During Scott Carr’s media availablity following his announcement as FIU’s Athletic Director, he stated in regards to the Panthers’ head coaching vacancy, “Goal number one is to find the right person, but goal number 1A is to get someone in here as fast as humanly possible.”
The Panthers next head coach will undoubtedly be taking on one of the most challenging roster situations in FBS football.
As of December 7, FIU is tied with Syracuse for having the most amount of scholarship players enter the transfer portal, seeing 13 members of the team depart since mid-November.
Monday night Portal Cup update (scholarship players to portal since 8/1)
P5:
Syracuse - 13
Indiana -12
FSU, Virginia - 11
8 schools - 9
G5:
FIU - 13
Arkansas State - 12
UConn, Buffalo -11
UCF - 10
ULM, Rice, Hawaii - 9— NCAA Transfer Portal (@RivalsPortal) December 7, 2021Since 2018, the program has struggled to keep scholarship players out of the transfer portal, with 25 players choosing to transfer or leave the program, entering the 2021 season and an additional two (Jakovi Bryant, Katravis Geter Jr.