Arizona State coach Herm Edwards appears towards the scoreboard along with his crew his down towards Japanese Michigan in the course of the first half of an NCAA faculty soccer recreation Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Picture/Darryl Webb) AP
One of many extra controversial head coaches in faculty soccer has gotten fired.
247 Sports activities’ Chris Karpman first reported Sunday afternoon, and a number of shops quickly adopted with the information, that Arizona State had fired Herm Edwards, and the varsity formally introduced it a short while later.
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Edwards, 68, was seen as an attention-grabbing alternative when he was employed as ASU’s head coach in December of 2017, as he hadn’t been in teaching in any respect since 2008 and never in faculty since 1989 (he was within the NFL with a number of franchises from 1992-2008).
ASU was stable however by no means greater than that in 4 full seasons beneath Edwards, going 25-18 with three bowl appearances (1-2 document), however issues off the sector turned unhealthy in the course of 2021 when it was reported that this system had hosted recruits in the course of the lengthy useless interval from March 2020 to June 2021 that happened due to the pandemic.
An ongoing NCAA investigation has ensued, and quite a few coaches have left this system. Many have beforehand known as for Edwards to be fired because of the allegations.
ASU is 1-2 to this point this season, and had a foul 30-21 loss on Saturday to Japanese Michigan.
Karpman reported that a choice on who the interim head coach will probably be has not been made but.
Edwards turns into the second Energy 5 head coach to lose his job since this season began, as Nebraska fired Scott Frost final Sunday.
ASU will face Utah this coming Saturday evening at residence, with kickoff scheduled for 8:30 p.m. MT.