FCS football programs that have had a head coaching change since the start of the 2023 season (announcement date in parentheses; asterisk indicates new head coach in place):
*Austin Peay
Former head coach Scotty Walden (Dec. 4) – 9-3 record in 2023, 26-14 in four overall seasons
New head coach Jeff Faris (Dec. 9) – former Duke assistant spent the 2022 and ’23 seasons as UCLA’s tight ends coach
*Columbia (Ivy)
Interim head coach Mark Fabish (Nov. 21) – 3-7 record 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 record in 2023, 29-71 in 10 overall 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 position
*ETSU (Southern)
Former head coach George Quarles (Nov. 19) – 3-8 record in 2023, 6-16 in two overall seasons
New head coach Tre Lamb (Nov. 27) – former Gardner-Webb coach guided program’s first two playoff appearances
Gardner-Webb
Former coach Tre Lamb (Nov. 27) – 7-5 record in 2023, 20-20 in four overall seasons
Interim head coach Nick Newsome
Grambling State (SWAC)
Former head coach Hue Jackson (Nov. 28) – 5-6 record in 2023, 8-14 in two overall seasons
Interim head coach John Simon Jr.
Holy Cross
Former head coach Bob Chesney (Dec. 7) – 7-4 record in 2023, 44-21 in six overall seasons
Marist (Pioneer)
Former head coach Jim Parady (Nov. 29) – 4-7 record in 2023, 155-171-1 in 32 overall seasons
Interim head coach Scott Rumsey
Morehead State (Pioneer)
Former head coach Rob Tenyer (Nov. 20) – 4-7 record in 2023, 47-73 in 11 overall seasons
Interim head coach Andrew Strobel
North Dakota State
Head coach Matt Entz (Dec. 10) – will finish 2023 season with Bison before resigning to take USC assistant’s position.
*Northern Arizona (Big Sky)
Former head coach Chris Ball (Nov. 20) – 5-6 record in 2013, 20-30 in five overall 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 record in 2023, 16-41 in six overall 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 record in 2023, 151-93 in 22 overall seasons
New head coach Chennis Berry (Dec. 7) – long-time HBCU coach went 27-7 while guiding Benedict in the 2021-23 seasons
Southern (SWAC)
Former head coach Eric Dooley (Nov. 14) – 5-5 record in 2023, 12-10 in two overall seasons
Interim head coach Terrence Graves
Stony Brook (CAA)
Former head coach Chuck Priore (Nov. 13) – 0-10 record in 2023, 97-111 in 18 overall seasons
Interim head coach Andrew Dresner
*Tennessee Tech (Big South-OVC)
Former head coach Dewayne Alexander (Nov. 21) – 4-7 record in 2023, 20-43 in six overall seasons
New head coach Bobby Wilder (Dec. 3) – went 77-56 at Old Dominion from 2009-19 while taking an FCS startup program up to FBS level
Texas Southern (SWAC)
Former head coach Clarence McKinney (Nov. 20) – 3-8 record in 2023, 12-35 in five overall seasons
Interim head coach Charles Nichols
*UC Davis (Big Sky)
Former head coach Dan Hawkins (Nov. 28) – 7-4 record in 2023, 44-31 in seven overall seasons
New head coach Tim Plough (Dec. 1) – former Aggies quarterback who coached under Hawkins and returns after short stints at Boise State and Cal
*Utah Tech (UAC)
Former head coach Paul Peterson (Nov. 20) – 2-9 record in 2023, 17-29 in five overall seasons
New head coach Lance Anderson (Dec. 8) – first-time head coach spent the 2007-22 seasons on Stanford’s staff
Western Illinois (MVFC; Big South-OVC in 2024)
Former head coach Myers Hendrickson (Nov. 20) – 0-11 record in 2023, 0-22 in two overall seasons
Interim head coach Brandon Kreczmer