The FCS coaching carousel continues with Mercer head coach Drew Cronic resigning to take over the offensive coordinator position at Navy. Cronic coached Mercer for four seasons going 28-17 overall and leading the Bears to their first FCS playoff appearance in school history in 2023. Mercer defeated Gardner-Webb 17-7 in the opening round but fell … Read more
Houston Christian didn’t have to look too far or too long for its next head coach. The Huskies promoted offensive coordinator Jason Bachtel to run the football program following the departure of Braxton Harris to Campbell. Bachtel was the offensive coordinator at HCU for the 2023 season under Harris. The Huskies went from 18 points … Read more
Braxton Harris is leaving his role as head coach at Houston Christian for the same position as Campbell. Harris went 5-5 in his first season with the Huskies in 2023. Harris played collegiately at NCAA Division III Mary Hardin-Baylor and coached as an assistant there upon graduation from 2006 through 2009. After a year at … Read more
Dean Hood has announced his retirement from coaching. Hood was most recently in charge of the Murray State Racers since the season 2020 where he went 15-25 overall and oversaw the move from the Ohio Valley Conference to the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Hood is the fourth FCS head coach to announce his retirement in … Read more
Florida A&M head coach Willie Simmons has decided to accept an assistant coaching position with Duke as the running backs coach. Simmons led the Rattlers to the 2023 SWAC Championship, a victory in the 2023 Celebration Bowl over Howard, and the 2023 HBCU National Championship. In five seasons with FAMU, Simmons went 45-13 overall, 32-5 … Read more
After a month of searching for its next head coach, Morehead State has hired Jason Woodman. Woodman spent the previous decade as head coach with NCAA Division II program Fairmont State. Woodman’s coaching career began in the high school ranks at North Marion in Farmington, West Virginia from 1999 through 2003. He was an LSU … Read more
Cedric Thomas will be the next head coach of Alcorn State. Thomas was most recently the defensive coordinator for the Braves and was promoted following the separation of former head coach Fred McNair and Alcorn State. McNair went 48-33 overall with Alcorn State while winning two SWAC Championships and five division championships in 7 seasons. … Read more
Marist has hired Mike Willis to be its next head coach. Willis has been Princeton’s offensive coordinator since 2020. Willis was a player at Princeton from 2010 through 2013, which included the Tigers’ 2013 Ivy League title they shared with Harvard. He joined the Tigers as a coaching intern in 2015 and was promoted to … Read more
The Merrimack Warriors have decided to stay in-house to fill its head coaching vacancy by promoting defensive coordinator Mike Gennetti to the top role. Gennetti has been with Merrimack since the 2005 season. Gennetti’s coaching career began in 2003 when he joined his alma mater – the NCAA Division III program Worcester State – as … Read more
Mike Minter has stepped down as head coach of the Campbell Camels after 11 seasons. Minter is the latest FCS coaching change in an already busy coaching carousel. After a 10-year NFL playing career as a Carolina Panther that concluded in 2006, Minter became a head coach at the high school level in 2008. He … Read more