North Texas is 2 wins away from a doable Faculty Soccer Playoff berth, however head coach Eric Morris is already serious about 2026.
On Tuesday, ESPN college football reporter Pete Thamel revealed that Morris had accepted the job to change into Oklahoma State‘s subsequent coach after this system fired longtime coach Mike Gundy in September. This season, the Cowboys are 1-10, their worst report since going 0-10-1 in 1991.
Thamel famous that Morris will stay with North Texas by the remainder of the common season and any potential playoff video games, making a probably awkward state of affairs over the subsequent couple of weeks.
North Texas head coach Eric Morris takes Oklahoma State job whereas nonetheless competing for CFP bid
The timing of Morris’ hiring is way from best, however as Nick Saban famous on ESPN’s “Faculty GameDay” this previous Saturday, that is extra of an indictment of the school soccer calendar than Morris or Oklahoma State.
But it surely does elevate considerations about his capacity to each end a historic season at North Texas with a playoff berth and construct his first Oklahoma State roster.
Early signing interval begins Dec. 3, whereas the switch portal opens on Jan. 2. North Texas would want to go on a Cinderella run for Morris to not be totally dedicated to Oklahoma State by the point portal motion begins, however making headway on high-school recruiting will probably be an even bigger problem.
And if North Texas stumbles earlier than making the playoff, folks will query whether or not Morris’ choice performed a job. That will not be a priority to Morris, nevertheless. He’ll be lengthy gone.
