Louisville
Jeff Brohm and Vince Tyra met one final time yesterday, and we still have no idea what transpired there. What I will say is that if a deal were struck, we likely would know it by now, as Louisville would be in a hurry to get that name out there. I would have to, after crunching the possibilities, say that no deal is in place at this time, and that the deadline for a decision has come and gone. Stay tuned for more word here later today...
Auburn
Gus Malzahn is working on massively restructuring his deal at Auburn to stay on as head coach, and the deal includes a serious scale down of his buyout, which was one of the worst deals in sports for the administration. Stay tuned here, as if talks break down, things could go sideways again.
Kansas
Quick note from the Dallas Morning News...Les Miles had been in talks with Texas-Arlington about restarting football there earlier this year, but the deal could not be sealed, leading Miles to get back on the market again.
Bowling Green
After all signs pointed to Brian Polian's second meeting as being a strong indicator for him getting the job, the Falcons unveiled their mystery candidate today by hiring Scott Loeffler, the OC at Boston College, as their new football coach. It is an interesting choice with no real ties, other than he played QB at Michigan. He has not coached in the MAC since 2000-01 when he was the QB coach at Central Michigan. He has been an OC since 2011, serving stints at Temple, Auburn, Virginia Tech, and Boston College, which is quite a bit of movement in a 7 year span. He has served on the Michigan staff in 2 stints, and has also worked at Florida and with the Detroit Lions. Other than being a grad assistant at Michigan, he served as QB coach in every other spot, including his second stop in Ann Arbor.
Texas State
Quick retraction, as I stated that Kendal Briles was OC at FAU currently. He is not, as he is at Houston in 2018.
Now to the meat of the story...Briles will not be accepting the head coaching job at Texas State, as he has agreed to an extension at Houston as OC, as the Cougars put on a full court press to keep him.
Names here have switched to Phil Longo, OC at Ole Miss, Jake Spavital, OC at West Virginia, and Sterlin Gilbert, OC at USF. Gilbert may be a smoke screen, as he may very well be fired at USF after a total collapse of the offense in a 5 game losing streak to close the season for the Bulls. Longo has worked in state at Sam Houston State, and Spavital has a deep history in the state as well.
Georgia Tech
Paul Johnson is retiring, according to Jeff Schultz of the Athletic. He has been coach since 2008. Will update this job as soon as we have word of a candidate list.
Tulsa
No shock here, but Phillip Montgomery is coming back for the 2019 season, and will have 2 years remaining on his current deal.
Iowa State
Matt Campbell is adamant that he will return to the Cyclones in 2019. I would say that it is far to early to buy in on that statement 100%, but it is a possibility that he is serious.
Western Kentucky
Tyson Helton will make $800,000 per season at WKU, and his buyout was waived at Tennessee. He has named Brian Ellis as his OC thus far. Ellis was hired off of Helton's brother's staff at USC.
East Carolina
The board of regents will meet today in a closed door session to discuss the firing of Scottie Montgomery as head football coach, and to hire an AD, which sources tell me is narrowed down to Rick Hart of SMU, and John Gilbert of Southern Miss, with Gilbert being the favorite. The AD job has been open since March, and Dave Hart, former Tennessee AD, is on as a special consultant. Rick Hart is his son. Stay tuned as we should have more info later today...
Nothing new on the following fronts since the audio blog yesterday: Colorado, Texas Tech, U Mass, Central Michigan, Charlotte
Here is your FBS Coaching Tracker for today:
| School | Old Coach | New Coach |
| Bowling Green | Mike Jinks | Scott Loeffler |
| Central Michigan | John Bonamego | |
| Charlotte | Brad Lambert | |
| Colorado | Mike MacIntyre | |
| Georgia Tech | Paul Johnson | |
| Kansas | David Beaty | Les Miles |
| Louisville | Bobby Petrino | |
| Maryland | DJ Durkin | |
| North Carolina | Larry Fedora | Mack Brown |
| Texas State | Everett Withers | |
| Texas Tech | Kliff Kingsbury | |
| U Mass | Mark Whipple | |
| Western Kentucky | Mike Sanford, Jr. | Tyson Helton |
FCS Updates
Texas Southern
Mike Haywood is out at Texas Southern, and Clarence McKinney, Kevin Sumlin's right hand man at Arizona and Houston, is the prime target here. He has plenty of experience in the area, and would be a perfect fit, if they can work out the money.
Stephen F. Austin
A couple of favorites have emerged here, as Colby Carthel, head coach at Texas A&M Commerce, could very well be a top pick. He has been head coach since 2013, owns a D2 national title, and won 10 games this season. He is the son of D2 coaching legend Don Carthel.
Scotty Waldon, WR Coach at Southern Miss, is also a top flight candidate after successful stints at East Texas Baptist and Sul Ross. Jeff Traylor of Arkansas and Joshua Eargle of Austin Peay are also mentioned as fall back plans.
Here is your FCS Coaching Carousel Tracker:
| School | Old Coach | New Coach |
| Brown | Phil Estes | |
| Eastern Illinois | Kim Dameron | |
| Howard | Mike London | |
| Jackson State | Tony Hughes | |
| McNeese State | Lance Guidry | |
| Morgan State | Ernest Jones | |
| North Carolina Central | Granville Eastman | |
| Northern Arizona | Jerome Souers | |
| Sacramento State | Jody Sears | |
| Stephen F. Austin | Clint Conque | |
| Texas Southern | Mike Haywood | |
| William & Mary | Jimmye Laycock | Mike London |
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