Mike Elko, Curt Cignetti lead first-year coaches at college football midseason mark
Immediate results are far from guaranteed for coaches in their debut campaigns, though. For every Cignetti, there is a Jeff Lebby, who oversaw a one-win first half of the year at Mississippi State. That is not to say that slow starts indicate lost causes, but rather it is a sign that there exists heaps of work to be done in rebuilding a program.