It appears as though Jim McElwain is going to be a head coach once again. According to a report by Evan Petzold of Central Michigan’s student newspaper, CM Life, via Twitter, Central Michigan will hire McElwain to fill their vacancy at head coach.
SOURCES: Central Michigan to hire Jim McElwain as next head coachhttps://t.co/yvEehrvzRv pic.twitter.com/6gpd4McWoU
— Evan Petzold (@EvanPetzold) December 2, 2018
McElwain is currently the wide receivers coach at Michigan after coaching at Florida for three seasons from 2015 through 2017. McElwain came to Florida after being the head coach at Colorado State from 2012 through 2014. That his first head coaching job after coaching the previous four years as the offensive coordinator for Nick Saban at Alabama.
McElwain has a career record of 44-28 as a head coach, but he went 3-4 at Florida in 2017 before being removed as head coach of the Gators under bizarre circumstances.
Central Michigan is coming off a 1-11 season that saw the end of the line for former head coach John Bonamego. Bonamego coached Central Michigan to a record of 22-29 over the past four seasons.
