The College of Louisiana Monroe finalized an settlement with coach Bryant Vincent to function the college’s interim athletic director. Vincent would quickly substitute the departing John Hartwell, who introduced his resignation on Aug. 4. 

It is uncommon to see an FBS coach function an athletic director within the trendy period of faculty soccer. Former Tennessee coach Derek Dooley, who lately introduced he’s working for a Senate seat in Georgia, held each titles at Louisiana Tech from 2008-10. 

ULM employed the 49-year-old Vincent in December of 2023 after one season as New Mexico offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Within the first yr of Vincent’s tenure, the Warhawks improved from 2-10 in 2023 to 5-7 in 2024, their greatest single-season document since 2019. 

That is Vincent’s first stint in an administrative function on the collegiate stage. A former longtime highschool coach, he made his identify as an offensive assistant at packages like South Alabama, the place he was a good ends and quarterbacks coach in his first stint and the offensive coordinator from 2015-17, and UAB, the place he was the offensive coordinator in 2014 after which once more from 2018-21. 

Vincent was additionally UAB’s interim coach in 2022 following the resignation of coach Invoice Clark. The Blazers posted a 7-6 document, capped by a win within the Bahamas Bowl, of their lone yr below Vincent.