head football coach

At least three former Penn State players lashed out Friday at their alma mater's reported plan to hire New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien as the new head football coach.

New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien has agreed to become Penn State's first new head football coach in nearly a half-century.

Two people in the NFL with knowledge of the search told The Associated Press on Friday that O'Brien has told them he plans to replace fired coach Joe Paterno.

John Blake couldn't imagine a more brutal professional experience than getting fired from his dream job. In 1998, when Oklahoma dumped the former Sooner star after three miserable seasons (12-22) as its head football coach, the venom nearly overwhelmed Blake.

He had failed, certainly, but the level of hatred from seemingly everyone in Norman shocked him.

Michigan fired coach Rich Rodriguez today, ending a disappointing three-year tenure marred by too many losses and NCAA violations at college football's winningest program.

Texas Tech fired head football coach Mike Leach on Wednesday, two days after the university had suspended him while it investigated allegations that he mistreated an injured player.

The University of Kansas will hold a press conference Monday at 11 a.m. where new head football coach Turner Gill will address the media and fans at KU for the first time.

Mike Holmgren has expressed interest in talking with Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner about a job with the struggling Cleveland Browns.

It is not known at this team if this is to be just the General Manager, the GM and the Head Football Coach, or to be the football guru this club so desperately needs.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- University of Alabama head football coach has signed a three-year extension to his original contract, university athletic director Mal Moore announced Saturday.

Auburn University holds a press conference on the recent resignation of Head Football Coach Tom Tuberville