Fresno State football coaching search 2024: Candidates, hot board, names to watch from best Bulldogs experts

The 2024 Fresno State football schedule begins with a trip to Michigan, where the Bulldogs will play under an interim coach to open the season in a hostile environment. Head coach Jeff Tedford stepped down from his position due to health concerns earlier this month after making an appearance at the Mountain West media days in Las Vegas and will be replaced by interim coach Tim Skipper. Tedford led Fresno State to a Mountain West title in 2018 before resigning following the 2019 season due to health concerns. He returned as the Fresno State football coach to open the 2022 campaign, winning the conference title again that season.

Skipper served as the head Fresno State football coach when Tedford missed last year’s New Mexico Bowl, but he does not have any true head coaching experience. Fresno State, which has been ranked in the AP Poll in each of the last three seasons, was picked to finish third in the Mountain West by the media in the preseason poll. If you love the Bulldogs, or just want to know who will be calling the shots for Fresno State in the future, be sure to see what the proven team of insiders are saying at BarkBoard.com, the 247Sports affiliate that covers Fresno State.

BarkBoard’s team of Fresno State updates are providing on-the-ground updates on every development in the post Jeff Tedford-era, including insights from Jackson Moore, who has covered Fresno State athletics for more than 10 years. Get all the inside scoop on the football coaching situation and VIP intel on Fresno State football, basketball and more.

And right now, BarkBoard is offering 30% off annual subscriptions*, so now is the time to sign up. The team at BarkBoard already has a list out of several potential candidates and there are some surprising names on it. Head to BarkBoard now to see them all.

Top Fresno State coach candidates

One name the BarkBoard staff has identified as a potential target if Skipper doesn’t keep the job long term is Arizona State offensive coordinator Marcus Arroyo. The former San Jose State star quarterback has spent time on the coaching staff at some premier schools, including a three-year stint at Oregon from 2017-19. He parlayed that successful gig into the head coaching job at UNLV, but he was fired in 2022 after posting a record of 7-23 across three seasons.

Arroyo took a year off from coaching before taking the Arizona State offensive coordinator job in December. Tedford was the head coach at California for 10 years, and Arroyo was on his staff as the quarterbacks coach for the final two years of his tenure. They were also both on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coaching staff in 2014, so Arroyo is a proven offensive coach who has ties to Fresno State. See more candidates at BarkBoard.

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The rest of the list includes intriguing options from within and outside the program, including a former NFL quarterback who could be a big splash. You can only see who they are at BarkBoard.

Who are the top names in the Fresno State coaching search, and which surprising former NFL quarterback could be in the mix? Go to BarkBoard.com to see their Fresno State coaching hot board and more, all from a team of reporters with decades of experience covering the Bulldogs, and find out. 

And reminder, BarkBoard is offering 30% off an annual VIP membership as a coaching search special, so subscribe now before it’s too late.

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