Portland State fired football coach Bruce Barnum and his staff Saturday night, hours after the Vikings finished the season with a 24-13 loss at Northern Colorado.

Athletic director Matt Billings made the announcement after speaking to the team.

The Vikings lost their last three games to finish 1-11 overall and 1-7 in the Big Sky Conference.

In 11 seasons at Portland State, the 61-year-old Barnum was 39-75 overall and 29-51 in the conference. He had his only winning season in 2015, going 9-3 overall and 6-2 in the Big Sky.

A Vancouver native and resident, Barnum graduated from Columbia River High School in 1982. He went on to play linebacker at Eastern Washington before returning to coach Columbia River in 1987-88.

Barnum began his collegiate coaching career as Western Washington’s off

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