College football insider refutes Ed Orgeron to UNLV reports
Not long after a report emerged that Ed Orgeron was in play for the UNLV head coaching job, another report followed soon after that shoot those rumors down.
Bruce Feldman of The Athletic shared that he spoke with Orgeron, who said that he is not in the mix for the UNLV position.
"He’s not involved in the UNLV coaching search, nor has heard from anyone there, and he told me he has no interest in the job," Feldman shared.
Orgeron served as head coach at LSU from 2016 to 2021 and famously helped lead the school to a College Football Playoff national championship and undefeated record behind a record-breaking offense in 2019.
He went 51-20 at the school, leaving after two unproductive seasons following the national championship.
In those two years, Orgeron compiled an 11-11 overall record after the departure of quarterback Joe Burrow, other key players, and several assistant coaches.
The original report also claimed that former Washington and Boise State head coach Chris Petersen was a candidate to take the UNLV job, but that speculation was also shot down shortly after it became public.
UNLV finished 5-7 in the 2022 football season and elected to part ways with former head coach Marcus Arroyo, who leaves the program with a combined 7-23 overall record at the school.
UNLV hasn't won double-digit games in a season since 1984 and hasn't eclipsed seven wins in a single year since 2013.
(Feldman)
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