Oregon State fires Trent Bray after 0-7 start

Oregon State University dismissed head football coach Trent Bray on Sunday after the Beavers dropped to 0-7 with a 39-14 loss to Wake Forest on Saturday, the program confirmed. The move follows the team's worst start to a season since 1991 and leaves Oregon State searching for new leadership midway through the 2025 campaign.

The decision came after a string of lopsided defeats and late-season personnel changes. Oregon State is the only Football Bowl Subdivision team with seven losses this season, and the Beavers had lost by an average of roughly 17.9 points per game this year. Athletic director Scott Barnes, in a statement issued last week, said, "My expectations for our program are high, and right now, we are not meeting them." The program also announced that Bray had dismissed his special teams coordinator the previous week amid struggles on that side of the ball.

Bray was promoted from defensive coordinator to head coach in November 2023 when Jonathan Smith left for Michigan State. He led the Beavers to a 5-7 record in 2024, and with the current 0-7 start, finishes his tenure with an overall record of 5-14. A former Oregon State linebacker from 2002 to 2005, Bray had multiple...