Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy, who met with Tennessee officials about the Vols’ coaching vacancy, has pulled out of the running. Cowboy For Life! #GoPokes #okstate — Mike Gundy (@CoachGundy) November 29, 2017 Gundy, 50, is in his 13th season as Oklahoma State’s coach. Since 2010, Oklahoma State has won at least 10 games five times. […]
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Two days after Mississippi State lost coach Dan Mullen to Florida, Bulldogs athletic director John Cohen has found a replacement. Multiple reports Tuesday night say Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead, 44, is the Bulldogs’ new head man. Moorhead is in his second season as Nittany Lions offensive coordinator. Before that, he spent four seasons […]
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It is still November and this year’s coaching carousel has already been one of the wildest rides to date. In the SEC alone, there will be six programs entering bowl season with a new head coach, interim coach or coaching vacancy: Florida, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Arkansas and Ole Miss. Outside of the SEC, […]
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Tennessee’s search for its next football coach took yet another unexpected turn late Monday night and throughout Tuesday as the Vols are trying to find their replacement for the fired Butch Jones. While Tennessee emissaries spoke Monday night to Purdue coach Jeff Brohm, embattled athletics director John Currie traveled to Dallas to meet with Oklahoma […]
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Once I had a girl on Rocky Top; half bear, the other half cat. Wild as a mink and sweet as soda pop, I still think about that. I always figured the girl in that verse of “Rocky Top” was sort of crazy. Fun but crazy. But never has a word ever fit a fan […]
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If the Florida State head coaching job comes open, Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt could fall into a fantastic opportunity. With Jimbo Fisher being linked to Texas A&M’s vacancy, the topic of Fisher’s replacement is huge given that Florida State would be the biggest job opening for the 2018 season. Pruitt’s name should appear at […]
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Dan Mullen is Florida’s new coach, and the work has just begun. Fans rightfully will focus on the recruiting trail. They want to see how well Mullen can hold UF’s current commitments and enhance the class further. But there’s another area of program-building even more pressing: Mullen must assemble a first-rate staff. A coach can […]
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Dan Mullen’s introductory news conference as Florida’s new coach Monday was standing room only in a ballroom. Cameras created a wall as administration and athletic department staffers lined the wall, bumping elbows with former players such as Shane Matthews and Chris Doering. Heck, Steve Spurrier had to take a seat in the […]
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He wouldn’t have been my first choice. Apparently, he wasn’t theirs, either. And unless you are my colleague, Hays Carlyon, I’m guessing he wasn’t yours. But I will tell you I did get a goose bump or two when I saw shots of Dan Mullen getting off that plane in Gainesville on Monday with a […]
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(Special to Gridiron Now from John Brice) At a place too ripe with drama and too often a national punchline, University of Tennessee leaders – especially athletics director John Currie and chancellor Beverly Davenport – one-upped themselves on Sunday afternoon with an ill-conceived agreement for the Vols’ next head football coach and then a mad […]
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