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…
The Davidson Wildcats (Pioneer Football League) have hired Saj Thakkar as its next head coach. Thakkar spent the previous two years as the head coach of the NCAA Division II program Bentley University in the Northeast-10 Conference. Thakkar played at Division III Fitchburg State and upon graduation became the special teams coordinator and running backs…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
