The Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (SWAC) have announced the hiring of Terrell Buckley as head coach. Buckley will replace Kendrick Wade who was fired after going 2-21 in two seasons. Buckley had a long career in the NFL from 1992 through 2005 with seven different teams and started his coaching career at Florida State … Read more
Bob Nielson has retired as head coach of the South Dakota Coyotes (MVFC). The Coyotes are coming off the school’s best season as an FCS program and named defensive coordinator Travis Johansen as Nielson’s replacement. Nielson guided USD since 2016 reaching the FCS playoffs once in his first five seasons but took the program to … Read more
The South Dakota State Jackrabbits (MVFC) have moved quickly to fill the vacancy created by Jimmy Rogers’s departure by naming Dan Jackson as head coach. Jackson was most recently with the Idaho Vandals (Big Sky) as the defensive coordinator for the 2024 season. Jackson was a player at South Dakota State from 2003 through 2005 … Read more
The Alabama A&M Bulldogs (SWAC) hired Sam Shade as head coach of the football program. Shade was most recently the head coach of NCAA Division II Miles College where he compiled an 18-15 overall record in three seasons. Shade played college football at Alabama and was a fourth-round draft pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in … Read more
South Dakota State Jackrabbits (MVFC) head coach Jimmy Rogers has agreed to take the same position at Washington State (Pac-12). The Jackrabbits went 27-3 overall and 15-1 in the MVFC with one national championship and two conference titles under Rogers. SDSU joined the FCS in 2004 when the subdivision was referred to as I-AA with … Read more
The Drake Bulldogs (Pioneer) have hired Joe Woodley as the school’s next head coach. Woodley is coming off a perfect 14-0 season with the NAIA’s Grand View Vikings that culminated in a 35-7 victory in the NAIA Championship over Keiser. Woodley played linebacker at Iowa State from 1999 through 2003 and became an assistant coach … Read more
The Prairie View A&M Panthers (SWAC) have hired Tremaine Jackson as their next head coach. Jackson led Valdosta State to the NCAA Division II National Championship in 2024 losing to Ferris State in the title game. Jackson played football at Texas Southern and Louisiana-Monroe, which was followed by his first coaching experience in 2006 with … Read more
The Colgate Raiders (Patriot) hired Curt Fitzpatrick from NCAA Division III Cortland as the program’s next head coach. Fitzpatrick and the Red Dragons won the 2023 NCAA Division III National Championship. Fitzpatrick played collegiately at the Division III program St. John Fisher from 2000 through 2004 and took up coaching the following year at the high school level. In … Read more
Sacramento State (Big Sky) has hired UNLV (Mountain West) offensive coordinator Brennan Marion as its next head coach. Marion will replace Andy Thompson who left to join the Stanford Cardinal’s (ACC) coaching staff. Marion played collegiately at Tulsa from 2007 through 2008 and spent the summer of 2009 with the Miami Dolphins. He became a … Read more
The Norfolk State Spartans (MEAC) are making a headline hire: Michael Vick will be the school’s next football head coach. Vick was in the NFL for 15 seasons and grew up in nearby Newport News, Virginia. Vick played collegiately at Virginia Tech followed by the Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, and Pittsburgh Steelers … Read more