Oklahoma hires Clemson’s Brent Venables to replace Riley
3 years ago

Oklahoma hires Clemson’s Brent Venables to replace Riley

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Oklahoma hired Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables as its head coach to replace Lincoln Riley on Sunday night, bringing back a former Sooners assistant with a long track record of success. “He knows the formula to win national championships and has the toughness, the attitude and the fight that I think will elevate our program in a lot of positive ways,” said Stoops, who has been serving as interim coach since Riley’s surprising departure last week for Southern California. “I’ve always loved his energy, excitement and passion for the game — it clearly spills over to his players.” Venables, who will be a head coach for the first time, said in a statement he’s excited to add to the history of a program that’s won seven national titles and had seven Heisman Trophy winners. “We couldn’t be more excited for Brent to return to OU as our head coach.” ___ AP College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo contributed to this report.

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Dan Mullen to become UNLV’s next football coach, AP sources say
1 week, 4 days ago

Dan Mullen to become UNLV’s next football coach, AP sources say

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! LAS VEGAS — Former Florida and Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen has agreed to lead UNLV’s 24th-ranked football program, two people with knowledge of the hire said Wednesday. The 52-year-old Mullen replaces Barry Odom, who left for Purdue on Sunday after going 19-8 and helping the …

Jeff Grimes hired as Wisconsin’s offensive coordinator following 1 season at Kansas
1 week, 6 days ago

Jeff Grimes hired as Wisconsin’s offensive coordinator following 1 season at Kansas

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! MADISON, Wis. — Jeff Grimes will become the offensive coordinator at his fourth school in eight seasons, leaving Kansas after one season to take the same job at Wisconsin, Badgers coach Luke Fickell announced Tuesday. I’m looking forward to working with him and his impact on …

Florida State hires Nebraska’s Tony White as defensive coordinator, AP source says
3 weeks ago

Florida State hires Nebraska’s Tony White as defensive coordinator, AP source says

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Florida State hired Tony White to be its defensive coordinator Monday, poaching him from Nebraska after the Cornhuskers posted top-20 defenses in consecutive years, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. I’m thrilled to work side-by-side with Gus again as we elevate the …

Oklahoma’s throwback offensive approach against Alabama gets LSU’s attention
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Oklahoma’s throwback offensive approach against Alabama gets LSU’s attention

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I think this staff has done a really good job with trying to figure that out, get better every week, put together a great gameplan but also figure out, ‘OK, what does this group of guys, what does this team — what do we need to …

Houston fires offensive coordinator Kevin Barbay with team struggling to score
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Houston fires offensive coordinator Kevin Barbay with team struggling to score

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! HOUSTON — Houston offensive coordinator Kevin Barbay has been fired with the Cougars last in the nation in scoring and near the bottom in total offense, coach Willie Fritz announced Tuesday. “As we continue to assess every aspect of our program, it is clear we have …

Oklahoma’s president, AD back coach Brent Venables amid rough season
1 month, 1 week ago

Oklahoma’s president, AD back coach Brent Venables amid rough season

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma’s president and athletic director gave coach Brent Venables a vote of confidence on Tuesday after the school’s Board of Regents meeting. “We all get emotional over during the course of a season,” Oklahoma president Joseph Harroz Jr. said. As far as my …

East Carolina football coaching candidates: Who could replace Mike Houston?
2 months ago

East Carolina football coaching candidates: Who could replace Mike Houston?

New York Times  

East Carolina’s Mike Houston on Sunday became the first FBS head coach to get fired this season. Western Kentucky head coach Tyson Helton, a former Tennessee offensive coordinator, has done an outstanding job, going 45-28 and is 31-11 in six seasons in Conference USA play. The younger brother of USC coach Lincoln Riley and the offensive spark behind TCU’s rise …

ECU fires football coach Mike Houston
2 months ago

ECU fires football coach Mike Houston

New York Times  

By Alex Andrejev, Ralph Russo and Chris Vannini East Carolina fired football coach Mike Houston on Sunday after five-plus seasons that produced only two bowl bids, the school announced. “After a comprehensive evaluation of our football program, I informed Mike Houston this morning that we are making a change in leadership,” ECU athletic director Jon Gilbert said in a statement …

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Who is better off? Lincoln Riley’s new (USC) and old (OU) teams hoping for more
3 months ago

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Who is better off? Lincoln Riley’s new (USC) and old (OU) teams hoping for more

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Oklahoma came into the Tennessee game averaging less than 5.0 yards per play under new coordinator Seth Littrell and then was held to 3.3 by Heupel’s Volunteers, who — to be fair — are nasty up front. Meanwhile, at Oklahoma, Venables benched highly touted second-year quarterback …

Clemson’s Dabo Swinney isn’t big on transfer-portal recruiting. That’s at odds with his ACC peers
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Clemson’s Dabo Swinney isn’t big on transfer-portal recruiting. That’s at odds with his ACC peers

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I’m just for the guys that we have,” Swinney said Thursday during the ACC’s preseason football media days. “I said earlier today: If I took a job somewhere else, I’d be the greatest portal recruiter ever because half of my roster would be gone and I’d …

Former Alabama football players thank retired coach Nick Saban for helping them reach NFL combine
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Former Alabama football players thank retired coach Nick Saban for helping them reach NFL combine

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! INDIANAPOLIS — Some Alabama players saw the signs of Nick Saban’s impending departure from college football long before his January retirement announcement. Still, the Crimson Tide players attending this week’s NFL annual scouting combine shared one sentiment: Without Saban’s mentorship, they might not be here — …

Coaching carousel adds intrigue to college football recruiting’s February signing period
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Coaching carousel adds intrigue to college football recruiting’s February signing period

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! College football’s busy recruiting calendar created a particularly hectic first few weeks on the job for all the head coaches who switched schools over the last month. When Nick Saban announced his retirement last month, it set off a chain reaction that resulted in head coaching …

Oklahoma adds Zac Alley as co-defensive coordinator, promotes Valai
11 months, 1 week ago

Oklahoma adds Zac Alley as co-defensive coordinator, promotes Valai

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Alley spent the last two seasons as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. Alley worked under Oklahoma coach Brent Venables as a graduate assistant at Clemson from 2015 to 2018 when Venables was defensive coordinator and linebackers coach there. Alley’s …

K-State hires former Texas Tech coach Matt Wells to help direct its offense
11 months, 2 weeks ago

K-State hires former Texas Tech coach Matt Wells to help direct its offense

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Kansas State hired former Texas Tech coach Matt Wells on Thursday to join offensive line coach Conor Riley as the Wildcats’ co-offensive coordinators following the departure of Collin Klein for the same job at Texas A&M. “He is someone who will bring a lot to the …

Texas A&M hires Duke coach Mike Elko, former Aggies defensive coordinator, to replace Jimbo Fisher
1 year ago

Texas A&M hires Duke coach Mike Elko, former Aggies defensive coordinator, to replace Jimbo Fisher

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Texas A&M hired Duke coach Mike Elko to lead the Aggies on Monday, replacing Jimbo Fisher with his former defensive coordinator for four years in College Station. Elko left the Aggies to take his first head coaching job at Duke after the 2021 season and went …

Northwestern rewards coach David Braun for turnaround by removing ‘interim’ label
1 year, 1 month ago

Northwestern rewards coach David Braun for turnaround by removing ‘interim’ label

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! CHICAGO — Northwestern rewarded coach David Braun for a remarkable turnaround following Pat Fitzgerald’s firing in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal by removing the “interim” label from his job title on Wednesday. “I am truly honored for the opportunity to continue leading Northwestern’s …

No. 19 Oklahoma’s trip to Tulsa brings a reunion of coaching colleagues Brent Venables, Kevin Wilson
1 year, 3 months ago

No. 19 Oklahoma’s trip to Tulsa brings a reunion of coaching colleagues Brent Venables, Kevin Wilson

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “He’s a really smart coach and tough guy.” Wilson said competing with Venables made him a better coach. Venables led Clemson’s defenses for a decade, helping the Tigers win two national titles before returning to Oklahoma before the 2022 season as head coach. And it’s also …

In ACC offensive coordinator shuffle, new coaches debuted to mixed results
1 year, 3 months ago

In ACC offensive coordinator shuffle, new coaches debuted to mixed results

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Boston College replaced John McNulty after one year with co-offensive coordinators: Former Cleveland Browns head coach Rob Chudzinski is sharing duties with Steve Shimko, who was the Eagles’ quarterbacks coach last season. “That’s something we were really committed to doing.” At N.C. State, Anae called on …

Rocked by hazing scandal, Northwestern hopes Braun can help steady program
1 year, 4 months ago

Rocked by hazing scandal, Northwestern hopes Braun can help steady program

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Braun finds himself leading a Big Ten team as the interim coach after Fitzgerald got fired last month with the program embroiled in a hazing and abuse scandal. but what I can say is the opportunity to get back with this group, with this staff, with …

Clemson looks to new coordinator Riley to fire up offense
1 year, 8 months ago

Clemson looks to new coordinator Riley to fire up offense

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik loves the repetition and simplicity of Garrett Riley’s first spring as offensive coordinator. “More than anything, lets get good at a few things and let’s grow from there,” Riley said. “Again, he’s an Air Raid guy, his roots, but …

New OC Riley looks to push Clemson offense into next gear
1 year, 10 months ago

New OC Riley looks to push Clemson offense into next gear

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Ever since, he warns recruits when taking them around Clemson’s massive operations center, “better not ask me where something is,” Riley said Wednesday at his formal introduction. “We weren’t quite where we needed to be.” Swinney talked to Riley’s brother, Southern Cal coach Lincoln Riley, about …

AP source: Clemson working to hire TCU’s Garrett Riley as OC
1 year, 11 months ago

AP source: Clemson working to hire TCU’s Garrett Riley as OC

Associated Press  

Clemson is working to hire TCU assistant Garrett Riley as its next offensive coordinator, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday. The board’s compensation committee had a meeting scheduled for Friday with a lone action item on the agenda: Football assistant coach contract, with athletic director Graham Neff. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney announced earlier …

Iowa State adds ex-Wisconsin aide, NAIA head coach to staff
1 year, 11 months ago

Iowa State adds ex-Wisconsin aide, NAIA head coach to staff

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! AMES, Iowa — Former Wisconsin cornerbacks coach Hank Poteat has been hired to coach the same position at Iowa State, and the Cyclones went to the small-college ranks to bring in Jordan Langs as running backs coach and special teams coordinator. ISU coach Matt Campbell announced …

CFP matchups: Runnin’ Duggan; UGA’s TEs; Quentin vs. Kelee
1 year, 11 months ago

CFP matchups: Runnin’ Duggan; UGA’s TEs; Quentin vs. Kelee

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Hybrid players cause problems for the defense because they have to realize and try to figure out what position he’s playing,” former Florida coach and ESPN analyst Dan Mullen said on The AP Top 25 College Football Podcast. QUENTIN vs. KELEE Georgia’s Kelee Ringo was one …

Navy promotes defensive coordinator Newberry to head coach
2 years ago

Navy promotes defensive coordinator Newberry to head coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! — Navy promoted defensive coordinator Brian Newberry to head coach on Monday, replacing Ken Niumatalolo, the winningest coach in school history who was fired a week ago. The Naval Academy is a special place and we have great young men in our program.” Navy athletic director …

AP source: USF hiring to Tennessee OC Golesh as head coach
2 years ago

AP source: USF hiring to Tennessee OC Golesh as head coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! South Florida is hiring Tennessee offensive coordinator Alex Golesh to be its head football coach, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Saturday night. Golesh came to Tennessee with head coach Josh Heupel in 2021 after the two were at Central Florida …

New Auburn AD Cohen hits ground running in coaching search
2 years, 1 month ago

New Auburn AD Cohen hits ground running in coaching search

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 1 priority for Auburn’s new athletic director: Finding a new football coach to replace Bryan Harsin, ousted hours before Cohen’s own hiring was announced. This isn’t about me.” Auburn has lost five straight games and recruiting struggles under Harsin could make for an uphill battle in …

Oklahoma coach Brent Venables hits rough patch in 1st year
2 years, 2 months ago

Oklahoma coach Brent Venables hits rough patch in 1st year

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Some had second thoughts when Venables vehemently approved of popular receivers coach Cale Gundy’s resignation in August after Gundy said a “racially charged” word at a film session. “The hardest thing about success and the thing that’s going to challenge success the most is guys getting …

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Bleak outlooks for Oklahoma, Wisconsin
2 years, 2 months ago

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Bleak outlooks for Oklahoma, Wisconsin

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “That’s not the Wisconsin football we all know.” After the departure of Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma fans were bitter but also emboldened by the arrival of Venables, the former Clemson defensive coordinator. Wisconsin won double-digit games in four of coach Paul Chryst’s first five seasons, results similar …

Duggan, TCU rout No. 18 Oklahoma 55-24 as Gabriel gets hurt
2 years, 2 months ago

Duggan, TCU rout No. 18 Oklahoma 55-24 as Gabriel gets hurt

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Duggan went 67 yards for one of his two rushing TDs and threw for three scores, leading the Horned Frogs to a 55-24 rout of the 18th-ranked Sooners on Saturday in a second consecutive loss for first-year coach Brent Venables. TCU led 41-17 at halftime with …

All eyes on Richardson as Kentucky, Florida begin SEC play
2 years, 3 months ago

All eyes on Richardson as Kentucky, Florida begin SEC play

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Anthony Richardson dazzled a packed Swamp in Florida’s season opener, delivering more feel-good moments than anyone honestly could have expected. Just ask him, he’ll throw it a hundred yards.” Richardson threw for 168 yards, ran for 106 more and three scores, and, most …

Auburn’s Harsin promotes Kiesau to offensive coordinator
2 years, 10 months ago

Auburn’s Harsin promotes Kiesau to offensive coordinator

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn coach Bryan Harsin has promoted wide receivers coach Eric Kiesau to offensive coordinator. Harsin also promoted defensive analyst Roc Bellatoni to edge linebackers coach and special teams coordinator, and elevated secondary coach Zac Etheridge to associate head coach. “Coach Kiesau and coach …

Oregon hires Georgia DC Dan Lanning as head coach
3 years ago

Oregon hires Georgia DC Dan Lanning as head coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Oregon hired Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning as head coach Saturday, completing a search for Mario Cristobal’s replacement that took less than a week. Five days later, the Ducks landed on the 35-year-old Lanning, who will be a first-time head coach after spending the last four …

Duke hires Texas A&M coordinator Mike Elko as football coach
3 years ago

Duke hires Texas A&M coordinator Mike Elko as football coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Duke is turning to Texas A&M defensive coordinator Mike Elko to turn around its football program after a two-year slide and a winless Atlantic Coast Conference record. In a statement, athletic director Nina King said Elko possesses “an innovative football mind and a natural ability to …

Virginia names Clemson’s Tony Elliott as next football coach
3 years ago

Virginia names Clemson’s Tony Elliott as next football coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Virginia didn’t have to extend its search for a new football coach beyond the Atlantic Coast Conference as the Cavaliers announced Friday they had tabbed longtime Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott to fill their vacancy. “Coach Elliott is an exceptional leader of young men and he …

Lincoln Riley effect: Five players and one coach announce they’re leaving USC
3 years ago

Lincoln Riley effect: Five players and one coach announce they’re leaving USC

LA Times  

USC defensive tackle Jacob Lichtenstein wraps up Oregon State running back B.J. Edge rushers Hunter Echols and Juliano Falaniko, defensive tackle Jake Lichtenstein and kicker Alex Stadthaus all entered the NCAA transfer portal on Monday, while offensive tackle Jalen McKenzie announced he would forgo an extra season of eligibility to enter the NFL draft. Defensive line coach Vic So’oto also …

Lincoln Riley jetted for USC, and Oklahoma is left to furiously wonder why
3 years ago

Lincoln Riley jetted for USC, and Oklahoma is left to furiously wonder why

LA Times  

The price of oil was showing strength at over $100 per barrel, which created a hopeful mood as the University of Oklahoma board of regents met in June 2014. “The word ‘snake’ is being used a lot right now to describe Lincoln Riley,” McComas says. He was handed an opportunity that few others in college football history have gotten.” “He …

Akron hires Oregon offensive coordinator Moorhead as coach
3 years ago

Akron hires Oregon offensive coordinator Moorhead as coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! AKRON — Akron hired Oregon offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead as head coach on Saturday, bringing back a former assistant for the Zips to take over a struggling program. Moorhead’s move also comes amid speculation that Oregon head coach Mario Cristobal is being pursued by his alma …

Pry: ‘Honored, humbled’ to be Virginia Tech football coach
3 years ago

Pry: ‘Honored, humbled’ to be Virginia Tech football coach

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BLACKSBURG, Va. — Brent Pry’s voice cracked with emotion as he detailed the career journey he’s been on, one that has brought him back to Blacksburg as Virginia Tech’s head football coach. “It’s very surreal for me.” After spending a dozen years on the staff of …

Lincoln Riley eager to return USC Trojans to winning ways
3 years ago

Lincoln Riley eager to return USC Trojans to winning ways

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Unbelievable.” Southern California appeared to be asking itself the same rhetorical questions after a surprising 36-hour courtship ended with Riley in charge of restoring the Trojans to a place atop the college football world. “It sends a loud and powerful message to the college football world …

USC hires coach Lincoln Riley away from Oklahoma
3 years ago

USC hires coach Lincoln Riley away from Oklahoma

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! USC hired Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley on Sunday in a stunning and rare move of one traditional college football powerhouse swiping another’s highly accomplished coach. Riley went 55-10 in five seasons leading the Sooners, winning four Big 12 titles and making three College Football Playoff appearances in …

Roundtable: Why USC fans should feel great Lincoln Riley was hired despite a few flaws
3 years ago

Roundtable: Why USC fans should feel great Lincoln Riley was hired despite a few flaws

LA Times  

USC wrapped up a quiet coaching search with a shocking hire, reeling in Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley to turn around the football program. Kartje: If two losses are the worst it gets under Riley, I think USC fans should be plenty happy, considering what they’ve gone through the past four seasons. Kartje: We know, thanks to an early-rising crew of …

Florida hires La-Lafayette coach Napier to replace Mullen
3 years ago

Florida hires La-Lafayette coach Napier to replace Mullen

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Gators hired Louisiana-Lafayette’s Billy Napier on Sunday, ending a quick process that landed them their top target a week after firing Dan Mullen. Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin moved quickly to land Napier, a former receivers coach at Alabama under Saban and a former offensive …

Five things USC fans should know about new football coach Lincoln Riley
3 years ago

Five things USC fans should know about new football coach Lincoln Riley

LA Times  

Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley, center, talks with quarterback Caleb Williams and quarterback Spencer Rattler before a game against Iowa State on Nov. 20. If you did — they all hail from the Southland — then Lincoln Riley probably did, too As soon as Bob Stoops handpicked Riley to coach the quarterbacks and run the offense at Oklahoma in 2015, Riley …

Kersey: How Oklahoma is dealing with the fallout from Lincoln Riley’s shocking exit for USC: ‘Tensions are high’
3 years ago

Kersey: How Oklahoma is dealing with the fallout from Lincoln Riley’s shocking exit for USC: ‘Tensions are high’

New York Times  

NORMAN, Okla. — A group of Oklahoma football players congregated Sunday afternoon in the parking lot across the street from Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Riley’s decision to walk away hours after the Sooners lost to Bedlam rival Oklahoma State astonished this program, state and the college football world. In a statement, Riley said it was a personal decision that was …

Patterson’s abrupt ending at TCU unimaginable not long ago
3 years, 1 month ago

Patterson’s abrupt ending at TCU unimaginable not long ago

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Not even TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati envisioned such an abrupt ending to Gary Patterson’s more than two decades as head coach of the Horned Frogs. “Frankly, it’s a place that it was almost kind of unimaginable not too long ago,” Donati said Tuesday, two days …

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