Idaho (Big Sky) head coach Jason Eck has left for the same position with New Mexico (Mountain West). Eck spent three years with the Vandals, guiding them to three straight FCS Playoff appearances including back-to-back quarterfinals in 2023 and 2024. Eck was named Idaho’s head coach after the 2021 season to replace Paul Petrino. Petrino … Read more
Former Austin Peay and Charlotte head coach Will Healy is back in the FCS. East Tennessee State (Southern) has chosen Will Healy to lead the program following the departure of Tre Lamb to Tulsa (American). Healy was the Georgia State running backs coach for the 2024 season. Healy spent 7 seasons from 2009 through 2015 … Read more
Ball State (MAC) and Butler (Pioneer Football League) have completed what has effectively become a trade involving coaches. Ball State assistant head coach Kevin Lynch has been hired as Butler’s head coach to replace Mike Uremovich, who previously left Butler to become head coach at Ball State. Lynch, the son of former Butler head Bill … Read more
The Valparaiso Beacons (Pioneer Football League) have named Andy Waddle as head coach. Waddle spent the last twelve seasons as head coach of NCAA Division III Marietta College (Ohio Athletic Conference). When Waddle took over as head coach at Marietta in 2013, the football program had six straight losing seasons and his tenure started much … Read more
North Dakota (MVFC) has tabbed former football player Eric Schmidt to lead the program. Schmidt was most recently the defensive coordinator at San Diego State (Mountain West) and played at UND from 1998 through 2001. Schmidt was a two-time All-conference player and an All-American in 2001. After his playing days ended, Schmidt became a head … Read more
For the second straight year, East Tennessee State (Southern) is looking for a new coach after Tre Lamb left for Tulsa (American Athletic). In Lamb’s lone season with the Buccaneers, ETSU went 7-5 overall and 5-3 in the Southern Conference. Lamb received a contract extension through 2028 after ETSU’s 2024 campaign. The Bucs started the … Read more
Former North Carolina A&T (CAA) assistant coach Shawn Gibbs has been tabbed as the next head coach for the Aggies. Gibbs was an assistant with the Aggies in 2002 and from 2011 through 2021. Gibbs will replace Vincent Brown who was fired earlier this week after going 2-21 overall and 0-16 in the CAA in … Read more
Sacramento State (Big Sky) head coach Andy Thompson is leaving his position to join the Stanford (ACC) coaching staff. Thompson will be reunited with Troy Taylor, whom he served as the defensive coordinator from 2019 through 2022. Thompson was named head coach of Sacramento State in December 2022 following Taylor’s departure to Stanford. Taylor went … Read more
Kendrick Wade is no longer the head coach at Mississippi Valley State (SWAC). Wade went 2-21 in his two seasons and is the third SWAC coaching change this offseason following moves by Alabama A&M and Prairie View A&M. The Delta Devils opened the 2023 season with back-to-back losses to NCAA Division II opponents Central State … Read more
The North Carolina A&T Aggies (CAA) have fired head coach Vincent Brown after two seasons. Brown went 2-21 overall and winless (0-16) in the CAA. The Aggies opted not to bring back Sam Washington as head coach after the 2022 season. Washington went 31-15 overall and 19-8 in his four seasons, which included back-to-back MEAC … Read more