2024-25 FCS Coaching Changes

With the FCS regular season coming to a close, it’s that time of the year when the coaching carousel will be in full swing for the 2024-25 offseason. The 2023-24 FCS offseason saw a total of 31 coaching changes with the first change in October 2023 and and the final change occurring in April 2024. There are numerous reasons for a coaching change; the table below will keep track of all changes along with a chart at the end of the page. The table below is sortable by any column, provides links to articles for any changes and hirings, and will be updated as more changes become known. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some teams did not participate in either the 2020 fall season or the 2021 spring season. The number of years a coach was in charge of a program is shown in parentheses below.

TeamConferencePrevious CoachYears Coached
(Seasons)
Depature DateNew CoachHire DateNotes
Alabama A&MSWACConnell Maynor2018 – 2024
(7 Seasons)
12/2/2024TBDTBDMaynor Fired
ButlerPioneerMike Uremovich2022 – 2024
(3 Seasons)
12/4/2024TBDTBDUremovich Left for Ball State
ColgatePatriot LeagueStan Dakosty2021 – 2024
(4 Seasons)
12/2/2024TBDTBDDakosty Fired
DavidsonPioneerScott Abell2018 – 2024
(7 Season)
11/26/24TBDTBDAbell Left for Rice
Delaware StateMEACLee Hull2023 – 2024
(2 Seasons)
12/3/2024TBDTBDHull Fired
DrakePioneerTodd Stepsis2019 – 2024
(6 Seasons)
12/3/2024TBDTBDStepsis Left for Northern Iowa
East Tennessee StateSouthernTre Lamb2024
(1 Season)
12/8/2024TBDTBDLamb Left for Tulsa
HamptonCAATrent Boykin (Interim)2024
(1 Season)
N/ATrent Boykin10/16/2024Interim tag removed from Boykin’s title
McNeeseSouthlandGary Goff2022 – 2024
(3 Seasons)
11/25/2024Matt Viator12/2/2024Goff Fired
Mississippi Valley StateSWACKendrick Wade2023 – 2024
(2 Seasons)
12/4/2024TBDTBDWade Fired
NichollsSouthlandTim Rebowe2015 – 2024
(10 Seasons)
12/1/2024Tommy Rybacki12/1/2024Rebowe Retired
Norfolk StateMEACDawson Odums2021 – 2024
(4 Seasons)
11/26/24TBDTBDOdums Fired
North Carolina A&TCAAVincent Brown2023 – 2024
(2 Seasons)
12/4/2024Shawn Gibbs12/6/2024Brown Fired
North DakotaMVFCBubba Schweigert2014 – 2024
(11 Season)
11/30/2024Eric Schmidt12/8/2024Schweigert Resigned
Northern IowaMVFCMark Farley2001 – 2024
(24 Seasons)
11/23/2024Todd Stepsis12/3/2024Farley Retired
Prairie View A&MSWACBubba McDowell2022 – 2024
(3 Seasons)
11/24/2024TBDTBDMcDowell Fired
Sacramento StateBig SkyAndy Thompson2023 – 2024
(2 Seasons)
12/6/2024TBDTBDThompson Leaving to join Stanford staff
StetsonPioneerBrian Young2021 – 2024
(4 Seasons)
12/3/2024TBDTBDYoung Resigned
ValparaisoPioneerLandon Fox2019 – 2024
(6 Seasons)
11/24/2024Andy Waddle12/9/2024Fox’s contract not renewed


Coaching Changes by Conference

Below is a chart showing the number of head coaching changes for each FCS conference. Hovering over the bar will provide a list of teams in that conference with a head coaching change during the 2024-25 FCS offseason.



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