Sources: Boise State to fire football coach Andy Avalos

Boise State, which has struggled to a 5-5 start this season, is firing football coach Andy Avalos after two-plus seasons, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Sunday.

The Broncos, coming off a 42-14 victory against New Mexico on Saturday night, remain in contention for a Mountain West championship.

Avalos, the 2022 Mountain West Coach of the Year after guiding the Broncos to a 10-4 record, was 22-14 in his two-plus seasons as Boise State's coach.

Avalos was a former Boise State player and assistant coach who was Oregon's defensive coordinator when his alma mater hired him to replace Bryan Harsin as head coach after the 2020 season. Harsin had left to become Auburn's coach.

At Oregon, Avalos was a 2019 semifinalist for the Broyles Award, given to the top assistant coach in college football.

This was his second stint at Boise State, where he also served as an assistant from 2012 to 2018, including three seasons as defensive coordinator.