A look at the length of current FBS coaching tenures, from 1 to 125

It's time to breathe out. Every major-college (FBS/former Division I-A) head coaching job is filled.

Well, for the moment. Maybe Brian Kelly changes that in the next few days.

But this is a solid opportunity to look at just how wild instability in head coaching has become. It's easy to see it in the days after a season ends. But in the macro, it's almost as mind-blowing.

Consider:

* In the last year, 30 of the 125 major-college jobs have turned over.

* Kentucky's Mark Stoops, the first hire of the post-2012 season wave, has been on the job longer than 22.8 percent of his fellow FBS coaches. He was hired Nov. 27.

* West Virginia's Dana Holgorsen, promoted in the summer of 2011, has been on the job in Morgantown longer than 54 other head coaches.

* The median hire date of a current FBS coach is Dec. 25, 2010 --- right between Ball State's Pete Lembo (Dec. 19) and Miami (Ohio)'s Dan Treadwell (Dec. 31).

* Southern California's Lane Kiffin, hardly a paragon of a coach who puts down roots, is the 53rd-longest tenured head coach.

* It seems like Jimbo Fisher took over the Florida State job in the very recent past. He's 44th in current tenure.

* Kansas State's Bill Snyder ranks 33rd on the tenure list ... and that only counts his second stint with the Wildcats.

* Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald is almost two years shy of his 40th birthday. He still ranks 20th in active tenure at his current gig.

There's all sorts of stuff to sift through in the list below. Of course, the man at the top --- Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer --- comes as no surprise at all.

1986

1. Dec. 22 Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech

1990

2. Dec. 3 Larry Blakeney, Troy

1997

3. Dec. 3 Mack Brown, Texas

1998

4. Dec. 1 Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
5. Dec. 2 Kirk Ferentz, Iowa

2000

6. Nov. 30 Gary Pinkel, Missouri
7. Dec. 8 Gary Patterson, Texas Christian
8. Dec. 11 Jim Grobe, Wake Forest
9. Dec. 26 Mark Richt, Georgia

2003

10. Feb. 19 Mike Riley, Oregon State
11. Dec. 8 George O’Leary, Central Florida

2004

12. Nov. 23 Steve Spurrier, South Carolina
13. Dec. 9 Kyle Whittingham, Utah
14. Dec. 13 Bronco Mendenhall, Brigham Young
15. Dec. 17 Frank Solich, Ohio

2005

16. Jan. 2 Les Miles, Louisiana State
17. Jan. 3 Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
18. Dec. 12 Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee
19. Dec. 16 Chris Petersen, Boise State

2006

20. July 7 Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
21. Nov. 27 Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
22. Dec. 22 Troy Calhoun, Air Force

2007

23. Jan. 3 Nick Saban, Alabama
24. Jan. 19 David Bailiff, Rice
25. Nov. 28 Art Briles, Baylor
26. Dec. 3 Bo Pelini, Nebraska
27. Dec. 7 Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech
28. Dec. 8 Ken Niumatalolo, Navy
29. Dec. 15 David Cutcliffe, Duke

2008

30. Jan. 7 June Jones, Southern Methodist
31. Feb. 15 Joey Jones, South Alabama
32. Oct. 13 Dabo Swinney, Clemson
33. Nov. 24 Bill Snyder, Kansas State
34. Dec. 1 Dave Christensen, Wyoming
35. Dec. 6 Steve Sarkisian, Washington
36. Dec. 11 Dan Mullen, Mississippi State
37. Dec. 12 Dave Clawson, Bowling Green
T-38. Dec. 21 Ron English, Eastern Michigan
T-38. Dec. 21 Paul Rhoads, Iowa State
40. Dec. 26 Rich Ellerson, Army
41. Dec. 31 DeWayne Walker, New Mexico State

2009

42. March 6 Larry Coker, Texas-San Antonio
43. March 30 Chip Kelly, Oregon
44. Dec. 1 Jimbo Fisher, Florida State
45. Dec. 7 Mike London, Virginia
46. Dec. 9 Charlie Strong, Louisville
47. Dec. 11 Brian Kelly, Notre Dame
48. Dec. 15 Todd Berry, UL Monroe
49. Dec. 17 Doc Holliday, Marshall
50. Dec. 20 Jeff Quinn, Buffalo
51. Dec. 22 Bobby Hauck, UNLV

2010

52. Jan. 12 Dan Enos, Central Michigan
53. Jan. 13 Lane Kiffin, Southern Cal
54. Jan. 21 Ruffin McNeill, East Carolina
55. Nov. 30 Don McCarney, North Texas
56. Dec. 4 Kevin Wilson, Indiana
57. Dec. 5 Jerry Kill, Minnesota
58. Dec. 11 Will Muschamp, Florida
T-59. Dec. 12 Al Golden, Miami
T-59. Dec. 12 Mark Hudspeth, UL Lafayette
61. Dec. 17 James Franklin, Vanderbilt
62. Dec. 19 Pete Lembo, Ball State
63. Dec. 31 Dan Treadwell, Miami (Ohio)

2011

64. Jan. 2 Randy Edsall, Maryland
65. Jan. 7 Dennis Franchione, Texas State
66. Jan. 11 Brady Hoke, Michigan
67. Jan. 12 Rocky Long, San Diego State
68. Jan. 13 David Shaw, Stanford
69. Jan. 13 Paul Pasqualoni, Connecticut
70. Jan. 14 Bill Blankenship, Tulsa
71. June 11 Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia
72. Nov. 17 Bob Davie, New Mexico
73. Nov. 21 Rich Rodriguez, Arizona
73. Nov. 28 Urban Meyer, Ohio State
75. Nov. 30 Mike Leach, Washington State
76. Dec. 4 Garrick McGee, UAB
T-77. Dec. 5 Hugh Freeze, Mississippi
T-77. Dec. 5 Curtis Johnson, Tulane
T-77. Dec. 5 Carl Pelini, Florida Atlantic
T-80. Dec. 8 Larry Fedora, North Carolina
T-80. Dec. 8 Justin Fuente, Memphis
T-80. Dec. 8 Charley Molnar, Massachusetts
T-80. Dec. 8 Charlie Weis, Kansas
84. Dec. 9 Tim Beckman, Illinois
T-85. Dec. 10 Jim Mora, UCLA
T-85. Dec. 10 Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M
87. Dec. 12 Matt Campbell, Toledo
88. Dec. 13 Jim McElwain, Colorado State
T-89. Dec. 14 Todd Graham, Arizona State
T-89. Dec. 14 Tim DeRuyter, Fresno State
T-91. Dec. 21 Norm Chow, Hawaii
T-91. Dec. 21 Tony Levine, Houston
T-93. Dec. 22 Terry Bowden, Akron
T-93. Dec. 22 Paul Chryst, Pittsburgh

2012

95. Jan. 7 Bill O’Brien, Penn State
96. Jan. 31 Kyle Flood, Rutgers
97. Nov. 27 Mark Stoops, Kentucky
98. Nov. 30 Trent Miles, Georgia State
99. Dec. 1 Dave Doeren, N.C. State
100. Dec. 2 Rod Carey, Northern Illinois
101. Dec. 3 Paul Petrino, Idaho
T-102. Dec. 4 Steve Addazio, Boston College
T-102. Dec. 4 Bret Bielema, Arkansas
T-102. Dec. 4 Gus Malzahn, Auburn
T-105. Dec. 5 Sonny Dykes, California
T-105. Dec. 5 Darrell Hazell, Purdue
T-107. Dec. 7 Butch Jones, Tennessee
T-107. Dec. 7 Willie Taggart, South Florida
109. Dec. 8 Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati
T-110. Dec. 10 Sean Kugler, Texas-El Paso
T-110. Dec. 10 Mike MacIntyre, Colorado
T-110. Dec. 10 Bobby Petrino, Western Kentucky
113. Dec. 11 Todd Monken, Southern Mississippi
T-114. Dec. 12 Bryan Harsin, Arkansas State
T-114. Dec. 12 Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech
116. Dec. 14 Skip Holtz, Louisiana Tech
T-117. Dec. 17 Rob Caragher, San Jose State
T-117. Dec. 17 P.J. Fleck, Western Michigan
T-117. Dec. 17 Paul Haynes, Kent State
T-117. Dec. 17 Matt Rhule, Temple
121. Dec. 19 Gary Andersen, Wisconsin
122. Dec. 20 Matt Wells, Utah State