Iowa State football coach Paul Rhoads has been fired after Saturday’s absolute debacle at Kansas State, where the Cyclones snatched defeat from the jaws of what would have been the first second victory in the Little Apple since Bill Snyder started coaching there.
It is a horrible, horrible year to be coach-shopping. Here’s what should run on the ESPN ticker:
IOWA STATE | Fired seventh-year head coach Paul Rhoads (32-54) after back-to-back losses with double-digit halftime leads
ISU | Rhoads has not had winning record since 2009 (7-6, won Insight Bowl)
ISU | Cyclones have won eight games in a season only once since 1978 (2000)
ISU | Longest conference championship drought in Power 5 (1912)
ISU | University most at risk in future rounds of realignment
Coaches: Do you want a challenge, a REAL challenge, where eight or even seven wins a season will provide indefinite employment, in the nation’s toughest environment for recruiting (among other things)? If so, there’s only one place to go. Pick up the phone and call.
I guess I should’ve made my “loser of ISU-Iowa is fired” prediction after all. (Remember ISU led at half and was still tied with 3 minutes left? Yeah.)
CORRECTION: Iowa State won in Manhattan in 2004.