​2025 record: 4-8 (1-7 American)2025 postseason: did not qualify“Tulsa football is back. We’re not gonna be on the third page of the paper anymore.”These were the celebratory words uttered by Tulsa head coach Tre Lamb in his ESPN postgame interview on the night of Sept. 19, 2025. In his fourth game as the program’s head coach, the 36-year old guided the Golden Hurricane to a signature victory over Oklahoma State in a hostile Stillwater environment. Tulsa fans starved years for such a moment, but much more work needs to be done after stumbling to a 4-8 finish.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSince 2017, the Golden Hurricane only qualified for bowl eligibility twice, and they haven’t won more than seven games in 10 years. It’s Lamb’s mission to solve that at the FBS institution with the smallest undergraduate enrollment in the country. Tulsa was a consistent winner in the 2000s, and Lamb seeks a return to those glory days.Tre Lamb returns for year two of his Tulsa tenure. The seventh-youngest head coach in the FBS took several years to build perennial cellar dweller Gardner-Webb into a winner at the FCS level. Before Lamb arrived in 2020, Gardner-Webb hadn’t seen a winning season since 2013. In 2022 and 2023, he guided them to the FCS Playoffs.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementA similar act must be performed at Tulsa, and Lamb is letting the progress take a natural development. He retained a portion of his staff, but several coaches were hot commodities for other schools. Tulsa lost offensive coordinator Brad Robbins (accepted quarterbacks coach role at TCU), running backs coach Kam Martin (accepted running backs coach role at Florida State), and wide receivers coach Ryan Switzer (accepted offensive analyst role at Oregon).Replacing Robbins at offensive coordinator is Kevin Barbay. Tulsa represents the well-traveled Barbay’s fifth stop as an OC, after previously holding the position at Central Michigan (2021), Appalachian State (2022), Mississippi State (2023), and Houston (2024). He spent last year as an offensive analyst at Kentucky. The other notable staff newcomers are wide receivers coach BJ Johnson, who held the same gig for three years at Georgia Southern, and cornerbacks coach Cam Haney, fresh off a national championship as Indiana’s defensive quality control coach.Incumbent coaches who change roles include Dominique Davenport who transitions from special teams analyst to running backs coach, Dominique Franks who transitions from cornerbacks coach to passing game coordinator/nickels coach, and Tyler Dell who transition from defensive analyst to inside receivers coach.All other coordinators and position coaches remain in their same roles from 2025, including defensive coordinator Josh Reardon and special teams coordinator Carter Barfield.StatisticTotalAmerican Rank (of 14)National Rank (of 136)Points Per Game23.212100Total Offense397.91057Passing Yards Avg.222.4971Completion %58.912100Rush Yards Avg.175.5848Sack