Jan 21, 2022 Auburn football coach Bryan Harsin promoted assistant head coach/linebackers coach Jeff Schmedding to defensive coordinator after Derek Mason stepped down, the school announced on Saturday. Schmedding came with Harsin from Boise State, where Schmedding was Harsin’s defensive coordinator during the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Mason, the former head coach at Vanderbilt, was
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11:03 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Pete Thamel June Jones turned down an opportunity to return as Hawai’i‘s head football coach after meeting with school officials Friday. Jones, 68, expressed interest in the job shortly after coach Todd Graham resigned under
3:09 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The group of 21 college sports stakeholders tasked with transforming NCAA Division I sports before the start of next football season gathered in a hotel ballroom in Indianapolis this week to begin sketching out its plan of attack. NCAA members adopted a new constitution Thursday during their annual convention, reaffirming
4:06 PM ET USC has added running back transfer Travis Dye, who led Oregon in rushing and receptions this past season. Dye, who entered the transfer portal last week, joins the Trojans as a graduate transfer. He rushed for 1,271 yards and 16 touchdowns in 2021, and led Oregon with 46 receptions. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound
11:52 AM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — New LSU Tigers football coach Brian Kelly has completed the addition of eight transfer players, including defensive backs Greg Brooks and Joe Foucha, who both started at Arkansas. The transfers also include two starters from Louisiana‘s Sun Belt Conference championship team: defensive back Mekhi Garner and
12:18 PM ET Auburn football coach Bryan Harsin is set to promote assistant head coach/linebackers coach Jeff Schmedding to defensive coordinator with Derek Mason planning to leave for other coaching opportunities, sources confirmed to ESPN. Schmedding came with Harsin from Boise State, where Schmedding was Harsin’s defensive coordinator during the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Mason,
5:53 PM ET Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. — California football coach Justin Wilcox has signed an extension through the 2027 season. Wilcox was rewarded with the extension Thursday after leading the Golden Bears to two bowls in five seasons as coach. The contract also increases the salary pool for assistant coaches. “Justin Wilcox is a
4:46 PM ET Associated Press CONWAY, S.C. — Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall will miss spring practice because of an offseason surgery. The school announced McCall, defensive end Josaiah Stewart and tight end TJ Ivy Jr. will all be out of workouts that start Feb. 8 due to surgeries. The school did not provide additional
3:28 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — NCAA members voted Thursday to ratify a new, streamlined version of this association’s constitution. The motion passed with 80.4% of members voting in favor, putting an expected stamp of approval on the first part of a two-step process to significantly reduce the responsibility of the association’s national office and to
12:58 PM ET The Texas Longhorns are adding wide receiver transfer Isaiah Neyor, an All-Mountain West performer at Wyoming last season who originally committed to play for Tennessee. Neyor tweeted Thursday that he will sign with Texas after committing to Tennessee on Jan. 8. He led Wyoming in receptions (44), receiving yards (878) and also