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State of the Program: Boston College Eagles
Head Coach: Bill O’Brien is in his first year as the head coach of the Eagles. He comes in with a very colorful past that tells us this definitely won’t be boring. You can read more about him and our hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/04/11/college-football-coach-hire-grades-boston-college/ Program Outlook: It’s been a struggle for Boston College football to…
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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: 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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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: Appalachian State Mountaineers
Head Coach: Shawn Clark is entering his 5th year with Appalachian State and has compiled a 35-18 record. His first game as the head coach was actually their bowl game in 2019 when he led them to win to cap off what was a great season that year. App State has made the conference championship…
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State of the Program: SMU Mustangs
Head Coach: Rhett Lashlee is entering his 3rd year with the Mustangs program. He has a 18-9 record. A challenging year 1 was followed by a quick rise in year 2 where the Mustangs won the AAC championship. Now they move on to bigger ventures in the ACC. Program Outlook: It’s a new era for…
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State of the Program: West Virginia Mountaineers
Head Coach: Neal Brown is in his 6th year as the Mountaineers head coach with a 31-29 record. The first 4 years were a struggle as they battled around .500 each season but he kept his “trust the climb” motto and last season it paid dividends with a 9-4 record and Duke’s Mayo Bowl win.…
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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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