Texas A&M football coaching job pluses, minuses and candidates after Jimbo Fisher firing
1 year, 1 month ago

Texas A&M football coaching job pluses, minuses and candidates after Jimbo Fisher firing

New York Times  

Texas A&M is firing Jimbo Fisher, ending an underwhelming run with by far the largest buyout in college football history and owing Fisher more than $75 million. There will also be millions owed to a new staff, potentially including a buyout paid to the next head coach’s previous school. Duke head coach Mike Elko knows the school as Texas A&M’s defensive coordinator from 2018 to 2021. There’s zero chance I would be coaching somewhere else.” — Chris Vannini November 14, 2023 Elsewhere in the Pac-12, Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer is also winning big in his second season and wouldn’t be as expensive to pull away; he has a $12 million buyout to leave the Huskies. Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman has similarly won wherever he’s been, with a 109-36 record as a head coach, four FCS national titles in five years at North Dakota State and a Big 12 championship at Kansas State last year.

Football Coaching College Football Texas Duke Kansas Oregon Washington State Season Johnson Million Coach Sec Nil Norvell Head Hes Meyer Including This Season Buyout Fisher Fleck Drinkwitz Deboer Traylor Leipold Nine Games Job Pluses  fisher  including  won  buyout  jimbo  candidates  coach  season  football  job  pluses  hes  texas  firing  coaching  minuses  head  million  state

History of this topic

Arizona football coaching job’s pluses, minuses and candidates after Jedd Fisch
11 months, 1 week ago

Arizona football coaching job’s pluses, minuses and candidates after Jedd Fisch

New York Times  

Arizona needs a new head coach. GO DEEPER Arizona candidates to replace Jedd Fisch: Brent Brennan, Jake Dickert, Barry Odom and more Washington State head coach Jake Dickert has done admirable work in a difficult job. Former Auburn and Boise State head coach Bryan Harsin spent the past year out of coaching, but he’s familiar with the West Coast. Harsin …

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 …

Jimbo Fisher’s failures left Texas A&M well short of national championship dreams
1 year, 1 month ago

Jimbo Fisher’s failures left Texas A&M well short of national championship dreams

New York Times  

By Sam Khan Jr., Bruce Feldman and Max Olson COLLEGE STATION, Texas — After the final game of the 2022 season, Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher spoke with an air of validation. The athletic department staffer said Fisher made it known he could get others fired: “He would say, ‘I’ve got the stick, and I’ll use it.’” The offense received …

Texas A&M fires coach Jimbo Fisher, a move that will cost the school $75M
1 year, 1 month ago

Texas A&M fires coach Jimbo Fisher, a move that will cost the school $75M

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! But Fisher failed to replicate his success at Florida State in six years with the Aggies and athletic director Ross Bjork fired the coach Sunday despite owing him more than $75 million. And we just didn’t see the trend lines improving.” Instead of winning a title, …

How Texas A&M will pay Jimbo Fisher’s $77.6 million buyout, the largest in college football history
1 year, 1 month ago

How Texas A&M will pay Jimbo Fisher’s $77.6 million buyout, the largest in college football history

New York Times  

When Texas A&M extended Jimbo Fisher’s contract just days before the Aggies kicked off the 2021 season, the program’s outlook was rosy. Fisher’s contract explains the buyout’s payment schedule as follows: “University shall pay twenty five percent of such amount in a lump sum within days of the effective date of termination of the Agreement, and the remaining balance shall …

Who could replace Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M? Lance Leipold, Mike Elko and other coaching candidates
1 year, 1 month ago

Who could replace Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M? Lance Leipold, Mike Elko and other coaching candidates

New York Times  

Texas A&M made a big bet on Jimbo Fisher, and the former Florida State coach proved to be an enormous dud for the Aggies, costing them almost $80 million to get rid of him after six massively underwhelming seasons. The school paid a fortune for a coach who produced one top-15 season, and in four of his seasons, his teams …

Despite the Jimbo Fisher failure, Texas A&M will keep spending until it wins big
1 year, 1 month ago

Despite the Jimbo Fisher failure, Texas A&M will keep spending until it wins big

New York Times  

It may feel like the money is not real. After less than six full seasons, Texas A&M is paying Fisher $77 million to go away after falling short of the College Football Playoff and national championship dreams he was hired to make a reality in Aggieland. “We appreciate Coach Fisher’s time here at Texas A&M and we wish him the …

Can Jimbo Fisher become a CEO head coach? Texas A&M’s season rides on the experiment
1 year, 3 months ago

Can Jimbo Fisher become a CEO head coach? Texas A&M’s season rides on the experiment

New York Times  

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — On Jan. 6, 2014, Jimbo Fisher stood at midfield of the Rose Bowl and raised a crystal football in triumph after leading Florida State to a 14-0 record and a BCS national championship. “The first couple years that I was here, if I needed to talk to Coach, he’s in the film room,” Bjork said. “If …

Jimbo Fisher, Bobby Petrino and the awkward opening of Texas A&M’s fascinating experiment
1 year, 9 months ago

Jimbo Fisher, Bobby Petrino and the awkward opening of Texas A&M’s fascinating experiment

New York Times  

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Before the first question of his first spring practice news conference could be completed, Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher shook his head dismissively and interjected. Jimbo, how much difference will there be in the offense and how much … “We ain’t worried about … here’s what we’re doing,” Fisher said, holding up his right hand and …

Why Bobby Petrino to Texas A&M makes sense — if Jimbo Fisher lets him do his job
1 year, 11 months ago

Why Bobby Petrino to Texas A&M makes sense — if Jimbo Fisher lets him do his job

New York Times  

There were three basic criteria for Jimbo Fisher as he sought an offensive coordinator for Texas A&M: The coordinator must run an offense that works in 2023. The coordinator must have enough juice in the business and internal self-belief to tell Fisher where to stuff it should Fisher decide around game three or four that he’d like to take back …

Texas A&M had national title hopes, a $94.9 million coach and a No. 1 recruiting class. What went wrong?
2 years ago

Texas A&M had national title hopes, a $94.9 million coach and a No. 1 recruiting class. What went wrong?

New York Times  

Texas A&M and Jimbo Fisher are expected to part ways on Nov. 12, 2023, The Athletic reports. But baseless accusations that a $30 million war chest — via name, image and likeness deals — was largely responsible for A&M’s recruiting success irritated Fisher, who called the claims “garbage.” And irritation turned to anger in May, when Alabama coach Nick Saban …

Saban calls out Texas A&M for using NIL deals to buy players
2 years, 7 months ago

Saban calls out Texas A&M for using NIL deals to buy players

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama coach Nick Saban called out Texas A&M on Wednesday night for “buying” players in its top-ranked recruiting class with name, image and likeness deals, saying Crimson Tide football players earned more than $3 million last year “the right way.” “I know the …

Discover Related