FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2016, file photo, Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich instructs his team during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Pullman, Wash. Oregon fired coach Helfrich Tuesday night, Nov. 29, 2016, after a disappointing 4-8 season, and just two years after getting the Ducks within a victory of the program's first national championship. (AP Photo/Young Kwak, File)