The program has seldom been able to perpetuate competence, much less success — to compete for recruits against schools whose football programs run those schools is absurd.

The Temple University athletic department announced that Stan Drayton is leaving the Owl football program after joining the team as head coach in 2021.

"I would like to extend my appreciation to Coach Drayton for his commitment to Temple University, our student-athletes and the football program over the past three years," Temple athletic director Arthur Johnson said in a statement.