Greg Gattuso Departing Albany for Penn State

Longtime FCS coach Greg Gattuso is leaving his head coaching position at Albany to join Penn State as a defensive consultant. Gattuso coached at Duquesne and Albany for a combined 23 seasons. Gattuso is the 22nd FCS head coaching change this offseason. Gattuso was a defensive lineman at Penn State from 1981 through 1983 and … Read more

Mississippi Valley State Hires Terrell Buckley as Head Coach

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

South Dakota’s Bob Nielson Retiring, Travis Johansen Named New Head Coach

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

South Dakota State Names Dan Jackson Head Coach

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

Tremaine Jackson Hired as Head Coach at Prairie View A&M

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

Colgate Hires Cortland’s Curt Fitzpatrick

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

Brennan Marion Hired as Sacramento State Head Coach

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

Michael Vick is Norfolk State’s Next Head Coach

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

Stetson Hires Mike Jasper

The Stetson Hatters (Pioneer) have hired Mike Jasper as the school’s next football coach. Jasper was the head coach of Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee for the previous six seasons. Jasper played collegiately at UT Martin, Middle Tennessee but ended his career at Bethel and was a 7th-round draft pick by the Buffalo Bills in … Read more

Idaho Hires Thomas Ford as Head Coach

Idaho (Big Sky) has moved quickly to fill its head coaching vacancy by hiring Thomas Ford. Ford was the running backs coach at Oregon State (Pac-12) for the 2024 season and will replace Jason Eck who left for New Mexico (Mountain West). Ford has previous coaching experience at Idaho in 2022 and 2023 as the … Read more