were on Richt’s staff for a year before the Bulldogs and their coach of 15 years eventually landed at his alma mater, Miami.

Kentucky — D.J. Eliot, Vince Marrow, Jimmy Brumbaugh and John Schlarman: Mark Stoops won’t be the only guy coaching for his job in 2016. Four members of Kentucky’s staff have been with the Wildcats since Stoops took over in 2013. While Stoops brought in two new offensive coordinators this offseason, he retained defensive coordinator D.J. Eliot. Also safe for at least one more year is tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator Vince Marrow, as well as both line coaches in John Schlarman (OL) and Jimmy Brumbaugh (DL).

LSU — Tommy Moffitt, assistant athletic director/strength and conditioning: Tommy Moffitt is one of the longest-tenured assistant coaches in the SEC, spending his fall Saturdays on the LSU sidelines for the last 16 years. Considered one of the best strength-and-conditioning coaches in the nation, Moffitt helped the Tigers to national titles in 2003 and 2007.

Mississippi State — John Hevesy, Greg Knox and Scott Sallach: There are three coaches remaining from Dan Mullen’s original staff at Mississippi State. Most notable among them is offensive coordinator John Hevesy, who assumed the role with the Bulldogs in 2009, Mullen’s first season in Starkville. Running backs coach/special teams coordinator Greg Knox and tight ends coach Scott Sallach have also spent the last seven years with Mississippi State.

Missouri — New Missouri head coach Barry Odom has served non-consecutively as a Tigers assistant for four of the last seven years, including last season as defensive coordinator. Now the top cat in Columbia, Odom retained a pair of coaches that he previously worked with at Mizzou in running backs coach Cornell Ford and his wide receivers equivalent Andy Hill. Both coaches have been involved in the Tigers’ offense for seven years, joining the program along with Odom in 2009 when Gary Pinkel was the head coach and Missouri was still in the Big 12.

Ole Miss — Derrick Nix, running backs: Ole Miss’ Derrick Nix predates Rebels head coach Hugh Freeze in Oxford. Freeze kept the veteran coach on the payroll when he took over in 2012. Nix had previously served under the same title as an original member of former coach Houston Nutt’s staff, making the 2016 season his ninth with the Ole Miss ball-carriers.

South Carolina — Shawn Elliott, offensive line: Shawn Elliott is the lone member of Steve Spurrier’s former staff to remain employed in Columbia under Will Muschamp’s new regime. Elliott earned the spot after taking over for the Head Ball Coach six games into the 2015 season and guiding the Gamecocks to a 1-5 record. His enthusiasm isn’t lost on the players or fans as he enters his seventh year with South Carolina.

Tennessee — Steve Stripling, Tommy Thigpen, Willie Martinez, Don Mahoney, Zach Azzanni and Robert Gillespie: Butch Jones’ staff has remained largely intact in Tennessee with six coaches still stalking the sidelines three years after Jones took over in Rocky Top. Among them are Steve Striping (DLs), Tommy Thigpen (LBs), Willie Martinez (DBs), Don Mahoney (OLs), Zach Azzanni (WRs) and Robert Gillespie (RBs). The Vols have an experienced roster led by a veteran staff. The confluence of the two could finally get Tennessee back atop the SEC East.

Texas A&M — Clarence McKinney and Terry Price: Only Clarence McKinney (RBs) and Terry Price (DEs) remain from Kevin Sumlin’s first coaching staff at Texas A&M. While the pair are the only two on-field coaches left from that original staff, several other personnel — such as director of football sports performance coach Larry Jackson and associate athletic director Justin Moore — have also called College Station their home for four years.

Vanderbilt — Gerry Gdowski, Chris Marve, Marc Mattioli and James Dobson: Derek Mason has witnessed a high rate of turnover on his staff in the two short years he’s headed up Vanderbilt. However, several coaches remain from his first staff in Nashville, including Gerry Gdowski (QBs), Chris Marve (ILBs), Marc Mattioli (DBs) and James Dobson (strength coach). Of course, not many have been around the Commodores’ program quite as long as Tom Bossung. The head athletic trainer has been part of Vanderbilt for 21 years, 17 of them in his current role.