Tag: College sports
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State of the Program: Sam Houston Bearkats
Head Coach: KC Keeler is in his 11th season as the head coach of the Bearkats, he has an 88-36 record (all but one season in FCS.) Keeler won a FCS championship with Sam Houston in 2020 becoming the first head coach to win one at multiple schools, Keeler also won a FCS national championship…
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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: Texas State Bobcats
Head Coach: GJ Kinne is in his 2nd year with the program with an 8-5 record. He brought the Bobcats to the program’s first ever bowl appearance and won it. Not too shabby! Kinne was also a star QB for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane from 2009-2011. Program Outlook: Kinne transformed this program overnight. There was…
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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: Arkansas State Red Wolves
Head Coach: Butch Jones is entering his 4th year with the program with an 11-26 record. It was a challenge for him to break through but it finally happened with a 6-7 season last year. Jones is probably known most for his time at Tennessee there were highs and lows because he brought them to…
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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: Syracuse Orange
Head Coach: Fran Brown is in his first year as Syracuse’s head coach. The Orange are looking for a jolt of excitement for the program and so far this offseason Brown has brought that. Here’s a deeper dive into his profile and coach hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/05/14/college-football-coach-hire-grades-syracuse/ Program Outlook: Syracuse faces the challenge of being…
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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: 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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