Mississippi State: Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead is a strong candidate for the Mississippi State head coaching job, according to Bruce Feldman and
USA Today’s Dan Wolken.
Mississippi State: Alabama Defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt has interviewed for the Mississippi State head coaching job,
according to
The Tuscaloosa News.
Tennessee: ESPN’s Chris Low reports the school reached out to David Cutcliffe about its head coaching job, but Cutcliffe isn’t interested and plans to finish his coaching career at Duke.
Florida: Mississippi State offensive line coach John Hevesy and wide receivers coach Billy Gonzales will join Dan Mullen’s staff at Florida,
according to
The Clarion-Ledger.
Incarnate Word (Texas): Head coach Larry Kennan has been fired. Kennan went 20-46 in six seasons.
Davidson (N.C.): Head coach Paul Nichols will not return next year. He went 7-49 in five seasons.
Iowa State: The Cyclones have announced a new six-year contract for head coach Matt Campbell worth $22.5 million. It’s essentially a one-year extension and a raise, as his previous deal was for six years and paid him $2.1 million this year and was heavy in incentives. He'll now earn $3.5 million in salary, and the assistant staff pool will increase by $1 million. His buyout after this season was $9.4 million. It will remain on the same scale and be around $7 million next year.
Tennessee: Chancellor Beverly Davenport did not sign the memorandum of understanding between Tennessee and Greg Schiano,
according to the
Times Free Press of Chattanooga, meaning it could lack credibility if Schiano pursued litigation against Tennessee for backing out.
Washington State: President Kirk Schulz tweets, “We are doing all we can to ensure that Coach Leach and his staff have the resources and support needed to compete for Pac 12 Championships.”
Missouri: The school is working on a contract extension for Barry Odom,
according to
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Odom went 4-8 last year and started this year 1-5, but the Tigers won their last six games to finish 7-5.
Charlotte: Head coach Brad Lambert will return in 2018, despite a 17-41 record with the 49ers, including 1-11 this year. However, defensive coordinator Matt Wallerstedt, quarterbacks coach Jeff Mullen and wide receivers coach Damien Gary will not return. In addition, Greg Adkins, who took over offensive coordinator duties during the season, will go back to his role as offensive line coach.
BYU: Offensive coordinator Ty Detmer has been relieved of his duties, but remains under contract, and the offensive staff will be determined by the next offensive coordinator. Detmer, the former Heisman winning quarterback at the school, spent the past two years on staff and was previously a Texas high school coach.
Georgia Southern: Interim head coach Chad Lunsford will be named to the full-time job, a person with direct knowledge of the matter tells The All-American's Chris Vannini on condition of anonymity. Lunsford has gone 2-3 as the interim coach, winning the past two games by a 52-0 score over South Alabama and by a 34-24 score over Louisiana Lafayette. They close the year with Coastal Carolina this Saturday. Lunsford is in his ninth overall season at Georgia Southern, in his second stint. Before the promotion to interim head coach, he was the tight ends coach.Chad Lunsford will have a $650,000 base salary, according to the
Savannah Morning News. Previous head coach Tyson Summers had a $530,000 salary.
Ole Miss: Matt Luke’s contract is a four-year deal worth $12.6 million and pays him $3 million next year. His pool for assistants is $5.1 million and the pool for off-field staff is $2.1 million.
Louisiana Monroe: Defensive line coach Manny Michel will retire after Saturday’s game against Florida State. Michel spent 12 years at ULM over two stints and has also coached at McNeese State and Nicholls State.