USC also missed out on its second attempt with the Early Signing Day loss of four-star linebacker Madden Faraimo to Notre Dame after the sudden departure of USC linebackers coach Matt Entz.

Head coach Matt Entz had departed for USC and offensive coordinator took a job at Tennessee State (and later Iowa State) while Polasek returned to Fargo to take the head job. There was still some ...

Matt Entz now steps in with a short, but very successful tenure as head coach at North Dakota State still within recent memory (he spent 2024 as linebackers coach at USC after four years at NDSU).