Utah State Fires Andersen

November 8, 2020 by Staff

Two days after a 34-9 loss at Nevada, Utah State has fired Gary Andersen.

The once beloved head coach, who was in his second tenure with the school, has fallen out of favor quickly in Logan after an 0-3 start with all of the losses by 25 points or more.

Fran Maile, the assistant head coach and co-defensive coordinator was named interim head coach. You may remember that Maile also served as the IHC when Matt Wells left to take the Texas Tech job at the end of the 2018 season and led Utah State to a 52-13 New Mexico Bowl win over North Texas. Maile has been with the program for all but two years since 2009, returning from a two-year stint at Vanderbilt from 2014-2015.

Andersen is 63-70 in his career, including 7-9 since returning to the Aggies. He was 26-24 with the program from 2009-2012. He also had stints of 19-7 at Wisconsin (2013-2014), and 7-23 at Oregon State (2015-2017). He was 4-7 in his first-ever head coaching gig at Southern Utah.

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