SUN BELT FOOTBALL COMPANION GUIDE • ALPHABETICAL 14 OF 14
2026 Season Snapshot • Monroe, Louisiana
3-9 (1-7 Sun Belt)
SBC
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HEAD COACH
Bryant Vincent — 3rd season at ULM
LIFETIME COACHING RECORD
15–22 (college, 4 seasons incl. UAB interim)
A longtime South Alabama and UAB offensive coordinator (won the 2022 Bahamas Bowl as UAB's interim HC) hired by ULM in Dec. 2023. Improved the Warhawks from 2-10 to 5-7 in year one — the program's best record since 2019 — before a step back to 3-9 in 2025. In a genuinely unusual arrangement, Vincent also served as ULM's interim athletic director for several months in 2025 after AD John Hartwell's resignation, holding both jobs simultaneously.
ULM ATS RECORD
No single published career ATS figure
2025 finished 3-9 (1-7 Sun Belt), including a 73-0 road loss at Alabama. A real step back from the prior year's momentum, though ULM's offense is expected to improve significantly with a full season of QB Aidan Armenta at the controls.
HEAD COACH SALARY (2026)
$600K+
TEAM NIL VALUATION (EST.)
Not disclosed
PRIMARY NIL COLLECTIVE
Not publicly named
Coach salary per USA Today's 2024 compensation database (via HERO Sports); ULM increased its overall football coaching staff salary pool as part of Vincent's Dec. 2024 retention deal. ULM has not disclosed a team NIL figure.
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR
Jesse Montalto • 1st season • Multiple
New hire tasked with fixing an offense that averaged just 323 yds and 16.6 ppg in 2025. Inherits Aidan Armenta, a big, mobile passer with real experience, plus deep threat Nic Trujillo (16.0 yards/catch, team-high 4 TD in 2025) to build around.
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR
Earnest Hill • 3rd season • Base 4-2-5
Enters year three with real system continuity, anchored by senior linebacker Noah Flemmings, specifically flagged by outside evaluators as ULM's key returning player for 2026.
2025 RECORD
3–9 (1–7 Sun Belt)
A step back from 2024's 5-7 breakthrough, including a 73-0 road loss at Alabama. ULM's offensive struggles (16.6 ppg) were the clear driver, prompting the coordinator change for 2026.
HOME FIELD
Malone Stadium
Artificial turf (FieldTurf), Monroe. Home to a program that hasn't reached a bowl game since 2012 — the longest active drought in the Sun Belt — with real, specific reasons (a new OC, a returning experienced QB) for outside evaluators to flag 2026 as a genuine chance to end it.
| SLOT | PLAYER | YEAR | HS Stars | NOTES / NFL OUTLOOK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB1 | Aidan Armenta | — | ★★★★★ | Big, mobile passer with real first-year-starter experience (1,629 yds, 12 TD, 8 INT in 2025); outside evaluators expect real improvement in accuracy and production under new OC Jesse Montalto. |
| WR1 | Nic Trujillo | — | ★★★★★ | A genuine deep-threat weapon, averaging 16.0 yards per catch with a team- high 4 TD in 2025 — the clear top returning target for Armenta. |
Big, mobile passer with real first-year-starter experience (1,629 yds, 12 TD, 8 INT in 2025); outside evaluators expect real improvement in accuracy and production under new OC Jesse Montalto.
A genuine deep-threat weapon, averaging 16.0 yards per catch with a team- high 4 TD in 2025 — the clear top returning target for Armenta.
| PLAYER | POS | YEAR | HS Stars | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Line under new OC | OL | — | ★★★★★ | Adjusting to Jesse Montalto's new system after an offense that finished near the bottom of the Sun Belt in 2025; specific 2026 starters to be confirmed closer to Week 1. |
Adjusting to Jesse Montalto's new system after an offense that finished near the bottom of the Sun Belt in 2025; specific 2026 starters to be confirmed closer to Week 1.
| PLAYER | POS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Front seven under Hill | DL | Benefits from Earnest Hill's third-year system continuity, the clearest defensive stability on the roster. |
Benefits from Earnest Hill's third-year system continuity, the clearest defensive stability on the roster.
| PLAYER | POS | HS Stars | NOTES / NFL OUTLOOK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secondary under Hill | DB | ★★★★★ | Also benefits from third-year coordinator continuity; specific 2026 starters to be confirmed as fall camp progresses. |
Also benefits from third-year coordinator continuity; specific 2026 starters to be confirmed as fall camp progresses.
2025 ATS
4-8
33.3% cover rate — 75th of 82
2025 Straight up
3-9
Point differential -184
Scoring environment
48.5
Combined points per game — 61st highest of 82
Home / road ATS
1-4 · 3-4
Totals 6-6 O/U (1-4 home, 5-2 road)
Points scored / allowed
16.6 per game scored (79th) · 31.9 allowed (73rd)
Margin & schedule
Margin of victory -15.3 (80th) · Strength of schedule -12
SRS power rating
-22.7
82nd of 82 — projected points vs. a league-average team on a neutral field
Offensive SRS
-16.5
82nd of 82
Defensive SRS
-13.5
80th of 82
Points (margin of victory)
-15.3 · 80th of 82
Against the spread
4-8 (33.3%) · 75th of 82
Totals (combined PPG)
48.5 · 61st of 82
Computed from CollegeFootballData 2025 results and closing consensus lines.
Saved Just J research for ULM.
Vincent coached the football team while simultaneously serving as ULM's interim athletic director for several months in 2025 — a rare, real arrangement that speaks to both his standing at the school and the program's thin administrative resources.
The longest active bowl drought in this guide; outside evaluators frame 2026 explicitly as a "can this finally happen" referendum for the program.
QB Aidan Armenta (1,629 yds, 12 TD, 8 INT as a first-year starter) returns with new OC Jesse Montalto, whose system is specifically expected to fix an offense that averaged just 16.6 ppg in 2025.
A new offensive coordinator installing a new system is real variance — worth tracking early scoring and yardage numbers against 2025's bottom-of-conference marks as a sign of real improvement.
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