Tag: football
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State of the Program: East Carolina Pirates
Head Coach: Blake Harrell is entering his first full season as the head coach of the Pirates. He took over as the program’s interim coach in the middle of last season and rallied the Pirates to a 5-1 record to close out the season. This included a massive in-state bowl win over the despised NC…
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State of the Program: Charlotte 49ers
Head Coach: Tim Albin is entering his 1st year as the head coach of the 49ers. He comes over after spending the last 20 years as Ohio. Most of that was as Frank Solich’s right hand man, but Albin took over after Solich retired and led the Bobcats to a 33-19 record, including 2 bowl…
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State of the Program: Army Black Knights
Head Coach: Jeff Monken is entering his 12th season as the head coach of the Black Knights with an 82-57 record. He’s easily one of the top coaches in the country. Before Monken got here Army was lost at sea, which has multiple meanings both because of their losing in general and because of their…
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State of the Program: Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Head Coach: Jake Dickert is entering his first season as the head coach of the Demon Deacons. Previously Dickert was at Washington State where he led the Cougars to some solid seasons despite the noise around him. He’s a bit of a strange fit here before taking this job the only other job he had…
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State of the Program: Virginia Tech Hokies
Head Coach: Brent Pry is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Hokies with a 16-21 record. Pry took over in a challenging spot but after an encouraging finish to 2023, it really felt like this program was set to take off in 2024. That didn’t happen, instead they backslid to 6-7.…
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State of the Program: Virginia Cavaliers
Head Coach: Tony Elliott is entering his 4th season with the Cavaliers with an 11-23 record. His record does not stick out but he led the program through very difficult and tragic circumstances at the end of the 2022 season. Last year they finally started started to show some progress in the win column but…
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State of the Program: Syracuse Orange
Head Coach: Fran Brown is entering his 2nd season with the Orange with a 10-3 record. His electric personality immediately invigorated Syracuse’s program and fanbase. Once the team took the field, it became apparent that Brown made this team significantly better on the field as well. It was a season highlighted by an upset over…
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State of the Program: Stanford Cardinal
Head Coach: Frank Reich is entering his interim season as the head coach of the Cardinal. This was a strange situation as head coach Troy Taylor was fired and GM Andrew Luck brought in Reich as the interim coach. Reich has experience as a head coach in the NFL but can he get enough out…
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State of the Program: SMU Mustangs
Head Coach: Rhett Lashlee is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Mustangs with a 29-12 record. It truly didn’t take him long to turn this program into a wagon, half of those losses occurred in his first season. Last year SMU moved from the AAC to the ACC and they were…
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State of the Program: Pitt Panthers
Head Coach: Pat Narduzzi is entering his 11th season as the Chris Bickell Class of ’97 Head Football Coach of the Pitt Panthers with a 72-56 record. He’s experienced some highs and lows during his tenure but generally has been pretty successful. Since 2011 Narduzzi is the only non-Clemson or Florida State head coach to…
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