A look at the Week 1 results for first-year college football head coaches. Overall, they went 13-12 SU and 12-12 ATS (one game wasn't lined). Eliminate games vs. FCS competition (7-2 SU, 4-4 ATS) and our group was 6-10 SU and 8-8 ATS. Note that there were two first-year HC vs. first-year HC matchups: Arizona vs. Toledo and Rutgers vs. Tulane.
| Week 1 Resuts for First-Year College Football Head Coaches |
School | 2012 Coach | SU | ATS | Akron | Terry Bowden | Loss | Loss | Arizona | Rich Rodriguez | Win | Loss | Arizona State | Todd Graham | Win | Win | Arkansas State | Gus Malzahn | Loss | Win | Colorado State | Jim McElwain | Win | Win | Florida Atlantic | Carl Pelini | Win | Loss | Fresno State | Tim DeRuyter | Win | Win | Hawaii | Norm Chow | Loss | Win | Houston | Tony Levine | Loss | Loss | Illinois | Tim Beckman | Win | Win | Kansas | Charlie Weis | Win | Loss | Memphis | Justin Fuente | Loss | Loss | New Mexico | Bob Davie | Win | N/L | North Carolina | Larry Fedora | Win | Win | Ohio State | Urban Meyer | Win | Win | Ole Miss | Hugh Freeze | Win | Win | Penn State | Bill O'Brien | Loss | Loss | Pittsburgh | Paul Chryst | Loss | Loss | Rutgers | Kyle Flood | Win | Loss | Southern Miss | Ellis Johnson | Loss | Loss | Texas A&M | Kevin Sumlin | DNP | DNP | Toledo | Matt Campbell | Loss | Win | Tulane | Curtis Johnson | Loss | Win | UAB | Garrick McGee | Loss | Loss | UCLA | Jim L. Mora | Win | Win | Washington State | Mike Leach | Loss | Loss |
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