Western Carolina head coach Kerwin Bell has received a 5-year contract extension that could see him stay in Cullowhee through the 2030 season. Bell is 24-21 overall and 20-14 in the Southern Conference in his four years with the Catamounts. WCU went 4-7 in Bell’s first season during the 2021 campaign. The Catamounts started 0-6…
Former Austin Peay and Charlotte head coach Will Healy is back in the FCS. East Tennessee State (Southern) has chosen Will Healy to lead the program following the departure of Tre Lamb to Tulsa (American). Healy was the Georgia State running backs coach for the 2024 season. Healy spent 7 seasons from 2009 through 2015…
Ball State (MAC) and Butler (Pioneer Football League) have completed what has effectively become a trade involving coaches. Ball State assistant head coach Kevin Lynch has been hired as Butler’s head coach to replace Mike Uremovich, who previously left Butler to become head coach at Ball State. Lynch, the son of former Butler head Bill…
The NCAA has selected Nashville, Tennessee host the 2026 and 2027 FCS National Championship Games. Those games will take place after the 2025 and 2026 seasons, respectively. The title games will be played at Vanderbilt University’s FirstBank Stadium and hosted by the Ohio Valley Conference. Toyota Stadium in Frisco is the current home of the…
The Texas A&M Aggies (SEC) have switched FCS opponents for the 2025 season. Instead of the Tarleton State Texans from the United Athletic Conference, the Aggies will play against the Samford Bulldogs out of the Southern Conference on Saturday, November 22. Samford and Texas A&M have never met in football. Samford is 1-29 against FBS/I-A…
The Big Ten Conference released its schedule for the 2025 season and two new FCS versus FBS matchups were revealed. The Norfolk State Spartans (MEAC) will play at the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Saturday, September 13, 2025. Rutgers is 4-0 all-time in the series with all four previous matchups occurring between 2007 and 2015. Rutgers…
Howard (MEAC) has scheduled a 2025 game against the Temple Owls (American Athletic). According to OwlsDaily, no date has been officially revealed. Howard and Temple have met once previously in 1991 when the Owls won decisively 40-0. Temple will have a new head coach in 2025 with K.C. Keeler taking over. Keeler is quite familiar…
The University of California, Davis will join the Mountain West Conference but its football team will stay in the Big Sky Conference. UC Davis will join the Mountain West starting with the 2026-27 academic year. UC Davis moved from NCAA Division II to Division I beginning in 2003 and upon completion of the four-year reclassification…
The Valparaiso Beacons (Pioneer Football League) have named Andy Waddle as head coach. Waddle spent the last twelve seasons as head coach of NCAA Division III Marietta College (Ohio Athletic Conference). When Waddle took over as head coach at Marietta in 2013, the football program had six straight losing seasons and his tenure started much…
North Dakota (MVFC) has tabbed former football player Eric Schmidt to lead the program. Schmidt was most recently the defensive coordinator at San Diego State (Mountain West) and played at UND from 1998 through 2001. Schmidt was a two-time All-conference player and an All-American in 2001. After his playing days ended, Schmidt became a head…
