Tag: 2025 College Football Previews
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State of the Program: Troy Trojans
Head Coach: Gerad Parker is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Trojans with a 4-8 record. He took over the program coming off back to back Sun Belt titles but there were wholesale changes that made last year a reset. Now he looks to kick this program back into gear. Program…
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State of the Program: Old Dominion Monarchs
Head Coach: Ricky Rahne is entering his 5th season as the head coach of the Monarchs with a 20-30 record. What is most bizarre is this should technically be his 6th but he was hired after the 2019 season and then Old Dominion didn’t participate in the COVID season of 2020. Rahne has reached 2…
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State of the Program: Marshall Thundering Herd
Head Coach: Tony Gibson enters his first season as the head coach of the Thundering Herd. He takes over following a bizarre contract standoff between Marshall and previous coach Charles Huff. Gibson was previously the defensive coordinator at NC State and also served as as the DC at West Virginia. He’s a West Virginia native…
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State of the Program: Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns
Head Coach: Michael Desormeaux is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Ragin’ Cajuns with a 23-18 record. Desormeaux hit his breakthrough last season, leading Louisiana to a 10 win season. He was also previously a star QB for the Cajuns back in 2007 and 2008 he starred for the program. Program…
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State of the Program: Georgia State Panthers
Head Coach: Dell McGee is entering his 2nd season as the Panthers head coach with a 3-9 record. It wasn’t an easy first year as he took over the program later in the offseason after a surprising coaching change. Despite the record there were already positive moments including the wins over Vanderbilt and Texas State.…
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State of the Program: Georgia Southern Eagles
Head Coach: Clay Helton is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Eagles with a 20-19 record. Helton is slowly improving the program with last year’s 8 win season being his best yet, he also notably led the Eagles to a win over Nebraska in 2022. Before he was at Georgia Southern,…
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State of the Program: James Madison Dukes
Head Coach: Bob Chesney is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Dukes with a 9-4 record. In just 1 season he already maintains a bowl win and a 1-0 record vs ACC foes. He was previously successful as the head coach of Holy Cross at the FCS level and he looks…
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State of the Program: Virginia Cavaliers
Head Coach: Tony Elliott is entering his 4th season with the Cavaliers with an 11-23 record. His record does not stick out but he led the program through very difficult and tragic circumstances at the end of the 2022 season. Last year they finally started started to show some progress in the win column but…
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State of the Program: North Carolina Tar Heels
Head Coach: Bill Belichick is entering his first season as the head coach of the Tar Heels. He comes in with a wealth of experience from the NFL including leading the New England Patriots to 6 Super Bowl victories. This was by far the boldest move of the offseason because he doesn’t have much college…
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State of the Program: NC State Wolfpack
Head Coach: Dave Doeren is entering his 13th season as the head coach of the Wolfpack with an 87-65 record. It’s been an up and down tenure with a lot of highs and lows. It’s been a question of whether he can finally get the program over 9 wins or is this simply where they…
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