2025-26 College Football Coach Fired/Hired Thread

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Gotta suck for Utah fans. I’m sure they assumed he was just retiring. A great hire for Michigan but also probably a short one. Willingham is 66.
 

GophersInIowa said:
Gotta suck for Utah fans. I’m sure they assumed he was just retiring. A great hire for Michigan but also probably a short one. Willingham is 66.
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Agree. Although, I could see him coaching for 9-10 years.
 



Scottsdale Gopher said:

This would have been a great hire no matter when they made it. Given the timing, it's outstanding.
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A Morman kid through and through who has never coached the last 40 years outside the state of Utah or southern Idaho, Morman strongholds .... is going to up and go across the country to clean up Michigan in extremely liberal Ann Arbor?

Hmm ...
 

GopherGrit said:
A Morman kid through and through who has never coached the last 40 years outside the state of Utah or southern Idaho, Morman strongholds .... is going to up and go across the country to clean up Michigan in extremely liberal Ann Arbor?

Hmm ...
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Yep, he will.
 

With the news today, it looks like all FBS jobs have been filled. Here's what the new head coaches will look like for 2026.
  • Alabama-Birmingham - Alex Mortensen, internal (OC). Career record of 2-4 [IHC]
  • Arkansas - Ryan Silverfield from Memphis. Career record of 50-25
  • Auburn - Alex Golesh from South Florida. Career record of 23-15
  • California - Tosh Lupoi from Oregon (DC)
  • Coastal Carolina - Ryan Beard from Missouri State. Career record of 19-16
  • Colorado State - Jim Mora from Connecticut. Career record of 73-53
  • Connecticut - Jason Candle from Toledo. Career record of 81-44
  • Florida - Jon Sumrall from Tulane. Career record of 42-11
  • Iowa State - Jimmy Rogers from Washington State. Career record of 33-9
  • James Madison - Bill Napier from Florida. Career record of 62-35
  • Kansas State - Collin Klein from Texas A&M (OC)
  • Kentucky - Will Stein from Oregon (OC)
  • Kent State - Mark Carney, internal (OC). Career record of 5-7 [IHC]
  • LSU - Lane Kiffin from Mississippi. Career record of 116-53
  • Memphis - Charles Huff from Southern Mississippi. Career record of 39-25
  • Michigan - Kyle Wittingham from Utah. Career record of 177-88
  • Michigan State - Pat Fitzgerald. Career record of 110-101
  • Mississippi - Pete Golding, internal (DC)
  • Missouri State - Casey Woods from SMU (OC)
  • North Texas - Neal Brown, previously at West Virginia. Career record of 72-51
  • Ohio - John Hauser, internal (DC)
  • Oklahoma State - Eric Morris from North Texas. Career record of 46-33
  • Oregon State - JaMarcus Shephard from Alabama (Co-OC/AHC)
  • Penn State - Matt Campbell from Iowa State. Career record of 107-70
  • South Florida - Brian Hartline from Ohio State (OC)
  • Southern Mississippi - Blake Anderson, internal (OC). Career record of 74-54
  • Stanford - Tavita Pritchard from Washington Commanders (QB Coach)
  • Toledo - Mike Jacobs from Mercer (FCS). Career record of 94-23
  • Tulane - Will Hall. Previously at Southern Mississippi. Career record of 70-50
  • Virginia Tech - James Franklin from Penn State. Career record of 128-60
  • UCLA - Bob Chesney from James Madison. Career record of 131-51
  • Utah - Morgan Scalley, internal (DC)
  • Washington State - Kirby Moore from Missouri (OC)
 

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