Posted by: Chris Vannini on February 11, 2013

Coaches use Twitter in different ways.

For new coaches, it's a great way to excite a fan base in the offseason, but it's not for everyone. Below are the Twitter handles for the new head coaches in FBS (if they have an account). Some coaches personally send their tweets, like Bret Bielema, but others have their accounts run by an SID or staff member and only tweet from time to time.

Coming up with a handle can be hard, too. Simply using your name, like Bryan Harsin, is the easiest route, but having a common name, like Matt Wells, means you have to make it more unique. There also are people who sign up for Twitter handles just to use them as parody, meaning the namesake has to make their handle more unique.

If you use Twitter, you might find this list useful. Here are the handles of the new head coaches, along with the number of followers they have.

Bret Bielema (Arkansas): @BretBielema - 52,563 followers

Bryan Harsin (Arkansas State): @bryanharsin - 4,813

Gus Malzahn (Auburn): @CoachGusMalzahn - 27,856

Steve Addazio (Boston College): @BCCoachAddazio - 1,851

Sonny Dykes (Cal): @CoachSonnyDykes - 2,771

Tommy Tuberville (Cincinnati): @TTuberville - 17,814

Mike MacIntyre (Colorado): N/A

Ron Turner (FIU): N/A

Trent Miles (Georgia State): @CoachTrentMiles - 304

Paul Petrino (Idaho): N/A

Paul Haynes (Kent State): @Coach_Haynes - 3,337

Mark Stoops (Kentucky): @UKCoachStoops - 33,204

Skip Holtz (LA Tech): @LATechSHoltz - 6,442

Dave Doeren (NC State): @StateCoachD - 10,440

Brian Polian (Nevada): @BrianPolian - 2,830

Doug Martin (New Mexico State): N/A

Rod Carey (Northern Illinois): @niucoachcarey - 795

Darrell Hazell (Purdue): N/A

Ron Caragher (San Jose State): N/A

Willie Taggart (South Florida): @CoachTaggart - 9,064

Todd Monken (Southern Miss): @CoachToddMonken - 1,831

Scott Schafer (Syracuse): N/A

Matt Rhule (Temple): @CoachMattRhule - 1,790

Butch Jones (Tennessee): @UTCoachJones - 66,628

Kliff Kingsbury (Texas Tech): @TTUKingsbury - 10,893

Sean Kugler (UTEP): N/A

Matt Wells (Utah State): @CoachWellsUSUFB - 1,712

Bobby Petrino (Western Kentucky): @CoachPetrinoWKU - 3,280

P.J. Fleck (Western Michigan): @Coach_Fleck - 906

Gary Andersen (Wisconsin): N/A

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Chris Vannini is the lead writer for CoachingSearch.com and has covered Michigan State sports for The State News, The Oakland Press and MLive.com. He writes a weekly column for the Detroit Free Press on behalf of SB Nation. Vannini lives in Big Ten country, so his foot speed is far from SEC caliber, but his pulse on coaches is hard to match. Be sure to follow @CoachingBuzz on twitter and send your feedback to chris@coachingsearch.com