Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman threw his support behind embattled football coach Lovie Smith on Sunday morning in the form of a two-year contract extension.
Lovie Smith's first 39 days at Illinois have been a whirlwind of learning players' names, talking to recruits, taking countless selfies and, oh yeah, coaching some football.
The Bucs stayed in-house to fill their head-coaching vacancy, turning to offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter to lead Jameis Winston & Co. Koetter will replace the fired Lovie Smith.
The Bucs are staying in-house to fill their head-coaching vacancy, turning to offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter to lead Jameis Winston and Co. Koetter will replace the fired Lovie Smith.
Even though Lovie Smith tripled his victory total in his second season, the Glazer family felt not enough progress had been made, which is why Smith was fired late Wednesday night.
Veteran coach Lovie Smith, after his second season at the helm for Tampa Bay and to the surprise of many, was fired Wednesday night by the Buccaneers.
