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Boston College fired Jeff Jagodzinski on Wednesday, days after he was warned of dismissal if he interviewed for the coaching job with the New York Jets.

BC athletics director Gene DeFilippo told Jagodzinski on Saturday that his job would be in jeopardy if he went through with the Jets interview. Jagodzinski met with the Jets on Tuesday night.

A few hours later, at a Wednesday morning meeting lasting 25 minutes, DeFilippo told Jagodzinski he was out.

"We're really good friends and this is a very difficult thing to do," DeFilippo, appearing despondent, said at a news conference.

DeFilippo said he fired Jagodzinski over a "difference of vision for the future." Jagodzinski has been BC's coach for two years and had three years left on his contract.

DeFilippo said he would name an interim coach soon and interview at least two candidates from outside Boston College but would talk first with any current assistants who are interested.

HEADED FOR NFL: Junior wide receiver Kevin Ogletree is leaving Virginia to enter the NFL draft after leading the team with 58 reception this season. ... Also leaving is Florida State pass rusher Everette Brown, who led the ACC in sacks and tackles for loss this past season. ... Joining them is Maryland wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey. ... Leaving Georgia for the NFL are Mattheew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno. Stafford had 25 TD passes this season, and Moreno is just the second Georgia player to rush for more than 1,000 yhards in consecutive seasons.

TRANSFERRING: Louisville's football coach says quarterback Matt Simms will transfer from the program.

In a statement from the university, coach Steve Kragthorpe says Simms told him of his desire to transfer and said he wishes Simms the best. The release did not say where Simms would go. Simms is the son of Phil Simms, the 1987 Super Bowl MVP and television sports broadcaster.

YALE: Jacksonville Jaguars defensive assistant Tom Williams was introduced as the head football coach at Yale, making him the first African American to hold the job and only the second black coach in the Ivy League.

LSU: Ron Cooper, a former college head coach who has guided the South Carolina defense for the past five years, has been hired as LSU's new secondary coach.

TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE: Former Baylor and Kentucky coach Guy Morriss was hired to coach Division II Texas A&M-Commerce.

Morriss, who was fired by Baylor in November 2007 after compiling an 18-40 record over five seasons, had been executive associate head coach for football development and offensive line coach at Kentucky State last season. He had a 9-14 record at Kentucky from 2001-02.