USC soccer head coach Lincoln Riley is probably going dropping certainly one of his prime assistants this offseason.
Matt Entz, the Trojans’ linebackers coach and assistant head coach for protection, is reportedly set to turn into the pinnacle coach at Fresno State.
“Fresno State is concentrating on USC linebackers coach Matt Entz to turn into the Bulldogs’ new head coach, a supply conversant in the hiring course of informed The Athletic Wednesday,” in line with Bruce Feldman. Stories have surfaced since, together with from ESPN’s Pete Thamel, who reported Entz and Fresno State are “working towards a five-year deal.”
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Entz joined Riley’s USC soccer teaching employees lower than a yr in the past. He got here from North Dakota State, the place he had served because the Bison’s head coach for 5 seasons and the defensive coordinator for 5 seasons earlier than that. In his time as NDSU’s head coach, he gained a pair of FCS nationwide championships and led this system to a 60-11 file. When Entz left North Dakota State for USC, he mentioned the brand new job was “a possibility for me to proceed to develop and develop.”
Regardless of being the highest program within the FCS over the previous 15 years, North Dakota State’s nationwide championship-winning coaches — Craig Bohl, Chris Klieman, and Entz — have generated comparatively little curiosity amongst main FBS packages. Bohl left NDSU in 2013 after 11 seasons and three straight nationwide titles for Wyoming, whereas Klieman, who gained 4 nationwide championships in 5 years because the Bison’s coach, left for Kansas State in 2018.