10:36 AM ET Penn State announced the hiring of former Miami head coach Manny Diaz as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach on Saturday. Diaz replaces Brent Pry, who was announced as Virginia Tech‘s new head coach on Nov. 30 after eight seasons at Penn State, including six as defensive coordinator. “We are thrilled to add
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11:35 PM ET Associated Press WACO, Texas — Dave Campbell, founder of the Texas Football preview magazine that became a fixture in this football-crazy state, has died. He was 96. Campbell died Friday night at his home here, said Greg Tepper, managing editor of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football. Known as “the bible of Texas football,”
7:03 PM ET Duke has hired Texas A&M defensive coordinator Mike Elko as its next coach, the school announced Friday. Elko, 44, spent the past four seasons with Texas A&M after coordinator stints at Notre Dame, Wake Forest, Bowling Green and Hofstra. He had been a candidate for several Power 5 head-coaching opportunities in recent
5:11 PM ET BYU football coach Kalani Sitake has signed a new contract with the school through the 2027 season. While not releasing terms, BYU called Sitake’s new deal “unprecedented” in a news release. Sitake is 48-28 in six seasons at BYU, which finished No. 13 in the final CFP rankings and went 10-2 this
3:13 PM ET Virginia has hired Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott as its next head coach, the school announced Friday. A full-time member of Dabo Swinney’s staff since 2011, Elliott was the Tigers’ co-offensive coordinator on their 2016 and 2018 national championship teams. He was named the Broyles Award winner in 2017 as the country’s
1:14 PM ET The contract for new Oklahoma Sooners football coach Brent Venables is worth $43.5 million over six years, sources told ESPN on Friday, making it one of the richest contracts for a first-year head coach in college football history. The Oklahoma University Board of Regents still has to approve the deal, which averages
1:53 PM ET Penn State starting quarterback Sean Clifford will return for the 2022 season, he announced Friday. Clifford, who has started the past three seasons for the Nittany Lions, will be in his sixth year with the program. After struggling in 2020, Clifford bounced back well this season, passing for 2,912 yards with 20
12:25 PM ET Associated Press Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh is The Associated Press college football coach of the year after leading the Wolverines to their first Big Ten title in 17 years and a berth in the College Football Playoff. Harbaugh is the first Michigan coach to win the AP Coach of the Year Award, and
1:32 PM ET College football coaches are discussing a revised recruiting calendar that would place more attention on transfers and current rosters immediately after the regular season. American Football Coaches Association executive director Todd Berry told ESPN on Friday that the increasingly active transfer portal — not the mid-December signing period for high school players
12:00 PM ET Former NFL coach Hue Jackson was named head coach at Grambling State on Friday. Jackson, 56, last served as a head coach with the Cleveland Browns from 2016 to 2018. He also coached the Raiders in 2011. Most recently, he was the offensive coordinator at Tennessee State. It’s official Grambling State University