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Here’s a Western Division breakdown of who’s out and who’s in for the 2010 season. Auburn was the only team in the league without any turnover:

ALABAMA

Who’s out: Associate head coach/linebackers coach James Willis

Who’s in: Alabama coach Nick Saban promoted Jeremy Pruitt from director of player development to fill the vacancy left by Willis, who went to Texas Tech to be Tommy Tuberville’s defensive coordinator. Pruitt had been Alabama’s director of player development for the last three seasons and coached at Hoover High School just outside Birmingham prior to that.

ARKANSAS

Who’s out: Offensive coordinator/receivers coach Paul Petrino, assistant head coach/offensive line coach Mike Summers and defensive ends coach Kirk Botkin.

Who’s in: Garrick McGee was promoted to offensive coordinator after Paul Petrino left to take the Illinois offensive coordinator’s job. Kris Cinkovich will coach receivers after spending the last six seasons coaching receivers at UNLV. Steve Caldwell, who was out of coaching last season, will coach ends. Caldwell was on Phillip Fulmer’s staff at Tennessee for 14 seasons. Chris Klenakis will coach offensive line after coming over from Nevada.

LSU

Who’s out: Assistant head coach/running backs coach Larry Porter, receivers coach D.J. McCarthy and tight ends/recruiting coordinator Don Yanowsky.

Who’s in: Frank Wilson, who was at Tennessee last season, will coach the running backs and serve as recruiting coordinator. Billy Gonzales will coach receivers and serve as the passing game coordinator. Gonzales spent the last five seasons at Florida. Steve Ensminger, a former quarterback at LSU, will coach tight ends. He spent last season coaching high school football, but was at Auburn the six seasons prior to that and has also coached at Georgia, Clemson and Texas A&M.

MISSISSIPPI STATE

Who’s out: Defensive coordinator Carl Torbush and defensive line coach David Turner.

Who’s in: Manny Diaz will be the Bulldogs’ defensive coordinator and also coach linebackers. He was the defensive coordinator at Middle Tennessee State the previous four seasons. Chris Wilson will serve as co-defensive coordinator and coach the defensive line. He spent the last five seasons coaching the defensive line at Oklahoma.

OLE MISS

Who’s out: Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Kent Austin.

Who’s in: Dave Rader will coach quarterbacks and take over as co-offensive coordinator for Austin, who left to take the head-coaching job at Cornell. Rader was out of coaching the last three seasons, but was the offensive coordinator at Alabama under Mike Shula from 2003 to 2006. He was also the head coach at Tulsa from 1988 to 1999. Rader will share the coordinator duties with Mike Markuson, who was promoted by Houston Nutt and will also continue to coach the offensive line.

With LSU opening spring practice Monday, I thought it might be wise to go over all the coaching changes in the SEC this year.

As usual, it was a revolving door this past offseason. In fact, Auburn was the only school in the league that didn’t have any staff turnover. The final number of head coaches or assistants departing for various reasons was 31.

Some were fired. Others got better gigs, while there were a few that were swayed elsewhere (within the conference) for more money.

Here’s an Eastern Division breakdown of who’s out and who’s in for the 2010 season. We'll do the Western Division a little bit later:

FLORIDA

Who’s out: Associate head coach/defensive coordinator Charlie Strong, defensive coordinator George Edwards, recruiting coordinator/receivers coach Billy Gonzales, cornerbacks coach Vance Bedford and running backs coach Kenny Carter.

Who’s in: Teryl Austin, who spent the last seven seasons as the Arizona Cardinals’ defensive backs coach, is Florida’s new defensive coordinator. He replaces George Edwards, who held the job for less than a month before going back to the NFL with the Buffalo Bills. Edwards replaced Charlie Strong, who left following the season to take the Louisville head job. Stan Drayton returns to coach running backs. He was at Florida earlier this decade before moving on to Tennessee and most recently Syracuse. D.J. Durkin will coach defensive ends and special teams after spending the last three seasons at Stanford. Zach Azzanni will coach receivers. He was previously the assistant head coach/receivers coach at Central Michigan.

GEORGIA

Who’s out: Defensive coordinator/secondary coach Willie Martinez, co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach John Jancek and defensive ends coach Jon Fabris.

Who’s in: Former Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator Todd Grantham takes over as Georgia’s defensive coordinator. He was the Dallas Cowboys’ defensive line coach the last two seasons. Scott Lakatos will coach the defensive backs after spending the last six seasons on the Connecticut staff, and Warren Belin will coach linebackers after spending the last eight seasons on the Vanderbilt staff.

KENTUCKY

Who’s out: Head coach Rich Brooks, offensive line coach Jimmy Heggins and defensive line coach Rick Petri.

Who’s in: Joker Phillips, who was already the Wildcats’ coach in waiting, takes over the head coaching reins. Mike Summers will coach the offensive line after serving as assistant head coach/offensive line coach at Arkansas the last two seasons. Former Tennessee quarterback Tee Martin will coach the receivers. Martin was the quarterbacks coach at New Mexico last season. David Turner, who has coached at four different SEC schools, will coach the defensive line. Turner was at Mississippi State the last three seasons.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Who’s out: Offensive line coach/running game coordinator Eric Wolford.

Who’s in: Shawn Elliott replaces Wolford, who left to take the head coaching job at Youngstown State. Elliott has spent his entire coaching career at Appalachian State, including the last nine seasons as offensive line coach.

TENNESSEE

Who’s out: Head coach Lane Kiffin, defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, recruiting coordinator/defensive line coach Ed Orgeron, quarterbacks coach David Reaves, receivers coach Frank Wilson, offensive line coach James Cregg, running backs coach/special teams coordinator Eddie Gran and defensive backs coach Willie Mack Garza.

Who’s in: Derek Dooley was hired as the Vols’ head coach after Lane Kiffin left to take the Southern California head job. Justin Wilcox comes over from Boise State to be the defensive coordinator. Charlie Baggett will serve as assistant head coach and coach the receivers. He has 11 years of NFL experience and was on the St. Louis Rams’ staff last season. Harry Hiestand will coach the offensive line. He was the offensive line coach for the Chicago Bears the past five seasons. Darin Hinshaw will coach quarterbacks. He was the receivers coach at Memphis the past three seasons. Terry Joseph will coach the secondary and special tams. He was with Dooley at Louisiana Tech. Eric Russell will coach tight ends and coordinate special teams. He was also at Louisiana Tech with Dooley. Former Tennessee All-SEC performer Chuck Smith will coach the defensive line. He worked as an assistant defensive line coach with the New York Jets last season and has also tutored several defensive linemen over the years. He played professionally for the Atlanta Falcons.

VANDERBILT

Who’s out: Linebackers coach/special teams coordinator Warren Belin.

Who’s in: Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson is still working to replace Belin, who left to join the Georgia staff. Johnson promoted Jimmy Kiser to offensive coordinator, and Kiser will call all of the Commodores’ plays this season. Ted Cain remains on staff as the tight ends coach and special teams coordinator.

A few SEC links to munch on:

• Kentucky coach Joker Phillips is already looking ahead to the 2011 class, writes Chip Cosby of The Lexington Herald-Leader.
• Evan Woodbery of The Mobile Press-Register takes a look at who will be the impact players in Auburn's 2010 signing class.
• Local Florida fans weigh in on Tim Tebow's Focus on the Family Super Bowl advertisement.
• New Ole Miss co-offensive coordinator Dave Rader says it's Houston Nutt's offense and that he's fine with that.
• In the realm of recruiting, the comparisons and contrasts never end.

New Ole Miss offensive coordinator Dave Rader met with reporters Friday morning and made it clear that he's on board to do whatever Houston Nutt wants to do offensively.

"Coming in here, we’re going to learn the Ole Miss system … I don’t know how many games coach Nutt has won in his system, so I’d be foolish to try and talk him out of it," Rader said. "So I’ll learn their system -- our system. And go from there.”

Rader and recently promoted offensive line coach Mike Markuson will share the co-offensive coordinator duties. Of course, Nutt is also heavily involved in the offense and calls a lot of the plays.

Rader has been out of coaching for the last three years. He was the Alabama offensive coordinator under Mike Shula from 2003-06.

Making the rounds in the SEC:

• Top running back prospect Marcus Lattimore of Duncan, S.C., breaks his silence and sizes up his two finalists. Lattimore will announce between Auburn and South Carolina on Tuesday night at his church.

• David Brandt of The Jackson Clarion-Ledger wonders if Dave Rader's hiring at Ole Miss was pure genius or just madness.

• Kentucky may have found a gem in diminutive Stone Mountain, Ga., running back Raymond Sanders, writes Mark Story of The Lexington Herald-Leader.

• The high school coach of top receiver prospect Da'Rick Rogers of Calhoun, Ga., says he's "totally unsure" what Rogers will do. Rogers had previously committed to Georgia, but may end up switching to Tennessee.

• South Carolina lands a couple of defensive commitments, including one the Gamecocks pried away from Vanderbilt.

• Vanderbilt has now had five different commitments to jump ship this recruiting season.

• Lane Kiffin's only season at Tennessee won't be getting its own highlight DVD, writes Austin Ward of The Knoxville News-Sentinel.

Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt announced Monday that he's hired former Alabama offensive coordinator Dave Rader as his co-offensive coordinator. Rader will also coach the Rebels' quarterbacks.

Nutt also promoted veteran offensive line coach Mike Markuson to co-offensive coordinator. They replace Kent Austin, who left to take the Cornell head coaching job.

Making the rounds in the SEC:

• Is former Alabama offensive coordinator Dave Rader headed back to the SEC or to Congress, writes Gentry Estes of The Mobile Press-Register.
• Alabama will begin spring practice on March 12, with the A-Day spring game set for April 17.
• The debate rages: Can Tim Tebow play quarterback in the NFL?
• Top-rated safety Demar Dorsey is no longer committed to the Gators, and the Gators are no longer pursuing Dorsey, who plans to visit USC.
• LSU's recruiting class suffers another hit with the decommitment of California defensive lineman Cassius Marsh.
• Tennessee lands a commitment from junior college tight end Mychal Rivera, who was also considering Kansas State.
• Former Alabama running back Roy Upchurch gets his break in the Senior Bowl and is showing what he can do.

There are reports out there that Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt is about to hire former Alabama and Mississippi State offensive coordinator Dave Rader to replace Kent Austin as the Rebels' offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Nutt, though, said nothing is done and that he's still talking to candidates. Former Louisville coach Steve Kragthorpe may be somebody to watch as well as former Ole Miss assistant Hugh Freeze, who recently took the offensive coordinator's job at San Jose State. Freeze was on the Rebels' staff under Ed Orgeron.

However it all shakes out, look for current Ole Miss offensive line coach Mike Markuson to get a promotion to co-offensive coordinator.

Rader was the head coach at Tulsa from 1988-99. He had two different stints at Alabama, the final one from 2003-06 when he was Mike Shula's offensive coordinator.