Coaching Merry-Go-Round Picks Up Speed Six Fall - Or Are Pushed - Off Monday, One Climbs On As Changes Mounting

And the coaching hits just keep coming …

Dan Henning resigned at Boston College, Johnny Majors stepped down at Pittsburgh, Jerry Pettibone quit at Oregon State, and Maryland’s Mark Duffner and SMU’s Tom Rossley were fired Monday in the latest round of coaching changes.

With two weeks left in the regular season, 20 of 111 Division I-A football coaches have either resigned, retired or been fired.

And in I-AA, Brian McNeely was fired at Idaho State.

Some schools already have replacements.

Today, Indiana will hire Cam Cameron, an assistant with the Washington Redskins, to replace Bill Mallory, who was fired Oct. 31.

But Baylor will look on. Athletic director Tom Stanton said former Colorado coach Bill McCartney turned down an offer to replace Chuck Reedy, who was fired Sunday, to continue his work with Promise Keepers.

Got it so far? There’s more.

Since the NCAA went to I-A and I-AA schools in 1978, the record for most coaching changes in a season is 27 in 1980, when there were 139 schools in I-A.

At Corvallis, Ore., Pettibone, 57, said he was leaving the profession because of “the constant stress and strain and the time demands.”

“I mean, you really don’t have a life to yourself. You carry the responsibility of head football coach with you 24 hours a day.”

Pettibone, who had a record of 13-52-1, including 2-9 this season, said he planned to spend more time with his wife and daughter.

“My family is more important than football.”

Pettibone will get a $200,000 settlement from the university. He had 2-1/2 years left on his contract with a base annual salary of $96,000.

At Boston College, Henning resigned two days after another losing season, this one rocked by a gambling scandal.

At Pittsburgh, the 61-year-old Majors leaves after Saturday’s game against Rutgers. In his second stint with the Panthers, Majors is 11-32 in four seasons. Majors is 184-137-10 in 28 seasons at Iowa State, Pitt and Tennessee.

At College Park, Md., the 43-year-old Duffner finished his five years at Maryland with a 20-35 record, including 5-6 this season.