Vanderbilt fires Derek Mason day after Sarah Fuller kicks for Commodores

The Vanderbilt Commodores are winless and Derek Mason is out as head coach

Derek Mason helped Sarah Fuller and Vanderbilt make college football history Saturday. A day later, the coach was history.

The winless Commodores announced Sunday they have fired Mason. The decision comes amid an 0-8 season that saw them crushed 41-0 by Missouri in Columbia.

That was the game where Fuller, the soccer goalkeeper, became the first woman to play in a Power 5 Conference game.

Offensive coordinator Todd Fitch will serve as interim head coach until a replacement for Mason is named

Mason had been coach since 2014 and never had a team with a .500 record in the brutal SEC. He finishes 27-55. These Commodores have been outscored 294-116.

“On behalf of the entire Vanderbilt community, I want to extend my deepest gratitude to Coach Mason for his many years of dedication and service leading our football program,” athletics director Candice Lee said in a statement. “Derek cares deeply about the student-athletes under his charge. His tenure at Vanderbilt will be remembered for his steadfast commitment to our student-athletes, not only on the field but in the classroom and as young people.”