Mike Bloomgren will no longer be the head coach of Rice Football, effective immediately. The Owls are making a leadership change within the program. The Roost can confirm reports, first from ESPN’s Pete Thamel, that Mike Bloomgren has been fired. This decision comes in the days following another disheartening loss, this time to UConn, sinking … Read more
Entering his seventh season, Rice football head coach Mike Bloomgren has become one of the longest-tenured coaches in the country, persevering through a rebuild that was far from easy. Mike Bloomgren found himself the elder statesman when he took the podium at American Conference Media Days in mid-July. A veteran of seven years as the … Read more
Rice Football was projected to finish seventh in the AAC Preseason Media Poll, the highest preseason rank for the Owls under head coach Mike Bloomgren to date. In recent memory, expectations have, quite literally, never been higher for Rice football. The 2024 AAC Media Poll, released during Media Days on Tuesday morning, projected Rice to … Read more