10:01 AM ET Ohio State co-defensive coordinator Greg Mattison is retiring, coach Ryan Day said Friday. Mattison, 71, has shared coordinator duties the past two seasons at Ohio State after joining the staff from archrival Michigan in January 2019. He twice served as the Wolverines’ defensive coordinator and also held coordinator roles at Florida, Notre
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7:13 AM ET Blockbuster nonconference games were sorely missed in 2020 — not just by fans, but also by the College Football Playoff selection committee members, who typically rely on those results to help them compare teams and overall strength of schedule. This year, Clemson and Georgia open the season in Charlotte, North Carolina, a
7:32 PM ET Alabama announced the hiring of former Houston Texans coach Bill O’Brien as the team’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Thursday. O’Brien replaces Steve Sarkisian, who left to become the head coach at Texas. “We are pleased and happy to be able to add Bill O’Brien to our coaching staff,” Alabama coach
2:19 PM ET The NCAA placed Notre Dame’s football program on probation for one year on Thursday, after the sides agreed that a former assistant coach had impermissible off-campus recruiting contact with a high school player in January 2019. The NCAA found that Brian Kelly also had impermissible off-campus contact with a prospect in October
1:10 PM ET Tennessee is hiring UCF’s Danny White as its new athletic director, sources told ESPN. An official announcement is scheduled for Thursday afternoon. White would replace Phillip Fulmer, who announced his retirement on Monday. White’s first order of business would be to hire a new head football coach after Tennessee fired Jeremy Pruitt
12:07 PM ET Missouri is hiring former Arizona Cardinals coach Steve Wilks as defensive coordinator, a source told ESPN. Wilks, 51, most recently coached in 2019 as Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator. He last coached in college in 2005, when he worked with Washington’s defensive backs on Tyrone Willingham’s staff. Wilks replaces Ryan Walters, who left
11:38 AM ET When Larry Scott met with the Pac-12 CEO group last week to discuss his future with the conference, he said it immediately became clear that the presidents and chancellors had concluded it was time for new leadership. “[They] were feeling like a new direction would make sense,” Scott told ESPN Wednesday night
9:58 PM ET Larry Scott’s 11-year run as Pac-12 commissioner will end in June, the conference announced Wednesday night. His current contract is set to expire in June 2022. In a statement, the conference said Scott will remain in the job until June 30, and assist in the transition. “We appreciate Larry’s pioneering efforts in
6:36 PM ET Linebacker Henry To’o To’o, a former SEC All-Freshman selection who started 22 games the past two seasons, and three other Tennessee players entered the transfer portal on Wednesday. Running back Eric Gray, linebacker Quavaris Crouch and offensive lineman Jahmir Johnson also entered the portal. This comes two days after head coach Jeremy
4:50 PM ET Arizona State has promoted Antonio Pierce to the sole defensive coordinator role, while Marvin Lewis will remain on staff as special assistant to coach Herm Edwards. Pierce, a former Pro Bowl linebacker with the New York Giants, served as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach alongside Lewis last season. He’s also Arizona State’s