{"id":426680,"date":"2024-12-02T17:38:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T17:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=426680"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"FIU-coach-Mike-MacIntyre-fired-after-going-12-24-in-three-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/FIU-coach-Mike-MacIntyre-fired-after-going-12-24-in-three-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU coach Mike MacIntyre fired after going 12-24 in three seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida International dismissed head coach Mike MacIntyre on Sunday after three seasons at the helm. MacIntyre went 12-24 with the Golden Panthers, compiling 4-8 records in all three seasons. &#8220;I want to thank Mike for pouring three years of his heart and soul into the program and for solidifying the foundation,&#8221; FIU athletic director Scott Carr said in a news release. &#8220;Coach Mac inherited a challenging situation three years ago, but he improved numerous areas within the program &#8212; from posting our highest-ever GPA to bettering the operations and budgets &#8212; and the culture shift has been evident. &#8220;This was a decision based solely off on-field results, and at this time I felt our program needed to go in a different direction. While we have been more competitive on the field each of the last three seasons, unfortunately our win-loss record is not indicative of those statistical improvements. Winning championships and bowl games is our goal.&#8221; Defensive coordinator Jovan Dewitt will serve as interim coach while the Panthers search for a new head man. MacIntyre recently came under fire from former players and alums for comments he made during a press conference. He was asked if the 2025 season was a make-or-break year, and part of his response was &#8220;this program hasn&#8217;t had a good history at all since the beginning of it.&#8221; After the outrage, MacIntyre apologized for the comment. MacIntyre, 59, has a 58-89 overall record in 12 seasons as a head coach. He spent three seasons with San Jose State (2010-12) and six at Colorado (2013-19). MacIntyre has just two winning seasons on his ledger but he achieved 10 wins in each. He had a 10-2 mark at San Jose State in 2012 and went 10-4 at Colorado in 2016. &#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/4cf6d63196e6a144929bbf4e6cc693b3.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Nov 18, 2023; Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA; FIU Panthers head coach Mike MacIntyre during the second half against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Arkansas won 44-20. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>-Nelson Chenault-Imagn Images<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida International dismissed head coach Mike MacIntyre on Sunday after three seasons at the helm&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}