By Jessica Schieber, Co Editor-in-Chief
Mike Gundy, the Oklahoma State University head coach in football, was fired from his position after holding it for over 20 full seasons. He has coached from 2005-2025.
Gundy being fired didn’t come as much of a surprise to the fans of OSU, however, due to the decrease in performance for the last few seasons. This event seemed inevitable at this point.
Gundy had a lot of accomplishments as a coach. His overall record was 170-90 in 21 seasons. He had eight 10-win seasons, he held National Coach of the Year awards in 2011 he was given both the Paul “Bear” Bryant Award and the Eddie Robinson Award. He was Big 12 Coach of the Year three times; these took place in 2010, 2021 and 2023. He won the 2011 Big 12 Championship and has finished in the Top 10 ranking 11 times.
Gundy also stood up for his players, and has gone viral for a certain video of him doing just that.
It was during a press confrence and he held up a newspaper about an article that was brought to him. He claims that 3/4 of the article was inacurate.
In the conference he states “If you want to go after an athlete, one of my athletes, you go after one that doesn’t do the right things. You don’t down grade him because he does everything right and may not play as well on Saturday, and you let us make that decision.”
After a few comments about the newspaper Gundy then says, “Where are we at in society today? Come after me I’m a man, I’m 40.”
Gundy was fired after a loss to Tulsa. This was OSUs first lost to the team since 1951.
According to an article on ESPN athletic director Chad Weiberg said “Cowboy Football reached an unprecedented level of success and national prominence under Coach Gundy’s leadership. I believe I speak for OSU fans everywhere when I say that we are grateful for all he did to raise the standard and show us all what is possible for Oklahoma State football.”
In the same article on ESPN university president Jim Hess made this statement, “this is a decision about what’s best for our football program, our student-athletes and Oklahoma State University and it reflects our unwavering commitment to championship-level football and competing for national success. Coach Gundy dedicated decades of his life to OSU, achieving significant success and positively impacting hundreds of young men who wore the OSU uniform. His contributions to our university, both as a player and coach, deserve our profound respect and will not be forgotten. We are grateful for his service and wish him and his family the very best.”
Offensive coordinator Doug Meacham has been named the OSU interim head coach.
Meacham has been leading under Gundy for roughly 9 years.
According to an article on the Postols Firing blog Meacham claimed “Coaching here in general is an honor because I played here and coached here before, I don’t think it’s really different for me. I kind of let it slip a few times. I had to communicate to the referees. I’ve never done that before. But, pretty much, it wasn’t that much different to me. It was fun being down on the sidelines.” This was after Meacham’s first game as interim head coach.
Linebacker Bryan McCoy claimed “He has the will, and that’s really all it’s about. He got a lot of will in his spirit. He knows how to get us going and what it takes to really bring wins to the table.”