Tag: Big 12
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State of the Program: TCU Horned Frogs
Head Coach: Sonny Dykes is entering his 3rd season as the head coach of the Horned Frogs with a 18-9 record. It certainly hasn’t been a boring time, his first year was spectacular as he led the Horned Frogs to an undefeated regular season, Fiesta Bowl playoff win over Michigan (only program in Texas to…
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State of the Program: Houston Cougars
Head Coach: Willie Fritz is in his 1st year as the head coach of the Cougars. Houston has loads of potential in this new Big 12 and Fritz is a coach who could unlock it. You can read more about Fritz and the hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/04/23/college-football-coach-hire-grades-houston/ Program Outlook: I mentioned it above and I’ll…
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State of the Program: Kansas State Wildcats
Head Coach: Chris Klieman is entering his 6th season as the head coach of the Wildcats with a 39-24 record. Following the legendary Bill Snyder is no easy task but he’s done it so far, he led them to the Big 12 championship in 2022, before he was at Kansas State he dominated at North…
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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: 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: 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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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: 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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College Football Coach Hire Grades: Arizona
Arizona Wildcats: Brent Brennan Why the job was open: Arizona is a program that has long struggled to find football success for a consistent period of time and it didn’t make sense. There’s a lot of talent in the state, lots of talent nearby in California/Texas and they’re in a desirable location (beautiful Tucson, Arizona).…
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College Football Coach Hire Grades: Houston
Houston Cougars: Willie Fritz Why the job was open: As Houston’s president once put it, “we’ll fire coaches for going 8-4.” Houston swung for the fences with their hire of Dana Holgersen and it did not work out. Outside of a strong 2021 season he did not surpass that 8-4 mark and Houston opted to…
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