Category: College Football
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State of the Program: Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Head Coach: Will Hall is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Golden Eagles with a 13-24 record. A lot of those wins happened in 2022 when they went 7-6 with a bowl win, otherwise it’s been a struggle to gain traction but hopefully that will change this year. Program Outlook: For…
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State of the Program: North Texas Mean Green
Head Coach: Eric Morris is entering his 2nd year as the head coach of the Mean Green. Before his stop at North Texas his previous head coach experience involved when he turned Incarnate Word into a consistent FCS playoff contender. So there’s promise for what he can do here. Program Outlook: North Texas is getting…
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State of the Program: Charlotte 49ers
Head Coach: Biff Poggi is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Charlotte 49ers with a 3-9 record. He’s a one of a kind personality who never wears sleeves and he’s developed a following as a result. His path is unorthodox too, he spent most of his career as a high school…
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State of the Program: Houston Cougars
Head Coach: Willie Fritz is in his 1st year as the head coach of the Cougars. Houston has loads of potential in this new Big 12 and Fritz is a coach who could unlock it. You can read more about Fritz and the hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/04/23/college-football-coach-hire-grades-houston/ Program Outlook: I mentioned it above and I’ll…
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State of the Program: East Carolina Pirates
Head Coach: Mike Houston is entering his 6th year as the head coach of the Pirates with a 24-34 record. Houston has a history of success, most notably slaying the North Dakota State beast to win a FCS national title at James Madison. He took this program over when it was in need of a…
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State of the Program: Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Head Coach: Timmy Chang is entering his 3rd year as the head coach of the Rainbow Warriors with an 8-18 record. This is a job with unique qualifications and not everyone is suited for it. It’s been a slow rebuild for Chang after he followed the mess that Todd Graham left. Chang is of course…
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State of the Program: Georgia Southern Eagles
Head Coach: Clay Helton is entering his 3rd year with Georgia Southern and has a 12-14 record with the Eagles. It was impressive how quickly he transformed the program from an option team to pass heavy team but both of his prior seasons have followed the same pattern where they started strong but fizzled at…
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State of the Program: Oregon State Beavers
Head Coach: Trent Bray is in his first year as the head coach of the Beavers program. He’s set to lead them into these uncertain times after Jonathan Smith left and dropped all his gear off at a local Goodwill. You can see his background and hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/02/20/college-football-coach-hire-grades-oregon-state/ Program Outlook: On the field,…
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State of the Program: San Jose State Spartans
Head Coach: Ken Niumatalolo enters his first head as the head coach of the Spartans. He comes in after having a lot of success at Navy in his prior stop. You can read more about him here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/05/23/college-football-coach-hire-grades-san-jose-state/ Program Outlook: San Jose State sits in a good place right now. The Spartans program has a…
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State of the Program: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Head Coach: Tyson Helton is entering his 6th season as the head coach of the Tops with a 40-26 record. He’s been the Hallmark of consistency for the program, the weird 2020 season is the only time they won less than 8 games and didn’t win a bowl under his watch. He’s pretty underrated as…
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