Head Football Coach Randy Edsall Out at Connecticut

A day after head football coach Randy Edsall announced that he would retire at the end of the 2021 season, Connecticut announced that Edsall is no longer with the program.  I will leave it up to you as to whether he retired or was fired.  Either way, Connecticut was 6-31 during Edsall's second tenure at the helm of the Connecticut Huskies football program.

Here is a look at the Connecticut Huskies football program since 2008 (the first year that I collected all the variables needed for the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model).  This time period spans the last three seasons under head coach Randy Edsall's first time as the Huskies head coach (2008-2010), head coach Paul Pasqualoni (2011-2013), head coach Bob Diaco (2014-2016), and the second time as head coach for Randy Edsall (2017-2021*).  After the figure below is a more detailed look at the Connecticut Huskies football program during head coach Edsall's tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com.  (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).

Randy Edsall (Original Contract)

2017

Connecticut finished the regular season at 3-8, and were bowl ineligible.  The Huskies played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that the Huskies' SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "leagues" average SOS for that season.  Connecticut's best regular season victory was against #81 ranked Temple (28-24) and their worst loss was to #103 ranked Cincinnati (21-22).  Connecticut was the #117 ranked team overall, with the #83 ranked offense and the #121 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

 

2018

Connecticut finished the regular season at 1-11, and were bowl ineligible.  The Huskies played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that the Huskies' SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "leagues" average SOS for that season.  Connecticut's only regular season victory was against FCS Rhode Island (56-49) and their worst loss was to #119 ranked East Carolina (21-55).  Connecticut was the #130 ranked team overall (the least productive team), with the #122 ranked offense and the #130 ranked defense (the least productive defense) using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.  I wrote about Connecticut's defense halfway through the 2018 season being the worst as well.

 

2019 

Connecticut finished the regular season at 2-10, and were bowl ineligible.  The Huskies played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that the Huskies' SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "leagues" average SOS for that season.  Connecticut's best regular season victory was against #130 ranked Massachusetts (56-35) and their worst loss was to #106 ranked Houston (17-24).  Connecticut was the #129 ranked team overall (second least productive team), with the #124 ranked offense and the #128 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2020
Connecticut was one of three FBS football programs not to play any games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021

After the first week of the 2021 season (but game two for Connecticut) Edsall is no longer with the football program.  Connecticut lost both games while playing against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that the Jayhawks' SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "leagues" average SOS for that season.  Connecticut's worst loss was to FCS Holy Cross (28-38).  Connecticu was the #129 ranked team overall (or the second least productive teams), with the #122 ranked offense and the #129 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.