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Report: UMass fires coach Mark Whipple after second straight 4-win season
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As the regular season approaches its finish, the coaching carousel is beginning to spin faster and faster.
UMass fired coach Mark Whipple on Tuesday, according to a report from The Athletic. Whipple wrapped up his second consecutive 4-8 season with a 66-27 loss at Georgia last Saturday.
UMass is parting ways with Mark Whipple, a person with knowledge of the matter tells @BruceFeldmanCFB. That and more news in the Coaching Tracker: https://t.co/wVgwHO8Aj3
— The Athletic CFB (@TheAthleticCFB) November 20, 2018
Whipple went 16-44 in his second stint with FBS Independent UMass, which lasted five years and began in 2014 with the school still part of the MAC. He first coached the program from 1998-2003 when it was a part of Division I-AA, leading the Minutemen to a national title on that level in his first season.
Whipple is the eighth FBS coach to be fired this season, following Mike Jinks (Bowling Green), D.J. Durkin (Maryland), David Beaty (Kansas), Bobby Petrino (Louisville), Mike MacIntyre (Colorado), Brad Lambert (Charlotte) and Everett Withers (Texas State).
Marcus covers SEC football for Saturday Down South.
