Christmas came early for Austin Peay head coach Mark Hudspeth as he received a contract extension through the 2024 season. Hudspeth led the Governors to quarterfinals of the FCS Playoffs in the school’s first appearance and was named OVC Coach of the Year. 2019 marked the first season in charge for Hudspeth in which he…
Just over a week after announcing Tre Lamb as their new head coach, Gardner-Webb added two opponents to their 2020 schedule. The first team added was Division II Limestone College. The Bulldogs will open the season at home against Limestone on Thursday, September 3. Limestone is coming off a 3-8 season and going 2-6 as…
Tarleton State, another new FCS member in 2020, has scheduled five opponents in the future, per FBSchedules. The added teams were Dixie State, South Dakota State, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Western New Mexico, and Western Oregon. As announced earlier this year, Dixie State was scheduled to face South Dakota State on November 14, 2020. However, Tarleton State…
VMI has extended the contract of current head coach Scott Wachenheim through the 2022 season. Wachenheim has been in charge of the program since 2015. The Keydets have not had a winning season since 1981 when they went 6-3-1. VMI has not claimed a conference championship since 1977 when they won the Southern Conference going…
Dixie State, a 2020 newcomer to the FCS level, has added the Missouri Valley Football Conference duo of Northern Iowa and Illinois State to their future football schedule per FBSchedules. Dixie State will play Northern Iowa in a home-and-home series on October 15, 2022 in Iowa and in Utah on November 15, 2025. The home-and-home…
The McNeese Cowboys will not be participating in the 2020 FCS Playoffs after failing to maintain the required NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR). The NCAA requires all programs to maintain an APR of 930 or higher over a four year period in order to be eligible for the postseason. McNeese had an average APR of…
Gardner-Webb announced the hire of Tre Lamb as head coach. Lamb had previously been the offensive coordinator at Tennessee Tech the past two seasons. Lamb is replacing Carroll McCray, who compiled a 27-53 overall record and 10-27 Big South record in 7 seasons. Lamb’s first season as OC for Tennessee Tech was poor: the Eagles…
Kentucky special teams coordinator Dean Hood has been hired as the next head coach of the Murray State Racers. Hood returns to the Ohio Valley Conference where he was head coach of Eastern Kentucky from 2008 – 2015. He went 55-38 in 8 seasons with 2 conference titles, 3 FCS Playoff appearances (0-3 record), and…
Former Denver Broncos wide receiver Ed McCaffrey has been hired as the head coach of the Northern Colorado Bears. McCaffrey had been the coach of the Valor Christian high school team for the past two seasons which included a state championship in 2018. McCaffrey spent 13 seasons in the NFL from 1991 through 2003 with…
The North Dakota State Bison have added the Towson Tigers of the Colonial Athletic Conference to their 2021 and 2024 schedules. The Bison announced the news on Thursday. The 2021 game will be played on September 18 and see NDSU travel to Towson, Maryland. The Tigers make the trek to Fargo on September 21, 2024…
