2003 college football coaching changes

Kiffin's career collegiate head coaching record is 35-21, including 0-2 in bowl games. Virginia Tech defeated Tulsa 55-52 in that bowl game to send Beamer out with an overall record of 280-144-4, a mark which led all active FBS head coaches. Pinkel saw the transition from the Big 12 to the SEC in 2012 and won consecutive SEC East titles in 2013 and 2014. Edwards was 26-20 over-all record and 17-14 PAC-12 mark. His Owls teams were 7-17 in Conference USA play. On the same day, John Cohen, who has more than two decades as a coach and administrator in the Southeastern Conference, was named Athletics Director at Auburn. After his dismissal, Shafer coached and won the final game of the season on November 28 vs. Boston College to improve his records to 14-23 overall, 7-17 in the ACC. He had previously served as the IHC when Matt Wells left to take the Texas Tech job at the end of the 2018 season and led Utah State to a 52-13 New Mexico Bowl win over North Texas. Odom was a linebacker at the school in the late 90s', and held a position with the program every year after that except when he coached high school ball from 2000-2002 and served as Memphis' defensive coordinator from 2012-2014 under Justin Fuente. Caragher was fired on November 27 after a 4-8 season and 4-year marks of 19-30 overall, 14-18 in the Mountain West. Defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard was immediately named interim head coach. Five days after Sumlin was fired from A&M, Fisher resigned from FSU and was immediately announced as the head coach of the Aggies. That move came just 3 days after Claeys was fired. The Tampa Bay Bucs announced on January 24th that the NFL team had hired away Southern Miss head coach Todd Monken to serve as offensive coordinator. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Wells was 13-17 over-all in Lubbock and just 7-16 in the Big 12. On November 21, UMass announced the mutually agreed upon resignation of Mark Whipple. Sanders found immediate success in Jackson, despite initially having to deal with the Covid pandemic, as he guided the Tigers to records of 27-5 over-all and 19-2 in the SWAC. He then bounced around the country with several schools including Florida State and Auburn as offensive coordinator and QB coach. He has mostly served as a special teams and defensive backs coach and is almost certain to join Fickell at Wisconsin after the bowl game. DeBoer was poached by Washington (November 29) after announcing the dismissal of Jimmy Lake on November 14. Kugler was 18-36 overall and 11-22 in CUSA games. New Mexico on December 17 named former punter and safety Danny Gonzales as the successor to Bob Davie to end the ride on this season's coaching carousel. Rice fired 11-year head coach David Bailiff on November 27. Carey was 52-30 in 6 seasons at NIU, leading the Huskies to 4 MAC Championship games and winning the conference twice (2014 and 2018). It didn't take long for Helton to find a new head coaching gig, though he moved across the country and out of the Power 5 to fill the vacancy at Georgia Southern. By Sunday afternoon, McElwain was out and defensive coordinator Randy Shannon was named interim head coach. The University of South Florida announced on December 11 that it hired Strong to replace Willie Taggart who resigned from the Bulls to take the same position with Oregon. The Hogs have lost 19 consecutive SEC games. Shane Beamer, son of the legendary Frank Beamer, got his first head coaching gig on Sunday (December 6) when he was announced as Will Muschamp's replacement at South Carolina. He was 38-15 in four seasons at Memphis, including 24-8 in the conference. He was hired at South Carolina in 2005 where he undeniably elevated the program's level of competitiveness, but was unable to deliver a conference title and the Gamecocks won only 1 division title during his 10 full seasons in Columbia. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. On Wednesday, July 14, Frank Solich announced his immediate retirement after 16 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio Bobcats. WebThe Wildcats took just two weeks to fill their head coaching vacancy hiring former head coach Bill Snyder. He replaces Dino Babers who vacated the Falcons' post to fill the head coaching vacancy at Syracuse on December 5, the day after leading Bowling Green to the MAC title over Northern Illinois. Scott was previously Clemson's co-offensive coordinator. All rights reserved. The Red Wolves went to bowl games in each of his first six yers, going 2-4. but had the interim tag removed on December 15 and became the official head coach. As for Harsin, the school said very little on its website and only offered a one paragraph release that said, "Auburn University has decided to make a change in the leadership of the Auburn University football program. Memphis on December 15 made Ryan Silverfield its official head coach. Before leaving for Colorado State, Bobo had served as QB coach and later as OC on the Georgia staff from 2001-2014. The following Monday (October 12), that leave became permanent with the announcement of his firing. Fisher was 83-23 overall, 48-17 in the ACC, and 5-2 in bowl games and postseason playoff games. Johnson's dismissal came after a loss to Tulsa dropped the Green Wave to 3-9. In spite of the unique circumstances, He led UNC to a 7-6 record, but was replaced at the end of the year by Larry Fedora and Withers went to Ohio State as defensive coordinator. Don Brown on Monday, November 22 was named the head coach at UMass for a second time, replacing Walt Bell who was fired on November 7. He's the first HC to leave OU for another program since 1946. 5 min read The college football coaching carousel begins earlier and earlier each year. The former Troy assistant (2015-2017) helped spearhead the Trojan's 24-21 upset at LSU on September 30, 2017 when he was the assistant head coach under Neal Brown. The Rainbow Warriors dropped to 2-7 overall, 0-5 in the Mountain West, after a 58-7 loss at home to Air Force. FAU defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer was interim head coach for the Owls in their 52-28 romp at home over SMU in the Boca Raton Bowl. His first game as head coach of the Rockets was a 42-41 Military Bowl victory over Air Force. Former Northern Illinois running back Thomas Hammock was introduced on Friday, January 18, as the school's new head coach. With the Cougars, Leach compiled an over-all record of 55-47 and had just a single co-divisional title in his next-to-last season (2018). Klieman's hiring was announced December 10th but he didn't take full control until his Bisons finished their run in the FCS playoffs where he led them to their fourth national title in his five seasons with the Fargo school (beat eastern Washington 38-24 in Frisco, Texas). On December 14, Boston College announced Ohio State's co-defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley as its new head coach. He guided the program to a 6-6 season, concluding with a 31-28 upset win over Mississippi State in the annual Egg Bowl rivalry game. Dimel was the head coach of Wyoming from 1997-1999, and Houston from 2000-2002, but has largely been an assistant coach at Kansas State for most of his career. Edsall was the head coach of the Huskies from 1999-2010 and oversaw the transition from the FCS to the FBS (classified as 1-AA and 1-A at the time). Kleiman leaves the FCS tied with Jim Tressel (Youngstown State) for the most national titles at that level. He replaces Darrell Hazell who was fired on October 16 with the team sitting at 3-3. Mack Brown was confirmed on Tuesday, November 27 as the new hire for a second stint at UNC. Beamer announced on November 1 that his 29th season at Virginia Tech will be his last as a college football head coach. UCF named offensive coordinator Troy Walters as interim head coach for day-to-day operations while Frost tended to Nebraska matters like the early signing period, but Frost coached UCF to a 34-27 upset of Auburn in the Peach Bowl to conclude a 13-0 season. Desormeaux has been on the staff of the Ragin' Cajuns for the past six seasons and served as co-offensive coordinator this past season. It all started with the Sunday, November 28th announcement that Lincoln Riley was leaving Oklahoma to go to USC, and Billy Napier was going from Louisiana to Florida. Malzahn was 68-35 overall at Auburn, and 39-27 in SEC play. He is 71-63 in his career. Arizona hired Kevin Sumlin on January 14 as head coach to complete a domino effect of changes that began on November 26 when he was fired by Texas A&M. Interim head coach J.C. Price led his Alma mater to a 29-24 upset win at Virginia to become bowl eligible after Fuente's 2020 team ended a 27-season bowl appearance streak. His 50% mark against USC was not much different than his career PAC-12 record of 28-26. Solich was 115-82 overall, 77-46 in the MAC. He was 1-0 this season as a head coach when he served in that capacity for the Auburn game after Saban tested positive for Covid-19. Furthermore, 19 of the school's 21 bowl appearances came under Snyder, including all 9 bowl victories. Morris was 4-18 in his 22-game tenure. Addazio wasn't unemployed for long as Colorado State on Wednesday December 11 named him as Mike Bobo's replacement. Virginia Tech confirmed on November 29 the hiring of Fuente to replace Frank Beamer after the bowl season. If the name Helton is familiar, yes, that is USC head coach Clay Helton's younger brother. Hammock has been the NFL Baltimore Ravens' running backs coach since 2014 and the team ranked 2nd in the league in rushing yards per game this past season. Rhoads coached his teams' last regular season game at West Virginia and lost 30-6, dropping his record 32-55. Offensive Coordinator Bryant Vincent assumes the interim duties of head coach. Pelini is a long-term assistant at multiple schools and was the former head coach of FAU where we went 5-15 in less than two full seasons from 2012-2013. It was originally believed that Candle would join Campbell at Iowa State. Helton's teams won 3 PAC-12 South titles and the 2017 conference championship. The former Texas high school coach (2005-2012) spent the last two seasons at Texas Tech as RB coach and the 2015 season as associate head coach. The Bulls finished the year with a 17-10 win over Marshall in the Camellia Bowl for a second straight bowl win for Leipold. Taggart needed 3 years to rebuild the South Florida football program. He didn't coach in 3 of those 5 bowls as he had moved on to his next stop. Georgia promptly announced Bryan McClendon as the interim head coach and the Bulldogs beat Penn State 24-17 in the TaxSlayer Bowl. Shaw's 96 overall wins rank ninth in Pac-12 history while his 65 conference victories rank fifth. Akron Role: Head Coach Former Coach: Tom Arth New Coach: Oregon OC Joe Minnesota had a record of 29-29 during his tenure. This was the first split title since the inception of the BCS, something the BCS intended to eliminate. Holliday had an 11-year tenure in Huntington that produced records of 85-54 over-all and 55-30 in Conference USA. Also on Friday (December 10), Duke announced the hiring of Mike Elko as its new head coach. This year's team was 4-8 overall and 2-6 in the MWC. For his career, Miles' won-loss record is 145-73 overall. The decision came after a 27-10 loss to UCF. Its harder to win than ever. The Bearcats finished 4-8 overall and 1-7 in the American Athletic Conference. Tyler Helton was named on Tuesday (November 27) as the new head coach at Western Kentucky. Washington offensive coordinator and quarterback coach Jonathan Smith becomes the first Oregon State grad to serve in that capacity. A December 6 article on SFGate.com brought the allegations to light. Defensive coordinator Zach Arnett was immediately named interim head coach for bowl season. On Friday (November 26), Louisiana Tech said it will part ways with Skip Holtz after nine seasons in Ruston. Charlotte on Wednesday, December 5 announced Will Healy as the new coach of the 49ers. There have been two NFL head coaching changes. Mullen spent 9 seasons in Starkville, becoming the school's second-winningest head coach behind Jackie Sherrill. He was lured away by Maryland after leading UConn to the Fiesta Bowl in 2010, but couldn't duplicate the success he had with the Huskies. He has been widely considered to be one of the best DC's in the nation over the last several years. FIU on November 14 announced Butch Davis as its new head coach. Snyder returned in 2005 after failing to reach a bowl game in two straight seasons. Marshall began the season 7-0 but ended on a 3-game losing streak, bowing to Rice, UAB (title game) and Buffalo in the school's third straight Gasparilla Bowl. Tennessee officials on December 7 confirmed the hiring of Jeremy Pruitt as its next head coach. Jones had a career record of 84-54 as head coach of the Vols, Cincinnati and Central Michigan and has a 4-2 record in bowl games. Texas plucked Strong from Louisville after he led the Cards to a 23-3 record his last 2 years and a 37-15 mark in his 4-year tenure. The Athletic Director, Ray Anderson, is Edwards' former agent. He was 15-18 over-all at the Boca Raton school and 11-11 in Conference USA play. In his own press release, Moglia said, "For three years now, I have had a bronchial asthmatic reaction to allergies, which causes inflammation around my lungs. Morris replaces Bret Bielema who was fired immediately after a 48-45 home loss to Missouri on Thanksgiving weekend (November 24). Mississippi State announced on November 29 that it has hired Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorehead as the successor to Dan Mullen. Lake was the HC for less than two seasons, finishing 7-6 overall and 6-4 in the conference. Over-all, he is 106-72 in a career that has also seen stints at (in order) Rice (1 season) Tulsa (4), Pittsburgh (1) and Arizona (6). Arth is a graduate and former quarterback of John Carol University near Cleveland where he set every major passing record. Heupel spent 3 seasons in Orlando leading the Golden Knights to a 28-8 record over-all, a 19-5 record in the American Conference, and a 1-2 mark in bowl games. Overall, Edsall is 96-104 as a head coach. The 'interim' tag was removed ion the wake of the Tigers' 5-2 finish under Orgeron who took over when Les Miles was fired on September 25 after a 2-2 start. Ironically, Beamer's 23rd straight bowl game would be the Independence Bowl which is where the streak began in 1993. Unfortunately, one close call against a much better team doesn't save you when you are 7-28 after nearly 3 full seasons, and just 2-21 in the Sun Belt. Miles was dismissed on November 12 after a 37-23 loss to UL-Monroe dropped the Panthers to 2-8. Fedora's Tar Heel teams were 40-25 through his first 5 campaigns (26-14 in the ACC), but was only 5-18 over the last two seasons (2-14 in the ACC). Luke first took the reins as the interim head coach for the 2017 season after Hugh Freeze resigned just 44 days before the 2017 opener. Holtz was permitted to lead the Bulldogs in their last game, which they lost 35-31 at Rice to finish 3-9. Florida State was just 5-6 when Fisher stepped down, but associate head coach and defensive tackles coach Odell Haggins led the team to a victory over Louisiana-Monroe the next day to get the school to a 36th straight bowl game. Montgomery achieved his watermark success in his second season (2017) when the Golden Hurricane finished 10-3 with a win in the Miami Beach Bowl. His first two seasons produced 1st-place finishes in the MWC Mountain division and the 2018 conference championship. Turner was 10-30 at the Miami school. In the wake of that response, the school decided it was in the best interest of the university to fire Durkin. On Friday, December 10, the Virginia Cavaliers' website announced Clemson's offensive coordinator, Tony Elliott, as the new head coach in Charlottesville. Sumlin was considered to be a prize catch by Texas A&M after he had led Houston to a 12-0 record in 2011 before the Cougars fell to Southern Miss in the Conference USA Championship game. Kansas on April 30 named Lance Leipold as its new head coach, two months after Les Miles was fired. WebThe 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy, resulting in a split national championship. The dismissal "with cause" prevented Pruitt from receiving a buyout settlement, but will almost surely result in a lawsuit. Nutt lost his job after the 2011 season due to a handful of NCAA violations and a woeful final two seasons. He served in those capacities this season at Oregon. Lanning spent the last four seasons on Kirby Smart's staff, beginning as outside linebackers coach in 2018. For the Birmingham Bowl against East Carolina, Coastal will be led by current defensive coordinator Chad Staggs. Brohm bounced around pro football for 8 years before becoming the head coach of Louisville's Arena League team, the Fire, in 2002. As Ball State's quarterback from 1990-1993, Neu threw for 6,271 yards and was named MAC MVP in his senior season. Poggi has very little college coaching experience, but yet has been given much credit in Michigan's success since his arrival last season. Missouri hired from within and promoted defensive coordinator Barry Odom to head coach, the school announced December 3. He was 26-24 with the program from 2009-2012. On Thursday, December 8, Western Michigan announced it had hired Lance Taylor as head coach, continuing a Louisville theme on the coaching carousel. Withers also served as the interim replacement for Butch Davis at North Carolina after Davis was fired just weeks before the season began amid ongoing NCAA investigations. His career mark is 147-38 for a ridiculous .795 winning percentage. By contrast, his contract at UCLA called for him to earn $3.5 million. The 2005 NFL Rookie of the Year, Williams had a seven-year NFL career before entering the coaching ranks. The 63-year-old is 26 years older than the guy they fired earlier this season, Will Healy. Rossomando has former experience as a head coach at D2 New Haven from 2009-2013 and FCS member Central Connecticut State from 2014-2018. The Falcons were 1-6 overall and 0-3 in the MAC at the time of Jinks' dismissal. According to USA Today, the school earlier this year had posted a job opening for head coach on its own website, as well as the American Football Coaches Association website (story). Coker stepped down as head coach at UTSA on January 5 after building the program from scratch. Shawn Clark wasn't the interim head coach for long at Appalachian State. Defensive coordinator Scott Stoker was announced as the interim head coach for the season finale at Troy on December 17 which was ultimately canceled due to Covid issues. Mullen becomes the eighth person to lead the Gators as head coach or interim coach since Steve Spurrier stepped down after the 2001 season. The Ram's job became available when Steve Addazio was fired on December 2 after a woeful two-season record of 4-12, including 3-9 in the Mountain West. UNLV announced on November 25 that the season-ending game at rival Nevada would be the last for Tony Sanchez as head coach, and the Rebels went out and won that game, 33-30 in OT. Taylor has also had stints with the Carolina Panthers, New York Jets and Stanford after starting his coaching career as a grad assistant at Alabama where was a rarely-used receiver as a player from 2000-2003. Also on Saturday (November 27), Washington State removed the interim tag from Jake Dickert, the day after the Cougars won the Apple Cup rivalry game against Washington. Bloomgren had been on the Cardinal staff since 2011 and, before that, was an NFL assistant with the New York Jets from 2008-2010. the Knights won a double-overtime thriller, sealing the deal with an interception on the Tigers' potential game-tying possession. Miles was on the cusp of dismissal at the end of the 2015 season before an outpouring of support from both fans and national media gave the school impetus to change course. The Hilltoppers announced the firing of Mike Sanford on November 25, a day after the team finished the 2018 season with its worst record (3-9) since Willie Taggart's first season in 2010. Rolovich was 4-3 this season after a 1-3 inaugural campaign during the shortened 2020 Covid season. The Golden Eagles won only 3 games the previous year, and just 1 contest in 2013. The first and only head coach of the 49ers oversaw the development of the program and its quick ascent from the FCS to the FBS. On January 13, Western Michigan announced its new head coach would be its own star quarterback from the late 90's, Tim Lester. On Wednesday, November 30, UAB announced on its website that it had hired former "14-year NFL veteran quarterback and Super Bowl XXXV Champion Trent Dilfer" as the official successor to Bill Clark. Periodically, his career also involved stops at some of the premier college programs in the nation, including UCLA, Miami and Michigan. WebEach bar in the graph can be clicked to reveal the FBS Conference breakdown of the coaching changes. The Miners were the only FBS team to go winless in 2017. He replaced P.J. For an encore, his 2019 squad went 11-3 with just one regular season loss to Oklahoma, another loss to the Sooners in the Big 12 Championship game and a Sugar Bowl bowl loss to Georgia. In fact, Zach Smith was a Graduate Assistant under Meyer at Florida in 2009 when the first instance of abuse came to light - shoving his pregnant wife against a wall. Pruitt began his collegiate coaching career under Saban as the Director of Player Development in 2007 and worked his way up to defensive backs coach before getting his first defensive coordinator gig with Florida State for its 2013 national championship season. Kansas announced November 18 that Les Miles would take over as head coach following the season. Free shipping for many products! His 2006 team made it to the NCAA Championship, losing 28-17 to Appalachian State. Hazell was 1-11 in 2013, followed by 3-9 in 2014 and 2-10 in 2015 for a cumulative record of 9-33. He was 96-54 in 12 seasons with a conference mark of 65-40. Jones revitalized programs at Central Michigan and Cincinnati, leading to his hiring in Knoxville where his teams also showed improvement year-over-year until backsliding terribly in 2017. The former Minnesota head coach went 2-2 as the interim head coach at TCU after Gary Patterson was fired. He threw for 9,472 yards with 81 TD's and 32 INT's. Edsall was 22-34 in 4+ seasons at College Park. I understand that the timing may not be ideal it rarely is We believe that this change will reinvigorate the program, stimulate lagging ticket sales and renewals, and energize our donor base." On November 1, Hawaii fired Norm Chow. The object was to get a treasure. Golden was 32-27 overall, 17-18 in the ACC. Ash replaces Kyle Flood who was fired on November 29 after a season of turmoil that included a 3-game suspension of Flood and the arrests of at least 7 players. Oregon filled its position from within by promoting co-offensive coordinator Mario Cristobal on December 8, just 3 days after handing him the interim tag. Holgorsen was first hired as the head coach in waiting in December 2010 and he replaced Bill Stewart the following year. The college football coaching carousel is spinning and, even though it's nowhere close to stopping, it's already had a major impact on recruiting. He resigned from the Blue Devils to accept the OL coach position with Rutgers, but lost that job after one season when Greg Schiano was hired for a second stint as head coach of the Scarlet Knights. Aug 29, 2020. Here are the college football head coaching changes for this year. UCF had lost to 14 straight FBS opponents heading into that game. Arizona State head coach Herm Edwards in the first half during an NCAA football game against Northern Arizona, This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. The school also fired athletics director, Julie Herrmann, and named her successor, Pat Hobbs. Odom was a star linebacker at Mizzou from 1996-1999. Aug 29, 2020. Kansas was 0-9 last season under Miles and just 3-18 in his two seasons in Lawrence. Tennessee announced on Wednesday, January 27th that it had plucked Josh Heupel from UCF to serve as its new head coach. Mullen departed with records of 34-15 overall and 21-13 in the SEC. At Troy, Lindsey succeeds Neal Brown whose teams won 10 or more games in each of the last 3 seasons, including 3 bowl victories. He is the school's winningest head coach. He was the consensus national coach of the year in 2016 after guiding Colorado to a 10-4 finish and the Pac-12 South Division Title. He was hired by the Mountaineers when Scott Satterfield left Appalachian State for Louisville after the 2018 season. Before returning to Columbia for the 2015 season, Odom spent 3 years under Justin Fuente at Memphis. That's a career head coaching mark of 3-31. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. Lake had been suspended for 6 games for a physical altercation with an Oregon player, and one of his own, while breaking up a skirmish during the Huskies' 26-16 loss. As a player in 2000, Hammock had a stellar season of 1,083 yards rushing and 16 touchdowns, and he followed that up with a 1,096-yard season in 2001. His career record now stands at 35-38. As for Riley, he was anticipated to be the school's next head coach, but not this soon. Cutcliffe and Duke mutually separated on Sunday (November 28) after a third straight losing season (3-9) that included a winless ACC campaign (0-8). Shaw resigned on November 26 after the Cardinal finished their 3-9 season with a 35-26 loss at home to BYU. Taggart inherited a South Florida program in complete disarray in 2013 and, after 2 rough seasons, guided the Bulls to an 18-7 mark over the last 2 years. On Monday, December 5, Cincinnati announced they had persuaded Satterfield to leave Louisville and move 100 miles NE to to replace Fickell. Before signing on with the Buckeyes, Hafley spent 7 seasons on the NFL sidelines with Tampa Bay and San Francisco. He previously held the same post with Wisconsin and Minnesota, as well as his alma mater. Deion Branch, director of player development, was named interim head coach for the Cards. Kiffin replaces Charlie Partridge who was dismissed on November 27 after a third consecutive 3-9 campaign. On Sunday, December 4, Liberty hired Coastal Carolina's head coach Jamey Chadwell to the same position. Coaches Most Wins Longest Tenured Head Coaches - FBS Youngest Head Coaches 2023 FCS Coaching Changes 2023 Division II Coaching Changes 2023 Division III Coaching Changes; College Football Every Day. Leonhard was a three-time All-American as a safety for Wisconsin, tying the school record with 21 career interceptions. The West Virginia offensive coordinator gets his first head coaching job, replacing Everett Withers who was fired on November 18, a day after losing by just 5 points to heavily-favored Troy, 12-7. Fittingly, Kansas State plays at Bill Snyder Family Stadium after the field venue was named in his honor at the end of his 2005 season when it was thought he was heading into permanent retirement. Sarkisian had offseason problems which were largely dismissed in early August. Billy Napier (12-1), Michael Desormeaux (1-0), Eliah Drinkwitz (12-1), Shawn Clark (1-0), Mike Norvell (12-1), Ryan Silverfield (0-1), Willie Taggart (7-5), Mario Cristobal (0-1). In 19 seasons as a head coach, Campbell is 159-53 with zero losing seasons. North Carolina State offensive coordinator Eliah Drinkwitz was announced as the new head coach at Appalachian State on Thursday, December 13. Cal fired Dykes on January 8, forty-four days after the team finished its season at 5-7. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bowls 2001-02: Scoreboard: Schedules: Rankings: Louisiana-Lafayette fires football coach Baldwin Special teams coordinator Daniel Da Prato was named interim head coach and went 0-3. 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