Sources: MTSU anticipated to hire Mason as coach

• Pete Thamel, ESPNDec 5, 2023, 07:18 PM ET

Middle Tennessee is expected to employ Derek Mason as head football coach, sources informed ESPN on Tuesday.A deal is expected to come together soon, as the school has actually announced a 9 a.m. press conference for Wednesday.Mason has a long history of training in college and the NFL. In addition to being a previous head coach at Vanderbilt, he has actually been the protective organizer at Stanford, Auburn and Oklahoma State. He invested the 2023 season as an analyst for the SEC Network.Mason will take over for Rick Stockstill, who left this spring after 18 years and generating a 113-111 record.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Mason invested 7 years at Vanderbilt, which has to do with 40 miles away from Middle Tennessee’s school in Murfreesboro. Mason went 27-55 in his 7 years at Vanderbilt, consisting of a set of bowl games. After Mason’s departure, Vanderbilt devoted to constructing world-class facilities and investing in football at an SEC level.Mason, 54, established a reputation as a top protective mind as he worked his method up on Stanford’s personnels from 2010 to 2013. In his 2 seasons as David Shaw’s defensive organizer, Stanford went 23-4 and played in the Carnival Bowl and Rose Bowl. He was a finalist for the Broyles Award in 2012. He helped established a bunch of NFL players, including star cornerback Richard Sherman, who went on to a long and embellished NFL career.Coaches have seen Middle Tennessee recently as a unpolished gem, as Nashville’s city area has actually broadened towards Murfreesboro. The school has completed in FBS football because 1999 and has 10 bowl looks and 2 conference championships.In a reconfigured Conference U.S.A., Middle Tennessee is considered among the better jobs. Liberty ran away with the conference in 2023, and Middle Tennessee finished simply 3-5 in conference play this year.