Friday January 26, 2018
Texas A&M: After losing Jerry Montgomery to the Packers, Jimbo Fisher is attempting to hire Chargers assistant defensive line coach Eric Henderson, tweets Ian Rapoport.
Michigan State: Mark Dantonio spoke to reporters about the allegations laid out in the Outside the Lines report, and stated that rumors of his impeding resignation are "completely false." See video of his full statement here.
Delaware State (FCS): Sources tell FootballScoop that former Delaware State assistant, and current head coach at La Plata HS (MD) the last three seasons, Rod Milstead has been offered the head coaching job, and is we understand that he's expected to accept. After playing offensive line at DSU, Milstead went on to play eight seasons in the NFL with the Cowboys, 49ers, Browns, and Redskins.
Oakland Raiders: The Raiders have hired former Lions quarterbacks coach Brian Callahan to coach their quarterbacks, per multiple outlets.
Houston Texans: Former Raiders defensive coordinator John Pagano will be the Texans' linebackers coach, according to Alex Marvez.
New York Jets: Former Bills offensive coordinator Rick Dennison will be the Jets offensive line coach and run game coordinator, Adam Schefter reports.
Arizona Cardinals: The Cardinals have announced Mike McCoy as offensive coordinator, Al Holcomb as defensive coordinator and Jeff Rodgers as special teams coordinator.
Carolina Panthers: Air Force defensive coordinator / assistant head coach Steve Russ will join the staff as linebackers coach, Adam Schefter tweets.
Kansas City Chiefs: Offensive assistant Mike Kafka will be promoted to quarterbacks coach, according to Adam Theicher of ESPN. The 30-year-old Kafka played two season for head coach Andy Reid in Philadelphia.
Memphis: Mike Norvell has now announced the addition of Desmond Lindsey as their new receivers coach. Lindsey spent the past two seasons at Southern Miss, first coaching the tight ends, and then moved to wide receivers last year.
Wofford (FCS - SC): Head coach Josh Conklin has completed his staff wit the following hires; Sam Siefkes (DC), Wade Lang (OC), Allen Smith (DL), Trey Johnson (OL). Along with Lang, returning from the previous staff are Freddie Brown (WRs), Dane Romero (RBs), Jon Wheeler (OLBs), Rob Greene (DBs), BJ Connolly (TEs), and Ilir Emini (assistant DBs). Romero will handle recruiting duties for the offense, while Greene will handle them on the defensive side of things.
Texas A&M: Maurice Linguist (corners), Bradley Dale Peveto (LBs) and Jerry Schmidt (strength) have now been formally announced.
Michigan State: ESPN has dropped a major investigative report into more misconduct at Michigan State. Read our story on it here.
Ottawa (NAIA - AZ): Ottawa University Arizona is looking for a zero week (August 25th) or week one (September 1st) opponent for the 2018 season. Prefer an NAIA opponent but open to all inquiries. Home game preferred but willing to travel. Interested schools please contact Coach David Moseley at david.moseley@ottawa.edu.
Oregon: Oregon has formally announced Bobby Williams as special teams coordinator, Cort Dennison as outside linebackers coach and Donte Williams as cornerbacks coach.
Kansas: Longtime coaching veteran Bill Miller will join the KU defensive staff in an unspecified role, according to JayhawkSlant. Miller spent the past four seasons as the linebackers coach at Florida State, and previously worked at Kansas as the co-defensive coordinator for the 2009 season. He has coordinated defenses for Oklahoma State, Miami, Michigan State and Arizona State.
New York Giants: Pat Shurmur notes at his introductory presser that he plans on calling the plays.
Copiah-Lincoln (JC - MS): Per source, William Jones is joining the staff as defensive coordinator. Jones is the former defensive coordinator at East Mississippi CC (JC) and Shorter (D-II - GA) and also served as head coach at Pearl River CC (JC - CA).
San Jose State: Former Oregon State offensive coordinator Kevin McGiven will be the new offensive coordinator at San Jose State, sources tell FootballScoop. McGiven was the FootballScoop Quarterbacks Coach of the Year at Utah State in 2014.
Texas: With Derek Warehime moving from offensive line to tight ends to make room for 10th assistant Herb Hand, there has been question about what will happen to existing tight ends coach Corby Meekins. Chip Brown of 247Sports reports that Meekins will move to inside receivers coach and Drew Mehringer will handle outside receivers.
Clemson: It's no secret that Alabama will make a run at Dabo Swinney if and when Nick Saban retires. Here is Clemson AD Dan Radakovich's pitch to keep him.
Texas A&M-Kingsville (D-II): Sources tell FootballScoop that defensive coordinator David Brown is no longer with the program.
Michigan State: Athletic director Mark Hollis has announced his retirement on the heels of the Larry Nassar scandal. Hollis has been the athletic director at Michigan State since 2008, and a part of the MSU athletic department dating back to 1995.
Oakland Raiders: The Raiders interviewed Louisiana Tech quarterbacks coach, and NFL veteran, Tim Rattay and former Lions quarterbacks coach Brian Callahan for their quarterbacks job yesterday, Albert Breer tweets.
Illinois Wesleyan (D-III): Illinois Wesleyan University is seeking a graduate assistant to work with the football program coaching the defensive front seven. Candidates must be interested in a degree in Kinesiology and Recreation and have a minimum 3.0 GPA as an undergrad. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume and references to Head Coach Norm Eash at neash@iwu.edu.
Georgia Tech: The addition of Jerome Riase as the new defensive line coach has now been made official.
Hocking (JC - OH): Hocking College has openings for two offensive positions, working with the offensive line and receivers. $3000 and meals per position. interested candidates contact Jason Peck at peckj@hocking.edu. Please note the subject as: Coaching
Oregon: Andrew Grief tweets that with one hire left to become official, Oregon's assistant salary pool is just over $5 million, a big improvement from the $3.9 million allocated last year for nine assistants.
SMU: Source tells FootballScoop that Sonny Dykes has targeted Louisiana Tech corners coach Kevin Curtis for a similar role on the SMU staff. Dykes and Curtis previously worked together at Louisiana Tech from 2010-12, and when Dykes went to Cal, Curtis went to his alma mater Texas Tech, where he coached the defensive backs for three seasons. He's been in Ruston coaching the corners since 2016.
Louisiana Monroe: Sam Houston State (FCS - TX) special teams and tight ends coach Kyle Segler has accepted the same role on staff at ULM.
Independence CC (JC - KS): Per source, Justin Hafner has been hired as the assistant offensive line / tight ends coach after spending last year with Red River HS (ND) coaching the wide receivers.
Saint Anselm (D-II - NH):Saint Anselm College , D2 in the NE10 is searching for a Week 1 D2 opponent for 2018-2019 season. Open to home and home starting either year. Preference will go to teams on the Eastern coast and Midwest. Please contact Head Coach Joe Adam at jadam@anselm.edu if you have an opening.
Oregon: Late last night, sources shared with us that Alabama staffer Bobby Williams, who has been in Tuscaloosa since 2008, had been offered a job on Mario Cristobal's staff at Oregon, and that he's expected to accept. Scroll down for more info.
Head coaching changes: 2017-18 NFL & college head coaching changes.
