2026 Football Coaching Staff Tracker

[Tater]

Name	Role	Status - Source	Replacement
Jeff Lebby	Head Coach
Anthony Tucker	AHC / PGC
Coleman Hutzler	DC/LB
Matt Barnes	Co-DC/S
Corey Bell	CB
Chad Bumphis	WR
Ron Cooper	TE / RGC
Vincent Dancy	Edge
Matt Holocek	QB
Phil Loadholt	OL
Cliff Odom	STC
David Turner	DL

Creating a table for us to track this. Please post if you're positive about retention / replacement.
I also give mods permission to edit this post if I get lackadaisical.

Let me know if I should add anything else to be tracked.

[Tater]

Posting what things I've heard, waiting for others to double confirm these things before adding to tracker.

Lebby is safe. Certain folks want Mullen but we're doing Lebby another year. Way more of a possibility to go after Dan next year if Lebby craters than most would have originally thought. I honestly think if Lebby doesn't have us bowl eligible + egg bowl win then Mullen is back for 2027.


Tucker is safe. Cooper is safe.

Bumphis is safer than safe.

Holocek could get replaced by Briles otherwise they expect no offensive staffing changes except....

Hearing serious discussions about Loadholt. This is where the point of contention lies the most. Loadholt not getting a fair shake and it being a jimmies and joes problem. Remains to be seen how that

Hutzler will be gone. Barnes will be gone. Dancy should be gone. - these three are contingent on us lining up a perceived better DC hire. Speculation that we won't as in 25% we might not.

Odom is gone. Turner is gone. Bell is gone. These are gone regardless of Hutzler.

[Cowbeller]

Letting Loadholt would be a big mistake. Big time recruiter and this is his first full offseason with us.

Anyone hearing names to replace Hutz? Not convinced hes gone unless other names are rumbling

[DEDawg]

Where are you hearing way more possibility of Dan next year? There is no chance that happens.

[PGHBulldogBG]

Dan is not coming back. Sure it?s fun to talk about it, but I would be absolutely stunned if that happened.

[Todd4State]

Steve said that there is some big addition to the offense staff but not Kendall Briles that he is talking about.

Makes me wonder if we are adding Judge or Joe Jon Finley or a new o-line coach?

[Dawgology]

Where are you hearing way more possibility of Dan next year? There is no chance that happens.

Dan is interested. Dan has already reached out. Dan is willing to sign a non-compete and agree to certain clauses. You can all believe it or not. Don't care.

[Quaoarsking]

Dan is interested. Dan has already reached out. Dan is willing to sign a non-compete and agree to certain clauses. You can all believe it or not. Don't care.

If you put the whole fanbase (say the season ticket holders) to a vote and asked "would you rather have Lebby or Mullen as the head coach in 2026?" what do we think the result would be?

I'm thinking Mullen would get over 80%.

[CaptainObvious]

Dan is interested. Dan has already reached out. Dan is willing to sign a non-compete and agree to certain clauses. You can all believe it or not. Don't care.

If this were true, you make the move right now. Not next year. What is he goes 10-2 or 11-1 next year at UNLV? He would be a much hotter commodity than MSU level. So, not saying I don?t believe you but if he reached out and our admin said no thank, fire everybody but the school janitors. And demote them!!!

[HoopsDawg]

Dan is interested. Dan has already reached out. Dan is willing to sign a non-compete and agree to certain clauses. You can all believe it or not. Don't care.

Complete and utter BS.

[Tater]

Dan is interested. Dan has already reached out. Dan is willing to sign a non-compete and agree to certain clauses. You can all believe it or not. Don't care.

Exactly. We didn't pull the trigger. If we pull the trigger next year - that's who will be option #1. Posters on SPS, GP, and here were told to float Mullen coming back the past few weeks. Lot more lukewarm to positive reception than hell no. Time heals all wounds.

[Maroon Glasses]

If you put the whole fanbase (say the season ticket holders) to a vote and asked "would you rather have Lebby or Mullen as the head coach in 2026?" what do we think the result would be?

I'm thinking Mullen would get over 80%.

Shit.. maybe even 90%. I don't know many fans happy with Lebby at all. This is just me talking to friends and people in general.

I'm probably more pro Lebby than any of my counterparts.

[Tater]

Letting Loadholt would be a big mistake. Big time recruiter and this is his first full offseason with us.

Anyone hearing names to replace Hutz? Not convinced hes gone unless other names are rumbling

I'm 50/50 on it because this OL was baddddd but I don't necessarily disagree. Waiting to hear names floated as replacement but I think Lebby wins this battle and loses on Hutzler and having to hire a DC.

[CaptainObvious]

Exactly. We didn't pull the trigger. If we pull the trigger next year - that's who will be option #1. Posters on SPS, GP, and here were told to float Mullen coming back the past few weeks. Lot more lukewarm to positive reception than hell no. Time heals all wounds.

Again, if our Admin told him no, we have buffoons, that should be behind the bars at the Zoo, running our University!

[mo7888]

I love Lebby's offensive style, but I'm not sold that he has what it takes to call plays and be a HC. If just forced to make a choice I'd choose Mullen right now if Lebby isn't bringing in Briles and a new DC.

[Quaoarsking]

Posters on SPS, GP, and here were told to float Mullen coming back the past few weeks. Lot more lukewarm to positive reception than hell no.

Zac - if you're reading this, go ahead and make the switch for 2026.

[Coursesuper]

I'm 50/50 on it because this OL was baddddd but I don't necessarily disagree. Waiting to hear names floated as replacement but I think Lebby wins this battle and loses on Hutzler and having to hire a DC.

Moving on without him is not a great move. It’s hard to make chicken salad out of chicken shit. That plus injuries which lead to a serious lack of continuity didn’t allow them to gel at all. That’s not on him.

[Cowbeller]

Moving on without him is not a great move. It?s hard to make chicken salad out of chicken shit. That plus injuries which lead to a serious lack of continuity didn?t allow them to gel at all. That?s not on him.

Exactly. No one denies how bad the OL was this year but it was obvious that we didn?t have the tools in that area and not a coaching issue.

[BlackSailsDawg]

Posting what things I've heard, waiting for others to double confirm these things before adding to tracker.

Lebby is safe. Certain folks want Mullen but we're doing Lebby another year. Way more of a possibility to go after Dan next year if Lebby craters than most would have originally thought. I honestly think if Lebby doesn't have us bowl eligible + egg bowl win then Mullen is back for 2027.


Tucker is safe. Cooper is safe.

Bumphis is safer than safe.

Holocek could get replaced by Briles otherwise they expect no offensive staffing changes except....

Hearing serious discussions about Loadholt. This is where the point of contention lies the most. Loadholt not getting a fair shake and it being a jimmies and joes problem. Remains to be seen how that

Hutzler will be gone. Barnes will be gone. Dancy should be gone. - these three are contingent on us lining up a perceived better DC hire. Speculation that we won't as in 25% we might not.

Odom is gone. Turner is gone. Bell is gone. These are gone regardless of Hutzler.

Im not sure why a few of our fans want to live in the past. But you do you.

In reality, Mullen will not be the HC at Ms St. Nor should we want him.

As in... that door is closed. From our side and his.

[Brobi-wan]

Im not sure why a few of our fans want to live in the past. But you do you.

In reality, Mullen will not be the HC at Ms St. Nor should we want him.

As in... that door is closed. From our side and his.

I loved the Dan years and being a decent program. I do not want to go back to Dan. I don’t want those memories soured.