Bennett was the winning interim coach for Pitt in the 2010 BBVA Compass (Birmingham) Bowl. Bennett spent 6 seasons as the head coach at SMU from 2002-2007 where he was a woeful 18-52 overall and 14-34 in conference games. Phil Bennett, who was hired last year as defensive coordinator, was the interim head coach for the 35-32 loss in the Frisco Bowl on December 17 against Boise State. In 7 seasons, Littrell was 44-44 overall and 32-23 in league play. It was the second time he led UNT to the CUSA title game and lost (2017). The Mean Green lost 48-27 at UTSA two days earlier. North Texas fired head Seth Littrell on Sunday, December 4, despite leading the team to the Conference USA Championship. He was 24-18 in his only previous head coaching job at FCS member Incarnate Word from 2018-21. On December 13, North Texas named Washington State OC and QB coach Eric Morris as head coach. He was 24-31 in 5 seasons as the head coach of the Golden Flashes. That job opened up on December 6 when Sean Lewis announced he was leaving to become the offensive coordinator at Colorado. Kent State on December 14 officially named Minnesota RB coach Kenni Burns as head coach. If the captain did a bad job, you could just overthrow him." But with pirates, it didn't matter if you were black, white, rich or poor. There were a lot of castes and classes in England at the time. Leach became known as "The Pirate" and once said that "Pirates function as a team. In a 21-year career as a major college football coach at Texas Tech, Washington State and Mississippi State, Leach compiled records of 158-107 over-all and 8-9 in bowl games. but had the interim tag removed on December 15 and became the official head coach. Defensive coordinator Zach Arnett was immediately named interim head coach for bowl season. Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach passed away Monday night, December 12 after suffering a major heart attack on Sunday. The odd thing in this move is that the offense will keep the same triple-option attack its been running since the Paul Johnson days. He has been widely considered to be one of the best DC's in the nation over the last several years. Before joining the Navy staff in 2019, Newberry was the DC and secondary coach at FCS member Kennesaw State from 2015-18. He was 37-26 in American Athletic Conference games. He is the winningest coach in school history with a record of 109-83, but just 11-23 over the last 3 seasons. It was later revealed by Niumatalolo that he was fired in the locker room immediately after the loss. Newberry replaces his former boss, Ken Niumatalolo who was fired on Sunday, December 11, the day after the Midshipmen lost to Army in overtime to fall to 2-5 in the last 7 meetings with their arch-rival. The Coaching Carousel had previously stopped spinning on Monday, December 19 when Navy announced the promotion of Brian Newberry from defensive coordinator to head coach. Still, he easily has the most wins of any Northwestern head coach in history with his 110 outdistancing Pappy Waldorf's 49 from 1935-1946, but he only ranks 9th in winning percentage. Those marks are inflated by a 7-2 Covid season campaign as three of the last four years had produced no better than a 3-9 finish with just a single conference win in 2019, 20. However, since 2019, his records are 14-31 over-all and 9-25 in the conference. Fitzgerald's career records are a pedestrian 110-101 over-all and 65-76 in the B1G. He played under Randy Walker, became an assistant under Walker, and succeeded Walker after his sudden passing in 2006. Fitzgerald was a star defensive linebacker at Northwestern from 1993-1996 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008. The football team tried to stick up for its coach with a tweet posted on July 8. Offensive coordinator David Bruan, who had just been hired this past January from North Dakota State, was expected to be named the interim head coach. It is somewhat surprising that Fitzgerald had not already been given the boot after the Wildcats went 1-10 a year ago after a 3-9 season in 2021. The school president, Michael Schill, announced the action himself with a posting on the university's academic website, dated July 10. In addition, three former players made assertions of racism and confirmed the hazing reports. Northwestern fired head coach Pat Fitzgerald in the wake of an investigation into ongoing hazing in the football program. Latest Changes: Northwestern Fires Fitzgerald After Hazing Investigation Updated Jul. *-Bryant Vincent was named interim head coach at UAB after Bill Clark resigned for health reasons on June 24. Jeff Scott (1-8), I Daniel Da Prato (0-3) Seth Littrell (7-6), B Phil Bennett (0-1) Scott Satterfield (7-5), B Deion Branch (1-0) Jamey Chadwell (9-3), B Chad Staggs (0-1) Will Healy (1-7), I Pete Rossomando (2-2) Bryan Harsin (3-5), I Carnell "Cadillic" Williams (1-3)
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