Tulsa fires coach Kevin Wilson during second season, 13th opening during 2025-25 coaching carousel

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Tulsa is set to fire head coach Kevin Wilson, sources tell CBS Sports/247Sports.

It comes after the Golden Hurricane fell to 3-8 with a 63-30 loss to USF on Saturday. Wilson, who was previously the head coach at Indiana from 2011-16 and the offensive coordinator at Ohio State from 2017-22, was in his second season at Tulsa. He’ll finish with a 7-16 overall record. Before the 3-8 start to this year, the Golden Hurricane were 4-8 in Year 1 under Wilson last season.

Assistant Ryan Switzer is expected to be named interim coach, according to multiple reports. 

The Golden Hurricane’s best season since joining the AAC came in 2016 under coach Philip Montgomery, a 10-3 season. Tulsa followed that year up with a 2-10 mark in 2017. Montgomery did get Tulsa back to respectability, finishing 6-3 in the shortened 2020 season with a final ranking of No. 24 overall in the College Football Playoff rankings. He was fired after the 2022 season following a 12-13 mark in two following two years. 

Tulsa becomes the sixth AAC school to fire its head coach in the last month. ECU, Charlotte, Rice, Temple and FAU had all already fired their head coaches. Its 2025 recruiting class currently has 14 commits and ranks No. 8 in the conference. 

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SchoolStatusConferenceExpected Salary RangeBall StateOpen (Fired Mike Neu)Mid-American Conference~600,000Central MichiganOpen (Jim McElwain retired)Mid-American Conference~$1 millionCharlotteOpen (Fired Biff Poggi)American Athletic$1 millionEast CarolinaOpen (Fired Mike Houston)American Athletic$2-3 millionFlorida AtlanticOpen…


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Author : Matt Zenitz

Publish date : 2024-11-24 17:45:00

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