College Football

Notre Dame football has plenty of ammo when trying to convince a secondary recruit that South Bend is the right place for them. Freshman Ben Morrison is coming off an All-American season while former Irish safety Kyle Hamilton just finished off an impressive first year with the Baltimore Ravens. With that in mind, head coach Marcus Freeman and safeties coach Chris O’Leary offered Utah safety Davis …

Former Florida offensive lineman Ethan White committed to Southern California on Monday after spending just under a month in the transfer portal. White joined the Gators as a member of the 2019 recruiting class and appeared in six games for Florida as a true freshman. His sophomore year ended early thanks to an injury, but the COVID-19 ruling gave him …

Florida landed former Kentucky offensive lineman Kiyaunta Goodwin from the transfer portal on Tuesday. Goodwin recently took a multi-day trip to the Swamp and quickly made his decision to join the Gators after spending just a year in Lexington. He’ll have three years of eligibility remaining in Gainesville after spending most of his freshman year as a special teams blocker …

USATSI LSU coach Brian Kelly signed one of the most lucrative contracts in college football history when he was hired to coach the Tigers program ahead of the 2022 season. But thanks to some missed paperwork discovered by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office, the school accidentally gave Kelly a little extra. Kelly was mistakenly overpaid by $1,001,368 across May and …

Which head coaches are going to new places and who should be the best of the lot? They might not be in a transfer portal, but like the top prospects, a few key coaches moved around. Transfer Portal 2023 Rankings: Head Coaches – Contact/Follow @ColFootballnews Okay, okay, there isn’t a transfer portal for college football head coaches, but the ones at …

Michigan State football has a new defensive line coach for the second straight year. Mel Tucker on Wednesday announced the hire of Diron Reynolds, who spent the past seven seasons coaching the defensive line at Stanford. The 51-year-old Reynolds replaces Marco Coleman, who returned to his alma mater, Georgia Tech, after one season with the Spartans. “I’ve known Diron Reynolds …

USATSI Back in November, the University of Florida withdrew its scholarship offer from four-star quarterback Marcus Stokes after video emerged of him singing song lyrics that contained the N-word. Just months later, Stokes received an offer from the HBCU program Albany State. Stokes committed to the Gators in July 2022, but the school pulled his offer after seeing the video …

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker had an opening on his coaching staff after defensive line coach Marco Coleman left East Lansing to take the same position at his alma mater, Georgia Tech. It took several weeks to fill the opening, but Mel Tucker has found the right man for the job. Tucker has hired Diron Reynolds to take over as …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Chancellor Donde Plowman announced a contract extension for athletic director Danny White on Wednesday, a day after the Volunteers disclosed a big pay raise for football coach Josh Heupel. Plowman said White agreed to an extension that starts at $2.2 million a year with an annual pay increase of 5%, up from his original $1.8 million …

MOBILE, Ala. – Georgia offensive lineman Warren McClendon will wear the number of his late teammate, Devin Willock, in the Senior Bowl. McClendon, who gave up his college eligibility to enter the NFL draft, accepted an invitation this week to play in the Feb. 4 all-star game at Mobile, Alabama. Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy wrote on Twitter that …

The coaching staff move was reported over a week ago, but the Oregon Ducks made it official on Wednesday morning, announcing the hiring of Chris Hampton as the new co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach in Eugene. Hampton will be replacing Matt Powledge, who took the defensive coordinator job for the Baylor Bears in late December of 2022. Hampton comes to …

USATSI The 2019-20 college football hiring cycle included 24 coaching changes, but circumstances both on the field and off the field have trimmed the group noticeably as some of those hires prepare for Year 4 in 2023.  As we gather to grade the three-year tenures of the coaches from this cycle, we must first note the ones who won’t be …

LSU will open its 2027 slate with a contest against a Big 12 team. The Tigers will travel to NRG Stadium in Houston for what will be a nominal neutral site game against the Houston Cougars in the Texas Kickoff. The Cougs are set to move to the Power Five from the American starting in 2023. This will be LSU’s …

When Dan Mullen previewed the national championship game on a podcast earlier this month, he sure sounded like a guy immersed in his role as an ESPN analyst and not a former coach simply passing the time until he received a chance to rejoin the profession. “It’s a different lifestyle,” Mullen told Ralph Russo on the AP Top 25 College …

Alabama offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien agreed to be the next offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots. This was not a scenario where fans were caught by surprise. However, some fans felt that he may return to the program in some capacity if the Patriots did not add him to their coaching staff. This will be O’Brien’s second stint as …