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Vanderbilt football announced today that head coach Derek Mason has been fired and that offensive coordinator Todd Fitch will be the interim head coach.
“On behalf of the entire Vanderbilt community, I want to extend my deepest gratitude to Coach Mason for his many years of dedication and service leading our football program,” Vanderbilt AD Candice Storey Lee said in a statement. “Derek cares deeply about the student-athletes under his charge. His tenure at Vanderbilt will be remembered for his steadfast commitment to our student-athletes, not only on the field, but in the classroom and as young people.”
Mason became head coach of Vanderbilt in 2014 and under his leadership the Commodores went 27-55.
The team is 0-8 this season and Saturday’s 41-0 defeat at the hands of Missouri — not exactly a powerhouse like Alabama — was what sealed Mason’s fate.
Even placating the PC mob couldn’t save his job. Nice try though.
Pathetic publicity stunt and rightfully so they FIRED him!! What a debacle. Furthermore by doing this they opened door for Male athletes to compete for D1 female sports scholarships. The pc mob will always destroy itself lol
Case in point: Nate Robinson is a phenomenal basketball player and a an embarrassment in boxing ring. A soccer player playing football? Why don’t all football players off season then take soccer scholarships???
Lol. Even after going woke and using the publicity stunt they still fired him.
Expect things to only get tougher for Vandy.
Coaches and players who are talented and want to win aren’t going to sign up for a program rolling out charity cases.
Perhaps putting a female goalie as kicker gave someone in power at Vandy clue that he was clueless,but putting offensive coordinator who got shutout should build confidence.
Derek Mason is as real a football coach as Nashville is country music!
No talent, no money put into the program. The SEC should eject Vandy from their conference and bring in UCF. Or some place where they don’t have the gall to pretend to be an Ivy League school while playing in a conference that actually puts money into their athletics.
Sorry, Bro… They are the defending baseball and women’s soccer national champions… more titles than Bama the past couple of years…
Sports that make virtually no money, women’s soccer probably loses money.
And this is why you don’t listen to twitter trolls, the wokey wokes, and cultural Marxists.
Lou Holtz had a great line about the media which also fits the Twitter mob perfectly “they can’t hurt you when you’re winning, and they can’t help you when you’re losing.”
Hard work, skill and success still means something in this country, though obviously there’s a growing movement to discard all of them.
Mason has coached bad enough to be fired 3 times, so Vandy finally manned up.
Gators hire him as your DC!
But he struck a blow for womens rights! I mean, he had a woman squib kick a kickoff and run off the field – what bravery! Of course, he lost the game 41-0.
Yeah, Sarah Fuller “participated” in a FBS college football game. Boise State has a Labrador Retriever run onto the field and fetch the kicking tee after every kickoff. I think the dog deserves more kudos.
Aww the publicity stunt didn’t save his job after all. Too bad.
Virtue Signaling doesn’t count as a win?
maybe they will think outside the box and figure out you can’t be competitive with third tier recruits running the spread on O Mason got them to play hard on D just to many possessions