Last Updated on November 12, 2007 8:07 pm by admin
CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) -Kent Briggs was fired as head football coach at Western Carolina on Monday, two days after his team gave up 79 points to archrival Appalachian State.
Athletic director Chip Smith said the search for a replacement for Briggs would begin immediately. Smith said in a prepared statement that Briggs, who will coach the season finale against Furman on Saturday, would be reassigned to a position within the university.
Briggs has a career-mark of 22-42, with a Southern Conference mark of 12-31. The Catamounts have lost their last 14 conference games dating back to 2005.
rence since 1977, when it joined the league.
After last Saturday’s 79-35 loss to the Mountaineers, Western Carolina fell to 1-9 with an 0-6 conference mark.