A former standout quarterback at Marion-Franklin, Raymond Thomas can’t wait to lead the football program at his alma mater. Pending school board approval, Thomas will succeed Derek Katis, who went 4-7 in his only season as coach. “This is super big,” Thomas said. “It’s amazing. I’ve been preparing myself for this moment my entire life and I’m blessed and I’m …

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Penn State football must now replace its longest-tenured assistant coach. It’s been a fast-paced winter so far for head coach James Franklin and his team: They made a playoff run into January, convinced a large contingent of stars to return for the 2025 season, then hired arguably the top defensive coordinator in the nation. They wrapped up one recruiting class, …

NORMAN — Throughout his 50-plus-year career in the sports business, there wasn’t a day that went by that Bill Hancock didn’t think back to a valuable lesson he learned while working as assistant sports information director as a student at OU. It was instilled in him to be early for everything by former Sooners men’s basketball coach John MacLeod, who …

In its ongoing effort to restructure its front office as revenue sharing looms, the University of Florida announced Monday it has hired longtime Atlanta Falcons executive Nick Polk as the Gator football team’s general manager. The school also is hiring analytics specialist Benjamin Elsner as its director of football strategy. Polk’s duties during his 17-year tenure in Atlanta, where he …

The Cowboys are hiring Steve Shimko as their quarterbacks coach, Todd Archer of ESPN reports. He served as the Cowboys’ offensive analyst last season. Shimko will replace Scott Tolzien. Shimko and head coach Brian Schottenheimer worked together in Seattle in 2018-19. Shimko’s experience includes working as a graduate assistant at Rutgers, Western Michigan and Georgia. He landed his first on-field …

The high school football coaching carousel took an interesting turn on Monday night. Joey Paridaen, who had been coaching at Evansville’s North High School, was approved to be the next Tecumseh High School coach during the Warrick County School Corp. board meeting. He takes over a Class 1A program with just one victory over the past two seasons. The move …

With LSU football’s 2025 recruiting class finalized, the attention turns to 2026. It’s the time of year where prospects lock in official visits for the summer. On Monday, LSU secured a visit from a former Tiger commit. Four-star defensive linemen JaReylan McCoy will visit LSU this summer, per Rivals’ Sam Spiegelman. On3’s Chad Simmons later confirmed the same news. Per …

As we get deeper into the offseason, the North Carolina Tar Heels continue adding recruits to their future football roster. UNC already has most of its 2025 recruiting class locked in, headlined by 4-star quarterback Bryce Baker, plus a few commitments in the Class of 2026. On Monday, February 10, North Carolina landed another commitment in the form of offensive …

CLEMSON — Clemson basketball had a special guest in attendance on Monday. Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney attended the game between the No. 19 Tigers (19-5, 11-2 ACC) vs. North Carolina (14-10, 7-5) at Littlejohn Coliseum. He was with his wife, Kathleen, and his eldest son, William. Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik and incoming defensive end transfer Will Heldt also came to the …

Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk will start his college coaching career with $400,000 in compensation during his first year as running backs coach at Colorado under head coach Deion Sanders, according to employment documents obtained by USA TODAY Sports. Faulk, 51, earned nearly $50 million during his NFL career from 1994 to 2006 and had not …

It may have seemed as if Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks were done building their roster in the transfer portal for the time being, but it should never come as a surprise when another move is made. That move came on Monday in the form of former Ole Miss safety Jadon Canady announcing that he would be transferring to …

Getty Images Jim Knowles’ blockbuster contract at Penn State set a high-water mark for assistant coach salaries, and now Auburn defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin is next to see his salary go up substantially. According to a new contract signed Feb. 5 (per the Montgomery Advertiser), Durkin will earn $2.5 million in base salary in 2025, more than double his 2024 salary …

Nick Sheridan’s role on the Alabama football coaching staff in 2025 is set. According to multiple reports, Sheridan will remain the Crimson Tide’s quarterbacks coach after the hire of former Seattle Seahawks and Washington offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb to be Kalen DeBoer’s offensive coordinator. Grubb has been DeBoer’s quarterbacks coach at Fresno State and with the Huskies, while also serving …

Things are ramping up in the 2026 recruiting cycle for the Oregon Ducks. Currently, Oregon boasts the top class of 2026 commits — with two 5-stars and six 4-stars committed — according to 247Sports recruiting rankings, but the Ducks are still looking to build on their early momentum. On Monday, Steve Wiltfong, a top recruiting insider for On3Sports, reported that …