Fisher Fired from Texas A&M

November 12, 2023 by 12thman.com, CollegeFootballPoll.com

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M Director of Athletics, Ross Bjork, announces change in Aggie football leadership, effective immediately.

"After very careful analysis of all the components related to Texas A&M football, I recommended to President Welsh and then Chancellor Sharp that a change in the leadership of the program was necessary in order for Aggie football to reach our full potential and they accepted my decision. We appreciate Coach (Jimbo) Fisher's time here at Texas A&M and we wish him the best in his future endeavors."

Ross Bjork will speak at a press gathering at 5 p.m. on Sunday in the Kyle Field Media Center.

The buyout is expected to cost the school $77 million.

Texas A&M is coming off a 51-10 blowout of Mississippi State to become bowl eligible at 6-4 over-all and improve to 4-3 in the western half of the SEC. The move also comes at a time when conference realignment means the additions of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC next season when the College Football Playoff will expand to 12 teams.

Fisher will finish with a 45-25 mark with the Aggies, and a conference record of 27-21 with a 3-0 mark in bowl games. Texas A&M was a late bow-out of the 2021 season Gator Bowl due to COVID-19 issues and season-ending injuries within the program. They were ineligible at 5-7 last year.

Fisher, who has career marks of 128-48, was the head coach of Florida State when the 'Noles won the final BCS Championship game at the end of the 2013 season. He took FSU to the inaugural playoff final four the following year, but his team was smoked 59-20 by Oregon in the Rose Bowl. Two more quality seasons of 10-3 followed, before falling off to 5-6 in 2017 when Fisher announced on December 1 he was leaving for College Station for a 10-year deal worth $75 million.