2021-2022 Coaching Change Thread

[Mvemjsunpx]

Alabama State fires Donald Hill-Eley after their 4th. straight loss to AAMU. He amassed a 21-22 record in 4+ seasons (he took over halfway through 2017). He also went 60-75 in 12 years at Morgan State. Hornet DC Travis Pearson will be the interim coach for rest of the season.

https://bamastatesports.com/news/2021/1 ... tball.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

Changes

Abilene Christian - Adam Dorrell --------> Keith Patterson
Alabama St. - Donald Hill-Eley --------> Travis Pearson --------> Eddie Robinson, Jr.
Butler - Jeff Voris --------> Mike Uremovich
Delaware - Danny Rocco --------> Ryan Carty
East Tennessee St. - Randy Sanders --------> George Quarles
Grambling - Broderick Fobbs --------> Terrence Graves --------> Hue Jackson
Eastern Illinois - Adam Cushing --------> Chris Wilkerson
Idaho - Paul Petrino --------> Jason Eck
Idaho St. - Rob Phenicie --------> Charlie Ragle
Incarnate Word - Eric Morris --------> G.J. Kinne
Jacksonville St. - John Grass --------> Maxwell Thurmond --------> Rich Rodriguez
Lafayette - John Garrett --------> John Troxell
Long Island - Jonathan Gill --------> Ron Cooper
Maine - Nick Charlton --------> Jordan Stevens
McNeese St. - Frank Wilson --------> Gary Goff
New Hampshire - Sean McDonnell --------> Rick (Ricky) Santos
Prairie View A&M - Eric Dooley --------> Bubba McDowell
Presbyterian - Kevin Kelley --------> Steve Englehart
Southern - Jason Rollins --------> Eric Dooley
Southern Utah - Demario Warren --------> DeLane Fitzgerald
Western Illinois - Jared Elliott --------> Myers Hendrickson





Italic - denotes interim coach (offseason-only interims won't be included)

[Mvemjsunpx]

John Grass resigned at Jacksonville State immediately following their win over ACU. He went 72-26 in 7.75 seasons at Jax State, won 5 outright OVC titles, and reached the FCS Championship game in 2015. According to JSUSoutherner on AGS, special teams coach Maxwell Thurmond will be interim for the rest of the season.

https://www.al.com/sports/2021/11/john- ... state.html

[AZGrizFan]

John Grass resigned at Jacksonville State immediately following their win over ACU. He went 72-26 in 7.75 seasons at Jax State, won 5 outright OVC titles, and reached the FCS Championship game in 2015. According to JSUSoutherner on AGS, special teams coach Maxwell Thurmond will be interim for the rest of the season.

https://www.al.com/sports/2021/11/john- ... state.html

Apparently he disagrees with the move to C-USA?

[Mvemjsunpx]

Jared Elliott will be gone from Western Illinois at the end of the season. He went 8-25 in three seasons (with 1 game to go) after being promoted from within in 2018.

https://goleathernecks.com/news/2021/11 ... pdate.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

I figured this was coming, especially after the 62-0 loss to Weber (SUU has a bye the final week). Warren went 21-42 in 6 seasons with the Thunderbirds. He won 9 games and a Big Sky title in 2017, but only won a total of 6 games after that.

https://suutbirds.com/news/2021/11/15/s ... hange.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

Unlike the WIU case, this firing is immediate. Fobbs went 54-28 in 7 seasons with the Tigers, but he was just 15-17 over his last 3 seasons (Grambling didn't play in '20-21). Under Fobbs, Grambling won 2 SWAC titles (2016, 2017) and went 1-1 in the first two Celebration Bowls. Terrence Graves will be the interim coach for the Bayou Classic next week.

https://gsutigers.com/news/2021/11/15/g ... tball.aspx

[SDHornet]

I figured this was coming, especially after the 62-0 loss to Weber (SUU has a bye the final week). Warren went 21-42 in 6 seasons with the Thunderbirds. He won 9 games and a Big Sky title in 2017, but only won a total of 6 games after that.

https://suutbirds.com/news/2021/11/15/s ... hange.aspx

Residual of Ed Lamb talent on the roster. SUU steadily waned the further it got into Warren's tenure.

[Mvemjsunpx]

This isn't totally official yet, but also not surprising. Petrino is 33-66 (19-41 as FBS, 14-25 as FCS) at Idaho with 1 game to go, and he already holds the Vandal career mark for most losses. His only success came in 2014 when Idaho went 9-4 including a win in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

https://tubsattheclub.com/2021/11/18/br ... o-vandals/

[Mvemjsunpx]

This isn't totally official yet, but also not surprising. Petrino is 33-66 (19-41 as FBS, 14-25 as FCS) at Idaho with 1 game to go, and he already holds the Vandal career mark for most losses. His only success came in 2014 when Idaho went 9-4 including a win in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

https://tubsattheclub.com/2021/11/18/br ... o-vandals/

OK, now it is official.

https://govandals.com/news/2021/11/18/i ... tball.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

Not sure why they announced this the morning of the final game (Phenicie is still coaching the final game, I believe). Phenicie is currently 16-34 with one game left. His only winning season came in 2018, but Idaho State is now in their 38th. straight season without a playoff appearance.

https://isubengals.com/news/2021/11/20/ ... unced.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

Dorrel went 19-32 in 5 seasons with the Wildcats. This was a big change from his 76-8 record at DII NW Missouri State.

https://acusports.com/news/2021/11/21/f ... orrel.aspx

[SDHornet]

Dorrel went 19-32 in 5 seasons with the Wildcats. This was a big change from his 76-8 record at DII NW Missouri State.

https://acusports.com/news/2021/11/21/f ... orrel.aspx

D1 is a different animal.

[SuperHornet]

Dorrel went 19-32 in 5 seasons with the Wildcats. This was a big change from his 76-8 record at DII NW Missouri State.

https://acusports.com/news/2021/11/21/f ... orrel.aspx

D1 is a different animal.

That became VERY clear to Sac State women's basketball fans with the horrible tenure of Bunky Harkleroad, who had two NCAAT appearances at D-II Glenville State and had a decent tenure at NAIA D-II Berea College, but struggled mightily with the Hornets in D-I.

As SD says, D-I is a different animal, indeed....

[Mvemjsunpx]

Garrett went 15-33 in 5 seasons with the Leopards, never going any better than 4-8. Lafayette hasn't had a winning season since 2009 (despite winning the Patriot League in 2013).

https://goleopards.com/news/2021/11/22/ ... hange.aspx

[SuperHornet]

Garrett went 15-33 in 5 seasons with the Leopards, never going any better than 4-8. Lafayette hasn't had a winning season since 2009 (despite winning the Patriot League in 2013).

https://goleopards.com/news/2021/11/22/ ... hange.aspx

Just looked up that 2013 Fordham team. 4-1 in-conference got them the auto-bid and a first round blowout against UNH. Interestingly enough, Fordham was listed as 12-2, 0-0 Patriot because they weren't allowed to claim the auto-bid because they had schollies. Were they transitioning to non-schollie?

[Mvemjsunpx]

Garrett went 15-33 in 5 seasons with the Leopards, never going any better than 4-8. Lafayette hasn't had a winning season since 2009 (despite winning the Patriot League in 2013).

https://goleopards.com/news/2021/11/22/ ... hange.aspx

Just looked up that 2013 Fordham team. 4-1 in-conference got them the auto-bid and a first round blowout against UNH. Interestingly enough, Fordham was listed as 12-2, 0-0 Patriot because they weren't allowed to claim the auto-bid because they had schollies. Were they transitioning to non-schollie?

The Patriot League was still officially a non-scholarship league back then, although I believe their "need-based aid" was rather generous.

[SuperHornet]

Thanks, Venus.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Robinson, an ASU alum, played in the NFL for 11 years and has done a bit of analyst work. I don't think he's ever coached, though, at least not at the college or pro level.

https://bamastatesports.com/news/2021/1 ... coach.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

Robinson, an ASU alum, played in the NFL for 11 years and has done a bit of analyst work. I don't think he's ever coached, though, at least not at the college or pro level.

https://bamastatesports.com/news/2021/1 ... coach.aspx

Incidentally, Eddie Robinson, Jr., is NOT related to Grambling legend Eddie Robinson.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Charlton will reportedly be the OC at UConn under Jim Mora, Jr. He went 14-13 in 3 seasons with the Black Bears.

https://bangordailynews.com/2021/11/28/ ... -at-uconn/

[Mvemjsunpx]

Voris went 80-95 in 16 seasons at Butler. Voris won Pioneer titles 3 times ('09, '12, '13), won the Gridiron Classic in 2009, and led the Bulldogs to their only playoff appearance in 2013, but recent success has been harder to come by. Butler hasn't had a winning season since 2017, and they lost 14 straight PFL games before upsetting Marist in the season finale.

https://butlersports.com/news/2021/11/2 ... ation.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

"RichRod" coached Arizona for 5 years, Michigan for 3 years, West Virginia for 7 years (his greatest success), and also had a 7-year stint at DII Glenville State back in the '90s. His career record at all levels is 163-119-2.

https://jsugamecocksports.com/news/2021 ... esday.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

Sean McDonnell, whose head-coaching stint spawned Chip Kelly, retired after 22 seasons as UNH's head coach (not counting a 2019 season where he took a leave of absence because of bladder cancer). He went 157-104 in those 22 seasons, and he took the Wildcats to the playoffs in 14 straight seasons (2004-17)—a streak that was 2nd. all-time behind Montana's 16 straight appearances (1993-09). He went 14-14 in the I-AA/FCS playoffs, but his teams never appeared in a national championship game.

https://unhwildcats.com/news/2021/12/1/ ... tires.aspx

[Mvemjsunpx]

Kelley resigned "to pursue other interests." Presbyterian's administration must all have serious "WTF!?" looks on their faces right now.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... one-season