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State of the Program: UL-Monroe Warhawks
Head Coach: Bryant Vincent is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Warhawks with a 5-7 record. It’s not a record that sticks out much unless you know what the expectations were, most larger media outlets had ULM pegged as the worst team in the country it became a rallying cry as…
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State of the Program: Troy Trojans
Head Coach: Gerad Parker is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Trojans with a 4-8 record. He took over the program coming off back to back Sun Belt titles but there were wholesale changes that made last year a reset. Now he looks to kick this program back into gear. Program…
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State of the Program: Texas State Bobcats
Head Coach: GJ Kinne is entering his 3rd year with the Bobcats with a 16-10 record. He’s led Texas State to their two best FBS seasons and the program’s first two bowl victories. Kinne was previously the head coach at Incarnate Word leading that program to the FCS semifinals, and he was also a star…
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State of the Program: Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Head Coach: Charles Huff is entering his first year as the head coach of the Golden Eagles but comes in with strong credentials. Huff has a Sun Belt championship along with wins over Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, and a bowl win. Huff ended up in a strange contract standoff with Marshall and ended up leaving…
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State of the Program: Old Dominion Monarchs
Head Coach: Ricky Rahne is entering his 5th season as the head coach of the Monarchs with a 20-30 record. What is most bizarre is this should technically be his 6th but he was hired after the 2019 season and then Old Dominion didn’t participate in the COVID season of 2020. Rahne has reached 2…
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State of the Program: Marshall Thundering Herd
Head Coach: Tony Gibson enters his first season as the head coach of the Thundering Herd. He takes over following a bizarre contract standoff between Marshall and previous coach Charles Huff. Gibson was previously the defensive coordinator at NC State and also served as as the DC at West Virginia. He’s a West Virginia native…
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State of the Program: Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns
Head Coach: Michael Desormeaux is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Ragin’ Cajuns with a 23-18 record. Desormeaux hit his breakthrough last season, leading Louisiana to a 10 win season. He was also previously a star QB for the Cajuns back in 2007 and 2008 he starred for the program. Program…
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State of the Program: Georgia State Panthers
Head Coach: Dell McGee is entering his 2nd season as the Panthers head coach with a 3-9 record. It wasn’t an easy first year as he took over the program later in the offseason after a surprising coaching change. Despite the record there were already positive moments including the wins over Vanderbilt and Texas State.…
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State of the Program: Georgia Southern Eagles
Head Coach: Clay Helton is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Eagles with a 20-19 record. Helton is slowly improving the program with last year’s 8 win season being his best yet, he also notably led the Eagles to a win over Nebraska in 2022. Before he was at Georgia Southern,…
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State of the Program: James Madison Dukes
Head Coach: Bob Chesney is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Dukes with a 9-4 record. In just 1 season he already maintains a bowl win and a 1-0 record vs ACC foes. He was previously successful as the head coach of Holy Cross at the FCS level and he looks…
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