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A College Football Playoff with as many as 28 teams was presented to the Big Ten ADs last week for the first time. According to The Athletic’s Ralph Russo, the Big Ten was expected to send a slide deck with some details of the plan to the SEC this week. Russo adds: “This new idea would have the Big Ten and SEC receive seven or six auto-bids while the Big 12 and ACC receive two fewer, in the hopes of assuaging fears in the Big 12 and ACC of being marginalized. Both the 28- and 24-team brackets would leave four slots for non-automatic qualifiers. A 28-team field would include four first-round byes and a second round of games played entirely at home stadiums. A 24-team field would have eight byes, and again, two rounds of home games. First-round games could be organized to emphasize matchups between teams in different conferences. The plan would be an extension of the intraconference play-in game idea, with matchups across conferences as Playoff games. A Playoff this big would also require some restructuring of conference television deals that now include championship games, creating a lot of new broadcast inventory in return for eliminating showdowns between the leagues’ top two teams. It would also raise questions about whether ESPN, which currently owns the broadcast rights to all the CFP games, would still hold claim over what would essentially be a new play-in round.” The next meeting of the full CFP management committee is September 24 at the Big Ten offices. (link); CBS Sports’ Brandon Marcello “can confirm Big Ten is no longer focused on 16-team CFP with multiple AQs. Tony Petitti is pitching ideas of a CFP with more than 16. … There is one model he prefers. [ESPN’s] Pete Thamel reports the Big Ten is discussing 24- and 28-team models.” (link)

The NCAA Committee on Infractions released its decision in the Michigan Football sign-stealing case. Penalties: four years of probation, financial penalties that include a $50K fine, plus 10% of the football program’s budget, a fine equivalent to the anticipated loss of all postseason competition revenue sharing associated with the 2025 and 2026 football seasons, a fine equivalent to the cost of 10% of the scholarships awarded in Michigan's football program for the 2025-26 academic year, a 25% reduction in official visits during the 2025-26 campaign and a 14-week prohibition on football program recruiting communications. From an individual standpoint, former staff member Conor Stalions received an eight-year show cause order, restricting him from all athletically-related activities over that period, former HC Jim Harbaugh was levied a 10-year show-cause order set to begin on Aug. 7, 2028, at the conclusion of a four-year show-cause order from a previous case, former Director of Player Personnel Denard Robinson earned a three-year show-cause order, while Moore reaped a two-year show-cause order as well as a suspension of three total games, that will see Moore serve a self-imposed two-game suspension in 2025-26 before sitting out the first contest of the 2026-27 campaign. (link); Here’s the full infractions decision. (link)

Michigan announces it will appeal today’s decision. In part from the university: “...in a number of instances the decision makes fundamental errors in interpreting NCAA bylaws; and it includes a number of conclusions that are directly contrary to the evidence – or lack of evidence – in the record. We will appeal this decision to ensure a fair result, and we will consider all other options.” Wolverines AD Warde Manuel: “It is never our intent to be in a position where we are accused of any rules violations. I fully support Coach Sherrone Moore, our student-athletes and staff as they prepare for the season ahead. I appreciate Coach Moore’s continued commitment to ensuring his program operates in compliance with applicable rules. I acknowledge the Committee on Infractions’ decision to not penalize our current student-athletes by eliminating postseason opportunities; however, a postseason ban should never have been a consideration in this case. I fully support the university’s decision to pursue an appeal. Coach Moore and I will not have any further comment.” (link)

Youngstown State President Bill Johnson is using his experience as a former U.S. Congressman to guide a coalition of 10 mid-major conferences as they lobby on Capitol Hill. Johnson tells SBJ’s Ben Portnoy: “There’s an old saying in the legislative branch: ‘If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.’ Setting up this coalition of non-Power Four schools to make sure that Congress understands how important it is to create a fair and level playing field, and a sustainable path forward for all student athletes, is vitally important.” Portnoy explains that the coalition, which includes the Atlantic 10, Big Sky, Big West, Horizon, Metro Atlantic Athletic, Ohio Valley, Southern, Summit, Western Athletic and West Coast conferences, initially grew out of discussions between Johnson and Horizon League Commissioner Julie Roe Lach, and Lach notes: “I sought his counsel to just say, ‘What’s your take in terms of the need for us to ensure that our voices are being heard and we’re influencing whatever role Congress ultimately takes in this college sports landscape?’ And he very quickly said, ‘We absolutely need to ensure that not just our voices are heard, but that we’re represented in real time.’” WCC Commissioner Stu Jackson: “We’re not trying to be adversarial. We’re actually trying to be collaborative, and, dare I say, cooperative with the Power Four and their wishes. We understand their problems are a lot different than the problems of mid-major conferences like ours. It’s just, we want to level the playing field by having some assurance that it won’t compromise revenue distribution to conferences and institutions like ours, and that we continue to have access to NCAA championships.” (link)

Comings and Goings

NCAA FCS…

Jackson State: Jack Nance has been added as Defensive Analyst / Assistant Linebackers

Sacred Heart: Lou Del Forno has been added as Assistant Defensive Line/Video Coordinator, bringing in experience as Assistant Trainer with Optime Elite Special Teams

NCAA DII…

Emporia State: Head Coach Garin Higgins has signed a three-year contract extension

Savannah State: Russell Ellington has been added as Wide Receivers Coach

Savannah State: Derry Pinkston has updated roles to Running Backs Coach

Southeastern Oklahoma State: Rett Schneider has been added as an Assistant Offensive Line Coach

Southeastern Oklahoma State: Austin Freeman has been added as an Assistant Quarterbacks Coach

Southeastern Oklahoma State: CJ Callaghan has been promoted to a full-time Offensive Line Coach after serving as a Graduate Assistant

Southeastern Oklahoma State: Asa Robertson has been elevated to a full-time Wide Receivers Coach after serving as a Graduate Assistant

Southeastern Oklahoma State: Kaleb Whitley has been promoted to a full-time Running Backs Coach after serving as a Graduate Assistant

Southeastern Oklahoma State: Cade Doggett has been elevated to a full-time Offensive Line Coach after serving as a Graduate Assistant

Southeastern Oklahoma State: Allen Baker has been added as Football Operations

Southeastern Oklahoma State: Zach Pratt has been added as Football Operations

Southeastern Oklahoma State: Trace Reesing has been added as Football Operations

NCAA DIII…

Bethany (WV): Marc Hull has been added as Co-Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs Coach/Head Women’s Flag Football Coach after previously serving as Safeties Coach at Valparaiso (FCS)

Centre: Nick Grant has been added as an Assistant Cornerbacks Coach

Curry: Terry Branch has been added as an Assistant Coach

Dean: Larry Mounds has been added as an Assistant Offensive Line Coach

Dean: Joshua Pierre-Charles has been added as an Assistant Running Backs Coach

Dean: Noah Pearson has been added as an Assistant Linebackers Coach

Framingham State: DJ Kelly is no longer a Defensive Backs Coach

Framingham State: Joe Giacalone is no longer an Assistant Offensive Line Coach

Heidelberg: Demetrius Briggs has been added as Defensive Line Coach after recently serving as Run Game Coordinator & Offensive Line Coach for the Tucson Sugar Skulls (IFL)

Lawrence: Robert Dennis has been named Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach after serving as Running Backs Coach at WashU

Lawrence: Dallas Dean has been hired as Offensive Line Coach after serving as Assistant Offensive Line Coach/Equipment Manager at Mount St. Joseph

St. Lawrence: Teaghin Andre has been added as Offensive Assistant

St. Lawrence: Trey Everson has been added as Cornerbacks Coach & Defensive Assistant

St. Lawrence: Josh Larson has been added Defensive Assistant and will handle statistics

St. Lawrence: Daniel Lawther has been added as Quarterbacks Coach & Offensive Assistant

NAIA…

Calumet College: Zack Jennings is no longer a Recruiting Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach after serving in the role since August 2023

NJCAA…

Navarro College: Gage Anderson has been added as an Assistant Tight Ends Coach

Navarro College: Jacques Guillot has updated roles to Defensive Coordinator/SPT, Assistant Head Coach, LB

Navarro College: Ryan Crouch has updated roles to Offensive Coordinator, QB/WR

Navarro College: Mark Gibson has updated roles to Outside Linebackers

Navarro College: Daniel Sheehan has updated roles to Secondary, Recruiting Coordinator

Navarro College: James Childers has updated roles to Defensive Line, Strength & Conditioning

NCCAA…

Virginia Lynchburg: Armunz Mathews has been added as Safeties Coach after recently serving in the same role at Mississippi Valley State (FCS)

NCAA DI…

Army: Assistant Coach Jarren Dyson has been promoted to Associate Head Coach

Army: Assistant Coach Nick Thorsen has been promoted to Associate Head Coach

Army: Will Louis has been added as an Assistant Coach after serving as Director of Sales & Recruiting for Hoop Group

LSU: Marcus Thornton has been added in an off-court capacity

Nicholls State: Assistant Coach Jovan Coleman has been promoted to Associate Head Coach

Nicholls State: Darius Dangerfield has been added as an Assistant Coach after serving as Assistant Coach/Director of Operations at Lafayette

Nicholls State: Tyler Guidry has been added as an Assistant Coach after spending last season as an Assistant Coach at Sam Houston State

Stony Brook: Andy Hipsher has been hired as Associate Head Coach after serving as Head Coach for BK Olomoucko (Czech Republic)

UAB: Head Coach Andy Kennedy has signed a contract extension through 2030-31

NCAA DII…

Edward Waters: Graduate Assistant Larry Auguste has been promoted to Assistant Coach

Edward Waters: Alexander Wright, Jr. has been hired as Head Developmental Coach/Assistant Coach

Johnson C. Smith: Chad Foster has been added as an Assistant Coach after spending two seasons in the same role at Eastern Oklahoma State (NJCAA)

Palm Beach Atlantic: Former NCAA standout and professional player, Quay Kennedy, has been added as an Assistant Coach

Rockhurst: J.R. Lyle is no longer an Assistant Coach

NJCAA…

Pratt: Chisom Udensi Watson has been added as an Assistant Coach

Southern Idaho: AJ Demond is no longer an Assistant Coach and has moved on to Peninsula (NWAC) as their new Head Coach

NCAA DI…

Louisiana-Monroe: Amy Pryor is no longer an Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator

UMass: Head Coach Mike Leflar has signed a contract extension through 2029-30

NCAA DII…

Rogers State: Shillalie Jones has been added as an Assistant Coach, bringing in experience in the same role at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (NJCAA)

Virginia State: Kiera Howard has been added as an Assistant Coach

NAIA…

Judson: Matt Spitzzeri is no longer an Assistant Coach

NJCAA…

Heartland CC: Jaiton Kamaunu has been added as an Assistant Coach

NCAA DI…

Army: Kevin Ketvirtis is no longer an Assistant Coach after serving in the role for a season

Dartmouth: Brad Hill has been added as an Assistant Coach after serving as Head Coach at Emporia State (DII)

Georgia Tech: Trey Yunger has been added as the Director of Operations

Hofstra: Frank Battaglia has been added as an Assistant Coach after spending the past five seasons at Adelphi (DII) in the same role

Winthrop: Tyler Kean has been added as the Director of Analytics

NCAA DII…

Arkansas at Monticello: Jordon Cosma has been added as an Assistant Coach, bringing in experience as a Graduate Assistant at Oklahoma Wesleyan (NAIA)

Palm Beach Atlantic: Mitch Calandra has been added as an Assistant Coach

Saint Leo: Sage Rodefeld has been added as an Assistant Coach, bringing in experience as a Camp Assistant at Florida (DI)

UT Dallas: Head Coach Shane Shewmake has retired after 24 seasons at the helm

Young Harris: Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Corley Reynolds has been promoted to Assistant Head Coach

Young Harris: Mark Castle has been added as an Assistant Coach after completing his collegiate career with the Mountain Lions

Young Harris: Luke Hatcher has been added as an Assistant Coach after completing his collegiate career with the Mountain Lions

Young Harris: Dalton Moats has been added as an Assistant Coach after coaching at Smithville High School

NCAA DIII…

King's: Kyle Coslett appears to no longer be an Assistant Coach / Player Development Coordinator

William Peace: Matt Polak has been added as Pitching Coach/Recruiting Coordinator

NJCAA…

Iowa Western CC: Matthew Murphy has been added as an Assistant Coach

Southeastern CC: Ben Beznoska has been added as an Assistant Coach

NCAA DI…

San Francisco: Associate Beach Coach/Assistant Indoor Coach Emily Cook appears to have been elevated to Head Coach of the beach volleyball program

NAIA…

Spring Arbor: Morgan Clark has been added as an Assistant Men’s and Women’s Coach

NCAA DI…

North Carolina Central: Curtis Pittman has been added as an Assistant Men’s and Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field Coach

NCAA DII…

Daemen: Jaye Pratt has been added as Assistant Men's & Women's Coach (sprints/jumps/hurdles)

Pitt-Johnstown: Anthony Dean-Neil has been hired as Head Cross Country/Track & Field Coach after serving as Head Coach at Conemaugh Township

NCAA DIII…

Benedictine (IL): Ernest Downing has been added as an Assistant Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Coach

Kalamazoo: Keegan Reynolds has been added as an Assistant Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Coach

King’s: Chris Hine has been added as an Assistant Cross Country/Track & Field Coach

McDaniel: Zach Jackson has been added as an Assistant Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Coach

NYU: Nic Jacobsen has been added as an Associate Head Men’s and Women’s Coach for Cross Country/Track & Field after serving as an Assistant Coach at SMU (DI) since 2024

Roanoke: Aurielle Brunner has been added as an Assistant Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Coach - Jumps

St. Mary's (MD): Kevin Deminne is no longer an Assistant Men’s and Women’s Coach - Distance

Western Connecticut State: Terrance Brown has been added as an Assistant Men’s and Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field Coach

NJCAA…

Des Moines Area CC: Anthony Kinley has been added as an Assistant Men’s and Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field Coach

Southern Idaho: Zak Montoya has been added as an Assistant Men’s and Women’s Cross Country/Distance Track Coach

Southern Idaho: Scott Scoles has been added as an Assistant Men’s and Women’s Cross Country/Distance Track Coach

Southern Idaho: George Showers has been added as an Assistant Men’s and Women’s Cross Country/Distance Track Coach

Southern Idaho: Katie Christensen has been added as an Assistant Men’s and Women’s Cross Country/Distance Track Coach

3C2A…

Antelope Valley: Amos Wellington has been added as Assistant Men's & Women's Coach