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Which SEC coach will get fired first? Coaches’ hot seat odds have been updated
By Cody McClure
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Odds have been issued for the first SEC coach to be fired this season, and it does not look good for Tennessee head coach Butch Jones, according to an article from CBS Sports.
Jones is now the leader in the pack to be the first coach fired in 2017, according to BetOnline.ag. His odds are at +150 to be let go.
Texas A&M’s Kevin Sumlin is not far behind at +275.
Here is the full list of SEC coaches’ current odds to be fired, excluding Ole Miss interim coach Matt Luke, who was not listed:
Butch Jones +150
Kevin Sumlin +275
Gus Malzahn +600
Ed Orgeron +700
Barry Odom +700
Bret Bielema +1200
Will Muschamp +1400
Mark Stoops +1400
Jim McElwain +1600
Dan Mullen +2000
Derek Mason +2500
Kirby Smart +12500
Nick Saban +25000
“It’s clear that oddsmakers expect Jones and Sumlin to both be fired, and Tennessee seems to be the more volatile of the two programs,” the CBS report stated. “Jones has surpassed Sumlin due in large part to the rather listless performance in The Swamp in which Jones seemingly forgot that running back John Kelly was running like a man possessed when the Vols got inside the 10-yard line.”
One other note on these odds … it seems that the general public and Vegas have quite differing opinions on Bret Bielema and Jim McElwain.
Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports.
