Texas A&M will open up its 2024 season on Saturday night against Notre Dame, and one familiar face who walked the sidelines for the last six home openers is no longer around.
Former head coach Jimbo Fisher was let go by the program late last fall after a frustrating record of 45-25 in six seasons. The Aggies were supposed to be a college football contender under Fisher, and the only time they got close was in the shortened Covid 2020 season.
Fisher’s time at Texas A&M was a disaster, and now the Aggies are heading into a new era under former Duke head coach Milk Elko.
However, Fisher is not part of any coaching staff for this upcoming season, and just because he isn’t on staff at the moment doesn’t mean the national championship-winning coach will be sitting at home much longer.
The 58-year-old head coach was on ESPN’s radio show Unsportsmanlike and had some thoughts about returning to coaching.
Texas A&M Former Head Coach Might Be Looking For A New Job Soon
Fisher seems like he might get bored of the non-coaching life and stated” “There is only so much you can hunt and fish before you want to get back in… I’ll be watching a lot of film this year and see if there is the right opportunity for me to get back into it next season.”
Jimbo Fisher on coaching future:
“There is only so much you can hunt and fish before you want to get back in…
I’ll be watching a lot of film this year and see if there is the right opportunity for me to get back into it next season.” 👀
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Texas A&M and Fisher had to part ways because their relationship wasn’t working. The program gave Fisher a lot of money, and he didn’t win enough to earn that contract, but that doesn’t mean he can’t be a head coach somewhere else next season.
Any program looking to get back on its feet should call Fisher this offseason about being their head coach. Even though it was over a decade ago, Fisher still brought home a title as the head coach of Florida State.
There is no reason why a school like Arkansas shouldn’t hire Fisher if they do move off their head coach, Sam Pittman, this offseason.
The Razorbacks could use a coach with experience in the SEC. Fisher might not bring the team to a title, but he could get them back to floating around the Top 25 and maybe hitting double-digit wins occasionally.
Hopefully, college football isn’t done with the former Texas A&M head coach, and he gets one more shot at another program that could use some help.
