Tag: Big 12 Previews
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State of the Program: West Virginia Mountaineers
Head Coach: Rich Rodriguez is entering his first season BACK at West Virginia. His first tenure featured some of the prime days of West Virginia football, and he has a 60-26 record with the program. He left the program for Michigan where his coaching style didn’t mesh with the players Michigan recruits, he went on…
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State of the Program: Utah Utes
Head Coach: Kyle Whittingham is entering his 21st season as the head coach of the Utes with a 167-86 record. He is the all-time winningest coach in program history and has led the Utes to 3 conference championships, a Sugar Bowl win, a Fiesta Bowl wins, 2 Rose Bowl appearances and 3 more conference championship…
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State of the Program: TCU Horned Frogs
Head Coach: Sonny Dykes is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Horned Frogs with a 27-13 record. He got off to the wildest start with his program, an incredible 13-2 season that ended with an appearance in the National Championship, and then they plummeted to 5-7 the next year when basically…
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State of the Program: Oklahoma State Cowboys
Head Coach: Mike Gundy is entering his 21st season with the Cowboys with a 169-88 record. Gundy is one of the longest tenured head coaches in the country and has brought a lot of success to Oklahoma State include a Big 12 championship, 3 other Big 12 championship game appearances and 2 Fiesta Bowl wins.…
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State of the Program: Kansas State Wildcats
Head Coach: Chris Klieman is entering his 7th season as the head coach of the Wildcats with a 48-28 record. He’s won 1 Big 12 championship with Kansas State and 3 bowl games. Before he took this job he led North Dakota State to 4 National Championships in 5 years. Klieman is one of the…
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State of the Program: BYU Cougars
Head Coach: Kalani Sitake is entering his 10th season as the head coach of the Cougars with a 72-43 record. During his time with the program he led them through Independence and into the Big 12. He has 3 10+ win seasons and 2 Top 15 finishes to his resume. Last year’s 11-2 season was…
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State of the Program: Cincinnati Bearcats
Head Coach: Scott Satterfield is entering his 3rd year with the Bearcats with an 8-16 record. It’s been a challenging tenure so far, replacing a coach that had a lot of success before isn’t easy and neither is transitioning to a new conference. Last season offered some hope that was quickly erased by a rough…
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State of the Program: Baylor Bears
Head Coach: Dave Aranda is entering his 6th season as the head coach of the Bears with a 31-30 record. His tenure has been all over the map. He’s battled through some bad seasons including 2023 but also led Baylor to a Big 12 championship and Sugar Bowl victory in 2021. There’s been challenges along…
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State of the Program: Arizona State Sun Devils
Head Coach: Kenny Dillingham is entering his 3rd season as the head coach of the Sun Devils with a 14-12 record. This of course includes the remarkable turnaround last year was, the Sun Devils improved from 3-9 to 11-3 with a Big 12 Championship and College Football Playoff birth. Dillingham immediately established his self as…
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State of the Program: Arizona Wildcats
Head Coach: Brent Brennan is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Wildcats with a 4-8 record. Brennan has a lot of history with this program and is familiar with it. Unfortunately even though there were high preseason expectations, they had a disappointing season in his first year as the circumstances of…
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