Is D2 Travis McCorkle taking a D1 job? He was top 25 D2 for a long time, successful coach. I dont see him moving schools unless to a good D1 opportunity. Curious if anyone has insight?
Being somewhere 16 years and getting 404’d I don’t think is a good sign. No announcement just give the interim tag to the assistant. Travis would have known the AD for years to as he was the former track coach. UTSA has an associate head position open, maybe he took that.
Well, ULM has posted that they have a big announcement coming tomorrow, indicating it involves a coaching hire, so ....
Antony Blackburn, AC at LSU to ULM 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐦⚽️Please welcome our seventh head coach of ULM Soccer, Antony Blackburn!📰: https://t.co/1pzyPYmorP pic.twitter.com/9qbkgVia6X— ULM Soccer (@ULM_Soccer) January 17, 2026
OPEN: Montana (12/12) Wagner (12/18) Sacramento State (12/19) UTRGV (1/6) Michigan (1/8) FILLED: Bellarmine - Steve Bornhoffer (Northern Kentucky assistant; ??/??-7/22) Central Arkansas - Derek Nichols (Central Arkansas associate head - 7/28) Long Island - Jim O’Brien (Mitchell College head; 7/11-8/6) Arkansas Pine Bluff - Emanuel Stephens (club coach; ??/??-8/7) UNC Charlotte - Sinead Byrne (INTERIM; April 2025-10/17) Northern Iowa - Alex Place Thomas (UNI interim, former Wartburg assistant and HS coach; INTERIM 6/20-11/10) New Mexico - Karley Nelson (UNM associate head; 11/5-11/12) McNeese State - Alexsis Cable (North Texas assistant; [2025 INTERIM] 6/17-11/20) Texas - Margueritte Bates (UCLA head; 11/24-11/25) Louisiana Tech - Matt Lodge (Murray State head; 11/10-11/25) Ole Miss - Todd Shulenberger (Washington State head; 11/10-12/1) Drexel - Shannon Grogan (Stony Brook associate head; retirement 10/28-12/3) USC Upstate - Sam Odell (Shepherd head; INTERIM 9/30-12/4) Southern Miss - Danny Owens (William Carey head; 11/5-12/5) Florida - Nick Zimmerman (Miss State head; 11/12-12/5) Mississippi State - Kevin O’Brien (Lipscomb head; 12/5-12/7) Texas A&M - Bobby Shuttleworth (Florida State associate head; retirement 10/28-12/9) Central Michigan - James DeCosemo (Western Michigan assistant; 11/3-12/10) UNLV - Kacey Bingham (Western Oregon head; 11/4-12/10) Akron - Maggie Kuhn (Akron assistant; INTERIM-12/11) Troy - Jake Wyman (Montevallo head; 10/30-12/11) UCLA - Gof Boyoko (UCLA associate head; 11/24-12/12) Washington State - Chris Citowicki (Montana head; 12/1-12/12) St. Thomas - Gretta MacDonald (St. Cloud State head; 10/27-12/17) American - Phil Casella (Wagner head; 11/10-12/19) Old Dominion - Will Roberts (Louisiana Monroe head; 12/3-12/22) Nevada - Jeremy Evans (Lake Tahoe CC head; 12/4-12/22) Murray State - Ben Madsen (Auburn assistant; 11/25-12/23) Lipscomb - Dr. Kathleen Paulsen (John Brown head; 12/7-12/23) Fresno State - Gabriel Bolton (Stanislaus State head; 11/18-12/24) Le Moyne - Taylor Van Fleet (Binghamton assistant; 11/17-1/8) Louisiana Monroe - Antony Blackburn (LSU assistant; 12/22-1/17)
Montana would be a tough sell right now. I think they have at least 10 kids to Washington State that followed the coach. Gutting the team. Probably many commits that decommitted. The only assist left is the GK coach that I am aware of. For a program that was top of the conference for the last 7-8ish years definitely is tough, especially with so many kids leaving. It’s not like it is UCLA.
Knock on effect. WSU to Ole Miss took players and Montana to WSU took players. Not sure they can find anyone who can bring anyone with them to Montan. Will be a hard rebuild with what is left.
they have had some turn downs but I wouldn’t say the search is starting again. Not taking new applicants, just moving down their list.
Don’t disagree with you Enzo but really what’s the point of transferring to Ole Miss? To WSU? To Montana? This new world all seems nuts. Whatever happened to choosing a good school, building relationships, committing to something? Who wants to be the kid (or parent of a kid) that goes from LSU to Arizona to Auburn. It’s madness. For no real reason.
Totally agree, but we also have to put ourselves in these kids’ shoes. The head coach who recruited you and helped you achieve success just left, and now a new coach is coming in who may not even want you. Meanwhile, the previous coach asks if you’d like to follow them, with the possibility of continued success and, most importantly, guaranteed playing time in a system you already know. Most players would seriously consider that move—I probably would too. At the end of the day, smart players want playing time. It’s no different from the professional game. Players move from Chelsea to Spurs or from Liverpool to Manchester United—not because of loyalty, but because of opportunity, fit, and success. Loyalty is hard to demand when coaches move freely and players are treated as disposable.
The transfer portal is not the same as the professional game. Pro players sign contracts and nearly all play multiple years with the club. They may get traded at some point, their contract may not be renewed, or they opt to sign with another club--but in the vast majority of cases it's after spending multiple years with the club to which they are/were contracted. In college now, a vast number of players jump into the portal after 1 or 2 years. The turn toward extreme player entitlement has made college athletics very unstable. It's common for soccer programs to lose 5-10 players to the portal annually. I'm not suggesting that players should be allowed to transfer, but clearly things have swing from one extreme (restrictive) to another (no restrictions, few rules). If you're not playing, you should transfer, On the other hand, you might be in line to start playing more--and then find that you won't be since the coach has brought in two experienced transfers at your position. It's a crazy time.
We can leave the portal talk for the transfer thread. No? Possibly talk about how many times you changed jobs there too. Or, are we not dedicated to our employers…
Well, this would be the first portal window where we’ve seen full lineups move. It’s definitely a new day in the women’s college game
Montana announced new signings yesterday , do they already have a new coach? Surely unless the old staff is staying, it doesn’t make sense.
Montana brought in some mid year transfers so they wouldn't have to cancel their spring season, only had like 8 girls, so assistant coach/ interim grabbed some so they could train and have a spring season.
Just got an email notification that UTRGV just posted (or maybe reposted) the position on InsideHigherEd... That's probably the toughest position left, no? Montana, Wagner, and Sac State are all tough in their own right, but at least you could make an argument for them one way or the other over UTRGV.
Why? What's so bad about UTRGV? For me personally, I would rate Wagner as the least desirable of those four institutions. (This is coming from a guy who doesn't hate Staten Island.)