10:15 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Tim Beck and Coastal Carolina are finalizing a deal to make him the school’s next head coach, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Beck, the offensive coordinator at NC State, is finalizing a five-year contract that will pay him nearly $1 million per year, sources said. That contract will include strong
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12:24 PM ET ESPN News Services Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State will play for the national championship after being chosen for the College Football Playoff on Sunday. After not playing in a conference championship game, the Buckeyes (11-1) moved up one spot following USC‘s loss in the Pac-12 title game Friday to give the
12:25 PM ET ESPN staff Nick Saban tried. Alabama‘s coach found whatever megaphone was available to him Saturday night to plead the Crimson Tide’s case to make the College Football Playoff. He suggested looking at the top four through the lens of, “How are they playing at the present?” He asked, “If we played these
11:35 AM ET ESPN News Services Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State were the top four in the final Associated Press college football poll of the regular season. Team Record 1. Georgia (62) 13-0 2. Michigan (1) 13-0 3. TCU 12-1 4. Ohio State 11-1 5. Alabama 10-2 6. Tennessee 10-2 7. Utah 10-3 8.
10:15 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Coastal Carolina is expected to move quickly in its coaching search to replace Jamey Chadwell, with sources telling ESPN that an announcement could come as soon as Sunday afternoon. The target for the job remains NC State offensive coordinator Tim Beck, sources said. Beck is a longtime offensive coordinator and
9:49 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Liberty is hiring Jamey Chadwell as its new coach, with Chadwell agreeing to a seven-year deal that averages more than $4 million per year, sources told ESPN. An announcement is expected later Sunday morning. Chadwell has been one of the best coaches in the sport the past three years, going
11:30 AM ET ESPN staff Deion Sanders’ coaching career has reached the highest level of college football — and a surprising destination in Colorado. Sanders, the Pro Football Hall of Famer who transformed Jackson State’s program the past few years, was named Colorado’s new coach Saturday night. After interviewing for several Power 5 jobs in
12:34 AM ET ESPN News Services INDIANAPOLIS — Donovan Edwards ran for 185 yards and a score, J.J. McCarthy threw three touchdown passes and No. 2 Michigan beat Purdue 43-22 on Saturday night for its second straight Big Ten title and a likely No. 2 playoff seed. College football’s winningest program has the first 13-win
11:35 PM ET ESPN staff It was all supposed to be so easy heading into conference championship week. USC beats Utah in the Pac-12 title game on Friday to clinch a spot in the College Football Playoff and TCU follows suit on Saturday in the Big 12 championship against Kansas State. Well, not so easy.
11:08 PM ET Tennessee offensive coordinator Alex Golesh has agreed to a deal to become the next head coach at South Florida, sources told ESPN, confirming reports. Golesh was the primary playcaller for the Volunteers, who led the country in scoring this season with an average of 47.3 points per game. He came to Tennessee