Polarizing SEC Coach Given Blunt Hot-Seat Warning Ahead of 2025 Season originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

In the world of college football, coaches enter each season with the knowledge that they are one bad season from being on the hot seat, and potentially needing to look for work. Last year, we saw the legendary Mack Brown let go at North Carolina, while Purdue cut ties with Ryan Walters, and Jeff Tedford was released at Fresno State.

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This upcoming season, there will undoubtedly be more firings to come, but where can we expect them?

That’s always the biggest question, and one that we can try to forecast with the help of CBS Sports’ annual College Football Hot Seat Rankings. Assigning a number to every coach in the FBS from 1-5, we can get a sense of who is untouchable from a firing standpoint in 2025, and who is truly coaching for his job.

According to the 2025 rankings, there’s only one coach who reached the level of “Win or Be Fired” and he resides down in the SEC.

Arkansas Razorbacks head coach Sam Pittman© Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports

Arkansas Razorbacks head coach Sam Pittman© Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports

Arkansas Razorbacks head coach Sam Pittman is squarely on the hot seat going into this new season, according to CBS Sports. With a 30-31 record over his five years at Fayetteville, Pittman has been hovering around the hot seat for a few years now, going just 11-14 in his last two seasons. However, a victory in the Liberty Bowl last season might have helped his cause a bit.

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Expectations aren’t high for Arkansas going into the 2025 season, with ESPN’s Football Power Index ranking them as the No. 12 team in the conference with a projected record of 7-6.

We will see how QB Taylen Green can handle things, but with games against Ole Miss, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Texas, and LSU on the schedule, it could be a rough road ahead for the Razorbacks.

If things don’t turn around quickly, we very well could see Pittman on the outs in Fayetteville, and heading to a new school before all is said and done.

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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 9, 2025, where it first appeared.