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BOULDER The University of Colorado s Karl Dorrell was named the Football Writers Association of America s (FWAA) First Year Coach of the Year, an honor bestowed on a head coach in his first season at a school.
A coach could have been a head coach at a previous school (Dorrell was at UCLA from 2003-07); the FWAA created the honor in 2002 coinciding with its Freshman All-America team to recognize a coach taking over a program and acknowledging the success he had with his new school (or in his new role if promoted from within).
Dorrell is the 19th recipient of the honor, and he joins a pretty impressive list of names in the business, most notably ....
Roadrunnin’ it back: Antonio Parks returns to UTSA for 2021 season The free safety announces why he will return for a second season senior after a breakout 2020 in San Antonio. Share this story Alonzo Ramirez | UTSA Athletics The 2020 college football season wasn’t even certain to happen. Yet, it ended up being an opportunity years in the making. Prior to September, UTSA free safety Antonio Parks last started a football game in the fall of 2014 at East St. John High School in Louisiana. What could have been the final go-around is just the start of Parks’ promising football career. After a successful 2020 as the Roadrunners’ starting safety, Parks will opt in for the extra year of eligibility granted to all NCAA fall athletes and return to the program for a second senior season. ....
Jan 13, 2021 Texas A&M, New Mexico State and UNLV. Roadrunners will face Texas A&M for the third time in program history on Aug. 30, 2025, at Kyle Field in College Station. The Aggies, who finished the 2020 season ranked No. 4, have won both of the previous meetings with UTSA, 23-10 in 2016 and 45-14 in 2019. UTSA and New Mexico State will play a four-game series beginning on Aug. 31, 2024 when the Aggies travel to the Alamodome for the second matchup between the two former Western Athletic Conference foes. The Roadrunners scored a 35-14 victory in the only previous meeting on Sept. 29, 2012 in Las Cruces in what was UTSA’s first-ever conference game. ....
Conference USA hit rock bottom in 2020 Share this story Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports Look, we all had a rough year this year but few of us had it as bad as Conference USA did in 2020. The beleaguered league just wrapped up a bowl season where they went winless in postseason play, which was sadly unsurprising given the performance in the regular season. Before C-USA got thumped in bowl season the league was taking losses in measuring stick games left and right. The conference finished the season with a 52-63 overall record and boasted just one moderately impressive out of conference win, a slim victory for Marshall over Appalachian State. ....
College football first-year coach grades: Lane Kiffin passes at Ole Miss, Dave Aranda fails in debut at Baylor How did the FBS college football coaches that took new jobs perform in 2020? CBS Sports Graphic The 2020 college football season is almost in the books, which means it s time to hand out grades for all of the first-year head coaches. Last offseason s coaching carousel provided us plenty of intrigue, including the arrival of Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss and Mike Leach at Mississippi State. That cranked the Egg Bowl rivalry up several notches. Elsewhere, Greg Schiano made his return to Rutgers, Mike Norvell took over a reeling Florida State program and Jimmy Lake got promoted to take over for Chris Petersen at Washington. ....