1:48 PM ET Minnesota signed coach P.J. Fleck to a contract extension, the school announced Wednesday. Fleck’s seven-year extension will keep him in the Twin Cities through the 2029 season. Financial terms of the extension weren’t disclosed. “This is all about cultural sustainability,” Fleck said in a statement. “We have talked about that from day
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12:59 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne said Wednesday he doesn’t expect the SEC to further expand “in the short term” while speaking at the Sports Business Journal Learfield Intercollegiate Athletics Forum. “I sure think so,” Byrne said when he was asked if the conference is done adding more teams. “I can
11:53 AM ET Jeff Brohm is going back home, as he and Louisville are finalizing a deal to make him the Cardinals’ next head football coach, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Brohm has been the head coach at Purdue the past six seasons and guided the Boilermakers to the Big Ten championship game this season.
10:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN TCU has agreed to a new contract with coach Sonny Dykes, sources told ESPN, rewarding him for the jolt of adrenaline he delivered to the program that has culminated with the program’s first College Football Playoff appearance. Dykes’ contract has been extended a year through 2028, according to sources, who
7:00 AM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On the back wall of Gus’ Good Times Deli, an iconic eatery on the University of Tennessee campus, hangs an oversized banner that has been in place for at least two decades and serves as a stark reminder to the rest of the college football world. And while the
10:45 PM ET Jim Leonhard will not return to the Wisconsin staff next season, he announced on social media Tuesday night. Leonhard, 40, was the Badgers’ interim coach for the final seven regular-season games, after Wisconsin’s surprising decision to fire coach Paul Chryst on Oct. 2. He will serve as Wisconsin’s defensive coordinator for the
11:01 PM ET ESPN News Services Republican challenger Herschel Walker, the former Heisman Trophy-winning running back, lost to Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in a Georgia runoff election Tuesday, ensuring Democrats an outright majority in the Senate for the rest of President Joe Biden’s term. Neither reached the general election majority required under state law last
7:00 PM ET Texas A&M running back Devon Achane has declared his intention to enter the 2023 NFL draft, he announced Tuesday on Instagram. Achane, a junior, is rated as the No. 3 draft-eligible running back for 2023 by ESPN’s Mel Kiper and Todd McShay, and Scouts Inc. lists him as the No. 48 overall
5:24 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee UNLV has hired Arkansas defensive coordinator Barry Odom to be its next head coach, the school
4:53 PM ET Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — TCU offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Garrett Riley is the winner of the Broyles Award as the top assistant football coach in the nation, the Frank and Barbara Broyles Foundation announced Tuesday. Riley coached Heisman Trophy finalist Max Duggan and coordinated the top offense in the