The Bowl Championship Series continues to fade into the past, as the 2017 college football season will feature the fourth edition of the College Football Playoff — the postseason system that replaced the controversial BCS.

During the BCS era (1998-2013), the SEC had a ton of success, winning seven straight national titles in one stretch. However, the conference also saw a lot of head coaches fail.

A few more names could have made the list below, such as John L. Smith, who went 4-8 with Arkansas in 2012 after Bobby Petrino lost his job when details about extramarital affairs arose following his motorcycle accident. The roster was way more talented than a four-win outfit, but the circumstances and timing made the hire difficult for the Hogs’ administration. So the former Louisville and Michigan State head coach will get spared from making this list.

Let’s take a look at the biggest flops as SEC head coaches during the BCS era, in no particular order.

Oh, and you had to coach at least one game in the SEC to qualify. I’m looking at you, Mike Price.

Derek Dooley, Tennessee (2010-12)

The former LSU assistant and recruiting coordinator finished 15-21 during his three years on Rocky Top. Struggles on the recruiting trail ultimately doomed the son of legendary Georgia coach Vince Dooley. His win totals dropped each year, from six in his debut season to five and then four. Despite being brought to Baton Rouge by Nick Saban partly for his recruiting prowess, he was unable to land the talent needed to make the Volunteers SEC East contenders. Additionally, a Tennessee head coach rarely can withstand losses to Kentucky and Vanderbilt. Dooley, who arrived in Knoxville coming off of a 4-8 season at Louisiana Tech, now works in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys as the team’s wide receivers coach.

Ed Orgeron, Ole Miss (2005-07)

We’ll see how his tenure with LSU works out in this CFP era, but Ed O’s SEC debut was a compete disaster. The Louisiana native was brought to Oxford from USC, whose offense he took with him to the SEC. He compiled a 10-25 mark during his time with the Rebels, including just three conference wins, despite having rosters that included defensive standouts such as Patrick Willis and Greg Hardy as well as offensive personnel like Michael Oher, Dexter McCluster, Mike Wallace and BenJarvis Green-Ellis. Houston Nutt would come in and win nine games in each of his first two seasons following Orgeron’s departure. Orgeron insists that he has learned a lot from his time at Ole Miss, so we’ll see if the Bayou Bengals get a more refined SEC head coach as he prepares to begin his first full season as the Tigers’ head man.

Joker Phillips, Kentucky (2010-12)

When he arrived in Lexington, the Wildcats were on the upswing. UK football had earned postseason bids in four straight years under Rich Brooks — including making its way into the AP Top 25 poll. But after earning a bowl berth in his first season, Phillips won just five games in his sophomore campaign before bottoming out in 2012 with a two-win season — victories coming only against Kent State and Samford. Despite helping UK snap a 26-game losing streak to Tennessee, Phillips compiled a 13-24 mark with the ’Cats, and only now has Mark Stoops re-stabilized the program. Phillips is currently the wide receivers coach for first-year Cincinnati head coach Luke Fickell, and he has proven to be better suited as an assistant.

Mike Shula, Alabama (2003-06)

The Crimson Tide are enjoying the closest thing we’ll ever see to a college football dynasty right now under Nick Saban, but it wasn’t always peaches and cream in Tuscaloosa. Following a 10-win 2005 season that featured a Cotton Bowl victory, Shula was given a six-year, $1.8 million contract extension. A year later, he was fired. The son of a legendary NFL coach, Shula underachieved in Tuscaloosa even though he took over under tough circumstances. While he finished with a 26-23 record, the NCAA vacated 16 wins from the 2005 and 2006 campaigns. The former Tide quarterback certainly helped stabilize the program a bit following the disastrous Mike Price “tenure,” but the fact remains that he ultimately seemed a bit overwhelmed. ’Bama went a combined 1-7 against Auburn and Tennessee under Shula, and his final season included a loss to 3-9 Mississippi State. He is now the offensive coordinator for the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, and Pro Football Focus named him the offensive coordinator of the year for the 2015 NFL campaign.

Will Muschamp, Florida (2011-14)

While he was once tabbed as the heir apparent to Mack Brown at Texas, Muschamp just didn’t work out in Gainesville. Though his defenses were always strong, he was unable to field even average offenses, and that led to his downfall after compiling a 28-21 mark in four seasons. Outside of the 11-2 campaign in 2012, his teams were 17-19 — including a 4-8 mark in 2013 that was the program’s first losing season since 1979 and ended a 22-year bowl streak. The same year, the Gators suffered losses to both Vanderbilt and then-FCS foe Georgia Southern. While injuries were a factor on some of the inept offenses during his tenure, Muschamp’s vanilla approach on that side of the ball never worked in Gainesville. A 42-13 Homecoming loss to Missouri was the beginning of the end in his final season. Now, he is back in the SEC East, trying to make South Carolina the solid program that it was under another former UF head coach, Steve Spurrier.

Lane Kiffin, Tennessee (2009)

The former Oakland Raiders head coach’s lone campaign at Tennessee wasn’t great, as the Vols went 7-5 in the regular season in the first post-Phillip Fulmer year. It was the first time in 25 seasons that Tennessee was never ranked in the AP Top 25 poll. But it was a better year than the previous one, as the team’s struggles and 5-7 effort prompted Fulmer’s departure. We’ll never know how the Kiffin era would have evolved, as he left after one season for USC. That’s why he makes this list: his departure set the stage for the arrival of Derek Dooley, which only continued to set the program back. The swagger and brash off-the-field behavior certainly rubbed some people the wrong way, but consistent winning seasons would have made that all for naught. And any Vols fan who says he or she didn’t love the way Kiffin went right after Urban Meyer and the Florida program from the get-go is not being completely honest. We’ll now see if Kiffin can parlay his strong stint as Alabama’s offensive coordinator into a successful run at FAU — and possibly a much bigger gig sooner than later.

Ron Zook, Florida (2002-04)

The Gators were able to enjoy the successes of Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer. However, they had to endure the rocky tenures of Ron Zook and Will Muschamp as well. UF brought in Zook from the NFL assistant ranks, though he had stints in Gainesville in the early to mid-’90s as a defensive/special teams assistant. Replacing the Head Ball Coach was just too much of a burden for Zook, who posted a 23-14 mark and dropped more home games in three seasons than the program did during Spurrier’s long reign roaming the sideline at The Swamp. The Gators failed to close games down the stretch several times under Zook, who is now the special teams coach for the Green Bay Packers. Then-athletic director Jeremy Foley sought out Mike Shanahan and Bob Stoops before hiring Zook, but both declined. Zook, who failed to beat a ranked opponent at home, was not exactly the ideal backup plan, as the Gators finished with five losses in each of his three seasons in Gainesville. (Zook left before Florida’s bowl game in 2004, thus he was credited with only four losses that season.)