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Kirby Moore hired as WSU’s next head football coach

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WSU not expected to owe any buyout of new head coach Kirby Moore

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Jacob Thorpe: This idea that WSU should settle for a football coach based on loyalty? Bah humbug!
WSU appears to be starting interview process for head coach opening as Missouri OC Kirby Moore arrives
WSU president Elizabeth Cantwell says Cougars’ next coach should have ‘contemporary’ and ‘demonstrated’ success
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WSU not expected to owe any buyout of new head coach Kirby Moore

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 12, 2025

PULLMAN – As Washington State gets ready to start a new era, announcing the hire of new football coach Kirby Moore on Friday, there’s good news for the Cougars under the hood.

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Dave Boling: Kirby Moore may not stay forever, but right now is perfect fit for WSU football

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 12, 2025

From the outside, Friday’s hiring of the former Missouri offensive coordinator looks like a victory for the Cougars.

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Kirby Moore hired as WSU’s next head football coach

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 12, 2025

The Cougars are hiring Missouri offensive coordinator Kirby Moore as their next head football coach, the program announced Friday afternoon, ushering in a new era of WSU football.

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Pac-12 (2.0) football: Why everything about the new conference’s inaugural season is on pause

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 11, 2025

Key elements of 2026 season on hold as College Football Playoff negotiations drag on.

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Jacob Thorpe: This idea that WSU should settle for a football coach based on loyalty? Bah humbug!

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 11, 2025

I don’t know if Kirby Moore will accept the head-coaching position at WSU, or if he will even be offered (he should). But his arrival in Pullman will hopefully reframe the narrative among WSU fans, who are acting like the Ghost of Christmas Future just showed them a very bleak vision indeed.

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WSU appears to be starting interview process for head coach opening as Missouri OC Kirby Moore arrives

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 11, 2025

PULLMAN – Washington State appears to be starting interviews to fill its head coaching vacancy.

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WSU president Elizabeth Cantwell says Cougars’ next coach should have ‘contemporary’ and ‘demonstrated’ success

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 9, 2025

PULLMAN – The criteria Washington State is using to narrow down its head coaching search is beginning to look a little clearer.

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‘I’d be interested’: Longtime coach Rick Neuheisel says he’s open to WSU job

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 9, 2025

PULLMAN – As Washington State continues its coaching search, looking for someone to replace Jimmy Rogers, few names have bubbled to the surface. The Cougars themselves certainly aren’t releasing any candidates they’re interviewing.

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WSU football transfer portal tracker: Freshman WR, QB latest to make plans for portal

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 11, 2025

PULLMAN — At Washington State and across the college football ecosystem, it's transfer portal season.

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In Iowa State introduction, coach Jimmy Rogers says he didn’t take WSU job ‘to abandon it in one year’

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 8, 2025

PULLMAN – Last winter, when coach Jimmy Rogers left South Dakota State for WSU, he wasn’t doing so with the intent of getting the Iowa State job.

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Dave Boling: Why Luke Falk could be uniquely qualified candidate in WSU’s coaching search

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 8, 2025

Luke Falk came to Pullman as a walk-on quarterback. Now he wants to come back as a walk-on head coach.

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WSU interim AD Jon Haarlow says current football coaches will coach bowl game, no firm timeline on coaching search

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 8, 2025

PULLMAN – Washington State isn’t offering a public timeline on the hire of a new football coach, but the people leading the charge are operating with “a sense of urgency.”

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