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No. 4 Nittany Lions hoping to clinch CFP spot in regular-season finale with Maryland

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Tyler Warren and the rest of Penn State’s senior class normally would be preparing to take in the sights and sounds in their last game at Beaver Stadium. “That’s kind of what we want to get accomplished this week as a program.” …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Which college football coaches have the hottest seats at the midseason mark?

New York Times

It’s the midpoint of the college football season and usually, the coaching carousel is spinning much faster. They hammered a bad MTSU team for their first FBS win of the season last week but weren’t able to build off of that. He’s been the head coach for nine years and he’s the only one in school history that ever produced …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

College football Freaks List 2024: Why Nyck Harbor takes No. 1 spot (again) in Bruce Feldman’s rankings

New York Times

Logan Jones, Iowa, center Kirk Ferentz keeps cranking out Freaks. 38 on the list last year; he has added six pounds but hasn’t lost any speed, running another 4.66 40 this offseason. 42 on last year’s Freaks List, didn’t bench 400 pounds like he did in 2023, but 365 is still more than double his body weight. He’s a nose …

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10 months ago

Why children are still playing tackle football, despite brain risks

Associated Press

Tackle football offers children as young as 5 the chance to make friends, learn teamwork, maybe attract a college scholarship. — Nearly one in four Black parents said the appropriate age for children to start playing tackle football is 9 years old or younger. “Right now, we have our largest enrollment in tackle football that we’ve had since 2014,’’ said …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Moore's hire at Michigan gives advocates hope that Black coaches at bluebloods can become the norm

The Independent

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Willingham, 70, said the topic of Black coaches’ previous lack of access …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Amid turmoil, No. 2 Michigan can earn the 1,000th win in program history when it faces Maryland

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! I want to thank everyone who has put on the winged helmet.” Maryland played Michigan tough last season in a 34-27 loss, but the Terrapins have beaten the Wolverines only once in 11 meetings. That was in 2014, Maryland’s first season in the Big Ten — …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Maryland assistant Sumlin arrested on DUI charge. Locksley says he’s not with team this week

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! — Maryland football coach Michael Locksley says assistant Kevin Sumlin is not with the team this week following his arrest in Florida over the weekend on a charge of driving under the influence. When asked if he expected Sumlin to face any discipline, Locksley said “of …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Black offensive coordinators remain rare even as major college football coaching staffs diversify

Associated Press

Oklahoma State’s Kasey Dunn has spent three decades as an assistant football coach, a career that spans nine schools, a couple of NFL teams, four positions and all three phases of the game. The small number of Black offensive coordinators has ties to the quarterback position: If you haven’t played quarterback or coached it, head coaches are less likely to …

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1 year, 11 months ago

NC State coach mum on QB plans ahead of Duke’s Mayo Bowl

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina State coach Dave Doeren remains non-committal as to who’ll start Friday at quarterback for the 25th-ranked Wolfpack when they face Maryland in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. “Everybody knows that when you have three weeks to prepare.. You know Robert is over …

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2 years ago

Black head coaches in FBS drop slightly heading into 2023

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Sanders, who left Jackson State for Colorado of the Pac-12 Conference, was one of just three Black head coaches hired by Football Bowl Subdivision schools in the recently completed cycle for the 2023-24 season. The Big Ten has the most diverse lineup among Power Five leagues …

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2 years ago

Column: College coaching color barrier firmly entrenched

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! — Another Alabama school, UAB, went completely outside the box while managing to stay firmly within the white-dominated system by hiring a head coach with zero college experience. “One of the glaring gaps in our league is the lack of anything but a white individual leading …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Family matters: Nepotism a hurdle to diversity in coaching

Associated Press

Being a major college football coach is as much a lifestyle as it is a career. “The industry of football that we’re part of is so different from corporate,” said Maryland coach Mike Locksley, who is Black. “We can plow our resources into developing minority coaches, but if the top decision-makers are set on hiring family members all the training …

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3 years, 8 months ago

2021-22 college football coaching carousel: Follow all of the latest news and hires

New York Times

Keep track of all of the latest FBS coaching moves here, from head coach firings and hires to assistants on the move to stories and scoops from The Athletic’s team of college football reporters. California: Former USC defensive line coach Vic So’oto, who had been on staff at Colorado for two months, is expected to become the outside linebackers coach …

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No. 4 Nittany Lions hoping to clinch CFP spot in regular-season finale with Maryland

Which college football coaches have the hottest seats at the midseason mark?

College football Freaks List 2024: Why Nyck Harbor takes No. 1 spot (again) in Bruce Feldman’s rankings

Why children are still playing tackle football, despite brain risks

Moore's hire at Michigan gives advocates hope that Black coaches at bluebloods can become the norm

Amid turmoil, No. 2 Michigan can earn the 1,000th win in program history when it faces Maryland

Maryland assistant Sumlin arrested on DUI charge. Locksley says he’s not with team this week

Black offensive coordinators remain rare even as major college football coaching staffs diversify

NC State coach mum on QB plans ahead of Duke’s Mayo Bowl

Black head coaches in FBS drop slightly heading into 2023

Column: College coaching color barrier firmly entrenched

Family matters: Nepotism a hurdle to diversity in coaching

2021-22 college football coaching carousel: Follow all of the latest news and hires