Tag: football
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State of the Program: Troy Trojans
Head Coach: Gerad Parker will be entering his first season as the Trojans head coach, he will have big shoes to fill after previous head coach Jon Sumrall won 2 SBC titles in his 2 years. You can check out more about Parker, along with our analysis on the hire here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/04/16/college-football-coach-hire-grades-troy/ Program Outlook: It’s…
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State of the Program: Temple Owls
Head Coach: Stan Drayton enters his 3rd year with the Owls with a 6-18 record. Temple was on a pretty impressive run for some time 2019 and prior, they were consistently a conference title contender but dropped off immensely in 2020 and have yet to recover with no more than 3 wins a season. Drayton…
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State of the Program: Navy Midshipmen
Head Coach: Brian Newberry enters his 2nd season with the Midshipmen following a 5-7 season last year. He’s coached some pretty incredible defenses for both Navy and Kennesaw State and has one of the best beards in college sports. He’s in the challenging position of being the man who follows “the man” but the first…
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State of the Program: NC State Wolfpack
Head Coach: Dave Doeren is entering his 12th season with the program. He has a 81-58 record with the program. Outside of one down season in 2019, the Wolfpack have won 8-9 games the last 7 years. Truly impressive consistency for this program. Program Outlook: NC State is in a great spot. They’ve really hit…
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State of the Program: Akron Zips
Head Coach: Joe Moorhead is entering his 3rd year with the program with a 4-20 record. It felt like there could be a breakthrough last year, but they fell short of some wins early in the year and were hit with injuries. He’s been highly regarded as one of the best play callers around. This…
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State of the Program: Massachusetts Minutemen
Head Coach: Don Brown is in year 3 of this stint and in his 8th year overall with the Minutemen. He has a 4-20 record during this stint but a 47-39 record overall at UMass. His first stint from 2004-2008 was back when UMass was in FCS, he got the Minutemen to the FCS National…
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State of the Program: UConn Huskies
Head Coach: Jim Mora Jr is entering his 3rd season with the program with a 9-16 record. He has an amazing first year where he got the Huskies back to their first bowl since 2015 but things regressed this past year. He will be looking to get the Huskies back on track this year. Fun…
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State of the Program: UL-Monroe Warhawks
Head Coach: Bryant Vincent will be entering his first year with UL-Monroe this year. You can check out his coach profile and my grade of the hire here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/05/28/college-football-coach-hire-grades-ul-monroe/ Program Outlook: This is one of the toughest jobs out there, and fans are pessimistic despite a new beginning. They’ve seen new coaches come and go.…
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State of the Program: Ball State Cardinals
Head Coach: Mike Neu is entering his 9th season with the program with a 37-56 record. His time at Ball State is highlighted by an incredible Covid year in 2020 where the Cardinals lost their opener to Miami and then won out from there winning the MAC championship and Arizona Bowl on their way to…
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State of the Program: Bowling Green Falcons
Head Coach: Bowling Green’s Head Coach is Scot Loeffler. He is entering his 6th year with the program and has a 20-35 record. His record is weighed down because it took a few years to rebuild, but 2023 was his first winning record. He’s brought some notable upsets along the way, twice they’ve won as…
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