FAU fires Tom Herman as coach after he went 6-16 in 2 seasons
FILE - Florida Atlantic coach Tom Herman watches the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against Michigan State, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Al Goldis]
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Florida Atlantic has fired football coach Tom Herman with two games left in his second season at the school, neither of which resulted in a winning record. The Owls were 4-8 last season and are 2-8 this season. Special teams coordinator Chad Lunsford will lead the Owls in their final two games of this season and the school said Monday a search for the next head coach is already underway. This will be the fourth consecutive losing season for the Owls, who won 27 games in a three-year span under Lane Kiffin from 2017 through 2019 and went 21-34 under Willie Taggart and Herman since Kiffin left for Mississippi.
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