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State of the Program: Buffalo Bulls
Head Coach: Pete Lembo is his first year as the head coach of the Bulls. This isn’t his first rodeo in the MAC. You can read more on his coach profile and hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/05/24/college-football-coach-hire-grades-buffalo/ Program Outlook: Buffalo is typically considered one of the toughest jobs in the MAC, but that doesn’t mean you…
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State of the Program: UTEP Miners
Head Coach: Scotty Walden is entering his first year as the head coach of the Miners. He came over after having success at Austin Peay and has already brought a new energy to the program. You can read more about Walden and my hire grade for him here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/02/14/college-football-coach-hire-grades-utep/ Program Outlook: UTEP has struggled a…
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State of the Program: FIU Golden Panthers
Head Coach: Mike McIntyre is entering his 3rd year as the head coach of the Golden Panthers with a 8-16 record. He’s had success at previous stops, but is still looking for his breakthrough season here. Program Outlook: It’s murky at best for FIU. They’ve had many stretches of struggles in their history, including the…
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State of the Program: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Head Coach: Sonny Cumbie is entering his 3rd year as the head coach of the Bulldogs with a 6-18 record. It felt like he was going to hit his breakthrough last season when they opened with a 3-3 record (2-0 in conference), but they absolutely collapsed down the stretch with an 0-6 finish. Louisiana Tech…
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State of the Program: Western Michigan Broncos
Head Coach: Lance Taylor is in his 2nd year with the program he has a 4-8 record. Year 1 was a bit of a reset year so we’ll begin to see his impact this season. Program Outlook: Western Michigan is an interesting program. They see themselves as capable of winning MAC championships, and they’ve competed…
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State of the Program: Toledo Rockets
Head Coach: Jason Candle is somehow entering his 9th year with the program. He has a 65-35 record and has won 2 MAC championships, plus made it to another with the Rockets. They got into a funk during the middle of his time here with some strange seasons (injuries, one score losses, Covid) but have…
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State of the Program: Memphis Tigers
Head Coach: Ryan Silverfield is entering his 5th year as the head coach of the Memphis Tigers with a 31-19 record. His first game as the Tigers head coach was in the Cotton Bowl against Penn State and it’s been a journey to try to make it back there since. This is going to be…
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State of the Program: New Mexico State Aggies
Head Coach: Tony Sanchez is a former New Mexico State alum who is in his first season as the head coach of the program, he took over after Jerry Kill stepped away from full time head coaching. You can see his full profile and coach hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/06/04/college-football-coach-hire-grades-new-mexico-state/ Program Outlook: This is a very…
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State of the Program: Nevada Wolfpack
Head Coach: Jeff Choate is in his first year coaching the program, he comes over after being an assistant at Texas, but had immense success as the head coach at Montana State. You can read more on his profile and our coach hire grade for him here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/02/29/college-football-coach-hire-grades-nevada/ Program Outlook: Nevada brings Choate in at…
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State of the Program: Colorado Buffaloes
Head Coach: Just in case you aren’t aware of this, Colorado is coached by a guy named Deion Sanders, he has a 4-8 record with the program. He carved a very different path than most coaching at Jackson State with great success then jumping straight to Colorado, I hear he had a solid NFL career…
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