Brent Vigen
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MSU Football Coach Brent Vigen Appointed to NCAA Rules Subcommittee
10/17/2025 10:13:00 AM | Football
Top Cat will help review and formulate Division I football rules
BOZEMAN, Mont. (Oct. 17, 2025) – Brent Vigen, Montana State's fifth-year head football coach, has been appointed to the NCAA Division I Football Rules Subcommittee, the NCAA announced.
The Division I Football Rules Subcommittee is charged with managing the sport's competition rules and reports to the Division I FBS and FCS Oversight Committees. The subcommittee monitors trends in the sport, such as statistics and penalty data, and investigates topics as directed by the oversight committees. Any proposals made by the rules subcommittee must be approved by the oversight committees before implementation.
Vigen's term on the 15-member subcommittee began this week and runs through Aug. 31, 2027. He is one of four coaches on the subcommittee, joining LSU's Brian Kelly, Northern Illinois' Thomas Hammock and Blaine McCorkle of Northwestern State.
Vigen has led Montana State to FCS Championship Game appearances after the 2021 and 2024 seasons, to Big Sky titles in 2022 and 2024, and earned the Stats Perform Eddie Robinson FCS Coach of the Year Award last season. His record with the Cats is 52-12.
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The Division I Football Rules Subcommittee is charged with managing the sport's competition rules and reports to the Division I FBS and FCS Oversight Committees. The subcommittee monitors trends in the sport, such as statistics and penalty data, and investigates topics as directed by the oversight committees. Any proposals made by the rules subcommittee must be approved by the oversight committees before implementation.
Vigen's term on the 15-member subcommittee began this week and runs through Aug. 31, 2027. He is one of four coaches on the subcommittee, joining LSU's Brian Kelly, Northern Illinois' Thomas Hammock and Blaine McCorkle of Northwestern State.
Vigen has led Montana State to FCS Championship Game appearances after the 2021 and 2024 seasons, to Big Sky titles in 2022 and 2024, and earned the Stats Perform Eddie Robinson FCS Coach of the Year Award last season. His record with the Cats is 52-12.
#GoCatsGo
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