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New Idaho coordinators Ian Shoemaker, Lee Stalker detail plans for offense, defense

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 7, 2026

MOSCOW, Idaho – Transfer portal season is about as dynamic as a tornado. However, Idaho’s new offensive and defensive coordinators voiced common themes of needing limited but specific help from the portal and expecting to have those needs addressed in a week or so.

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Idaho football hires Lee Stalker as defensive coordinator

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 23, 2025

MOSCOW, Idaho — Idaho football has found the man tasked with leading its defensive unit.

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Idaho football hires Ian Shoemaker as new offensive coordinator

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 16, 2025

MOSCOW, Idaho – Ian Shoemaker, a veteran coach who boasts head-coaching experience in the Northwest and a history of success in the Big Sky Conference, has been named the new offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach for Idaho's football team.

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Catching up with Thomas Ford Jr: Idaho football coach talks 2025, his recruiting class, and much more

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 13, 2025

With his first full season now in the books, Idaho Vandals football coach Thomas Ford Jr. is shifting quickly into offseason mode, conducting exit meetings, signing commits, working the transfer portal and looking to rebuild part of his coaching staff.

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OL Kingston Kerkhoff, RB Kenny Golston highlight impressive Idaho football recruiting class

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 4, 2025

Reading the tea leaves in recruiting is always a fun but frequently frustrating endeavor. In looking for subtle tells about how the University of Idaho did, however, there is this: the Vandals had a class of 20 signed up by noon. These new Vandals want to be Vandals.

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EWU safety Jaylon Jenkins named First Team All-Big Sky; Idaho puts two players on first team

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 26, 2025

Following a standout season when he led the league in interceptions, Eastern Washington safety Jaylon Jenkins was named a first-team All-Big Sky selection on Wednesday, when the league announced its season accolades.

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Idaho parts ways with offensive coordinator Matt Linehan

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 25, 2025

Matt Linehan is no longer the offensive coordinator of the Idaho football team.

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Idaho State thumps Idaho 37-16 to end disappointing season

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 22, 2025

A dispirited, disjointed and increasingly desperate Idaho team found itself at the mercy of Idaho State, which took consistent advantage of a short passing attack plus several long plays and limited the Vandals to a pedestrian 259 yards of offense for the game while amassing 404 of its own. The Bengals put Idaho in a virtually bottomless hole in the first half.

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Things to watch: Vandals must find offensive rhythm in season finale

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 21, 2025

For a pair of teams that have not reached the playoffs and know their season is ending, Idaho’s game against Idaho State looks both forward to a better future and back to a year that might have been.

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Idaho hopes to salvage season with rivalry win over Idaho State

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 21, 2025

MOSCOW, Idaho – So, it comes down to this: Idaho and Idaho State will conclude the football season playing for an 18-pound slab of Douglas fir chain-sawed into the shape of a potato by UI assistant athletics director Jerek Wolcott

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Vandal football fans rally to support head coach Thomas Ford Jr. after fine

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 19, 2025

Idaho fans did not wait for the dust to settle. Within hours of the Big Sky Conference announcing a $2,500 fine against University of Idaho head football coach Thomas Ford Jr., “Tubs at the Club,” a podcast that covers Vandal athletics, organized a GoFundMe page to cover Ford’s penalty. The page surged past its goal in a matter of hours, turning a moment of frustration into an online rallying point for a fanbase fed up with Big Sky officiating and eager to stand behind its first-year coach.

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Empty apology: Big Sky acknowledges officiating error as Idaho football moves focus to finale

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 18, 2025

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New Idaho coordinators Ian Shoemaker, Lee Stalker detail plans for offense, defense

Idaho football hires Lee Stalker as defensive coordinator

Idaho football hires Ian Shoemaker as new offensive coordinator

Catching up with Thomas Ford Jr: Idaho football coach talks 2025, his recruiting class, and much more

OL Kingston Kerkhoff, RB Kenny Golston highlight impressive Idaho football recruiting class

EWU safety Jaylon Jenkins named First Team All-Big Sky; Idaho puts two players on first team

Idaho parts ways with offensive coordinator Matt Linehan

Idaho State thumps Idaho 37-16 to end disappointing season

Things to watch: Vandals must find offensive rhythm in season finale

Idaho hopes to salvage season with rivalry win over Idaho State

Vandal football fans rally to support head coach Thomas Ford Jr. after fine

Empty apology: Big Sky acknowledges officiating error as Idaho football moves focus to finale