11:40 AM ET Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina has hired Chip Lindsey from Central Florida as its new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The school announced the hiring Thursday, a week after Phil Longo said he would leave the Tar Heels to join the staff at Wisconsin along with offensive line coach

10:15 AM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Bobby Petrino, widely regarded as one of the brightest offensive minds/playcallers in the game, is returning

12:06 PM ET Drew Brees will help with the coaching transition at Purdue, serving as an assistant coach for the Boilermakers as they prepare for and play in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Jan. 2. “I am extremely excited to work with our team over the next few weeks as we prepare for the Citrus

9:35 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Former UCF wide receiver Ryan O’Keefe, one of the most productive players in the NCAA transfer portal, told ESPN that he’s transferring to Boston College. O’Keefe has caught 184 passes for 2,002 yards and 15 touchdowns in four seasons at UCF. He said he had offers from TCU, Oregon and

8:25 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN WESTWOOD, Calif. — UCLA is officially heading to the Big Ten after receiving approval from the University of California regents Wednesday, but the approval comes with stipulations. More than five months after the Bruins, alongside USC, announced their shocking intention to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten in 2024,

Dec 13, 2022 ESPN News Services Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach died Monday night after complications related to a heart condition, the school announced. He was 61. Leach’s family said, in a statement released Tuesday by the school, that Leach participated in organ donation at the University of Mississippi Medical Center as “a final

10:49 AM ET Purdue has named Illinois defensive coordinator Ryan Walters, who oversaw the nation’s No. 1 unit for much of the season, as its next head coach. Walters, 36, has spent the past two seasons at Illinois and was a finalist for the Broyles Award, which goes to the nation’s top assistant coach. He

7:48 PM ET Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson will undergo surgery on his left foot on Friday and won’t play in the upcoming College Football Playoff, he told The Columbus Dispatch on Tuesday. Henderson, the No. 4 Buckeyes’ second-leading rusher with 571 yards and six touchdowns, missed three of the past four games because

9:30 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Perhaps the highest compliment about the most improbable college coaching career of this generation is that as time marches on, and new eras of homogenized football coaches emerge, explaining the Mike Leach coaching experience will sound like fiction. A former rugby player with no college football playing experience? A Pepperdine

12:16 PM ET Associated Press Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams was one of three Southern California players selected to The Associated Press All-America team released Monday. Offensive lineman Andrew Vorhees and defensive end Tuli Tuipulotu joined their quarterback to give USC more players on the first team than any other school. Williams, named last week