This past offseason was rare indeed as not a single SEC head coach lost his job.

We were due, perhaps long overdue, for such calm considering how frequently the coaching carousel spun in the first part of the decade.

In the past 5 seasons, Florida is the only SEC program that has twice removed a full-time head coach. Four programs have had the same head coach, most notably Alabama, which hasn’t posted an ad since hiring Nick Saban in 2007.

What has happened to the head coaches who left or were let go in the past 5 years? Almost every one rebounded in a big way.

Arkansas: Bret Bielema

Final season: 2017

Where is he now? When he’s not doting on his young daughter, Bielema might still be celebrating New England’s Super Bowl title. After Arkansas fired him, Bielema joined the Patriots as a special assistant to Bill Belichick.

His name was mentioned during various college coaching searches and he was a candidate to become the Patriots’ defensive coordinator. (Greg Schiano got that job.)

Florida: Will Muschamp and Jim McElwain

Final season: Muschamp (2014), McElwain (2017)

Where are they now? Muschamp spent the 2015 season at Auburn, rebuilding his brand before replacing Steve Spurrier as South Carolina’s head coach in 2016. Muschamp then replaced Spurrier as the Gamecocks’ winningest coach through the first 3 years. He’s now 22-17 entering his fourth year in Columbia.

McElwain, who was fired during the 2017 season, also rehabbed his reputation as a Power 5 assistant before landing another head coaching job. McElwain spent last season as an offensive assistant on Jim Harbaugh’s staff at Michigan.

In December, he was named head coach at Central Michigan.

Georgia: Mark Richt

Final season: 2015

Where is he now? Relaxing. After being fired at Georgia, Richt didn’t wait long to return to the sidelines. Within a month, he accepted the head coaching job at Miami. He resigned in December. His short stint produced mixed results: The Canes won 26 games — their best 3-year run under the same coach since Larry Coker’s hot start in the early 2000s. But Richt never solved his QB problem and Miami fell out of the AP Poll entirely after starting this past season at No. 8.

Richt was part of ESPN’s Signing Day coverage team. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see him expand on that role.

LSU: Les Miles

Final season: 2016

Where is he now? Miles searched longer than anybody else on this list after he was fired 4 games into the 2016 season. He spent some time as an actor and analyst before being named Kansas’ head coach in November.

It’s a long way from LSU in every way imaginable. Kansas has won 18 games total in the past 9 seasons, going through 3 head coaches in the process.

The Jayhawks and Miles both have this in common, however: 2007 was a magical year. Miles guided LSU to the national title. Kansas won a program-record 12 games. But the Jayhawks’ lone loss in the regular-season finale against Missouri helped open the door for LSU to reach the BCS title game.

Mississippi State: Dan Mullen

Final season: 2017

Where is he now? Restoring faith in Florida football. After years of being mentioned for seemingly every prominent Power 5 job, Mullen finally decided to leave Starkville and return to Florida, where he helped Urban Meyer win two national championships.

The Gators went 10-3 in Mullen’s first year. He won 10 games just once in 9 seasons at Mississippi State.

Missouri: Gary Pinkel

Final season: 2015

Where is he now: Pinkel retired due to health concerns and since has become one of the Tigers’ biggest cheerleaders. He’s active on Twitter, almost always putting Mizzou in a positive spotlight. This is just one of dozens of examples.

He took particular delight in watching his former players perform well at the recent Combine.

He also wrote a book, “100-Yard Journey” and spent a good deal of 2017 doing book tours promoting it and Mizzou.

Ole Miss: Hugh Freeze

Final season: 2016

Where is he now? Freeze recently was named head coach at Liberty University, a Christian school and, he said, an ideal landing spot to work on himself.

There’s no need to rehash his seedy past or NCAA issues that occurred on his watch at Ole Miss. The Rebels have moved on. Finally, after close calls of nearly being hired as an offensive coordinator in the SEC, Freeze has, too.

South Carolina: Steve Spurrier

Final season: 2015

Where is he now? Putting the fun-n-gun in the AAF.

Spurrier is the head coach of the Orlando Apollos in the newly-formed pro league. He’s says it’s the perfect job. Condensed season, no recruiting and the opportunity to call plays like this.

He’s still talking plenty of smack, too. Last month, he said he knew when and why he had to leave South Carolina in the middle of the 2015 season.

“One day, I looked in the mirror and said, ‘You are a lousy ball coach. You used to be a good one, but you ain’t now,” Spurrier told ESPN. “It was best for South Carolina to get out of there.”

Tennessee: Butch Jones

Final season: 2017

Where is he now? He’s still an analyst at Alabama, despite numerous reports in December that he was going to join Mike Locksley at Maryland.

Jones made $35,000 in that role last season, but don’t worry, nobody’s going hungry or clipping coupons. Tennessee still is paying Jones’ buyout in monthly installments. According to the Knoxville News, UT paid Jones $2.81 million in 2018 and will pay him $2.4 million in 2019. He payments continue through February 2021.

Texas A&M: Kevin Sumlin

Final season: 2017

Where is he now? Smiling in Arizona. He rebounded quickly, receiving a $9.9 million buyout from Texas A&M and signing a 5-year, $14.5 million deal with the Wildcats.

Winning proved to be a bit more difficult on the field, where the Wildcats finished 5-7 in Sumlin’s first season. Once again, a late collapse was to blame.

This time, needing a victory in their final game to secure a bowl bid, Arizona led rival Arizona State by 19 points in the fourth quarter, only to give up 20 unanswered points and lose 41-40.