Tag: Pac-12 Conference
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State of the Program: Washington State Cougars
Head Coach: Jimmy Rogers is entering his 1st season as the head coach of the Cougars. He was previously at South Dakota State for two years, and all he did in his first season as a head coach was win a FCS National Title, pretty good I would say! Program Outlook: Washington State has long…
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State of the Program: Oregon State Beavers
Head Coach: Trent Bray is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Beavers with a 5-7 record. He took over a challenging situation with an uncertain future and it proved to be a challenging first year, but he did win a Pac-12 title! Now with an offseason to work on the roster…
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State of the Program: Colorado State Rams
Head Coach: Jay Norvell is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Rams with a 16-21 record. It’s been a steady progression for Norvell going from 3, to 5 to 8 wins last year. This all occurred after he made a rare in-conference change going from Nevada to CSU. Now he looks…
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State of the Program: Boise State Broncos
Head Coach: Spencer Danielson is entering his 2nd full season as the head coach of the Broncos with a 15-3 record. He still has more Mountain West titles (2) than full seasons coached (1) thanks to his interim run at the end of 2023. His start has been remarkable, the 3 losses were to UCLA…
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State of the Program: Arizona Wildcats
Head Coach: Brent Brennan is entering his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats. Their coaching change was rather abrupt and unexpected but expectations will be very high right away. You can read more on Brennan and the hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/04/25/college-football-coach-hire-grades-arizona/ Program Outlook: Arizona enters the Big 12 with the most momentum…
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State of the Program: Oregon State Beavers
Head Coach: Trent Bray is in his first year as the head coach of the Beavers program. He’s set to lead them into these uncertain times after Jonathan Smith left and dropped all his gear off at a local Goodwill. You can see his background and hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/02/20/college-football-coach-hire-grades-oregon-state/ Program Outlook: On the field,…
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State of the Program: Washington State Cougars
Head Coach: Jake Dickert is entering his 3rd full season (took over as an interim coach midway through 2021) as the head coach of the Cougars. He has a 15-16 record and has battled nothing but crazy circumstances the whole way. He took over as the interim coach following a wild saga with Nick Rolovich,…
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College Football Coach Hire Grades: Washington
Washington Huskies: Jedd Fisch Why the job was open: Washington had absolutely nailed it by hiring Kalen DeBoer. He immediately got the Huskies back on the national stage and made a national title appearance in just his 2nd season. He had something special cooking and it was inevitable he’d win a national title for Washington…
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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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