5 Big Ten coaches under the most pressure during the 2024 football season

Four new teams have entered the Big Ten chat.

Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington are joining the powerhouse conference and bring some talent of their own.

In preseason polls and projections, Oregon is expected to be one of the top contenders for a national title this season.

The Washington Huskies are coming off of a National Championship appearance.

UCLA has a new head coach and USC is looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2023 season.

Meanwhile, Ohio State is projected to be another top dog this year. Michigan is coming off its National Championship victory.

Iowa is looking to put some offensive points on the board and Michigan State has a new head coach of its own.

All that being said, there are extremely high expectations surrounding the conference ahead of the 2024 season.

So, which five Big Ten head coaches are under the most pressure to meet, and exceed, those expectations?

The defending national champions will want to perform well in 2024, especially with a new head coach at the reigns.

However, the pressure surrounding former assistant coach Sherrone Moore isn't quite as high as some of the coaches on this list simply due to the fact that Michigan did just win a title.

Kirk Ferentz needs to fix his offensive problem and he needs to fix it now.

Last season, the Iowa Hawkeyes' offense was one of the worst in the country and the only thing that held the team together was its defensive strongholds.

If Ferentz can't figure out to put points on the board, Iowa will be in trouble in 2024.

Dan Lanning has transformed the Oregon Ducks into a blue-blood program over just two and a half years.

However, the Ducks have yet to capture a conference title or a College Football Playoff berth under his reign.

Lanning has to find even bigger and better results for the Ducks as they enter the Big Ten.

In 2024 and in the Big Ten, Lincoln Riley needs to prove that he is genuinely a good head coach and not just good at finding some of the best quarterbacks in the world.

Despite the Trojans having Heisman winning quarterback Caleb Williams on the roster last season, USC fell to a disappointing 8-5 overall record, landing them at No. 6 in the Pac-12.

Ryan Day repeatedly comes this close to finding the success that is expected of him by the Ohio State community.

However, with back-to-back losses to Michigan, the Buckeyes expect more from their head coach and he has to prove his worth in 2024.