Football on the Fringe » coaching watch http://www.footballonthefringe.com College Football Outside the Big 6 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:00:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Coaching Watch http://www.footballonthefringe.com/2009/12/coaching-watch/ http://www.footballonthefringe.com/2009/12/coaching-watch/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:18:30 +0000 lowercase http://www.footballonthefringe.com/?p=579 A quick look at coaching statuses around the non-BCS Universe.  At the moment, we’re at six openings, with Marshall’s coach resigning yesterday and Akron sneaking one past me over the holiday weekend.  Perhaps more importantly, though, is that the axes are falling fast and furious at the big schools, which usually sets off a chain reaction [...]]]> A quick look at coaching statuses around the non-BCS Universe.  At the moment, we’re at six openings, with Marshall’s coach resigning yesterday and Akron sneaking one past me over the holiday weekend.  Perhaps more importantly, though, is that the axes are falling fast and furious at the big schools, which usually sets off a chain reaction all the way into the smallest of conferences, either through direct hiring, or filling from mid-level BCS schools, which then come hunting through the non-BCS leagues.

Out/Vacant

Marshall/Mark Snyder- no winning seasons to date, although Marshall is in line for a bowl bid this year and could finish 7-6.

Akron/JD Brookhart- four straight losing records in the MAC were the end.

San Jose State/Dick Tomey- retiring at age 71, with 29 years of head coaching behind him.

UNLV/Mike Sanford- a 5-7 turnaround was not enough to recover from three straight 2 win seasons.

Out/Replacement Hired

Memphis/Tommy West/Larry Porter, LSU Associate Head Coach & Running Backs coach, Memphis Alumnus

Western Kentucky/David Elson/Willie Taggart, Stanford Running Backs coach, WKU Alumnus


]]> http://www.footballonthefringe.com/2009/12/coaching-watch/feed/ 0 Bowl Bids Coming In, Another Coach Out http://www.footballonthefringe.com/2009/12/bowl-bids-coming-in-another-coach-out/ http://www.footballonthefringe.com/2009/12/bowl-bids-coming-in-another-coach-out/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:48:07 +0000 lowercase http://www.footballonthefringe.com/?p=569 In addition to Navy already comitted to the Texas Bowl, reports are out today that UCF is accepting a bid to the St. Petersburg Bowl and that SMU is accepting a bid to the Hawaii bowl. UCF reportedly will face USF or Rutgers, while SMU will see Hawaii or another WAC school, pending Saturday’s Hawaii-Wisconsin game.  [...]]]> In addition to Navy already comitted to the Texas Bowl, reports are out today that UCF is accepting a bid to the St. Petersburg Bowl and that SMU is accepting a bid to the Hawaii bowl. UCF reportedly will face USF or Rutgers, while SMU will see Hawaii or another WAC school, pending Saturday’s Hawaii-Wisconsin game.  As more bids come in, I’ll update as often as possible (especially on twitter) and set up a page shortly.

Elsewhere, despite being bowl eligible and expecting a bid, Mark Snyder has resigned at Marshall.  I’ll get a full coaching watch post up tomorrow.

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