2025-26 College Football Coach Fired/Hired Thread

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Washington State coach Jimmy Rogers now goes to Iowa State. Coaching carousel continues.

Jobs Filled

• 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)
• 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 State - Pat Fitzgerald. Career record of 110-101
• Mississippi - Pete Golding, internal (DC)
• North Texas - Neal Brown, previously at West Virginia. Career record of 72-51
• 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)
• Stanford - Tavita Pritchard from Washington Commanders (QB Coach)
• 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

Jobs Open

• Coastal Carolina, Tim Beck fired, 20-18 over 3 seasons
• Southern Mississippi, Charles Huff left for Memphis. 7-5 in one season
• Toledo, Jason Candle, left for Connecticut. 81-44 over 11 seasons
• Washington State, Jimmy Rogers, left for Iowa State. 6-6 in one season

It's sad watching Washington State social media and how the program and its fans have not yet come to grips with their new place in the FBS pecking order. Lots of unrealistic names being tossed out for coaching candidates at a school that was only recently discussing reducing full scholarships to 70, that it expects to be last or second to last in NIL funding in the new poverty PAC, and who went bargain shopping last year for FCS coaches, cutting a million dollars out of the head coaching salary from Dickert who went to Wake. Its probably always been an FBS backwater but if it wasn't clear before, it is now.

 

[swede2]

No reciprocity, but they have a fairly easy bar for Minnesota students to hit to have tuition reduced $6,000-$8,000 to make it similar (I don't remember the specific dollars or process). Both my daughters toured it 8-10 years ago and one really liked it but didn't attend for other reasons. Easy drive down 35 from the metro, lots of Minnesota kids there, fun college town.

I spent a week in Ames one night when I was in college. Its all a little blurry but I do recall it being a very good time.