Golden was named head football coach at Temple University in December 2005 , as the second-youngest head coach in NCAA football at that time , behind Northwestern 's Pat Fitzgerald . Temple had a record of 3 – 31 during the three years before Golden was hired , and had just been thrown out of the Big East Conference for non-competitiveness . In Golden 's first three years at the helm , Temple recorded 1 – 11 in 2006 , 4 – 8 in 2007 and then 5 – 7 mark in 2008 . The 2008 record was the best for the program since a 7 – 4 mark in 1990
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Al Golden