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[jpfalcon09]

Houston is hiring Willie Fritz from Tulane.

Boise St - Andy Avalos out
Duke - Mike Elko left
Houston - Dana Holgorsen out, hired Willie Fritz Tulane HC
Indiana - Tom Allen out, hired Curt Cignetti JMU HC
James Madison - Curt Cignetti left
Michigan St - Mel Tucker out, hired Jonathan Smith Oregon St HC
Middle Tenn - Rick Stockstill out
Miss St - Zach Arnett out, hired Jeff Lebby Oklahoma OC
Nevada - Ken Wilson out
New Mexico - Danny Gonzales out
Northwestern - Pat Fitzgerald out, promoted David Braun
Oregon St - Jonathan Smith left, promoted Trent Bray
San Diego St - Brady Hoke retired, hired Sean Lewis ex-OC Colorado, ex-HC Kent State
Syracuse - Dino Babers out, hired Fran Brown UGA DB Coach
Texas A&M - Jimbo Fisher out, hired Mike Elko Duke HC
Tulane - Willie Fritz left
UL Monroe - Terry Bowden out
UTEP - Dana Dimel out

[Globetrotter]

Boise State-Spencer Danielson

Boise St - Andy Avalos out, hired Spencer Danielson Boise St Interim HC
Duke - Mike Elko left
Houston - Dana Holgorsen out, hired Willie Fritz Tulane HC
Indiana - Tom Allen out, hired Curt Cignetti JMU HC
James Madison - Curt Cignetti left
Michigan St - Mel Tucker out, hired Jonathan Smith Oregon St HC
Middle Tenn - Rick Stockstill out
Miss St - Zach Arnett out, hired Jeff Lebby Oklahoma OC
Nevada - Ken Wilson out
New Mexico - Danny Gonzales out
Northwestern - Pat Fitzgerald out, promoted David Braun
Oregon St - Jonathan Smith left, promoted Trent Bray
San Diego St - Brady Hoke retired, hired Sean Lewis ex-OC Colorado, ex-HC Kent State
Syracuse - Dino Babers out, hired Fran Brown UGA DB Coach
Texas A&M - Jimbo Fisher out, hired Mike Elko Duke HC
Tulane - Willie Fritz left
UL Monroe - Terry Bowden out
UTEP - Dana Dimel out

[BillyLP]

UTEP is hiring Austin Peay's Scotty Walden.

[jpfalcon09]

Boise St - Andy Avalos out, hired Spencer Danielson Boise St Interim HC
Duke - Mike Elko left
Houston - Dana Holgorsen out, hired Willie Fritz Tulane HC
Indiana - Tom Allen out, hired Curt Cignetti JMU HC
James Madison - Curt Cignetti left
Michigan St - Mel Tucker out, hired Jonathan Smith Oregon St HC
Middle Tenn - Rick Stockstill out
Miss St - Zach Arnett out, hired Jeff Lebby Oklahoma OC
Nevada - Ken Wilson out
New Mexico - Danny Gonzales out
Northwestern - Pat Fitzgerald out, promoted David Braun
Oregon St - Jonathan Smith left, promoted Trent Bray
San Diego St - Brady Hoke retired, hired Sean Lewis ex-OC Colorado, ex-HC Kent State
Syracuse - Dino Babers out, hired Fran Brown UGA DB Coach
Texas A&M - Jimbo Fisher out, hired Mike Elko Duke HC
Tulane - Willie Fritz left
UL Monroe - Terry Bowden out
UTEP - Dana Dimel out. hired Scotty Walden HC Austin Peay

[Globetrotter]

UTEP is hiring Austin Peay's Scotty Walden.

One would have to assume he would have been on the list here.

[jpfalcon09]

Sean Lewis is taking the San Diego St. job.

Boise St - Andy Avalos out
Duke - Mike Elko left
Houston - Dana Holgorsen out
Indiana - Tom Allen out
Michigan St - Mel Tucker out, hired Jonathan Smith Oregon St HC
Middle Tenn - Rick Stockstill out
Miss St - Zach Arnett out, hired Jeff Lebby Oklahoma OC
New Mexico - Danny Gonzales out
Northwestern - Pat Fitzgerald out, Promoted David Braun
Oregon St - Jonathan Smith left
San Diego St - Brady Hoke retired, hired Sean Lewis ex-OC Colorado, ex-HC Kent State
Texas A&M - Jimbo Fisher out, hired Mike Elko Duke HC
UL Monroe - Terry Bowden out
UTEP - Dana Dimel out

Sean Lewis went from failed Kent St coach to failed Colorado OC to HC at SD State.

College football coaching hires are nonsense.

Texas AnM paid 75 million for their coach to go away just to hire his former DC

I'm admittedly biased because I like Sean Lewis and his brand of offense, but I think it's a stretch to call his time at KSU a "failure". He had a winning MAC record, won the East once and was 1-1 in bowl games (only bowl win in school history). Not tremendously successful, obviously, but KSU isn't exactly a good football school. Lewis had 3 straight years > .500 in MAC play, which represents their only back to back winning conference records since 86-87 and the only time its been done 3 straight in the 62 yrs they've been in the MAC. His 3 straight winning records in conf. are the only winning records they've had in 2 decades other than that one crazy Hazell/Dri Archer season in 2012.

As for CU, the elder Sanders is a crackpot so I wouldn't hold anything that happened to him there against him. Deion the super genius demoted the OC that was putting up 32 ppg so he could promote one of the worst offensive coordinators I've ever seen (seriously, Shurmur is like the NFL Clawson; nepotism promotions, boring ass offenses, etc). Not surprisingly that 32ppg became 20 after Deion's brilliance.

I think Lewis is an absolutely top notch offensive mind with a chance of being a good HC. The history of KSU (and they went right back to 1-11 this year) isn't lost on me, to even get that team to mediocrity (and above avg in the MAC), is something of an accomplishment for a program with zero history.

I agree. Lewis is a home run hire for SDSU. Expect him to be successful there pretty quickly. One thing I'd be curious to see is if he hires Matt Johnson away from Kent State. Flashes ditched the up tempo offense this year under Kenni Burns and I think MJ struggled to adapt to that. Nevertheless, Lewis being a P5 program in 3-4 years would not be shocking.

Matt Johnson is going to SDSU to be Sean Lewis' OC.

[BillyLP]

Sean Lewis is taking the San Diego St. job.

Boise St - Andy Avalos out
Duke - Mike Elko left
Houston - Dana Holgorsen out
Indiana - Tom Allen out
Michigan St - Mel Tucker out, hired Jonathan Smith Oregon St HC
Middle Tenn - Rick Stockstill out
Miss St - Zach Arnett out, hired Jeff Lebby Oklahoma OC
New Mexico - Danny Gonzales out
Northwestern - Pat Fitzgerald out, Promoted David Braun
Oregon St - Jonathan Smith left
San Diego St - Brady Hoke retired, hired Sean Lewis ex-OC Colorado, ex-HC Kent State
Texas A&M - Jimbo Fisher out, hired Mike Elko Duke HC
UL Monroe - Terry Bowden out
UTEP - Dana Dimel out

Sean Lewis went from failed Kent St coach to failed Colorado OC to HC at SD State.

College football coaching hires are nonsense.

Texas AnM paid 75 million for their coach to go away just to hire his former DC

I'm admittedly biased because I like Sean Lewis and his brand of offense, but I think it's a stretch to call his time at KSU a "failure". He had a winning MAC record, won the East once and was 1-1 in bowl games (only bowl win in school history). Not tremendously successful, obviously, but KSU isn't exactly a good football school. Lewis had 3 straight years > .500 in MAC play, which represents their only back to back winning conference records since 86-87 and the only time its been done 3 straight in the 62 yrs they've been in the MAC. His 3 straight winning records in conf. are the only winning records they've had in 2 decades other than that one crazy Hazell/Dri Archer season in 2012.

As for CU, the elder Sanders is a crackpot so I wouldn't hold anything that happened to him there against him. Deion the super genius demoted the OC that was putting up 32 ppg so he could promote one of the worst offensive coordinators I've ever seen (seriously, Shurmur is like the NFL Clawson; nepotism promotions, boring ass offenses, etc). Not surprisingly that 32ppg became 20 after Deion's brilliance.

I think Lewis is an absolutely top notch offensive mind with a chance of being a good HC. The history of KSU (and they went right back to 1-11 this year) isn't lost on me, to even get that team to mediocrity (and above avg in the MAC), is something of an accomplishment for a program with zero history.

I agree. Lewis is a home run hire for SDSU. Expect him to be successful there pretty quickly. One thing I'd be curious to see is if he hires Matt Johnson away from Kent State. Flashes ditched the up tempo offense this year under Kenni Burns and I think MJ struggled to adapt to that. Nevertheless, Lewis being a P5 program in 3-4 years would not be shocking.

Matt Johnson is going to SDSU to be Sean Lewis' OC.

There's a non-zero chance that MJ could end up being an HC candidate here if he does well at SDSU.

[mbenecke]

^^ I love it when a good plan comes together.

[Tony4BG]

Jeff Choate to Nevada


Boise St - Andy Avalos out, hired Spencer Danielson Boise St Interim HC
Duke - Mike Elko left
Houston - Dana Holgorsen out, hired Willie Fritz Tulane HC
Indiana - Tom Allen out, hired Curt Cignetti JMU HC
James Madison - Curt Cignetti left
Michigan St - Mel Tucker out, hired Jonathan Smith Oregon St HC
Middle Tenn - Rick Stockstill out
Miss St - Zach Arnett out, hired Jeff Lebby Oklahoma OC
Nevada - Ken Wilson out, hired Jeff Choate Texas Co-DC
New Mexico - Danny Gonzales out
Northwestern - Pat Fitzgerald out, promoted David Braun
Oregon St - Jonathan Smith left, promoted Trent Bray
San Diego St - Brady Hoke retired, hired Sean Lewis ex-OC Colorado, ex-HC Kent State
Syracuse - Dino Babers out, hired Fran Brown UGA DB Coach
Texas A&M - Jimbo Fisher out, hired Mike Elko Duke HC
Tulane - Willie Fritz left
UL Monroe - Terry Bowden out
UTEP - Dana Dimel out. hired Scotty Walden HC Austin Peay

[mbenecke]

Pete Thamel is reporting that Middle Tennessee State is hiring former Vanderbilt HC Derek Mason as their next head coach. He was the DC at Oklahoma State in 2022.

[Tony4BG]

Bronco is back

Boise St - Andy Avalos out, hired Spencer Danielson Boise St Interim HC
Duke - Mike Elko left
Houston - Dana Holgorsen out, hired Willie Fritz Tulane HC
Indiana - Tom Allen out, hired Curt Cignetti JMU HC
James Madison - Curt Cignetti left
Michigan St - Mel Tucker out, hired Jonathan Smith Oregon St HC
Middle Tenn - Rick Stockstill out
Miss St - Zach Arnett out, hired Jeff Lebby Oklahoma OC
Nevada - Ken Wilson out, hired Jeff Choate Texas Co-DC
New Mexico - Danny Gonzales out, hired Bronco Mendenhall ex-HC UVA
Northwestern - Pat Fitzgerald out, promoted David Braun
Oregon St - Jonathan Smith left, promoted Trent Bray
San Diego St - Brady Hoke retired, hired Sean Lewis ex-OC Colorado, ex-HC Kent State
Syracuse - Dino Babers out, hired Fran Brown UGA DB Coach
Texas A&M - Jimbo Fisher out, hired Mike Elko Duke HC
Tulane - Willie Fritz left
UL Monroe - Terry Bowden out
UTEP - Dana Dimel out. hired Scotty Walden HC Austin Peay

[Globetrotter]

Bryant Vincent is the Louisiana-Monroe coach

[jpfalcon09]

MTSU hired Derek Mason.

Boise St - Andy Avalos out, hired Spencer Danielson Boise St Interim HC
Duke - Mike Elko left
Houston - Dana Holgorsen out, hired Willie Fritz Tulane HC
Indiana - Tom Allen out, hired Curt Cignetti JMU HC
James Madison - Curt Cignetti left
Michigan St - Mel Tucker out, hired Jonathan Smith Oregon St HC
Middle Tenn - Rick Stockstill out, hired Derek Mason Oklahoma St DC
Miss St - Zach Arnett out, hired Jeff Lebby Oklahoma OC
Nevada - Ken Wilson out, hired Jeff Choate Texas Co-DC
New Mexico - Danny Gonzales out, hired Bronco Mendenhall ex-HC UVA
Northwestern - Pat Fitzgerald out, promoted David Braun
Oregon St - Jonathan Smith left, promoted Trent Bray
San Diego St - Brady Hoke retired, hired Sean Lewis ex-OC Colorado, ex-HC Kent State
Syracuse - Dino Babers out, hired Fran Brown UGA DB Coach
Texas A&M - Jimbo Fisher out, hired Mike Elko Duke HC
Tulane - Willie Fritz left
UL Monroe - Terry Bowden out, hired Bryant Vincent New Mexico OC
UTEP - Dana Dimel out. hired Scotty Walden HC Austin Peay

[mbenecke]

Craig Bohl is retiring as Wyoming's HC. He'll coach the team in the bowl game against Toledo, but that'll be it.

[Tony4BG]

Bohl retires

Boise St - Andy Avalos out, hired Spencer Danielson Boise St Interim HC
Duke - Mike Elko left
Houston - Dana Holgorsen out, hired Willie Fritz Tulane HC
Indiana - Tom Allen out, hired Curt Cignetti JMU HC
James Madison - Curt Cignetti left
Michigan St - Mel Tucker out, hired Jonathan Smith Oregon St HC
Middle Tenn - Rick Stockstill out, hired Derek Mason Oklahoma St DC
Miss St - Zach Arnett out, hired Jeff Lebby Oklahoma OC
Nevada - Ken Wilson out, hired Jeff Choate Texas Co-DC
New Mexico - Danny Gonzales out, hired Bronco Mendenhall ex-HC UVA
Northwestern - Pat Fitzgerald out, promoted David Braun
Oregon St - Jonathan Smith left, promoted Trent Bray
San Diego St - Brady Hoke retired, hired Sean Lewis ex-OC Colorado, ex-HC Kent State
Syracuse - Dino Babers out, hired Fran Brown UGA DB Coach
Texas A&M - Jimbo Fisher out, hired Mike Elko Duke HC
Tulane - Willie Fritz left
UL Monroe - Terry Bowden out, hired Bryant Vincent New Mexico OC
UTEP - Dana Dimel out. hired Scotty Walden HC Austin Peay
Wyoming - Craig Bohl retired