Coaching News
Bubba Schweigert Steps Down at North Dakota
North Dakota Fighting Hawks (MVFC) will have a new head coach in 2025 after Bubba Schweigert resigned from his position. Schweigert will remain with the UND athletics department in a different role. Schweigert went 66-57 overall in 11 seasons with North Dakota from 2014 through 2024 and signed an extension in the offseason that would…
Norfolk State Fires Dawson Odums
Norfolk State (MEAC) has announced that Dawson Odums will no longer be the football head coach. Odums went 15-31 in his four seasons with the Spartans. The Spartans started 6-5 in Odums’ first season in 2021 but didn’t achieve a winning season after that. They fell to 2-9 in 2022 followed by a 3-8 record…
Scott Abell Leaving Davidson for Rice
Davidson (Pioneer Football League) head coach Scott Abell is leaving for the same position at Rice (American Athletic). Abell went 47-28 overall in 7 seasons with the Wildcats and leaves as the school’s winningest coach all-time. Prior to taking over at Davidson, Abell was a high school assistant and head coach from 1993 through 2007….
McNeese Fires Gary Goff
McNeese (Southland) has fired head coach Gary Goff after three seasons with the Cowboys. Goff went 10-23 overall and 5-14 in the Southland Conference. Goff began his coaching career at NCAA Division II Tiffin University in 2011, compiling an overall record of 38-50 in nine seasons. He was hired by his alma mater, Valdosta State, in…
Bubba McDowell Out as Prairie View A&M Coach
Bubba McDowell has been let go by Prairie View A&M (SWAC) after three seasons in charge. McDowell led the Panthers to the 2023 SWAC Championship, losing to Florida A&M 35-14. McDowell is the second FCS head coaching change on Sunday following Valparaiso’s Landon Fox. McDowell took over in 2022 following Eric Dooley’s four-year tenure. Dooley…
Valparaiso Will Not Renew Landon Fox’s Contract
Valparaiso (Pioneer Football League) is making a head coaching change as Landon Fox’s contract will not be renewed by the university. Fox went 21-42 at Valpo in his six seasons from 2019 through 2024. He is also the first FCS coaching change since the end of the regular season. Fox was an assistant coach at…
Tre Lamb Receives Extension Through 2028
East Tennessee State (Southern) has extended head coach Tre Lamb’s contract through the 2028 season. Lamb is currently 6-5 overall in his first season with the Bucs. Lamb was hired in November 2023 by ETSU after four years in charge at Gardner-Webb. He led the Runnin’ Bulldogs to back-to-back Big South and Big South-OVC titles…
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….
Northern Iowa’s Mark Farley Retiring at End of 2024 Campaign
Mark Farley’s extensive reign at Northern Iowa will end after the 2024 season. Farley announced his retirement after 24 seasons as the Panthers’ head coach. Farley was a member of UNI’s football team from 1982 through 1985 where he garnered all-conference honors in 1983, 1984, and 1985, honorable All-American mentions in 1984 and 1985, and…
Jackson State Extends T.C. Taylor’s Contract
T.C. Taylor has received a contract extension from Jackson State as the Tigers look to contend for another SWAC title. Taylor is in his second season with JSU after going 7-4 in 2023 and is 14-6 overall. Specific details regarding contract length and compensation were not disclosed. Taylor has been with Jackson State since 2019…