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

*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

Interim head coach Jared Backus

*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.

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

*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

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

Interim head coach J.B. Hall Jr.

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