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Temple fires coach Stan Drayton: Third-year coach by no means had a successful season with the Owls

by Dakez

Temple has fired coach Stan Drayton with simply two weeks left within the 2024 season, the college introduced Sunday. The timing is fascinating, on condition that the Owls are sooner or later faraway from Saturday’s 18-15 time beyond regulation win in opposition to FAU, however even with that they are 3-7 on the yr, solidifying a 3rd straight shedding file for Drayton. 

The Owls shut the yr on the street in opposition to UTSA and at house in opposition to North Texas, two groups which can be one win away from bowl eligibility. Temple, in the meantime, didn’t make the postseason beneath Drayton. 

“I want to prolong my appreciation to Coach Drayton for his dedication to Temple College, our student-athletes and the soccer program over the previous three years,” Temple athletic director Arthur Johnson stated in a press release. “Below his path, our student-athletes have excelled within the classroom, been excellent members of the group and Coach Drayton has represented the College with an incredible quantity of integrity and sophistication. I want him and his household effectively of their future endeavors.”  

Drayton by no means received greater than three video games in a single season. He was employed forward of the 2022 marketing campaign and departs Philadelphia with a 9-25 general file and a 4-18 exhibiting in American Athletic Convention play. The Owls at present sit eleventh within the AAC standings. They completed no higher than tenth throughout Drayton’s tenure — that was in 2022, when the AAC nonetheless had solely 11 faculties. 

Previous to his hiring at Temple, Drayton was the affiliate head coach, operating backs coach and run-game coordinator at Texas. He was employed by Tom Herman in 2017 and retained by Steve Sarkisian in 2021. 

Drayton, a former operating again at Allegheny, additionally coached operating backs at packages like Florida (2005-07; 2010), Tennessee (2008), Syracuse (2009) and Ohio State (2012-14), the place he first labored with Herman, now the coach at FAU. Drayton was additionally the operating backs coach for the Chicago Bears from 2015-16. 

Temple is the eighth program to make a training change up to now in the course of the 2024 cycle. All have been from the Group of 5 ranks. 

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