SOUTH BEND — After three exemplary seasons guiding the Notre Dame football defense, Al Golden is making a U-turn back to the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals. Golden, 55, will get his first chance to be a defensive coordinator at the professional level after previously spending six years as an NFL assistant. Two of those seasons (2020-21) were as linebackers coach for …

The 2024 Iowa Hawkeyes college football season could be described by a two-word adjective. That adjective would be star power. A team known for all 11 guys doing their jobs had a year that saw a star on each side of the ball shine brightly for all of the college football world to see. Those stars, running back Kaleb Johnson …

The Ohio State Buckeyes celebrate their 34-23 win over Notre Dame Fighting Irish to win the College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on January 20, 2025. The final college football game of the season also happened to be the most watched. Not surprising given the matchup between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish …

The Cincinnati Bengals’ defensive coordinator post is no longer vacant. Word broke Wednesday that the Bengals would announce the hire of Al Golden as defensive coordinator. Golden’s hire follows the Monday announcement of additional coaching hires on the offensive side of the ball ahead of a critical offseason for the Bengals. After back-to-back 9-8 seasons with no playoff berths, the …

More than 22 million people tuned in to watch Ohio State beat Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday night. While that is down year-over-year, it was still the most-watched non-NFL sporting event over the past year. ESPN released numbers from the Buckeyes’ 34-23 win over Notre Dame on Monday night, which gave them their …

SOUTH BEND, IN – APRIL 23: Notre Dame Fighting Irish defensive coordinator Al Golden looks on during the Notre Dame Blue-Gold Spring Football Game on April 23, 2022 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The Cincinnati Bengals are hiring Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden as their defensive coordinator, according …

AP Images The team recruiting champion has hailed from the SEC every year since 2015 and this year is no different. Texas and head coach Steve Sarkisian have won the team recruiting crown following their first season as a SEC program. Rivals began tracking the national recruiting race in 2002 and this win by Texas was the smallest margin victory …

The Oregon Ducks football team’s Rose Bowl loss to Ohio State will sting for a bit, but that shouldn’t diminish what was a great regular season. Oregon finished as the Big Ten champions and with just that one loss, the Ducks finished the 2024 season ranked No. 4 in the country in the last US LBM USA TODAY Coaches poll …

The final Rivals250 for the 2025 class has now been released and Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney offers his thoughts on each position group. RIVALS RANKING WEEK Monday: Who should be the No. 1 QB in the 2025 Rivals250? Tuesday: Final Five-Star Countdown for the 2025 class | Meet the new five-stars Wednesday: Final Rivals250 released | Texas wins …

Jan. 22—Josh Yoder has been waiting for the right opportunity to become the head coach of a football program. He believes he has found that in the Lebanon Tigers. Yoder was approved as the head coach of the Lebanon football program on Tuesday night at the school board meeting. He replaces Jeff Smock, who resigned earlier in the month. “This …

No coaches were impressed by Tennessee football more than Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer, Georgia’s Kirby Smart and former Vols coach Butch Jones. Each voted Tennessee No. 7 on their US LBM Coaches Poll final ballots, which were collected and released by USA TODAY Sports. There were 54 coaches who voted on the 2024 poll as members of the US LBM Board …

Former Oxford High and Fitchburg State star quarterback Corey Hetherman has left the University of Minnesota to become the defensive coordinator at the University of Miami. When Corey Hetherman was starting — and starring — at quarterback for Fitchburg State in the early 2000s, he was a frequent denizen of the football offices. The former Oxford High three-sport standout watched …

Getty Images Nick Saban left an incredible legacy at Alabama after building one of the greatest dynasties in modern college football history. None of that would have happened if Saban chose to stay at LSU, and he admits that leaving Baton Rouge for the Miami Dolphins is his biggest professional regret. Saban joined “The Pivot” with former LSU and NFL …

Clark Lea showed love for a few teams on Vanderbilt football’s 2024 schedule in his final vote for the US LBM Coaches Poll. Lea’s vote was notably higher on both Missouri and LSU than the consensus. Lea ranked Missouri No. 13 compared to its No. 20 ranking in the final poll. LSU was No. 22 in Lea’s poll and unranked …

It’s too bad for Memphis football fans that Gus Malzahn is no longer the coach of UCF. Malzahn had the Tigers ranked higher than any other coach in the final US LBM Coaches Poll released on Tuesday. But he left to become the offensive coordinator at Florida State, ensuring his time as a coaches poll voter will end. The voting …