Sacramento State's head football coaching vacancy is being filled by Brennan Marion, who has been the offensive coordinator at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas since 2023. Sources confirmed the hire on Friday with KCRA 3's Michelle Dapper. This comes after a week of rumors that included buzz about former Pro Bowl quarterback Michael Vick potentially taking the head coaching job. Vick opted to become Norfolk State's next head coach instead. | PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Sacramento State interviewed Michael Vick for coaching job, university president saysMarion is credited for pioneering UNLV’s “Go-Go Offense” and was named Mountain West Coordinator of the Year during his first season in Las Vegas in 2023. During his time at UNLV as a coordinator, the Rebels have a 20-8 record and made back-to-back appearances in the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game.He has an opportunity to bring stability to a Sac State program that is in the midst of a fair amount of change and movement recently. With a 3-9 finish this season, the Hornets failed to reach the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs for the first time since 2018, aside from a 2020 season where they did not participate due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Andy Thompson resigned as head coach on Dec. 6 to take a position at Stanford University, joining his predecessor Troy Taylor, who left Sacramento State in Dec. 2023 to become Stanford's head coach. Marion will be tasked with bringing the Hornets back to relevance in the Big Sky Conference. But there is still a push being made to elevate the program to a conference at the FBS level of football such as the PAC-12 or the Mountain West. | MORE | Funding, traffic and infrastructure: Sac State athletics director on logistics of new stadium projectWhile this will be Marion's first head coaching gig at the college level, he is no rookie when it comes to being on the sidelines. Before his stint at UNLV, he was a wide receivers coach at Texas, Pittsburgh and the University of Hawaii. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento State's head football coaching vacancy is being filled by Brennan Marion, who has been the offensive coordinator at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas since 2023.
Sources confirmed the hire on Friday with KCRA 3's Michelle Dapper.
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This comes after a week of rumors that included buzz about former Pro Bowl quarterback Michael Vick potentially taking the head coaching job. Vick opted to become Norfolk State's next head coach instead.
| PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Sacramento State interviewed Michael Vick for coaching job, university president says
Marion is credited for pioneering UNLV’s “Go-Go Offense” and was named Mountain West Coordinator of the Year during his first season in Las Vegas in 2023. During his time at UNLV as a coordinator, the Rebels have a 20-8 record and made back-to-back appearances in the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game.
He has an opportunity to bring stability to a Sac State program that is in the midst of a fair amount of change and movement recently.
With a 3-9 finish this season, the Hornets failed to reach the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs for the first time since 2018, aside from a 2020 season where they did not participate due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Andy Thompson resigned as head coach on Dec. 6 to take a position at Stanford University, joining his predecessor Troy Taylor, who left Sacramento State in Dec. 2023 to become Stanford's head coach.
Marion will be tasked with bringing the Hornets back to relevance in the Big Sky Conference. But there is still a push being made to elevate the program to a conference at the FBS level of football such as the PAC-12 or the Mountain West.
| MORE | Funding, traffic and infrastructure: Sac State athletics director on logistics of new stadium project
While this will be Marion's first head coaching gig at the college level, he is no rookie when it comes to being on the sidelines. Before his stint at UNLV, he was a wide receivers coach at Texas, Pittsburgh and the University of Hawaii.
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