Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy has no real interest in this being his remaining season in control of the Cowboys, he instructed reporters in a information convention Monday afternoon.
“one hundred pc,” Gundy stated when requested if he supposed to stay at Oklahoma State past the 2025 season.
Gundy addressed what he known as “honest questions” over his future with the Cowboys on Monday, three days after Oklahoma State fell to 1-2 in a 19-12 defeat to Tulsa on Friday night time, which marked this system’s first house loss to the Golden Hurricane since 1951. The Cowboys have now dropped 11 of their previous 12 video games relationship to the beginning of the 2024 season with 11 consecutive defeats in opposition to FBS opponents, the longest such streak amongst Energy 4 applications nationally.
Talking after the sport, Gundy praised the house crowd of 48,842 for its assist and emphasised his dedication to bettering his workforce transferring ahead. On the seventeenth anniversary of his notorious “I am a person, I am 40” rant, Gundy reiterated that sentiment Monday forward of a Week 5 go to from Baylor (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN 2) to open Huge 12 play on Saturday.
“I am underneath contract, right here, for I feel 3½ years,” Gundy stated. “Once I was employed right here to take this job, ever since that day, I’ve put my coronary heart and soul into this and I’ll proceed to try this till in some unspecified time in the future, if I say I do not need to do it or if any individual else says we do not need you to do it.”
Oklahoma State added greater than 60 new gamers previous to the 2024 season following a 3-9 end and an 0-9 run by convention play a 12 months in the past. Two weeks after struggling a 69-3 loss at Oregon on Sept. 6, the Cowboys gave up 11 performs of 15-plus yards, made simply three journeys to the crimson zone and have been outgained 424-403 in opposition to Tulsa solely six days after the Golden Hurricane’s 19-point loss to Navy in Week 3.
Gundy stated Monday that he believes the errors which have plagued Oklahoma State over the primary month of the season are “fixable,” including that his “demeanor” and “day by day operation” throughout the program stays unchanged regardless of heightened noise round his job safety this fall.
“It is concerning the workforce and concerning the group,” stated Gundy, now in his twenty first season main the Cowboys. “That is the way in which I see it. It will all the time be that means. However I like what I do. I’ve the very same quantity of power that I’ve had from Day 1 doing this.”
Hypothesis surrounding Gundy’s place is effervescent as related questions hover over the way forward for Oklahoma State athletic director Chad Weiberg, who has been working and not using a contract since June.
Gundy will probably be owed $15 million by the college if the varsity strikes to fireplace the 58-year-old coach with out trigger previous to the tip of the 2025 season. Because the Cowboys put together to host Baylor on Saturday, Gundy made his public emotions about his future with this system clear.
“I am going to get individuals [with] textual content messages saying, ‘Man, you’ve got achieved this all this time. You do not want this. You do not want that. What are you doing? Why are you doing this?'” Gundy stated. “It’s nonetheless enjoyable for me.”