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Michigan State had enough competition from Power Five college football teams also hoping to hire Jonathan Smith that it added a seventh year to his contract, helping a shaken program land the former Oregon State coach.

Boise State athletic director Jeremiah Dickey entered unexplored territory when he let football coach Andy Avalos go 10 games into his third season.

Michigan State AD Alan Haller has informed suspended football coach Mel Tucker he is being fired for cause without compensation for his conduct with activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy.

Jennifer Cohen has been hired as Southern California’s athletic director after seven years in the same post at the University of Washington.

Washington State and Oregon State appear to be the big losers in the destabilization of the Pac-12 that’s bordering on complete collapse.

Former Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich has sued the university and Gov. Jay Inslee after he was fired last year for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Gonzaga athletic director Mike Roth will retire on Aug. 31, ending a 24-year run during which the Bulldogs had unprecedented success in men’s basketball and other sports.

Washington State athletic director Pat Chun has received a contract extension through 2026 that will eventually increase his base salary to $700,000.

Oregon State has dismissed a tight end after a recording surfaced of the player making racist and bigoted comments some three years ago.

The commissioners of the major college football conferences announces that college sports cannot return from the coronavirus shutdown until campuses have re-opened.