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In 2008, no coach in the country could have appeared more secure in his job than Texas Tech’s Mike Leach, Kansas’ Mark Mangino and South Florida’s Jim Leavitt. All three had brought their programs unprecedented success. Heck, Leavitt started his program from scratch in a trailer. Leach and Mangino took floundering Big 12 programs and made them relevant. Both were chosen national coach of the year.

One season later, they were all gone, sent packing for the same reason: allegations of player mistreatment. Not since Ohio State’s Woody Hayes had clocked a Clemson player on the sideline in the 1978 Gator Bowl had a coach’s behavior toward players created such a stir. And now there were three incidents in the same season?

It was Coaches Gone Wild.

“That they all came to fruition in this particular year, that’s what the phenomenal thing was about it,” said Grant Teaff, the executive director of the American Football Coaches Association. “I dare say, as you look to the future, it won’t happen again. It’s extraordinary.” To read more, click here.