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Sources: Rice fires coach Mike Bloomgren following loss at UConn

Sources: Rice fires coach Mike Bloomgren following loss at UConn

Mike Bloomgren has been fired after Rice’s 2-6 start. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Rice’s loss at UConn has led to a coaching change.

Sources told Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger that coach Mike Bloomgren has been fired. The 17-10 defeat dropped Rice to 2-6 on the season.

Rice went to bowl games in 2022 and 2023, though the Owls won six games just once in Bloomgren’s tenure. Last season, Rice went 6-6 before a 45-21 loss to Texas State in the First Responder Bowl. The season before, Rice got to a bowl game despite a 5-7 season because there weren’t enough 6-6 teams and the Owls’ had one of the best Academic Progress Rates of any 5-7 team.

Overall, the Owls went 24-52 since Bloomgren was hired in 2018. The team was 2-11 in his first season and improved incrementally during his tenure. However, the Owls took a step back this season in their second year in the AAC. Rice’s only win over an FBS opponent so far this season is a 29-27 win over UTSA. The team has been outscored 193-104 by FBS opponents.

Per ESPN, associate head coach Pete Alamar will be the team’s interim coach.



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