Tag: CUSA Football
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State of the Program: Liberty Flames
Head Coach: Jamey Chadwell is in his 2nd season as the head coach of the Flames with a 13-1 record. They went through the season undefeated with a conference championship win and Fiesta Bowl birth. A pretty good start to say the least. Program Outlook: Liberty is a program with a lot of resources they…
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State of the Program: Kennesaw State Owls
Head Coach: Kennesaw State is lead by Brian Bohannon who is the program’s only head coach ever and is entering his 10th year leading this program. He has a 71-30 record which is pretty incredible considering he built the program from the ground up plus last season was a weird transition year where they redshirted…
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State of the Program: Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders
Head Coach: Derek Mason is entering his first year as the head coach of the Blue Raiders. He was a head coach one other time at Vanderbilt, it wasn’t successful but almost no one succeeds there. Here’s a deeper look at his coach profile and hire grade: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/02/27/college-football-coach-hire-grades-middle-tennessee-state/ Program Outlook: Mid Tenn State has generally…
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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: 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: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
Head Coach: Rich Rodriguez, affectionately known as “Rich Rod” is entering his 3rd season with the program with an 18-6 record. Jacksonville State was in FCS in his first season in 2022 but ineligible for anything as a result of their transition to FBS, despite that they still went 9-2 and went undefeated in the…
