Jimbo Fisher expresses interest in return to coaching: ‘I miss the competition’

National Championship-winning head coach Jimbo Fisher has yet to return to a college football sideline since being fired by Texas A&M 10 games into the 2023 season. In the time since his firing, Fisher has picked up a role as an analyst for the ACC Network. Fisher was ever present at ACC Media Days this week in Charlotte, ahead of what will be his second season with the network. However, he revealed to The Athletic that he indeed has interest in returning to coaching at some point. $19.99 gets you a FULL year of On3 | Rivals national coverage Since beginning his coaching journey as a graduate assistant as Samford in 1990, Fisher had never gone more than a season off the sideline. Now, heading into the third full season without leading a team, the Clarksburg, West Va. native “misses the competition.” “The relationship with players. The competition. I miss the competition. I miss recruiting. If I can recruit without money, I can recruit with money. I promise you that,” Fisher told The Athletic. “But I miss the competition, the gameplanning. That was never work to me. That was fun. It was a grind, but it was fun.” Jimbo Fisher has not coached since 2023 season at Texas A&M Fisher solidified himself as one of the sport’s great coaches during his tenure at Florida State, in which he led the Seminoles to an 83-23 (48-16) record from 2010-17, including a National Championship in 2013. This led to Fisher sign a monstrous 10-year, $75 million contract with Texas A&M ahead of the 2018 season, where he was tasked with leading the Aggies to their first National Title since 1939. He never quite reached the expectations set for him in College Station, however, as the Aggies failed to reach 10 wins in any of his first five seasons at the helm. Following a 5-7 campaign in 2022 and a 6-4 start to the 2023 season, Fisher was handed his walking papers. Years later now, Fisher claimed that he would return to coaching at any place that would “give us a fair chance to win.” “Anyone that would give us a fair chance to win,” Fisher said, when asked about the right fit as a head coach. “It doesn’t have to be elite-elite. I’ve coached in different levels, (FCS), Cincinnati, different places. It’s just coaching ball.” Whether it’s as an offensive coordinator or a head coach, Jimbo Fisher has shown that he is more than capable of leading teams to victory. He has also shown that he certainly has the fastball when it comes to recruiting, as Texas A&M hauled in a top-15 recruiting class every season of his tenure. In this day and age of NIL and the transfer portal, Fisher could potentially return to prior glory atop the college football landscape if given a chance.