Tag: Sun Belt Conference
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State of the Program: Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Head Coach: Tim Beck is entering his 3rd season as the head coach of the Chanticleers with a 14-12 record. He also has a Hawaii bowl win in his 1st season. The Chants have been solid under his watch, but he is hoping last year’s dropoff was a one off rough season. Program Outlook: Coastal…
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State of the Program: Arkansas State Red Wolves
Head Coach: Butch Jones is entering his 5th season as the head coach of the Red Wolves with a 19-31 record. It has been a long road, but the record has improved each season. Last year being the best yet with an 8-5 finish including a bowl win. Jones has 4 conference championships as a…
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State of the Program: Appalachian State Mountaineers
Head Coach: Dowell Loggains is entering his first season as the head coach of the Mountaineers. Loggains was a QB at Arkansas from 2000-2004, and he spent a lot of time coaching in the NFL. He became the offensive coordinator of the Tennessee Titans in 2012 and overall by 2019 had been the OC with…
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State of the Program: Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Head Coach: Tim Beck is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Chanticleers with an 8-5 record. They lost Grayson McCall partway through the year but won a lot of close games to keep a strong record. Beck had many Offensive coordinator stops prior to taking this job including at Nebraska, Ohio…
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State of the Program: James Madison Dukes
Head Coach: Bob Chesney is entering his 1st season as the head coach of the Dukes. He comes in after building Holy Cross into a winner. You can read more about his profile and hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/02/12/college-football-coach-hire-grades-james-madison/ Program Outlook: James Madison is a program with a lot of resources thanks to a huge student…
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State of the Program: Marshall Thundering Herd
Head Coach: Charles Huff is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Thundering Herd with a 22-17 record. He’s had some success but it hasn’t quite taken off as expected. In 2022 they pulled off a massive win at Notre Dame, but lost 4 of the next 6 games. Last season they…
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State of the Program: Old Dominion Monarchs
Head Coach: Ricky Rahne is entering his 5th year as the head coach of the Monarchs but this is only their 4th playing season. Confusing? Yes, that’s because they didn’t play in 2020. He has a 15-23 record with the Monarchs. They’ve made 2 bowls under his watch and his record is weighted down by…
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State of the Program: Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Head Coach: Will Hall is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Golden Eagles with a 13-24 record. A lot of those wins happened in 2022 when they went 7-6 with a bowl win, otherwise it’s been a struggle to gain traction but hopefully that will change this year. Program Outlook: For…
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State of the Program: Georgia Southern Eagles
Head Coach: Clay Helton is entering his 3rd year with Georgia Southern and has a 12-14 record with the Eagles. It was impressive how quickly he transformed the program from an option team to pass heavy team but both of his prior seasons have followed the same pattern where they started strong but fizzled at…
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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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