Temple fires coach Drayton day after OT triumph

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Elder WriterNov 17, 2024, 12:07 PM ET

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College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.Temple fired coach Stan Drayton

on Sunday, ending his period with a 9-25 record in two-plus seasons.The Owls beat Florida Atlantic in overtime Saturday,

offering Drayton 3 wins in each of his seasons at the helm. Temple went 4-18 in American Athletic Conference play under Drayton, who pertained to the school from Texas, where he had functioned as running backs coach and associate head coach.Athletic director Arthur Johnson thanked Drayton for his time at the school, adding that the 53-year-old”represented the university with an incredible quantity of integrity and class.” Temple is headed for its fifth consecutive losing season after going 81-59 under 5 coaches from 2009 to 2019. Drayton is the second successive coach Temple has actually fired, joining Rod Carey, after four consecutive Owls coaches–

Al Golden, Steve Addazio, Matt Rhule and Geoff Collins– left for significant conference jobs. U.S.A. Today reported that Drayton made$ 1,888,979 in wage for 2024. Defensive organizer Everett Withers will act as interim head coach for Temple’s last two games against UTSA and North Texas. Withers is a previous head coach

at Texas State, James Madison and North Carolina.