FCS soccer applications which have had a head teaching change for the reason that begin of the 2023 season (announcement date in parentheses):
Alcorn State
Former head coach Fred McNair (Dec. 19) – 7-4 report in 2023, 48-33 in seven total seasons
New head coach Cedric Thomas (Dec. 19) – elevated from defensive coordinator; went 8-14 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff in 2018 and ’19, and 5-4 on the junior school degree at Mississippi Delta
Austin Peay (UAC)
Former head coach Scotty Walden (Dec. 4) – 9-3 report in 2023, 26-14 in 4 total seasons
New head coach Jeff Faris (Dec. 9) – former Duke assistant spent the 2022 and ’23 seasons as UCLA’s tight ends coach
Campbell (CAA)
Former head coach Mike Minter (Dec. 18) – 5-6 report in 2023, 49-66 in 11 total seasons
New head coach Braxton Harris (Jan. 2) – Campbell assistant coach in 2021-22 returns after going 5-5 in a single season guiding Houston Christian
Columbia (Ivy)
Interim head coach Mark Fabish (Nov. 21) – 3-7 report in 2023
New head coach Mark Poppe (Dec. 2) – former Columbia assistant went 10-2 as Union’s head coach in 2023
Cornell (Ivy)
Former head coach David Archer (Nov. 19) – 3-7 report in 2023, 29-71 in 10 total seasons
New head coach Dan Swanstrom (Dec. 7) – served as Penn’s offensive coordinator in 2022 and ‘23 after going 32-11 as Ithaca’s head coach from 2017-21
Dartmouth (Ivy)
Interim head coach Sammy McCorkle (April 4)
New head coach Sammy McCorkle (Oct. 19) – Elevated to the full-time place
ETSU (Southern)
Former head coach George Quarles (Nov. 19) – 3-8 report in 2023, 6-16 in two total seasons
New head coach Tre Lamb (Nov. 27) – former Gardner-Webb coach guided program’s first two playoff appearances
Florida A&M (SWAC)
Former head coach Willie Simmons (Jan. 1) – 12-1 report in 2023, 45-13 in 5 total seasons
Interim coach James Colzie III
Gardner-Webb (Massive South-OVC)
Former coach Tre Lamb (Nov. 27) – 7-5 report in 2023, 20-20 in 4 total seasons
New head coach Cris Reisert (Dec. 12) – posted a 40-11 report at Tiffin throughout the 2019-23 seasons; was Elon’s tight ends coach from 2014-16
Grambling State (SWAC)
Former head coach Hue Jackson (Nov. 28) – 5-6 report in 2023, 8-14 in two total seasons
New head coach Mickey Joseph (Dec. 18) – assistant teaching expertise consists of GSU and two different SWAC faculties; went 3-6 in 2022 because the interim coach at Nebraska, his alma mater
Holy Cross (Patriot)
Former head coach Bob Chesney (Dec. 7) – 7-4 report in 2023, 44-21 in six total seasons
New head coach Dan Curran (Dec. 15) – guided Merrimack for 11 seasons, together with the Warriors’ transfer into Division I
Houston Christian (Southland)
Former head coach Braxton Harris (Jan. 2) – went 5-5 in a single season with Huskies in 2023
New head coach Jason Bachtel (Jan. 4) – the Huskies’ 2023 offensive coordinator went 16-9 at Howard Payne over the 2020-22 seasons
Marist (Pioneer)
Former head coach Jim Parady (Nov. 29) – 4-7 report in 2023, 155-171-1 in 32 total seasons
New head coach Mike Willis (Dec. 19) – served as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Princeton
Mercer (Southern)
Former head coach Drew Cronic (Jan. 9) – 9-4 report in 2023, 28-17 in 4 total seasons
Merrimack (Northeast)
Former head coach Dan Curran (Dec. 15) – 5-6 report in 2023, 53-58 in 11 total seasons
New head coach Mike Gennetti (Dec. 18) – elevated from defensive coordinator and after 19 seasons on workers as an assistant coach
Morehead State (Pioneer)
Former head coach Rob Tenyer (Nov. 20) – 4-7 report in 2023, 47-73 in 11 total seasons
New head coach Jason Woodman (Dec. 19) – compiled a 60-47 report in 10 seasons at Fairmont State with a Division II playoff look in 2016.
Murray State (MVFC)
Former head coach Dean Hood (Jan. 1) – 2-9 report in 2023, 15-25 in 4 total seasons
New head coach Jody Wright (Jan. 10) – Part of the Nick Saban teaching household tree who served as South Carolina’s tight finish coach within the 2022 and ’23 seasons
North Dakota State (MVFC)
Head coach Matt Entz (Dec. 10) – 11-4 report in 2023, 60-11 in 5 total seasons
New head coach Tim Polasek (Dec. 17) – Wyoming’s offensive coordinator returns to the Bison, having been part of 4 FCS championship groups as an assistant coach
Northern Arizona (Massive Sky)
Former head coach Chris Ball (Nov. 20) – 5-6 report in 2013, 20-30 in 5 total seasons
New head coach Brian Wright (Dec. 3) – went 33-8 as Pittsburg State’s head coach from 2019-23
Northwestern State (Southland)
Former head coach Brad Laird (Oct. 26) – 0-6 report in 2023, 16-41 in six total seasons
New head coach Blaine McCorkle (Nov. 28) – went 31-25 in six seasons guiding Division III Belhaven
South Carolina State (MEAC)
Former head coach Buddy Pough – 5-6 report in 2023, 151-93 in 22 total seasons
New head coach Chennis Berry (Dec. 7) – long-time HBCU coach went 27-7 whereas guiding Benedict within the 2021-23 seasons
Southern (SWAC)
Former head coach Eric Dooley (Nov. 14) – 5-5 report in 2023, 12-10 in two total seasons
New head coach Terrence Graves (Dec. 12) – served as Southern’s assistant head coach and linebackers coach in 2023, his fifteenth season with the Jaguars over 4 stints
Stony Brook (CAA)
Former head coach Chuck Priore (Nov. 13) – 0-10 report in 2023, 97-111 in 18 total seasons
New head coach Billy Cosh (Dec. 13) – Western Michigan offensive coordinator beforehand led the offenses at VMI and Richmond
Tennessee Tech (Massive South-OVC)
Former head coach Dewayne Alexander (Nov. 21) – 4-7 report in 2023, 20-43 in six total seasons
New head coach Bobby Wilder (Dec. 3) – went 77-56 at Outdated Dominion from 2009-19 whereas taking an FCS startup program as much as FBS degree
Texas Southern (SWAC)
Former head coach Clarence McKinney (Nov. 20) – 3-8 report in 2023, 12-35 in 5 total seasons
New head coach Cris Disman (Jan. 12) – Two-time NFL Professional Bowler performed in Houston with the Oilers, served as a defensive coordinator within the USFL and XFL in current seasons
UC Davis (Massive Sky)
Former head coach Dan Hawkins (Nov. 28) – 7-4 report in 2023, 44-31 in seven total seasons
New head coach Tim Plough (Dec. 1) – former Aggies quarterback who coached below Hawkins and returns after quick stints at Boise State and Cal
Utah Tech (UAC)
Former head coach Paul Peterson (Nov. 20) – 2-9 report in 2023, 17-29 in 5 total seasons
New head coach Lance Anderson (Dec. 8) – first-time head coach spent the 2007-22 seasons on Stanford’s workers
Western Illinois (MVFC; Massive South-OVC in 2024)
Former head coach Myers Hendrickson (Nov. 20) – 0-11 report in 2023, 0-22 in two total seasons
New head coach Joe Davis (Dec. 10) – has served as an assistant at FCS applications Albany, Fordham, Northern Iowa and Jap Illinois
