2003 college football coaching changes

Wilder was hired in 2007 to re-start a program that had been dormant since 1940 and the first team was fielded in 2009, going 9-2 as a FCS independent. Turner's firing came in the aftermath of a 53-14 loss to Central Florida that dropped the Golden Panthers' record to 0-4. Cutcliffe and Duke mutually separated on Sunday (November 28) after a third straight losing season (3-9) that included a winless ACC campaign (0-8). Nebraska fired Mike Riley on November 25 after the 'Huskers concluded a 4-8 campaign with a 56-14 loss at home to Iowa in game that was tied 14-apeiece at the half. Boston College fired Steve Addazio on December 1. He was 33-3 in PAC-10/PAC-12 games, as opposed to Mora's 28-26 mark. The only perceived negatives could be a 5-5 bowl record that includes a 0-2 mark in the playoffs. Pruitt, a former Alabama assistant, was hired by Tennessee on December 7, 2017. On January 13, Western Michigan announced its new head coach would be its own star quarterback from the late 90's, Tim Lester. As one current player told SFGATE, A lot of players want him fired, especially the starters. Graham was 11-11 over-all in his two seasons leading the program. Just a year ago, Florida played Alabama tough in the SEC Championship game, but the Gators lost virtually all of their skill players from that team and they were just 5-6 at the time of Mullen's dismissal. Lester had a respectable 6-year mark of 37-32, including 26-20 in MAC games. News of Gary Andersen returning to Utah State originally broke on Sunday, December 9 and he was officially introduced as the 'new' head coach two days later. Featured. Riley was 55-10 at Oklahoma while losing 2 games every season. On Wednesday, November 30, UAB announced on its website that it had hired former "14-year NFL veteran quarterback and Super Bowl XXXV Champion Trent Dilfer" as the official successor to Bill Clark. Moglia expects to be able to return by the end of the season. He was hired by Bobby Petrino as the Cardinal's QB coach the next season and rose to AHC and OC by 2008 under Steve Kragthorpe. The former Iowa defensive back (1982-1985) spent last season as the wide receivers coach at Arizona State. Taylor spent the 2022 season as the Cardinals' offensive coordinator after spending three years in charge of the running game at Notre Dame. His 2015 squad went 5-7 after starting 3-0. McElwain was 22-12 when he was fired halfway through his third season at Florida (2015-2017) and was 22-16 while rebuilding the Colorado State program from 2012-2014. He replaces Lincoln Riley who promptly resigned on Sunday, November 28 and headed to Los Angeles to become head coach at USC. The group included the teams' staring QB, as well as its leading rusher. UTSA on December 9 announced Jeff Traylor as its new head coach. Cubit was the interim head coach during the 2015 season and was named the permanent head coach on November 28, just before the Illini completed a 5-7 season with a 24-14 loss to rival Northwestern. His teams were 1-16 in Big 12 play. UCF wasted no time naming a replacement for Scott Frost, announcing on December 5 that their new guy is Missouri offensive coordinator Josh Heupel. Arroyo's three-year record was just 7-23 (.233) over-all, including 5-17 in Mountain West play. On December 5, 2017, Taggart moved on to FSU. With the Sun Devils, he was 46-32 overall, 31-23 in the PAC-12, and 2-3 in bowl games. Scot Loeffler, a former Michigan Wolverine QB (1993-1996) who has held offensive coordinator or QB coach assistant positions at several major schools, was hired Wednesday, November 28 as the new head coach at Bowling Green. On Saturday (November 27), Doug Martin led New Mexico State to a 44-27 win over UMass in what turned out to be his final game. Interim head coaching duties were handled by offensive coordinator Mike Canales for the remainder of the season. In response, Ole Miss self-imposed a 2017 bowl ban and other restrictions. He was 69-46 overall, but just 33-39 in the SEC. Washington offensive coordinator and quarterback coach Jonathan Smith becomes the first Oregon State grad to serve in that capacity. Under Canales, the Mean Green went 1-6. Lembo was 33-29 in 5 seasons at the Muncie, Indiana school, but the Cardinals backslid to 5-7 in 2014 and just 3-9 in 2015. Long inherited the program from Hoke after the 2010 season when Hoke left to take the head job at Michigan. Desormeaux has been on the staff of the Ragin' Cajuns for the past six seasons and served as co-offensive coordinator this past season. Former UTEP head coach Mike Price (2004-2012) served as interim head coach for the final seven games and went 0-7. WebThe Wildcats took just two weeks to fill their head coaching vacancy hiring former head coach Bill Snyder. Central Michigan last won its division in 2009 when the Chips defeated Ohio in the conference champion game. Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart was announced December 6 as the new head coach at Georgia where he will replace Mark Richt. Boston College upset Pitt 26-19 in the regular season finale to finish 6-6 and become bowl eligible. But with pirates, it didn't matter if you were black, white, rich or poor. According to Wikipedia, Chang holds NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision all-time records for total plays (2,587), passes attempted (2,436), and interceptions (80). 12 days after the last college football head coaching vacancy had been filled, UConn decided to fire Bob Diaco. Things have officially gone full circle at Fresno State where Jeff Tedford on Wednesday (December 8) was hired for a second time to lead the Bulldogs. The Huskies were 3-9 this season and just 11-26 in 3 seasons under Diaco. Odom was a star linebacker at Mizzou from 1996-1999. The Bulls were 1-8 when they fired Jeff Scott on November 6, the day after a blowout 54-28 loss to Temple (3-6). Hazell was 1-11 in 2013, followed by 3-9 in 2014 and 2-10 in 2015 for a cumulative record of 9-33. Kent State went 5-7 in 2022. He was 34-20 vs. PAC-12 foes and a 2-4 in bowl games at Washington. But, Kelly's departure could give that very same committee a pause for concern. The object was to get a treasure. Hunter Yurachek was named the new Director of Athletics earlier in the day, leaving his Houston post where he was the Assistant Director of Athletics. Former Boise State linebacker Andy Avalos (2001-2005) was named on Tuesday (January 12) as the new head coach of the Broncos, succeeding Bryan Harsin. In 2013, Hernandez was enjoying life in the NFL with New England when he was arrested in the offseason for the murder of Odin Lloyd who was dating the sister of Hernandez' fiance. For the 5 years he coached Appalachian State as a FBS team, Satterfeld was 47-16 overall and 34-6 in the Sun Belt. McCarney's best year was 2000 when Iowa State went 9-3 and tied the school record for wins in a season for just the 2nd time in program history. Edwards was 26-20 over-all record and 17-14 PAC-12 mark. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Norvell coached the Tigers to a 29-24 win over Cincinnati in the American Conference championship game. Rutgers was 4-8 this season with assistant Norris Wilson going 1-2 during Flood's suspension. On Friday, December 10, the Virginia Cavaliers' website announced Clemson's offensive coordinator, Tony Elliott, as the new head coach in Charlottesville. At Texas A&M, Sumlin was 51-26 in 6 seasons, but barely above water in SEC games at 25-23. Rossomando has former experience as a head coach at D2 New Haven from 2009-2013 and FCS member Central Connecticut State from 2014-2018. Chryst was 67-26 during his 7-plus seasons in Madison with three Big Ten west division titles, He was 43-18 in conference games and had a 6-1 bowl record. According to USA Today, the school earlier this year had posted a job opening for head coach on its own website, as well as the American Football Coaches Association website (story). Georgia Tech lost that game 34-10 and Johnson finished his career with a 189-99 record, including a mark of 83-60 with the Yellow Jackets (51-37 in conference play). Kent State ended that campaign with its first bowl appearance (lost 17-13 to Arkansas State in the GoDaddy.com Bowl) since 1972 and only its second in school history. He also "played a role in overseeing special teams". He was lured away by Maryland after leading UConn to the Fiesta Bowl in 2010, but couldn't duplicate the success he had with the Huskies. 2004 College football coaching changes The following schools that have made coaching changes since the beginning of the 2004 football season: Featured on Fittingly, Kansas State plays at Bill Snyder Family Stadium after the field venue was named in his honor at the end of his 2005 season when it was thought he was heading into permanent retirement. The 64-year old has an extensive resume that includes head coaching tenures of 6 years at Miami (51-20, 33-9 Big East) from 1995-2000 and 4 years at North Carolina (28-23, 15-17 ACC) from 2007-2010, Under his watch, UNC had to vacate 16 wins in the 2008 and 2009 seasons due to NCAA violations. Mickey Joseph was named interim head coach and went 3-6 for the rest of the season. Overall, Fleck was 30-22 at WMU. Wilson's only other head coaching experience came at Indian from 2011 to 2017 where he went 26-47 over-all and 12-37 in the conference. That's the position he held last year with the Miami Dolphins where he had just been promoted to Assistant Head Coach on February 20. Offensive Coordinator Bryant Vincent assumed the interim duties of head coach for the 2022 season and went 6-6 in the regular season. The only other win in 2021 came against FCS member South Carolina State. Georgia State on December 8 hired South Carolina assistant Shawn Elliott as head coach to replace Trent Miles. He was one of just four current head coaches inducted into the College Football Hall Of Fame. The winningest coach in Notre Dame history leaves behind a team that isn't out of the running to make the College Football Playoffs. But the job with the Trojans didn't last long as he was fired five games into his second season for alcohol problems. Haggins later led FSU to an Independence Bowl win over Southern Miss to save the 'Noles from suffering their first losing season since 1976 which was Bobby Bowden's first year at the school and his only losing campaign. Ad revenue keeps CFP online and free. This changes how coaches coach. Defensive coordinator Brandon Hall was named interim head coach, under whom the Trojans lost their final game of the season 37-10 at Georgia State. He replaces Jake Spavital who was fired on Sunday, November 27 after his four seasons with the Bobcats only produced marks of 13-35 over-all and 9-23 in the Sun Belt. Key, a former Georgia Tech player, was the assistant head coach for Collins when he was named s his interim replacement. He has spent the last 10 years at Clemson with the same responsibilities. On Saturday, January 2nd, it was reported that Tom Herman had been fired from Texas -- after the school had publicly announced on December 12 he would be retained. Brohm bounced around pro football for 8 years before becoming the head coach of Louisville's Arena League team, the Fire, in 2002. To his credit, Freeze told reporters after Saturday's loss at New Mexico State, "I've communicated with Ian (McCaw, Liberty A.D.) that if someone ever wanted to talk to us that interested us, I would tell them." Baylor on January 16 named Dave Aranda as its news head coach. Durkin who was suspended in August, welcomed back for a day on October 30, and then fired on October 31. The school fired Brad Lambert on November 18. The former Nebraska star quarterback (1980-1983) was a head coach for 13 seasons - 4 with Buffalo, 2 with Kansas and 7 with Liberty. Toledo's interim head coach for the upcoming bowl game will not be defensive coordinator Jon Heacock, as previously announced, since Candle was promoted from within. On the same day, John Cohen, who has more than two decades as a coach and administrator in the Southeastern Conference, was named Athletics Director at Auburn. Unfortunately, one close call against a much better team doesn't save you when you are 7-28 after nearly 3 full seasons, and just 2-21 in the Sun Belt. The move was made a day after the Scarlet Knights were skunked 52-0 by Michigan. He replaces P.J. Freeze was 39-25 in five seasons, but 5-7 in 2016. Chow had very little to work with at Hawaii and compiled a 10-36 record (4-25, Mountain West). Under the direction of Stoops, the Sooners took 9 outright conference titles and 1 co-title. Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach passed away Monday night, December 12 after suffering a major heart attack on Sunday. Overall, NDSU has won 7 of the last 8 FCS championships. Former Northern Illinois running back Thomas Hammock was introduced on Friday, January 18, as the school's new head coach. Lane Kiffin was hired by FAU on December 12. Offensive coordinator Rod Smith was named interim head coach as preparation began for the 2020 finale at Penn State which the Illini lost 56-21. Edsall was hired for a second stint as head coach in December of 2016, but failed to recapture the magic of his 1999-2010 tenure when he oversaw the transition from the FCS to the FBS (classified as 1-AA and 1-A at the time). Locksley's prior head coaching stint at New Mexico was a certifiable disaster as he produced a 2-26 record. His teams were 13-19 in SEC games. Overall, Edsall is 96-104 as a head coach. Davie's firing was announced on November 25, but he coached the final game at home versus Utah State which the Lobos lost 38-25. He launched his coaching career as a grad assistant at Virginia Tech under Frank Beamer and Bud Foster from 1995-1997 and spent the last 8 seasons as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Penn State. The Panthers won just 1 of their last 19 games under Davis and that was against FCS member LIU at the start of the 2021 season. Overall, Wilder was 77-56. He was not permitted to be with the team for the following week's 35-30 loss to Arizona State and was fired the next day. Wilson was 26-47 in 6 seasons with back-to-back bowl appearances in each of the last 2 seasons. He was 46-24 overall and 36-13 in conference play. After leading the Roadrunners to consecutive six-win seasons that included a New Mexico Bowl appearance in 2016, the program backtracked to 7-17 over the past two seasons. On Friday, December 3, Troy named Jon Sumrall as its new head coach. On November 1, Hawaii fired Norm Chow. He replaced John Mackovic at Texas in 1998 and won Big 12 conference titles in 2005 and 2009 and played for the BCS National Championship in both of those seasons, beating USC in the first and losing to Alabama in the second. 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2003 college football coaching changes