Category: College Football
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State of the Program: SMU Mustangs
Head Coach: Rhett Lashlee is entering his 3rd year with the Mustangs program. He has a 18-9 record. A challenging year 1 was followed by a quick rise in year 2 where the Mustangs won the AAC championship. Now they move on to bigger ventures in the ACC. Program Outlook: It’s a new era for…
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State of the Program: West Virginia Mountaineers
Head Coach: Neal Brown is in his 6th year as the Mountaineers head coach with a 31-29 record. The first 4 years were a struggle as they battled around .500 each season but he kept his “trust the climb” motto and last season it paid dividends with a 9-4 record and Duke’s Mayo Bowl win.…
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State of the Program: Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Head Coach: Dave Clawson is entering his 11th year as the head coach of Wake Forest with a 63-61 record. This is weighed down by a 6-18 record his first 2 years but they recently hit a downslide with a 4-8 record this past year. Otherwise it’s been very successful. Prior to last season Wake…
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State of the Program: Virginia Cavaliers
Head Coach: Tony Elliott is entering his 3rd year with the program with a 6-16 record. It’s been a challenging tenure so far with them trying to find their footing on the field and the tragic incident that ended their 2022 season prematurely. With a full normal offseason under his belt he will be hoping…
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State of the Program: Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns
Head Coach: Michael Desormeaux is in his 3rd season with the program with a 13-14 record, he also coached their bowl game in 2021 that helped cap off a 13-1 season and top 20 finish in the AP poll. He is a former star QB with the program starting for them in 2007 and 2008.…
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State of the Program: Sam Houston Bearkats
Head Coach: KC Keeler is in his 11th season as the head coach of the Bearkats, he has an 88-36 record (all but one season in FCS.) Keeler won a FCS championship with Sam Houston in 2020 becoming the first head coach to win one at multiple schools, Keeler also won a FCS national championship…
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State of the Program: Texas State Bobcats
Head Coach: GJ Kinne is in his 2nd year with the program with an 8-5 record. He brought the Bobcats to the program’s first ever bowl appearance and won it. Not too shabby! Kinne was also a star QB for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane from 2009-2011. Program Outlook: Kinne transformed this program overnight. There was…
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State of the Program: Arkansas State Red Wolves
Head Coach: Butch Jones is entering his 4th year with the program with an 11-26 record. It was a challenge for him to break through but it finally happened with a 6-7 season last year. Jones is probably known most for his time at Tennessee there were highs and lows because he brought them to…
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State of the Program: Kansas Jayhawks
Head Coach: Lance Leipold is entering his 4th year with the Jayhawks program. He has a 17-21 record, which doesn’t pop out at you until you realize they won 21 TOTAL games in the DECADE before he got here. It’s been awesome to see what he has done in the short time he’s been here…
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State of the Program: Syracuse Orange
Head Coach: Fran Brown is in his first year as Syracuse’s head coach. The Orange are looking for a jolt of excitement for the program and so far this offseason Brown has brought that. Here’s a deeper dive into his profile and coach hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/05/14/college-football-coach-hire-grades-syracuse/ Program Outlook: Syracuse faces the challenge of being…
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