Boston College Fires Head Football Coach Steve Addazio

Boston College has fired head football coach Steve Addazio.  Addazio was the head football coach at Boston College for seven seasons where the Eagles were 44-44 during that time period.  Here is a look at the Boston College Eagles football team since 2008; under three different head coaches - Jagodzinski (partial), Spaziani and Addazio.  As you will notice, Boston College had a great 2015 defense under Addazio, but the teams productivity has fallen to the average range since then.

Below is the Boston College Eagles production rank (total, offense, defense, and the average and worst teams) since 2008 using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com, as well as lines for head coaching firing.  More details about the program under Addazio is provided below.

Steve Addazio [2013-2019]

2013
At the end of Addazio's first season at the helm of the Boston College football program, the Eagles finished the regular season at 7-5 and were bowl eligible, where they were defeated by #42 ranked Arizona by a score of (19-42) to finish 7-6 overall.  The Eagles played against an “average” strength of schedule, meaning that Boston College's SOS was plus or minus one standard deviations of the "league" average SOS.  Boston College's best regular season victory was against #54 ranked Virginia Tech by a score of (34-22) and their worst loss was to #74 ranked Syracuse by a score of (31-34).  The Eagles finished the season as the #73 ranked team overall, with the #65 ranked offense and the #80 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2014
Year two under Addazio resulted in an identical win/loss record, but this Eagles team was better in terms of their production ranking than the 2013 team.  Boston College finished the regular season at 7-5, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule and were bowl eligible where they were defeated by #61 ranked Penn State by a score of (30-31).  Boston College's best regular season victory was against #25 ranked North Carolina State by a score of (30-14) and their worst loss was to #54 ranked Pittsburgh by a score of (20-30).  Boston College finished the season as the #53 ranked team overall, with the #77 ranked offense and the #29 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2015
The Eagles finished the regular season at 3-9 and were bowl ineligible and played against an “average” strength of schedule.  Boston College's best regular season victory against #86 ranked Northern Illinois by a score of (17-14) and their worst loss was to #97 ranked Wake Forest by a score of (0-3).  This is one of the strangest teams since I have been modeling FBS programs. The Eagles finished the season as the #34 ranked team overall, with the #115 ranked offense and the #1 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.   Yet, they only defeated Northern Illinois and two FCS programs due to their offense.

2016
Boston College finished the regular season at 6-6, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule and were bowl eligible where they defeated by #44 ranked Maryland by a score of (36-30) to finish 7-6 overall.  Boston College's best regular season victory against #27 ranked North Carolina State by a score of (21-14) and their worst loss was to #117 ranked Syracuse by a score of (20-28).  Boston College finished the season as the #62 ranked team overall, with the #82 ranked offense and the #37 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2017
The Eagles finished the regular season at 7-5 and were bowl eligible, where they were defeated by #58 ranked Iowa by a score of (20-27) to finish 7-6 overall.  The Eagles played against a “tougher” strength of schedule, meaning that Boston College's SOS was between one and two standard deviations below the "league" average SOS.  Boston College's best regular season victory against #11 ranked Louisville by a score of (45-42) and Boston College's worst loss was to #42 ranked Wake Forest by a score of (10-34).  The Eagles finished the season as the #70 ranked team overall, with the #68 ranked offense and the #59 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2018
Boston College finished the regular season at 7-5, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule and were bowl eligible where they were to play Boise State, but the game was cancelled after the game started due to weather.  Boston College's best regular season victory against #19 ranked Miami (FL) by a score of (27-14) and their worst loss was to #97 ranked Florida State by a score of (21-22).  Boston College finished the season as the #48 ranked team overall, with the #38 ranked offense and the #58 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2019*
At the conclusion of the regular season, Boston College fired head football coach Steve Addazio after going 6-6 (and bowl eligible).  Boston College played against an “average” strength of schedule.  Boston College's best victory was their last game of the season against currently ranked #63 Pittsburgh by a score of (26-19) and their worst loss was to currently ranked #124 Kansas by a score of (24-48).  Boston College's current production rankings are:  #83 team overall, with the #53 offense and the #101 defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

Previous FBS Head Coaching Changes in 2019
Rutgers and Chris Ash
Florida State and Willie Taggart
Arkansas and Chad Morris
UNLV and Tony Sanchez
New Mexico and Bob Davie
Missouri and Barry Odom
UTSA and Frank Wilson
South Florida and Charlie Strong