Category: College Football
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State of the Program: UTSA Roadrunners
Head Coach: Jeff Traylor is entering his 5th year with the Roadrunners program, he’s been immensely successful with a 39-14 record. Traylor has won 2 conference championships and last season brought the program their first ever bowl victory. It’s been pretty amazing he’s been with the program this long, he’s long been a candidate to…
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State of the Program: Tulane Green Wave
Head Coach: Tulane’s program changed a lot with Willie Fritz’s leadership, but with him leaving they are now in the hands of Jon Sumrall. You can read more on his profile and coach hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/05/02/college-football-coach-hire-grades-tulane/ Program Outlook: Tulane’s program hasn’t been in this great of shape since their SEC days. The Green Wave…
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State of the Program: Ohio Bobcats
Head Coach: Tim Albin is entering his 4th year with the program after succeeded Frank Solich who will forever be known as a Bobcat legend. Albin has a 23-16 record with the program, 9 of those losses happened during a reset in his first season, since then the Bobcats have been consistent MAC championship contenders…
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State of the Program: San Diego State Aztecs
Head Coach: Sean Lewis is entering his first year with the program. This is a program that established itself as a top Mountain West contender the last couple decades and Lewis will be looking to get them back there. You can read more about him and the grade for the hire here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/05/16/college-football-coach-hire-grades-san-diego-state/ Program Outlook:…
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State of the Program: Utah Utes
Head Coach: It’s amazing to think about but Kyle Whittingham is entering his 20th season as the head coach of the Utes with a 162-79 record. He’s seen them through so many chances and is now ready to embark on another one with Utah entering the Big 12. It’s been awesome to see him continue…
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State of the Program: Georgia State Panthers
Head Coach: Dell McGee is entering his first year with the program. He came in late but appears to already be bringing a new energy around the program. You can check out my grade of his hire here https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/05/07/college-football-coach-hire-grades-georgia-state/ Program Outlook: Georgia State is still a relatively new program, but they’ve already had some success,…
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State of the Program: South Florida Bulls
Head Coach: Alex Golesh is entering his second year with the program with a 7-6 record. He’s been a quick riser in the sport, most notably known for his time of success as Tennessee’s OC, but it hasn’t taken him long to re-energize the South Florida program. It’ll be interesting to see how long he…
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State of the Program: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Head Coach: Brent Key is in his second full year with the program, but also had a partial interim year in 2022. Overall he has a 11-10 record with the Yellow Jackets. The program has been struggling in the post Paul Johnson era and he quickly brought life to it. He’s already led the Yellow…
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State of the Program: UCF Knights
Head Coach: Gus Malzahn is somehow already entering his 4th year with the program. I know time flies when you’re getting old, but seriously it still feels like he was just at Auburn recently. Malzahn has a 24-16 record with the program. Hiring him was a major coup for UCF to become serious Big 12…
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