The SEC has seen its share of turnover among its coordinators this offseason and the slew of new hires has reshaped the conference. All told, SEC programs will be breaking in 14 new coordinators when the 2016 season kicks off.

Of the freshly minted coordinators staring out on the recruiting trail for their respective new teams, all but one, LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda, has previous experience coaching in the SEC.

Here’s a recap of the recent comings-and-goings among SEC coordinators.

ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE

  • Former Defensive Coordinator – Kirby Smart
  • New Defensive Coordinator – Jeremy Pruitt

The skinny: Alabama and Georgia essentially traded defensive coordinators; the only difference is the Bulldogs named Kirby Smart their head coach. After crafting of one the toughest Crimson Tide defenses in the Nick Saban era, Smart left the national champs for a shot at running the show in Athens. In his place, Saban swept up Georgia’s Jeremy Pruitt to run his defense. It’s Pruitt’s third stop in Alabama, having previously served as a general assistant to start his coaching career before returning as director of player development and eventually defensive backs coach. When Smart left, he also took Tide defensive backs coach Mel Tucker to run the Bulldogs defense. Instead of hiring a new defensive backs coach, it appears that Pruitt could pull double-duty and serve that role in a unit that boasts breakout players such as Minkah Fitzpatrick and Marlon Humphrey. Alabama under Pruitt should pick right back up where they left off with Smart, thanks to a full cupboard of talent. But one of the most unheralded coaching moves, however, might be Saban’s re-signing of strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran.

AUBURN TIGERS

  • Former Defensive Coordinator – Will Muschamp
  • New Defensive Coordinator – Kevin Steele

It helps that Kevin Steele’s brother is an associate athletics director at Auburn, but that’s not the reason why Gus Malzahn named Steele as his new defensive coordinator. Steele takes over for the departed Will Muschamp, who darted off to South Carolina after one season with Auburn. The Tennessee alum is no stranger to the SEC, serving as LSU’s offensive coordinator this season and having made previous coaching stops at Alabama (defensive coordinator), as well as with his alma mater. Steele also went 9-36 in four years as head coach of Baylor and coached linebackers at Nebraska, Oklahoma State and the Carolina Panthers in the NFL. The Tigers largely under-performed under Muschamp, ranking No. 13 in the SEC in total defense. Steele’s arrival can hopefully reverse some of that misfortune and establish some consistency at the position that sees its third coordinator in as many years.

GEORGIA BULLDOGS

  • Former Offensive Coordinator: Brian Schottenheimer
  • New Offensive Coordinator: Jim Chaney
  • Former Defensive Coordinator: Jeremy Pruitt
  • New Defensive Coordinator: Mel Tucker

New head coach Kirby Smart decided to go a different route and not retain Mark Richt’s former coordinators at Georgia. Smart jettisoned OC Brian Schottenheimer and DC Jeremy Pruitt to bring in Jim Chaney and Mel Tucker, respectively. Chaney served as offensive coordinator at Tennessee (2009-2012) and Arkansas (2013-14) and most recently coached the same position at Pittsburgh last year. The coach is known for implementing the spread offense at Purdue in the early 2000s, but utilized more of a pro-option approach when coaching under Lane Kiffin at Tennessee. With a bevy of talent, especially at running back, Chaney should be able to tailor the Bulldog offense to its strengths. Defensively, Tucker arrives in Athens will a truckload of experience as a defensive coordinator, most notably in the NFL with the Chicago Bears and Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously coached the defensive backs for Alabama, earning a ring this season in his lone season with the Tide.

KENTUCKY WILDCATS

  • Former Offensive Coordinator – Shannon Dawson
  • New Offensive Coordinator – Eddie Gran
  • New Co-Offensive Coordinator – Darin Hinshaw
  • New Co-Defensive Coordinator –  Derrick Ansley

Eddie Gran replaces Shannon Dawson running the Kentucky offense after serving the same role for Cincinnati the past three years. He’s reunited with Mark Stoops, who coached with Gran at Florida State. Also jumping ship from the Bearcats is Darin Hinshaw to assist in running the Wildcat offense with Gran. Both are considered master recruiters. Joining D.J. Eliot as co-defensive coordinator as a reward for his hard work and success is Derrick Ansley, who helped improve Kentucky’s defensive backs into a unit that ranked No. 29 nationally in pass defense this season.

LSU TIGERS

  • Former Defensive Coordinator – Kevin Steele
  • New Defensive Coordinator – Dave Aranda

For the second time in four years, the SEC dipped into Wisconsin’s coaching pool and pulled out a winner. Les Miles added Badger defensive coordinator Dave Aranda to replace Kevin Steele as his newest defensive coordinator. Aranda is the lone new coordinator in the SEC without any previous ties to the conference. Aranda arrives in Baton Rouge having recently also led the defenses of Hawaii, Utah State and Southern Utah. Under the coordinator in Madison, Wisconsin finished No. 1 in the nation this year in scoring defense (13.7 average) and second in overall defense.

MISSISSIPPI STATE

  • Former Defensive Coordinator – Manny Diaz
  • New Defensive Coordinator – Peter Sirmon

Peter Sirmon gets his first opportunity at defensive coordinator, replacing Manny Diaz, who packed his bags and followed Mark Richt to Miami. Sirmon spent most of his playing and coaching career in the Pac-12 at Washington and his alma mater, Oregon. The former Tennessee Titan player is familiar with the state, however, coaching the Tennessee Volunteers linebackers during the 2010 and 2011 seasons under Derek Dooley. Sirmon is an excellent recruiter, having served as both linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator for Southern California last season. The Trojans finished as the No. 4 scoring defense in the Pac-12 and No. 1 in the conference on defensively on third downs. The Rebels under Diaz slumped to No. 11 in the SEC in total defense.

MISSOURI TIGERS

  • Former Defensive Coordinator – Barry Odom
  • New Defensive Coordinator – DeMontie Cross

Barry Odom’s promotion to head coach created an opening at defensive coordinator for Missouri. One of the coach’s first moves was to bring in a face familiar with Tiger football in DeMontie Cross to run the defense. Odom and Cross were teammates on the Mizzou defense during the 1996 season. Cross’ returns to Columbia, having recently served as defensive coordinator for TCU. He inherits a defense that won’t have leading tackler Kentrell Brothers, but should still have one of the more-stacked defenses in the SEC. Cross turned around an inexperienced Horned Frog defense last year that entered the season with no returning starters at linebacker and turned the group into an award-winning entity.

SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS

  • Former Offensive Coordinators – Shawn Elliott and Steve Spurrier Jr.
  • New Offensive Coordinators – Bryan McClendon and Kurt Roper
  • Former Defensive Coordinators – Lorenzo Ward and Jon Hoke
  • New Defensive Coordinator – Travaris Robinson

New head coach Will Muschamp has cleaned house in an attempt to put his own stamp on South Carolina while separating himself from the Steve Spurrier era. The Gamecocks will still go with a two-coordinator system on offense as Kurt Roper, who will also work with the quarterbacks, reunited with Muschamp, whom he coached with at Florida. He’ll split the role with Georgia alum Bryan McClendon, a shrewd recruiter who will double as the team’s wide receivers coach. Defensively, Travaris Robinson is given the task of raising South Carolina from the SEC’s basement for total defense. This is his third stop in the SEC, with previous assignments coaching defensive backs for Auburn (under Muschamp), Florida, Texas Tech and Southern Miss.

TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS

  • Former Defensive Coordinator – John Jancek
  • New Defensive Coordinator – Bob Shoop

Apparently working under James Franklin for five seasons was enough for Bob Shoop. The offensive coordinator spurned Penn State after this offseason for a chance to return to the SEC, where he previous served as defensive coordinator for Franklin at Vanderbilt during the Commodores’ recent heyday. Shoop also reportedly turned down interest from Auburn as well, before signing on with Butch Jones and Tennessee. Shoop is a Yale alumnus and a former head coach of Columbia who has also spent time on the sidelines at Virginia, Army, Villanova, Boston College, UMass and William & Mary. Under Shoop, Penn State finished with the country’s No. 14 defense in 2015. While Tennessee was respectable under Jancek, the Volunteer defense had trouble closing out opponents at times this season.