2025-26 College Football Coach Fired/Hired Thread

[Some guy]

Bring back Joe Rossi ASAP.

I would guess that this years defense has better metrics than 2023

I could be wrong



Rumor is Pat Fitzgerald

Michigan state should be perfect for Pat given both of their backgrounds

 

[gopherphil]

Saw that coming, the drop from Jamey Chadwell has been astounding.

Can they find better??

 

[Gilthorp57]

Sparty's open...

Michigan State to fire coach Smith, sources say

Michigan State plans to fire coach Jonathan Smith, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel.

www.espn.com

 

[Gilthorp57]

Can they find better??

Who knows, they had that upward vive like App State, but both seemed to have bottomed out.

 

[gophmeister]

I wouldn’t be surprised if MSU kicks Fleck’s tires. Maybe Heather wants to be closer to home. CBS says Pat Fitzgerald is a name attached to the job.

 

[Some guy]

I wouldn’t be surprised if MSU kicks Fleck’s tires. Maybe Heather wants to be closer to home. CBS says Pat Fitzgerald is a name attached to the job.

Also hearing Brian Kelly rumors

Who, if you can get over the fact he sent a kid to his death, is a better coach than Fitzgerald

 

[GooningGopher]

He doesn't deserve the 'Sip. Immature, fired on the tarmac Lane is back. They've given him everything he's needed, but still hasn't won anything. Dysfunctional LSU and Lane are a match made in heaven.

Brother, I would swim up the Mississippi with a 45 pound plate tied to my balls for the gophers to have the season Lane is having.

 

[Some guy]

Brother, I would swim up the Mississippi with a 45 pound plate tied to my balls for the gophers to have the season Lane is having.

2019 gophers were 9-0 vs non top 15 teams
1-2 vs top 15 teams

Ole Miss was 10-0 vs non top 15 teams
1-1 vs top 15 teams

Second best win is Tulane

 

[howeda7]

Not sure about this.

 

[Some guy]

Not sure about this.

Not sure about what?

 

[howeda7]

Not sure about what?

The wisdom of promoting a coordinator.

 

[MaxyJR1]

The wisdom of promoting a coordinator.

Buying a year to make big hire next year and keep team intact for playoffs.

 

[howeda7]

Buying a year to make big hire next year and keep team intact for playoffs.

The Mark Coyle special.

 

[beavergopher]

Sparty's open...

Michigan State to fire coach Smith, sources say

Michigan State plans to fire coach Jonathan Smith, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel.

www.espn.com

Excellent! Little traitorous piece of crap!

 

[Some guy]

Buying a year to make big hire next year and keep team intact for playoffs.

The wisdom of promoting a coordinator.

Anything like the way it worked out for Claeys and people will be slurping this dude for a decade

 

[MaxyJR1]

Reports that Fitzgerald to MSU is done deal. Wondering if he keeps Rossi.

 

[mkAz]

 

[Some guy]

Reports that Fitzgerald to MSU is done deal. Wondering if he keeps Rossi.

I’m wondering if he keeps the sexual harassment

 

[PMWinSTP]

Buying a year to make big hire next year and keep team intact for playoffs.

So he's getting a one year contract?

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Fitzgerald to MSU is really great news for the rest of the Big Ten.

There are like 5 coaches on this planet that could live up to that delusional admins expectations.

They’ll be doing the same thing 3 years from now.

 

[howeda7]

So UCLA and Penn State are the only power 5 jobs still open?

 

[Gilthorp57]

He'd be ok if he has a descent Offensive Coordinator, maybe Smith can stick around and do that, that's his specialty lol. Wouldn't be surprised if Smith isn't sniffing around that UCLA job, he's a SoCal guy.

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

The wisdom of promoting a coordinator.

He was the DC under Saban at Alabama for 4 years before taking the Ole Miss DC job. Those are the types of coordinators who get promoted.

 

[gophmeister]

Also hearing Brian Kelly rumors

Who, if you can get over the fact he sent a kid to his death, is a better coach than Fitzgerald

It was a risk he was willing to take.

 

[gophmeister]

So UCLA and Penn State are the only power 5 jobs still open?

Looks like it, but UCLA has a couple clear targets while Penn St is still an enigma.

 

[howeda7]

Looks like it, but UCLA has a couple clear targets while Penn St is still an enigma.

Rumors are Josh Heupel for Penn State. Then perhaps Lane Kiffen to Tennesee.

 

[goldengophers]

He was the DC under Saban at Alabama for 4 years before taking the Ole Miss DC job. Those are the types of coordinators who get promoted.

Yeah it's what Lanning and Freeman did.

 

[MisterGopher]

LSU hires Lane Kiffin away from Ole Miss​

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin is leaving the Rebels for LSU, in a stunning and unprecedented case of a college football coach taking another job while his current team is in contention to win a national title. Lane Kiffin makes unprecedented Ole Miss-to-LSU exit official, leaving Rebels before CFP Kiffin’s future has been a lingering, high-profile drama throughout the season. www.nytimes.com

 

[GooningGopher]

2019 gophers were 9-0 vs non top 15 teams
1-2 vs top 15 teams

Ole Miss was 10-0 vs non top 15 teams
1-1 vs top 15 teams

Second best win is Tulane

I would do it with a 25 lb plate for a 2019 season.

 

[WindyCityGopher]

Kind of surprised Sparty wanted to take on Fitzgerald’s baggage, given their experiences with Mel Tucker and his sexual harassment allegations, and the sexual assault conviction of Dr Larry Nassar. Fitz was found to be not directly responsible for the hazing at Northwestern, but he did acknowledge that it occurred in his program. I guess the Michigan State board of regents has a higher risk tolerance than most schools.