Incredibly, 37 assistant coaches have left SEC teams since the end of the regular season

We are less than two weeks removed from National Signing Day and the constant upheaval of assistant coaching moves is only now beginning to slow down in the SEC. With the dizzying array of jobs changing hands within the league, we thought it would be interesting to round up the total number of full-time, on-the-field assistants to leave their jobs this offseason in the SEC.

By our count, either by their own choosing or by being let go, 37 assistant coaches have left their positions in the SEC this offseason.

Alabama and Ole Miss are the only two schools in the SEC to lose multiple assistants from the same position – offensive coordinator for the Tide, receivers and defensive line coach for the Rebels. Ole Miss leads the SEC with six assistants leaving with Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee ranking just behind with each having four coaches leave their respective programs.

Vanderbilt is the only program not to lose an assistant this offseason.

Is this a disturbing trend in college football, or simply a one-off high mark in assistant coach movement?

Here’s the full list:

Alabama (4)
Offensive coordinator (twice – Lane Kiffin, Steve Sarkisian)
Offensive tackles/tight ends (Mario Cristobal)
Receivers (Billy Napier)

Arkansas (2)
Defensive coordinator (Robb Smith)
Defensive line (Rory Segrest)

Auburn (3)
Offensive coordinator (Rhett Lashlee)
Special teams coordinator/tight ends (Scott Fountain)
Defensive backs (Wesley McGriff)

LSU (3)
Running backs (Jabbar Juluke)
Receivers/recruiting coordinator (Dameyune Craig)
Special teams coordinator (Bradley Dale Peveto)

Ole Miss (6)
Offensive coordinator (Dan Werner)
Defensive coordinator (Dave Wommack)
Defensive line (twice – Chris Kiffin, Tray Scott)
Receivers (twice – Grant Heard, Matt Lubick)

Mississippi State (3)
Defensive coordinator (Peter Sirmon)
Quarterbacks (Brian Johnson)
Safeties (Maurice Linguist)

Texas A&M (1)
Defensive backs (Terry Joseph)

Florida (3)
Defensive coordinator (Geoff Collins)
Defensive backs (Torrian Gray)
Offensive line (Mike Summers)

Georgia (1)
Defensive line (Tracy Rocker)

Kentucky (4)
Defensive coordinator (D.J. Eliot)
Defensive line (Jimmy Brumbaugh)
Receivers (Chad Scott)
Outside linebackers (Andy Buh)

Missouri (2)
Defensive backs (Greg Brown)
Defensive line (Jackie Shipp)

South Carolina (1)
Offensive line (Shawn Elliott)

Tennessee (4)
Offensive coordinator (Mike DeBord)
Defensive line (Steve Stripling)
Defensive back (Willie Martinez)
Offensive line (Don Mahoney)

Michael Wayne Bratton

A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com