Following Arizona State’s embarrassing loss to Eastern Michigan on Saturday night, the university and head football coach Herm Edwards mutually agreed to part ways, as announced by Vice President for University Athletics Ray Anderson in a social media post on Sunday.
The decision comes in the wake of ASU’s 1-2 start to this season, along with the fact that the 30-21 defeat to Eastern Michigan marks the program’s first home loss to a non-power conference opponent since 2008. After meeting with Edwards both immediately following the game and again Sunday morning, the two sides agreed that it was time for a “mutual relinquishment of duties.