Oregon State football’s national coaching search is underway.

Trent Bray was fired Sunday morning, and Robb Akey will lead the Beavers (0-7) for the remainder of the 2025 season.

With OSU heading into the rebooted Pac-12 next season, who are some of the leading candidates to take over in Corvallis?

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Brent Vigen (HC, Montana State)

Vigen’s name is already being floated as a possible candidate for the OSU job. The former North Dakota State tight end began his career at his alma mater, and later served as offensive coordinator at Wyoming from 2014 to 2020 — including two full seasons with Josh Allen as his starting quarterback. He was hired at Montana State in 2021.

Vigen is 52-12 with the Bobcats. He was the favorite to take the Washington State job before negotiations

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