Oregon State football fired Trent Bray on October 12 after an 0-7 start. After striking out on other targets, such as Tim Polasek of North Dakota State , the Beavers have found the new man to lead their program.

According to Pete Thamel of ESPN, JaMarcus Shephard has agreed to a five-year deal with Oregon State to become the new head coach. He is currently the assistant head coach and wide receiver coach at Alabama.

CBS Sports reported that Shephard had become the primary target on Thursday , after other coaches signed extensions with their programs.

This will be the first chance for the current assistant to be a head coach. After his playing career at DePauw ended, he entered coaching at the high school ranks. He then joined Willie Taggert's staff at Western Kentucky, first as

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