Heads Are Starting To Roll

Alabama coach Mark Gottfried and Georgia coach Dennis Felton were fired mid-season. Well now we have the first coach fired after the season.

According to Foxsports.com writer Jeff Goodman, Virginia has fired their caoch Dave Leitao.

Leitao was hired at Virginia four years ago after spending time as the DePaul head coach. In his second season he lead Virginia to a regular season first-place finish. But after two mediocre seasons, Leitao is out at Virginia.

Just goes to show you how competitive the ACC is. Leitao led Virginia to a first-place finish in the ACC two years ago, and now he is out of the job.

Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel and Xavier coach Sean Miller are expected to be the front runners for the Virginia job.

Capel would be the logical choice, especially after he coached at Virginia Commonwealth. But Capel has a great job at Oklahoma in a great conference in the Big 12. Miller would be a great choice.

Miller could join a line of former Xavier coaches who left that program to lead at a bigger school. He would join Skip Prosser and Thad Matta, if he leaves, as former Xavier coaches leaving for a bigger school and bigger conference.