The FCS coaching carousel started right at the start of the regular season when Gardner-Webb dismissed Kris McCullough. The 2025-26 offseason ended up with 25 coaching changes, the 2024-25 offseason had 23 head coaching changes, and there were 31 changes during the 2023-24 FCS offseason. There are numerous reasons for a coaching change; the table…
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks have named defensive coordinator Rich Nagy as head coach. Nagy will take over for Kevin Cahill, who left for Yale in February. Cahill went 23-14 overall in 3 seasons, which included back-to-back Patriot League championships and 2025 FCS Coach of the Year honors. Nagy has been the defensive coordinator and linebackers…
The Yale Bulldogs have brought former assistant coach Kevin Cahill back to New Haven. Cahill was previously the head coach at Lehigh from 2023 through 2025, leading the Mountain Hawks to a 23-14 overall record. Cahill went 12-0 in the regular season in 2025 and captured FCS Coach of the Year honors. Cahill played collegiately…
Yale head coach Tony Reno resigned from his position for health reasons. Reno has been in charge of the Bulldogs since 2012, amassing an 83-49 overall record and going 55-36 in Ivy League games. Reno’s tenure featured five Ivy League titles for Yale, including a share of the 2025 crown. Yale defeated Harvard in the…
Mercyhurst head coach Ryan Riemedio resigned his position to take the defensive coordinator role at Youngstown State. Riemedio helped lead the Lakers from NCAA Division II to the FCS. Mercyhurst also named Thomas Sydeski as Riemedio’s replacement. In 2022, Riemedio was named head coach of Mercyhurst while the Lakers were still playing in the NCAA…
South Dakota Coyotes head coach Travis Johansen is leaving to take the defensive coordinator position with Rutgers. Johansen spent one season as head coach at South Dakota, finishing 10-5 overall and reaching the FCS Quarterfinals in 2025. Johansen was named USD’s head coach in January 2025, following the retirement of Bob Nielson. Nielson spent nearly…
The Bucknell Bison have found their man. The school hired Jeff Behrman to take over the Bison football program, following three successful years at NCAA Division III John Carroll. Behrman played quarterback at John Carroll, graduated in 1995, and took a graduate assistant position in 1996 at Clarion in Pennsylvania. In 1997, he became the…
Sean Goldrich will return to the New Hampshire Wildcats to take over the football program. Goldrich spent the previous four seasons at Delaware as an assistant coach. Goldrich played quarterback for the Wildcats from 2012 through 2015, throwing for more than 7,500 yards, rushing for more than 1,100 yards, and scoring 67 touchdowns (47 passing,…
The Presbyterian Blue Hose promoted Matt Rahl to head coach. Rahl previously served as the team’s offensive line, run game coordinator, and offensive recruiting coordinator since 2024. Rahl played tight end at Missouri Southern State and became a student assistant at MoSo in 2002. In 2003, he became a graduate assistant at Winona State for…
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…
