Virginia Tech became the latest Power 5 program to fire its football coach, and that move could have a domino effect in the SEC.

Bill O’Brien, Alabama’s first-year offensive coordinator, was mentioned by FootballScoop as a possible candidate to replace Justin Fuente.

Among the other possibilities mentioned were Louisiana’s Billy Napier, Liberty’s Hugh Freeze, Coastal Carolina’s Jamey Chadwell, Notre Dame defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman and East Carolina’s Mike Houston.

Here’s how FootballScoop described O’Brien as a candidate:

O’Brien, like Freeze, has previous Power 5 coaching experience. His work at Penn State in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal and the ouster of Joe Paterno remains one of the absolutely brilliant coaching jobs in the past 20 years.

O’Brien also owns a strong run atop the Houston Texans’ franchise – before he sought a bit too much power with both general manager and head coaching duties. The Texans flamed out, and O’Brien became yet another star-studded coaching reclamation asset for Saban and the Tide.

Alabama isn’t putting up the insane numbers it did in previous years with Lane Kiffin and then Steve Sarkisian calling the plays, but it is in position to make another run to the College Football Playoff with a first-year starting quarterback.