The Albany Great Danes hired Tom Perkovich to lead the football program. Perkovich was previously with the NCAA Division III Susquehanna River Hawks for 11 years. Perkovich played football and basketball at Canisius from 1999 through 2002. The school dropped football after the 2002 season and Perkovich would begin his coaching career in 2003 at…
The Florida A&M Rattlers will have a familiar face leading the football program. FAMU named former quarterback Quinn Gray as its next head coach, after three successful years at NCAA Division II Albany State. Gray graduated from Florida A&M in 2002, but not before setting numerous records. He played in the NFL from 2002 through…
A pair of Texas football programs extended their head coaches this week. The Abilene Christian Wildcats and the UTRGV Vaqueros each agreed to three-year extensions with their top coaches. Keith Patterson and ACU could stay together through the 2029 season. Patterson has led the Wildcats to back-to-back United Athletic Conference titles in 2024 and 2025….
Presbyterian head coach Steve Englehart is departing for the same role at West Georgia. Englehart led Presbyterian to a 10-2 record in 2025, which included the school’s first-ever top 25 ranking. In four years at Presbyterian, Englehart went 21-25 overall and 12-20 in the Pioneer Football League. Englehart’s first head coaching experience came in 2006…
Howard head coach Larry Scott is leaving to become the tight ends coach at Auburn. Scott spent six seasons at Howard, compiling a 23-37 overall record and winning two MEAC titles during that time. Scott played offensive tackle at South Florida from 1996 through 1999 and started his coaching career in 2001. After four seasons…
VMI head coach Danny Rocco stepped down from the head coaching position to take an analyst role at Virginia Tech under James Franklin. Rocco went 7-28 overall in his three years at VMI. After two decades as an assistant from 1984 through 2005, Rocco became the head coach at Liberty in 2006. He took a…
The Weber State Wildcats hired Eric Kjar as the football team’s next head coach. Kjar has 17 years of head coaching experience at the high school level, with an overall record of 181-39. Kjar played collegiately at Wayne State (Nebraska) and graduated in 2004. He started coaching later that year as an assistant at Jordan…
Alonzo Carter will be the next head coach for the Sacramento State football program. Carter was most recently with the Arizona Wildcats as an assistant head coach and running backs coach for the past two seasons. Carter played collegiately at Cal State Hayward, which is now known as Cal State East Bay, in NCAA Division…
Gardner-Webb head coach Cris Reisert resigned and is expected to take the offensive coordinator role at Toledo under Mike Jacobs, according to FootballScoop. Reisert went 11-13 in two seasons at GWU. Reisert played quarterback at Ohio Dominican and became a graduate assistant in 2009. In 2010, he was promoted to the quarterbacks coach and was…
New Hampshire head coach Rick Santos has taken the same position at Penn. Santos went 31-19 over the last four seasons and made three FCS playoff appearances with the Wildcats. Santos played collegiately at New Hampshire from 2003 through 2007 and spent part of the 2008 offseason with the Kansas City Chiefs. Santos ultimately ended…
