In a vacuum, losing to an FCS team is bad, but generally not fireable. In context, losing to Rhode Island was so much worse for UMass. Rhode Island was a rival from their FCS days, who UMass historically dominated. It’s easy to make fun of UMass’ McGuirk Alumni Stadium for looking like a high school stadium, but that must make Rhode Island’s Meade Stadium a Pee-Wee field. This year, Rhode Island came into the game on a three-game losing streak. Meanwhile, UMass in three years of Walt Bell has two wins over Akron and UConn respectively. So, as reported by Pete Thamel, UMass fired Walt Bell following that two score loss to FCS Rhode Island.
UMass Fires Head Coach Walt Bell
