The coaching carousel is heating up for college football after Week 8. Penn State knocked over the big domino after Week 7 when it fired head coach James Franklin.
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On Sunday, Florida made the decision to part ways with head coach Billy Napier. There are more moves expected to be made in the coming days and weeks. Florida State head coach Mike Norvell is feeling the heat after losing to Stanford on Saturday night.
On Sunday, another program decided to part ways with their coach following a frustrating 12-point loss on Saturday.
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Per Brett McMurphy of On3, Colorado State fired Jay Norvell. The decision came after CSU was defeated at home by Hawaii 31-19.
Via ON3:
“Colorado State fired head coach Jay Norvell after Saturday’s loss against Hawaii, according to On3’s Brett McMurphy. The 62-year-old Norvell has been the Rams’ head coach since 2022, but the program is moving on without him after Colorado State fell to 2-5 overall and 1-2 in the Mountain West this season.”
Norvell, 62, went 18-26 and 13-13 in Mountain West play during his four seasons with the Rams. Norvell’s best season in Fort Collins, Colorado, came in 2024 when CSU went 8-5 but lost 43-17 to the Miami Redhawks in the Arizona Bowl.
Colorado State went 3-9 during Norvell’s first season with the program and 5-7 in 2023. The Rams appeared to be making an upward trajectory at the end of last season, but CSU started this campaign 2-5.
Norvell coached at Nevada before taking over the Rams coaching job. He went 33-26 during his time with the Wolf Pack.
Norvell played college football for Iowa before playing as a linebacker for the Chicago Bears in 1987 on the practice squad.
Colorado State has five games remaining in the regular season. They will travel to play Wyoming in Week 9 before taking on UNLV, New Mexico, Boise State and Air Force in November.
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