 In 2015, after they started the season 3–0, the Orange collapsed, losing 8 of their final 9 games to finish the season 4-8, and on November 23, 2015, it was announced that Shafer would be fired after the last game of the 2015 campaign.After an extensive coaching search, Syracuse announced the hiring of Bowling Green head coach Dino Babers as the new Orange head football coach.Babers is the first African-American head coach in school history.