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2024 NFL & College - Head coaching changes
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Ball today: 8 glorious college football bowl games today beginning with UConn vs UNC at 10am ct, and ending with Louisiana Tech vs Army at 8:15pm. Enjoy'em while we got'em.
West Virginia: Rich Rodriguez is set to hire an SEC coordinator to run his defense at WVU.
Washington State: South Dakota State head coach Jimmy Rogers has accepted the head coaching position at Wazzu sources tell FootballScoop.
Sacramento State (FCS): Portland State (FCS) offensive coordinator AC Patterson has now officially been named co-offensive coordinator / running backs coach at Sac State.
Fresno State: Northern Illinois defensive coordinator Nick Benedetto will be Matt Entz' defensive coordinator at Fresno State. Prior to his past few seasons at NIU, Benedetto served as defensive coordinator at Samford for two seasons and at Sioux Falls for three seasons as well.
West Virginia: Sources tell FootballScoop Rich Rod plans to hire Jeff Casteel to coach on the defensive staff (position group TBD based on other hires). Casteel coached / coordinated at West Virginia 10+ seasons in the early 2000s before going on to serve as defensive coordinator at Arizona and Nevada for just under a decade before returning to work at WVU under Neal Brown several seasons.
Jacksonville State: Sources tell FootballScoop Charles Kelly is hiring Erin McFry in an operations / assistant to the head coach role. McFry recently completed her third season at North Alabama, most recently serving as assistant director of football operations.
Ole Miss: Sources tell FootballScoop Jay Shoop has accepted a promotion at Ole Miss over an opportunity to coach safeties at UNLV. Shoop, who served as a defensive grad assistant this season is now being promoted to a senior analyst role sources share.
Wake Forest: Sources tell FootballScoop Jake Dickert is planning to make Rob Ezell his next offensive coordinator. More on the coming hire here.
Alabama A&M (FCS): Pro Football Hall of Famer Ed Reed is at the center of this search.
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Western Kentucky: Tyson Helton and WKU have agreed to a new contract running through the 2028 season ESPN has shared.
UConn: Jim Mora has received a contract extension through the 2028 season. Contract value over the next four seasons totals approximately $10 million and Mora can earn incentives on top of that based on performance.
Tulsa: UConn quarterbacks coach Brad Robbins is joining Tre Lamb's staff as offensive coordinator CBS Sports is reporting.
Arkansas: The Razorbacks' win over Texas Tech in the Liberty Bowl triggered a $250,000 raise for head coach Sam Pittman. He'll make $5.5 million in 2025.
Vanderbilt: Diego Pavia said yesterday he's planning to come back as long as certain coaches return. Media then asked Jerry Kill who confirmed he plans to return next season.
West Virginia: Sources tell FootballScoop Rich Rod is planning to hire Jack Bicknell Jr as his new offensive line coach at WVU.
Florida International: Willie Simmons has set his full-time staff with the addition of Frank Ponce as associate head coach / tight ends. A look at the full staff is here.
Delaware State (FCS): This is now official, DeSean Jackson is now head coach of the Hornets.
Lenoir Rhyne (D-II - NC): Lenoir Rhyne, located in Hickory, NC looking for a full time wide receivers coach. Experience with HUDL and Visio preferred. Previous Coaching and recruiting experience preferred as well. Please send resumes to Doug.socha@lr.edu. Interviews will happen at the AFCA in Charlotte.
Wake Forest: Jake Dickert is hiring a former Group of 5 and FCS coordinator to coach his defensive backfield, sources tell FootballScoop.