2021-2022 Coaching Change Thread

[Mvemjsunpx]

The Thunderbirds went a ways out of their geographic footprint to hire Frostburg State (MD) head coach DeLane Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, a JMU alum, went 62-19 in 8 seasons with the Bobcats. He also went 24-30 at DIII Southern Virginia from 2009-13.

https://suutbirds.com/news/2021/12/14/d ... -utah.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

The Leathernecks have gone with Kansas Wesleyan head coach Myers Hendrickson. Hendrickson, a former WIU receiver, went 31-5 in 3 seasons with the Coyotes and had 2 NAIA quarterfinal appearances.

https://goleathernecks.com/news/2021/12 ... t-wiu.aspx

[UNI88]

The Leathernecks have gone with Kansas Wesleyan head coach Myers Hendrickson. Hendrickson, a former WIU receiver, went 31-5 in 3 seasons with the Coyotes and had 2 NAIA quarterfinal appearances.

https://goleathernecks.com/news/2021/12 ... t-wiu.aspx

Seems like a really good hire.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Just a couple hours removed from the end of South Dakota State's season, the Vandals officially hired their OC away. Eck was an assistant at SDSU the past 6 years, and he was also the O-Line coach at Montana State during the final Rob Ash season.

https://govandals.com/news/2021/12/18/e ... coach.aspx

[SDHornet]

Good hire by Idalol...maybe this hire get the "lol" removed from their moniker...

Questionable hire by ISU. They really couldn't do better than a ST coach? That's a hire the Hornets pull in the early 2000's.

SUU's hire is a total head scratcher. Glad they are out of the BSC now.

[JohnStOnge]

McNeese State announced former Valdosta State head coach Gary Goff a couple of days after Goff's Blazers got pummeled by Ferris State in the D-II national championship game. I think Ferris State's head coach may also have applied for the job. I know he did the last time McNeese had a coaching change.

Keith Zembower, a high school coach in Texas who once coached at McNeese and writes a blog that's largely about McNeese athletics, said before the fact that he hoped McNeese would hire Goff rather than somebody like Ferris State's coach (who Zembower believed to be in the running). I dunno. But Zembower thinks the former Valdosta State guy is a better fit for the type of athletes in McNeese's recruiting area and he's also about 10 years younger.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Kinne was the co-OC at Central Florida this past season and was the OC at Hawai'i the previous year. He's never been a head coach.

https://uiwcardinals.com/news/2021/12/2 ... coach.aspx

[Gil Dobie]

NDSU OC Tyler Roehl came up as a candidate for ETSU.

[JohnStOnge]

I think this is an interesting quote coming from Gary Goff, considering that he is coming to McNeese from South Georgia right there by the Florida border:

“The good thing about recruiting in South Louisiana is you don’t have to spend one night in a hotel,” Goff said. “We can recruit within three hours of our campus and have all the athletes we ever need.

The problem is that there are 5 other Louisiana FCS schools that recruit the same area along with 3 Louisiana FBS programs that really belong in FCS. Also a bunch of other schools. Plenty of high end FCS level talent in the immediate vicinity. But there's competition for it.

I can remember, many years ago when McNeese was a national title contender, noting that it could contend for the national title with a roster such that 95% or more of the players came from within 200 miles of the school. But they were doing that before Lamar and Southeastern Louisiana resurrected their programs.

[Mvemjsunpx]

After a search process that included former NFL head coach Jeff Fisher, the Buccaneers have gone with Furman OC George Quarles. Prior to his 5 year stint in Greenville, Quarles won 11 state titles as the head coach at Maryville (TN) High School.

https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/sports ... 032f9.html

[catbooster]

Good hire by Idalol...maybe this hire get the "lol" removed from their moniker...

Questionable hire by ISU. They really couldn't do better than a ST coach? That's a hire the Hornets pull in the early 2000's.

SUU's hire is a total head scratcher. Glad they are out of the BSC now.

It worked for the Grizzlies.

[kalm]

Good hire by Idalol...maybe this hire get the "lol" removed from their moniker...

Questionable hire by ISU. They really couldn't do better than a ST coach? That's a hire the Hornets pull in the early 2000's.

SUU's hire is a total head scratcher. Glad they are out of the BSC now.

It worked for the Grizzlies.

Shots fired!

[Mvemjsunpx]

The Bulldogs have gone with Temple OC Mike Uremovich. Uremovich also posted a 33-45 record as head coach at NAIA St. Francis (IL), a stint that included a 10-3 record and a win over Georgia State in 2011.

https://butlersports.com/news/2021/12/2 ... coach.aspx

[SuperHornet]

I object to that remark, SD. The best HC candidate available (if he chooses to be available, anyway) is Dallas Cowboys Special Teams Coordinator John Fassel. Of course, I'm biased because he was my favorite teammate at UOP before he transferred to BBQ and I transferred to Sac after we lost the program at UOP.

He does have HC experience before, having been Acting HC for the Rams and HC/AD at D-II New Mexico-Highlands....

[Mvemjsunpx]

Englehart went 44-35 with two DII playoff appearances at Florida Tech before their football program was disbanded following the 2019 season. He also went 26-14 in 4 seasons at DIII Rose-Hulman.

https://gobluehose.com/news/2022/1/4/pr ... coach.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

Leonard "Bubba" McDowell, who played safety for the Houston Oilers & Carolina Panthers, has been hired by PVAMU. McDowell was also the assistant head coach for Prairie View under Eric Dooley during the past 8 seasons.

https://pvpanthers.com/news/2022/1/4/mc ... coach.aspx



This hire leaves all FCS head-coaching jobs filled at the present time.

[Mvemjsunpx]

The Sharks chose not to retain interim coach Jonathan Gill (made the HC in June) and went with longtime coach Ron Cooper. Cooper was the head coach at Louisville from 1995-97 and Alabama A&M from 1998-01. He's been an FBS assistant at various stops for nearly all of the past 20 years.

https://www.liuathletics.com/news/2022/ ... tball.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

Cushing has left Eastern Illinois to "pursue other professional opportunities." He went a dismal 3-26 in his 3 seasons in Charleston, and his 2021 edition was the only FCS team to lose a non-conference game to the Pioneer League.

https://eiupanthers.com/news/2022/1/11/ ... coach.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

Wilkerson, who went 51-27 in 8 seasons at DIII Chicago, was hired to be the Panthers' next head coach. He's an EIU alum, a former EIU coach (1995-01), and also the Associate HC at Dartmouth from 2005-12.

https://eiupanthers.com/news/2022/1/26/ ... coach.aspx