SMU is in a bad way. They’ve reached that point that a G5 program can sometimes get to, where there’s enough potential in the program to attract up-and-coming coaches, but they typically don’t stay around for very long.
At the end of 2017, SMU saw Chad Morris leave after just three seasons at the helm and head to Arkansas. So SMU once again was forced to hire another head coach. They took an interesting route this time around, and hired TCU offensive analyst Sonny Dykes, who has previously been a head coach at Cal and Louisiana Tech.
It’s still too early to know if that hire will work out for the Mustangs, but early returns have the team trending down.