Texas A&M's Evan Stewart reacts to news of Jimbo Fisher's firing Sunday
All is not well in College Station as some Texas A&M football players are beginning to react to news that head coach Jimbo Fisher has been fired.
On Sunday, news leaked that Fisher could be fired as soon as later that day and the decision to part with him came following a meeting last Thursday, when Texas A&M’s latest result was a close road loss to a top-10-ranked Ole Miss team.
After such a chaotic Sunday morning, some Aggie players woke up to a confusing set of headlines. Particularly, A&M’s second leading receiver, Evan Stewart, tweeted out his reaction towards waking up seeing that Coach Fisher could be out:
Texas A&M fires Jimbo Fisher
By Barkley Truax
Texas A&M and Jimbo Fisher have parted ways, according to multiple reports.
The Aggies will have to pay out a record $75 million to Fisher on the way out after starting the season 6-4. Previously, Gus Malzahn held the record buyout paid to a college coach at $21.45 million by Auburn. For reference, last season 15 schools paid a collective $72 million to buy out their coaches respective contracts.
Fisher arrived in College Station back in 2018 after an impressive tenure at Florida State and was expected to bring the Aggies back to national prominence. After all, he had a championship under his belt after leading the Seminoles to a national title in 2013 — but never achieved the same heights with Texas A&M.
In just under six years as head coach, Fisher coached the Aggies to a 45-25 record, including being 27-21 in SEC play over that time. Compare that to Texas A&M’s previous coach, Kevin Sumlin, who finished his six-year tenure in College Station with a 51-26 record, but was far behind Fisher’s SEC record going 15-17 in conference play.
The timing of Fisher’s release is interesting as the news comes as his Aggies defeated Mississippi State 51-10 in what is arguably the best win of the season for Texas A&M — it even made them bowl-eligible for the first time since 2021. But that’s the issue.
Texas A&M had incredibly high hopes for Fisher in College Station. Aside from finishing the COVID-shortened season 9-1 and finishing No. 5 in the final College Football Playoff Rankings, the Aggies never achieved any great accolades under the now-former head coach.
As the Aggies look to move on from the Jimbo Fisher era, they still have a game to be played this week against Abilene Christian before rounding its regular season with a road trip at LSU. Kickoff is scheduled for Noon ET live on ESPN+.