Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low
For nearly two decades, Tennessee's Phillip Fulmer was the ultimate survivor in a league where coaches are probably better suited to rent than they are to buy.
The translation: Coaches don't last very long in the SEC.
With Fulmer being forced out effective at the end of this season, that leaves Auburn's Tommy Tuberville as the SEC's longest tenured coach. Tuberville, who's also on shaky ground, is in his 10th season at Auburn.
Fulmer saw coaches come and go at a bristling pace from the time he took over full time at Tennessee in 1993. During his tenure, there were 30 head coaching changes among the 11 other schools in the SEC. The number of different head coaches in the league on Fulmer's watch totaled 36 during his 16 full seasons.
Here's a complete list:
ALABAMA
Gene Stallings
Mike DuBose
Dennis Franchione
Mike Price
Mike Shula
Nick Saban
ARKANSAS
Danny Ford
Houston Nutt
Bobby Petrino
AUBURN
Terry Bowden
Tommy Tuberville
FLORIDA
Steve Spurrier
Ron Zook
Urban Meyer
GEORGIA
Ray Goff
Jim Donnan
Mark Richt
KENTUCKY
Bill Curry
Hal Mumme
Guy Morriss
Rich Brooks
LSU
Curley Hallman
Gerry DiNardo
Nick Saban
Les Miles
MISSISSIPPI
Billy Brewer
Joe Lee Dunn
Tommy Tuberville
David Cutcliffe
Ed Orgeron
Houston Nutt
MISS. STATE
Jackie Sherrill
Sylvester Croom
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sparky Woods
Brad Scott
Lou Holtz
Steve Spurrier
VANDERBILT
Gerry DiNardo
Rod Dowhower
Woody Widenhofer
Bobby Johnson
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SEC SCOREBOARD
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