(Will Muschamp was a pioneer. Is he now the last of a dying breed?)

Not unlike the Spice Girls or a bad 24-flu virus, the whirlwind-popular trend of naming a "coach in waiting"—a planned successor, if you will—might soon come to a sudden, thudding end.

Not that it didn't have a good run. Just in the last six years, I can think of a handful of college programs and at least one NFL team that attempted to smooth the rough waters of transition by hand-picking a successor. Sometimes, it's worked, (Matt Painter) and sometimes, it hasn't. (Jim Mora, Jr.) But up until just a few days ago, it was possibly the hippest fad in bigtime coaching.

Just less than two weeks ago now, the NCAA passed a rule change essentia...

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