{
  "id": 459864,
  "title": "6 college football coaches under the most pressure entering the 2026 season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/6-college-football-coaches-under-the-most-pressure-entering-the-2026",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-10T10:10:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/nfl/2026/08/10/6-college-football-coaches-under-the-most-pressure-entering-the-2026-season"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As college football's 2026 season approaches, six head coaches find themselves under intense pressure to deliver immediate results. Florida State coach Mike Norvell, with a .500 record in six seasons at the program, struggles to maintain momentum after a 31-17 Week 1 upset of Alabama and a shaky finish to the 2025 campaign. Bill Belichick, who brought six Super Bowl titles with the New England Patriots to the University of North Carolina, faces a tough year with 60 new players and a team that lost five double-digit games and missed a bowl game for the first time since 2018. South Carolina's Shane Beamer enters his fifth year at the University of South Carolina with an 4-8 record and a team that failed to reach the AP Top 25 after a preseason ranking of No. 13. Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell, struggling with a 4-8 record in his second full season, faces a challenging start after a 4-8 season that included back-to-back shutout losses against Iowa and Ohio State. Maryland's Mike Locksley, with a 4-8 record and 1-8 mark in Big Ten play over his past two seasons, hopes to improve with a talented roster after nearly identical performances in 2024 and 2025.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}