College Football

This one is a doozy. Wisconsin is hiring former USC defensive coordinator Alex Grinch as its new safeties coach, as first reported by the State Journal’s Colten Bartholomew. The long-time defensive assistant was fired from USC in early November after a 52-42 loss to Washington. He had previously spent five seasons as defensive coordinator under Lincoln Riley, three at Oklahoma …

The NFL Draft is right around the corner and many consider the Senior Bowl official start to draft season. Connor Rogers and Eric Froton will be in Mobile, Alabama for the star-studded event, so be sure to keep checking NBCSports.com for more Senior Bowl content. Here is everything you need to know about the Senior Bowl, including rosters, coaches, history, …

Baylor quarterback Gerry Bohanon warms up before a game against Texas, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Waco, Texas. Bohanon is now at BYU. | Sam Hodde, Associated Press Gerry Bohanon can’t recall any specific pitch made by the BYU Cougars’ coaching staff, which is somewhat remarkable. Today’s college football landscape is replete with extravagant NIL deals, promises of playing time, …

Schedules have long been set for the 2024 SEC football season. Texas has one of the most manageable schedules in the league. The Longhorns face many of the lesser teams in the conference. They face the league’s bottom three teams from a season ago in Vanderbilt (2-10), Arkansas (4-8) and Mississippi State (5-7). Two of the Longhorns’ three true road …

The Alabama Crimson Tide hired former Washington coach Kalen DeBoer following Nick Saban’s retirement. DeBoer will have big shoes to fill, especially on the Alabama football recruiting trail. Saban has landed college football’s top prospects for years and now DeBoer will be tasked with keeping the Crimson Tide’s roster loaded with star players. That could be a challenge after DeBoer …

While LSU hasn’t officially closed the book on the 2024 signing class, the recruiting staff is beginning to turn its attention to 2025, where the Tigers currently have the nation’s No. 2 class. It could get even better in the coming weeks and months as LSU remains in the mix for a number of top players. One of them comes …

Jim Harbaugh, who is off to lead the Los Angeles Chargers after winning a national championship with Michigan, is walking an increasingly rare path by jumping from college to the NFL. Since 2014, he is just the third sitting college football head coach to be hired in the same role by a professional team.  This isn’t new for Harbaugh, though. …

A new era has begun at Holtville High School as it will bring on Cory Lee as the new Athletics Director and Head Football Coach. After being approved by the Elmore County Board of Education on Tuesday night, Lee introduced himself to some of the athletes he’ll be working with at Holtville on Wednesday. “I have a couple more weeks …

Jim Harbaugh made history on Monday, becoming the first college football coach to move to the NFL directly after winning a national championship. When Harbaugh signed on as the next head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers,, he became the fifth coach in the AP poll era (since 1936) to leave the program immediately after winning the national championship. When …

This past season’s four-team College Football Playoff ushered in significant change across the landscape — and not just with the arrival of the 12-team field that will begin in 2024. Three of the playoff’s four coaches are no longer with their respective teams: Alabama’s Nick Saban retired on Jan. 10 and was replaced by Washington’s Kalen DeBoer two days later. …

A class of 2025 athlete has received a scholarship offer from the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Dallas Golden is a four-star prospect from Berkeley Prep High School in Tampa, Florida. In 14 games as a junior, he ran for 1,467 yards and 19 touchdowns. In 12 games as a sophomore, he had 1,403 yards on the ground and 18 touchdowns. Golden also …

An annual trip to Mobile with family during his boyhood days gave Navarre High grad Jordan Jefferson the chance to dream big when watching the Reese’s Senior Bowl. “My dad, my uncles and cousins, they used to take us every year when we were kids,” said Jefferson, who finished his collegiate career in 2023 as a starting defensive tackle at …

The Chicago Bears will have several assistant coaches in place for the 2024 Senior Bowl. Bears coaching assistant Kenny Norton III will serve as the defensive backs coach for the American Team at the Senior Bowl, alongside Tennessee’s Justin Hamilton. Chicago could be looking to shore up the safety position, and Norton will get an up-close look at some top …

Michigan head coach and reigning national champion Jim Harbaugh took the head job with the Chargers last night, returning to the NFL for the first time since 2014. He leaves Michigan after a solid coaching tenure became a legendary one. Program stagnation and calls for his job in 2020 were met with three straight College Football Playoff appearances and this …

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh is gone to the NFL. He took the Los Angeles Chargers job last night, leaving the Michigan program after a legendary tenure. Harbaugh had been flirting with the NFL for years. Two years ago it was the Vikings, last year it was the Broncos. Now it’s the Chargers that finally get him to jump. He …