As a Big Ten job, the general thought in the industry is that Purdue should be able to spend well. Can the Boilermakers make a big splash?

BLOOMINGTON — Ryan Walters wants to be Purdue football's head coach. But when he's asked if he's going to be moving forward, Walters can't answer that. He just coached a 1-11 team that suffered the worst loss in Boilermaker history twice in a span of 11 games after Indiana's merciless 66-0 bludgeoning of Purdue at Memorial Stadium Saturday night.

Purdue football fired Ryan Walters after two seasons. These five names look like the most qualified to turn around the Boilermakers.

Purdue can’t afford to be wrong for the second time in two years. The right hire, for Purdue, will always be a coach with offensive success.

Athlon Sports’ Steven Lassan surveys the college football landscape to compile a list of likely candidates to succeed Ryan Walters at Purdue.

Naturally, much of the discussion as a part of the fallout from a season like this is about who should be sticking around for next year. That conversation starts with head coach Ryan Walters, who is in his second season with the program. Walters got Purdue to four wins in 2023 before regressing to the worst team in the Power Four this season.

After coaching the Purdue Boilermakers to just five wins in two years, Purdue University has fired head football coach Ryan Walters.

After going 5-19 in his two seasons at West Lafeyette, Walters was let go Sunday with three years left on his contract