Coaching News
Brennan Marion Leaving Sacramento State After 1 Season
The Sacramento State Hornets are on the market for a head coach. Brennan Marion will leave the Hornets to join the Colorado Buffaloes as the offensive coordinator. Marion went 7-5 in his lone season at Sacramento State. Marion was hired in December 2024 to replace Andy Thompson, who joined Stanford‘s coaching staff. Thompson went 11-14…
Tim Skipper to Lead Cal Poly
Cal Poly has hired Tim Skipper as the program’s next head coach. Skipper was the interim head coach at UCLA for the last 9 games of the 2025 season, following the dismissal of DeShaun Foster. Skipper played linebacker at Fresno State from 1997 through 2000 and immediately went into coaching with Western New Mexico for…
Samford Hires John Grass
The Samford Bulldogs have named John Grass as the football team’s next head coach. Grass was an assistant coach with the Clemson Tigers for the previous four seasons. Grass is familiar with the state of Alabama. He graduated from Jacksonville State in 1990 and then spent 22 years as a high school coach in Alabama….
Southern Hires Marshall Faulk
The Southern University Jaguars have found their next head coach in former NFL star Marshall Faulk. Faulk was the running backs coach for the Colorado Buffaloes during the 2025 season. Faulk will be tasked with leading Southern back to SWAC glory. The Jaguars have just one SWAC title in the previous two decades, during the…
Bobby Wilder, Tim Polasek Agree to New Deals
Two FCS Playoff teams secured new deals with their current head coach. Bobby Wilder and Tennessee Tech agreed to a new five-year contract, while Tim Polasek and North Dakota State agreed to a new seven-year deal. Wilder has only been with the Golden Eagles for two seasons, but has taken the program to new heights…
Ray Priore Resigns From Penn
Ray Priore, a fixture of the Penn football program for nearly four decades, resigned from the head coaching position. Prior led the Quakers since 2015, going 58-42 overall and claiming two Ivy League titles in 2015 and 2016. Priore graduated from the University of Albany and spent two years on the coaching staff as a…
Cal Poly Parts Ways With Paul Wulff
The Cal Poly Mustangs have parted ways with head coach Paul Wulff. Wulff went 10-24 overall and 5-19 in Big Sky games in his three seasons with the school. Wulff’s first two seasons featured identical 3-8 records, followed by a 4-8 campaign this year. Wulff took over the Cal Poly program in 2023, following Beau…
Hampton Fires Trent Boykin
Trent Boykin is no longer the head coach of the Hampton Pirates. The school announced a leadership change after Boykin went 7-17 in his two seasons. Boykin was named the interim head coach at Hampton in 2024, following the sudden removal of Robert Prunty as head coach. The Pirates went 26-29 in Prunty’s five seasons…
Bruce Barnum Out at Portland State
The Portland State Vikings will not bring back Bruce Barnum and his coaching staff for the 2026 season. Barnum was the head coach at Portland State for 11 seasons, going 39-75 overall and 29-51 in Big Sky games during his tenure. Barnum joined Portland State in 2010 as the offensive coordinator on Nigel Burton‘s coaching…
Albany Not Retaining Ambrose as Head Coach
The Albany Great Danes have decided not to retain interim head coach Jared Ambrose at the end of the 2025 season. Ambrose and Albany are sitting at 1-10 overall and 0-7 in the CAA with one game remaining. Ambrose was named the interim coach in early March, following the departure of longtime head coach Greg…