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Mike Gundy to join ESPN Coaches Film Room for national championship

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Former Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy will be on ESPN’s Coaches Film Room broadcast during the national championship on Monday. The show, which ESPN is airing for the first time in four years, will be on ESPNU.

Gundy will be joined by fellow former head coaches Steve Addazio, Dave Clawson and Gene Chizik, along with ESPN’s Zubin Mehenti and rules analyst Jerry McGinn. Gundy was Oklahoma State’s head coach from 2005-25.

The school’s athletic administration fired Gundy on Sept. 23 after the Cowboys began the 2025 campaign with a 1-2 record. Gundy was included as a candidate in several coaching searches following the regular season, but was ultimately not hired by any program.

In his 21 seasons at the helm of Oklahoma State, Gundy led the program to a 170-90 overall record, a 102-72 mark in conference play, four conference championship game appearances and one Big 12 title. Gundy’s best season at Oklahoma State was in 2011, when he guided the Cowboys to a 12-1 record.

That team won the Fiesta Bowl and finished third in the AP Top 25 rankings. During new Oklahoma State head coach Eric Morris‘ introductory press conference, he praised Gundy for his successful tenure as the Cowboys’ HC.

“I’ve known Mike for a long time. I’ve known his brother Cale for a long time. Gunnar (Gundy) is in there working right now,” Morris said. “Not only was he a great coach that established such a winning tradition here, but he’s also just a great player here. … It’s kind of a guy that I would consider bleeds orange. So hopefully I’ll have the chance here in the near future to sit down and really pick his brain.

“… “The first six months is always important when you get to a new place, at a new job, to figure out the things he thinks that we do really well around here, and then maybe some avenues that we need to get better in… Figuring out your strengths and weaknesses early, I think, allows us to identify some problems and start working towards solutions to those problems.”

Even when Gundy wasn’t winning games, he never failed to entertain. From iconic rants at press conferences to radio shows at senior community centers, Gundy knows how to engage an audience. Now, he’ll look to put his entertainment skills to use in front of a national audience.