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 2 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 3 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
Mickey Joseph will be the next head coach at Grambling as reportedly previously by FootballScoop. Joseph was most recently the interim head coach of Nebraska for the final 9 games of the 2022 season after former head coach Scott Frost was fired and he was the wide receivers/special teams coach at Grambling in 2014 and … Read more
North Dakota State has hired Wyoming offensive coordinator Tim Polasek to take over the Bison football program. Polasek was part of North Dakota State’s coaching staff as offensive coordinator from 2014 through 2016. Polasek began his coaching career with NCAA Division 3 Wisconsin-Stevens Point from 2003 through 2005 where he held numerous assistant coaching positions … Read more
Holy Cross has hired Dan Curran to replace Bob Chesney as head coach. Curran has spent the past 11 years as the head coach of Merrimack. Curran played collegiately at New Hampshire and played professionally with the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks. He began his coaching career at Merrimack as an offensive coordinator from … Read more
Billy Cosh has been selected as the next head coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves. Cosh spent the 2023 season as the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach with Western Michigan. Cosh helped improve the Western Michigan offense from 19 points per game in 2022 to 23.7 points per game in 2023. Cosh has not been … Read more