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Central Michigan fires John Bonamego after historically bad 1-11 season

The worst season is Central Michigan football history has ended in a regime change.

John Bonamego is out as the CMU's head coach, the school announced Friday night.

Bonamego, who was hired by his alma mater in 2015, went 22-29 in his four seasons, including a program-worst 1-11 record this season (CMU finished 0-8 in Mid-American Conference play).

"Making a leadership change is a difficult decision, especially when you know that coach has given his all to CMU," Michael Alford, CMU associate vice president/director of athletics, said in a statement Friday. "After conducting a 360-degree evaluation of the program, it was clear that a change is needed if we are going to compete for and win championships.