Thought it would be fun to start a thread of names that you see/hear from the assistant realm that could be our future coach as each week of watching college football passes. Will be nice to see who can guess right, and how soon. Limit 2 per week.
[quote=āninerID, post:1, topic:23846ā]Thought it would be fun to start a thread of names that you see/hear from the assistant realm that could be our future coach as each week of watching college football passes. Will be nice to see who can guess right, and how soon. Limit 2 per week.
Canāt find his salary, but he succeeds Eric Wolford who was on contract for total $250k/yr and left to be the head coach at Youngstown State.[/quote]
Looks like he has legit qualifications. Most of his experience is with a top notch FCS program and has 1 season at a BCS school.
Pros: Obviously, his undefeated season at Auburn stands out on his resume. But itās worth noting that he also upgraded his DIII Samford (non-scholarship) to an FCS football school that went 12-2 (1AA Playoff semi-finalist) in only his 5th year as head coach at the program. Itās not unrealistic to think that we could triple his current salary.
Cons: If we ever did hire him, heāll be looking to interview at a bigger school from Day1. A sudden departure by a head coach at a brand-new program could have a crippling effect.
Larry Kehres- Mount Union- 18 undefeated regular seasons, 10 National titles, at a D3 school, maybe heās ready for a new challenge? or more money?
Chris Hatcher- Murray State- 89-21 record, tried moving up from D2 Valdosta State, where his success was, to Georgia Southern, but things didnāt work out, he tried bringing in his pass heavy offense to a traditional running school, and now he is at Murray State. He would do better to start new, and fresh with a new program, and he has his eyes on an FBS job, why not come to school and start fresh and a school that wants to be FBS one day. Has southern recruiting ties as well.
I think that the idea of IDās thread was that he would put up a coach once a week and weād spend the week talking about that ONE coach. Though Iām not sure we have enough to go on to do a week long discussion on most of the potential candidates.
Youāre right. I want multiple opinions, not just mine.
I think i may have a new #1 in my book. Even though i hate chapel Hill and went to Bandys (maidenās rival)
Kevin Wilson - OC Oklahoma
Born in Maiden, NC
48 years old
Played at UNC
Currently making $225k
2008 Broyles Award winner (award for nationās top assistant)
i really think the coaching hire will say a lot about what we intend to do.
ODU had no intention on being FBS when they made their hire and went to dII for a coach. USF had no intention of being considered FCS and went and got a 40 year old DC from a Big 12 school.
If Charlotte hires a 40 year old coach, his contract ABSOLUTELY MUST have a buyout clause of Eleventy Billion Dollars for taking any other job. At least up until his first contract extension. If the coach balks on a 5 year contract with an irrational buyout clause, then pass. USF needed a guy like Leavitt, but they also needed him to stick around for program stability.
I agree but this can be a tricky and sticky maneuver. We do not want to limit ourselves out of the gate.
Example: What if we had put the same stipulation on Foster and Rose in basketball and they turned us down. And then we went straight to Hal Wissel? The result would have been immediate Wisselball with no taste of success. We need a buyout clause, but not one that scares some good coaches away.
Pros: Obviously, his undefeated season at Auburn stands out on his resume. But itās worth noting that he also upgraded his DIII Samford (non-scholarship) to an FCS football school that went 12-2 (1AA Playoff semi-finalist) in only his 5th year as head coach at the program. Itās not unrealistic to think that we could triple his current salary.
Cons: If we ever did hire him, heāll be looking to interview at a bigger school from Day1. A sudden departure by a head coach at a brand-new program could have a crippling effect.[/quote]
I really like this idea.
I donāt know about him looking to move though. Heās 54 now. When football starts heāll be 57. If he is successful, weāll be successful. Meaning, weāll be increasing our stadium size and continuing on a path to being a good FBS program. Not many opportunities would rival that for a 60+ year old.
[font=verdana][size=12px]Mike Bellotti[/size][/font]
[font=verdana][size=12px]59 years old[/size][/font]
[font=verdana][size=12px]now with ESPN[/size][/font]
[font=verdana][size=12px]Built the #2 team in the nation[/size][/font]
[quote=āninerID, post:15, topic:23846ā][font=verdana][size=12px]Mike Bellotti[/size][/font]
[font=verdana][size=12px]59 years old[/size][/font]
[font=verdana][size=12px]now with ESPN[/size][/font]
[font=verdana][size=12px]Built the #2 team in the nation[/size][/font][/quote]I would be ok with that.
Greg Davis - Former Offensive Coordinator for Texas 1998-2010
-59 years old
-4 yeas head coaching experience at Tulane (not very good record at 14-31)
-Coached in the SE at Ark, Georgia and UNC-CH
-might be considered a retread since he was fired at Texas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Davis_%28American_football%29
[quote=āNormmm, post:19, topic:23846ā]Greg Davis - Former Offensive Coordinator for Texas 1998-2010
-59 years old
-4 yeas head coaching experience at Tulane (not very good record at 14-31)
-Coached in the SE at Ark, Georgia and UNC-CH
-might be considered a retread since he was fired at Texas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Davis_%28American_football%29[/quote]
[size=7]āF*** NOā
[/size]Quoting the Texas Alum who sits near me