2025-26 Coaching Carousel

[Vowelguy]

Great pickup for JMU.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

oh wow....Cahill loses out...if that was ever a thing to begin with.

That may mean something to us......

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Unless he hires someone home run hire in the eyes of the boosters, Kraft is not making it to the end of next season

Would those PSU boosters be the same ones who pushed their AD to jettison Franklin? /s

 

[DoctorWho85]

Would those PSU boosters be the same ones who pushed their AD to jettison Franklin? /s

Yup haha

 

[DoctorWho85]

Great pickup for JMU.

Agreed. I thought he had turned the corner at Florida, but they're impatient and losing to USF probably didn't help his cause

 

[jostar1]

 

[bobbyinaz]

Sources: Penn State focusing search on Iowa State's Campbell

Iowa State coach Matt Campbell has emerged as the focus of Penn State's head coaching search, sources confirmed to ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[Bandito2025]

Sources: Penn State focusing search on Iowa State's Campbell

Iowa State coach Matt Campbell has emerged as the focus of Penn State's head coaching search, sources confirmed to ESPN.

www.espn.com

Terry Smith to UConn?

 

[Vowelguy]

Sources: Penn State focusing search on Iowa State's Campbell

Iowa State coach Matt Campbell has emerged as the focus of Penn State's head coaching search, sources confirmed to ESPN.

www.espn.com

This is comical.

it’s like Who Shot JR? (Ask your parents kids)

Another brilliant NIL t-shirt idea: “I’m the next Head FB coach at PennSt”.
There’s a market of 350 million for those (well 350 million -1)!

 

[tiger8mush]

If it was Terry Smith, wouldn't a deal already have been done and announced? Why wait? Seems more likely it's a coach with a game this weekend.

 

[gioff2323]

What’s the attraction to terry smith?

 

[JwittersPAC]

What’s the attraction to terry smith?

Some think he will be bringing the whole starting team. What is amazing none of these star players want any NIL or will take a pay cut. Just want to play for their favorite coach Terry Smith. lol

 

[ZooCougar]

If it was Terry Smith, wouldn't a deal already have been done and announced? Why wait? Seems more likely it's a coach with a game this weekend.

Because he’s still holding out for Penn State.

 

[AllHusky]

I haven’t heard Sammis speak publicly. How is he?

 

[ThabeetDown]

If it was Terry Smith, wouldn't a deal already have been done and announced? Why wait? Seems more likely it's a coach with a game this weekend.

Of guys coaching this weekend Cahill is getting a lot of buzz and rightfully so but Ricky Rahne has been top of my list for a while now…

 

[AllHusky]

Wouldn’t Rahne have been announced if he was the guy? Just watched his interview dispelling rumors he was headed to VA Tech with Franklin. Didn’t love him.

 

[gimber]

Sporting News:​

College football coach hirings 2026​

	Departure	Replacement
Virginia Tech	Brent Pry	James Franklin
Oklahoma State	Mike Gundy	Eric Morris
Kent State	Kenni Burns	Mark Carney
California	Justin Wilcox	Tosh Lupoi
Auburn	Hugh Freeze	Alex Golesh
LSU	Brian Kelly	Lane Kiffin
Penn State	James Franklin
Florida	Billy Napier	Jon Sumrall
Arkansas	Sam Pittman	Ryan Silverfield
UCLA	DeShaun Foster	Bob Chesney
Stanford	Troy Taylor	Tavita Pritchard
Ole Miss	Lane Kiffin	Pete Golding
Michigan State	Jonathan Smith	Pat Fitzgerald
Colorado State	Jay Norvell	Jim Mora Jr.
North Texas	Eric Morris	Neal Brown
UConn	Jim Mora Jr.
Oregon State	Trent Bray	JaMarcus Shephard
Coastal Carolina	Tim Beck
USF	Alex Golesh	Brian Hartline
Tulane	Jon Sumrall
Memphis	Ryan Silverfield
Kentucky	Mark Stoops	Will Stein
Kansas State	Chris Klieman	Collin Klein
James Madison	Bob Chesney	Billy Napier
UAB	Trent Dilfer	Alex Mortensen

 

[Kolumbo]

Let's say Kraft gets fired. Where does Penn State look? That's a problem

Alleged audio from AD Kraft and some players. Post #7,214 from the Penn State board. The players want Terry Smith.

New coach - Page 181 - Forums

Urban Meyer for 10 million per year for as long as he wants to stay.. Hire Hartline as the OC and the next head coach in waiting. winners win

www.on3.com

 

[freescooter]

Because he’s still holding out for Penn State.

Apparently Penn State has told him he can interview for other jobs so I doubt he is getting the Nittany Lions gig.

 

[ZooCougar]

Let's say Kraft gets fired. Where does Penn State look? That's a problem

Alleged audio from AD Kraft and some players. Post #7,214 from the Penn State board. The players want Terry Smith.

New coach - Page 181 - Forums

Urban Meyer for 10 million per year for as long as he wants to stay.. Hire Hartline as the OC and the next head coach in waiting. winners win

www.on3.com

The players don’t get to pick. They get the checks, they don’t sign them.

 

[HCCForever]

Does it even matter what the players want in the age of NIL? I’m sure it doesn’t matter as much. I’m thinking back to LeBron suggesting that Miami draft Shabazz in 2014. Miami drafted Napier only to see James go to the Lakers.

 

[Kolumbo]

The players don’t get to pick. They get the checks, they don’t sign them.

that's your takeaway from the audio?

 

[ZooCougar]

that's your takeaway from the audio?

Letting players pick always works out great.

 

[Bongo Fury]

Apparently Jimmy Sexton and coaches are profiting from all these failed PSU hiring attempts.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[AllHusky]

Holy Cow. Talk about desperation. A lot of AD’s got their resumes out for a tuneup.

 

[Kolumbo]

how funny would it be if someone floated the idea that Penn State is targeting our former head coach. get the jamokes out west all riled up. It's tough for a top coach to take that job. You probably won't do as well as Franklin did and you are going to get fired.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskyblooz]

I think Campbell is a very good hire.
It's not easy to win at Iowa State.