College Football

Consider this an update to our previous story on Wisconsin hiring former USC defensive coordinator Alex Grinch as its new safeties coach. The Wisconsin football program officially announced the hiring today. The update: Grinch will also carry the co-defensive coordinator tag. The Badgers’ defense is currently led by Mike Tressel, an experienced defensive coordinator and an assistant under Luke Fickell …

Although the Hurricanes do not have a running backs coach in place after Tim Harris Jr.’s departure, Alabama running back Alvin Henderson knows Miami wants him to come to Coral Gables. The rising senior running back out of Alabama’s Elba High took a visit to UM last weekend for their Elite Prospect Day event, and the Hurricanes’ staff quickly followed …

Auburn has landed its next defensive coordinator in DJ Durkin. Durkin brings a wealth of knowledge to the Plains, as he has served as a Power Five coach since 2007, with one exception. He joined the Atlanta Falcons staff as a consultant during the 2019 season before re-joining the college ranks as a defensive coordinator under Lane Kiffin at Ole …

A few years ago, the decision of Boston College coach Jeff Hafley to leave college football to become defensive coordinator of the Packers would have made no sense. Given the ongoing revolution in college football, it makes perfect sense. NIL money changes everything. It will make some programs a lot stronger. It will make plenty of programs a lot weaker. …

Heading into the 2023 college football season, the hot-button topic the entire offseason centered around conference realignment. The season eventually began and attention turned to the on-field storylines. Georgia remained No. 1 throughout the entire regular season. Alabama returned to the College Football Playoff field. Michigan defeated Ohio State for the third consecutive season. Everything had remained as it’s been …

The 2024 Senior Bowl raged on during Wednesday’s practice and the upcoming class of NFL draft prospects once again shined with opportunities against their peers. Texans Wire’s own John Crumpler was on the ground to look at potential future additions for the Houston Texans and these were his notes from practice – with a particular focus on wide receivers, defensive …

After Nick Saban announced his retirement, the Alabama Crimson Tide swiftly conducted a coaching search that landed Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer as the next steward of one of the most successful programs in history. DeBoer just led Washington to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game and guided the Huskies to 25 wins in two seasons. The program landed …

Archbishop Shaw running back Jasper Parker from New Orleans is a 6-foot, 200-pound four-star running back. He has been offered by USC. The speedster had 1,300 yards and 18 total touchdowns last season and could be a top-five running back in the 2025 class when it’s all said and done. Parker has offers from Ole Miss, Tulane, Florida State, USC, …

Dan Wodicka’s move in the workplace won’t involve much distance. Wodicka, the defensive coordinator for Johns Hopkins football, was promoted to head coach, the program announced Thursday. Wodicka, who fills the role previously occupied by Greg Chimera, becomes the 28th head coach in school history and the second consecutive leader from the coaching tree planted by the late Jim Margraff. …

Everyone at Oregon knows how good center Jackson Powers-Johnson is and now all of the NFL scouts know how good he is. The Rimington Award winner is impressing those in attendance at the Senior Bowl as his draft stock is rising despite going through drills with a bum hamstring. He suffered the injury during training leading up to the Senior …

D’Shaun Ford is a 2025 four-star running back at 5-foot-11 and 205 pounds. He is from Opelousas, Louisiana, where he plays for Opelousas High School. Ford holds offers from Auburn, Florida State, Miami, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Penn State, Tennessee, Tulane, UCF, and the ultimate favorite to land him, LSU, which is his home-state team. As a sophomore, Ford earned …

Junior defensive lineman Trajen Odom has been offered by USC. The 6-foot-5, 270-pound defensive lineman, based in North Carolina, is originally from Inglewood, California. Going home to USC could be a very high option for the Trojans’ target. As a junior last fall for Panther Creek High School, Odom had 54 total tackles, 22 tackles for a loss, and a …

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Former Western Michigan coach Tim Lester was hired Wednesday to turn around Iowa’s underperforming offense. Lester replaces coach Kirk Ferentz’s son, Brian Ferentz, who finished this past season on the staff after athletic director Beth Goetz told him in late October that he wouldn’t return in 2024. The 46-year-old Lester spent a year as a senior …

A class of 2026 linebacker has been offered a scholarship by the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Noriel Dominguez plays for Fort Bend Marshall High School out of Missouri City, Texas. In 11 games last season, he recorded 80 tackles, 12.0 for loss, and 3.0 sacks. Dominguez holds offers from Oregon, LSU, and Florida, to name a few. Nebraska has been busy offering …

Wisconsin top in-state class of 2025 target Owen Strebig recently announced he would be announcing his commitment on February 8 at 4 p.m. central. The Badgers are among his final five schools — alongside Florida State, Miami, Notre Dame and USC. Strebig is the No. 127 overall recruit in the class of 2025, No. 13 offensive tackle and No. 1 …