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My Coaching Wishlist!
Gladstone
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No real order, requirement only being prior head coaching experience:
Tim DeRuyter
Current job: Head coach, Fresno State (20-4 record)
-- Has an impressive history of turning around defenses. As a DC, he took Air Force from 78th in total D to 10th. At A&M, he inherited the 104th ranked scoring defense and had them #21 two years later. At Ohio, 99th to 22nd. At Nevada 78th to 48th.
-- Has experience around a tier 1 program as an assistant (A&M)
Jim Mora
Current job: Head coach, UCLA (18-8 record)
Other HC experience: Atlanta Falcons (26-22), Seattle Seahawks (5-11)
-- NFL head coach experience
-- Proven recruiter, emphasizes OL recruiting (thank fucking god)
-- Played and coached at UW during its glory years
-- Has openly expressed love for the University of Washington, including a declaration that despite coming off an 11-5 season, 1st place NFC East finish and NFC Championship Game Runner up, that he would leave his Atlanta Falcons team for the UW.
Pete Lembo
Current Job: Head Coach, Ball State (103-48 overall record as HC)
-- Proven head coach
-- Proven at building previously downtrodden programs (Lehigh was awful before he got there, he went 44-13)
Chuck Martin
Current job: Offensive Coordinator, Notre Dame
Other HC experience: DII Grand Valley State (74-7)
-- Was a beast at the D2 level as a head coach, with a ridiculous 74-7 record, national championships in 2005 and 2006, national championship runner up in 2009. They never lost a regular season game between 2005-2009. Broke all time D2 record with 40 consecutive wins from 2005-2007.
-- His resume looks frighteningly similar to Tressel’s at Youngstown State, except better .
-- Also serves as recruiting coordinator at ND, has done a much better job than the previous two regimes there.
Bobby Petrino
Current job: Head coach, Western Kentucky (7-4 record)
Other HC experience: Louisville(41-9), Arkansas (34-17), Atlanta Falcons (3-10)
-- Proven winner. Has twice turned once-defunct programs into exciting, BCS-level teams in three year spans.
-- Proven recruiter.
Craig Bohl
Current job: Head coach, North Dakota State (100-32 record)
-- Quietly has had an extremely impressive Tressel-esque FCS run, winning two national titles in 2011 and 2012. He hasn’t lost yet this year either.
-- Has experience around a tier 1 program as an assistant (Nebraska)
-- His teams are renowned for their line play and fundamentals.
Jim Tressel
Former coach, Youngstown State, Ohio State (229–79–2 record)
-- A Winner. A Recruiter. A fantastic fundamentals teacher.
Who else should be on this list? I am in a euphoric drunken stupor right now.
Tim DeRuyter
Current job: Head coach, Fresno State (20-4 record)
-- Has an impressive history of turning around defenses. As a DC, he took Air Force from 78th in total D to 10th. At A&M, he inherited the 104th ranked scoring defense and had them #21 two years later. At Ohio, 99th to 22nd. At Nevada 78th to 48th.
-- Has experience around a tier 1 program as an assistant (A&M)
Jim Mora
Current job: Head coach, UCLA (18-8 record)
Other HC experience: Atlanta Falcons (26-22), Seattle Seahawks (5-11)
-- NFL head coach experience
-- Proven recruiter, emphasizes OL recruiting (thank fucking god)
-- Played and coached at UW during its glory years
-- Has openly expressed love for the University of Washington, including a declaration that despite coming off an 11-5 season, 1st place NFC East finish and NFC Championship Game Runner up, that he would leave his Atlanta Falcons team for the UW.
Pete Lembo
Current Job: Head Coach, Ball State (103-48 overall record as HC)
-- Proven head coach
-- Proven at building previously downtrodden programs (Lehigh was awful before he got there, he went 44-13)
Chuck Martin
Current job: Offensive Coordinator, Notre Dame
Other HC experience: DII Grand Valley State (74-7)
-- Was a beast at the D2 level as a head coach, with a ridiculous 74-7 record, national championships in 2005 and 2006, national championship runner up in 2009. They never lost a regular season game between 2005-2009. Broke all time D2 record with 40 consecutive wins from 2005-2007.
-- His resume looks frighteningly similar to Tressel’s at Youngstown State, except better .
-- Also serves as recruiting coordinator at ND, has done a much better job than the previous two regimes there.
Bobby Petrino
Current job: Head coach, Western Kentucky (7-4 record)
Other HC experience: Louisville(41-9), Arkansas (34-17), Atlanta Falcons (3-10)
-- Proven winner. Has twice turned once-defunct programs into exciting, BCS-level teams in three year spans.
-- Proven recruiter.
Craig Bohl
Current job: Head coach, North Dakota State (100-32 record)
-- Quietly has had an extremely impressive Tressel-esque FCS run, winning two national titles in 2011 and 2012. He hasn’t lost yet this year either.
-- Has experience around a tier 1 program as an assistant (Nebraska)
-- His teams are renowned for their line play and fundamentals.
Jim Tressel
Former coach, Youngstown State, Ohio State (229–79–2 record)
-- A Winner. A Recruiter. A fantastic fundamentals teacher.
Who else should be on this list? I am in a euphoric drunken stupor right now.
Comments
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Lembo fits the profile a lot better than I realized.
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Why No Doug Nussmeier? He has a natty ring. Plus his resume trumps all those guys - jzimmeht and friends
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Too many guys not named Mora.
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For an assistant, I like Chuck Martin. While he is an offensive coordinator at Notre Dame, he has a defensive background. He would be near or at the bottom of that list, but I would take any of those guys over Sark. At least those guys have the potential of being great coaches. Sark does not.
I love Bohl. Going for your third straight championship is the mark of a great coach. I also like it that he has had a down year or two and seems to have learned from it, like Don James. Nebraska should hire him if/when they let Petrino go. -
TheKobeStopper said:
Too many guys not named Brian Kelly or Brian Kelly.
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Roaddawg we need a celebratory podcast!
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It's coming. Hopefully, we have even more to celebrate tomorrow.Gladstone said:Roaddawg we need a celebratory podcast!
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I like the list except Mora... I think hire-the-alum is a mistake as you well know. It makes the fans feel good, but let's face it, if Mora had no association with Don James he'd be a just another respectable face in the crowd of prominent coaches.
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Watch my sig pic then pop off.ApostleofGrief said:I like the list except Mora... I think hire-the-alum is a mistake as you well know. It makes the fans feel good, but let's face it, if Mora had no association with Don James he'd be a just another respectable face in the crowd of prominent coaches.
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Completely disagree and you aren't looking at the facts of what Mora has done at UCLA. All coaching hires are a risk, and I don't think Mora is perfect, but the early returns show he is a damn good coach. I'm all for looking at the pros and cons of Mora, but from everyone's perspective but yours and Kim Grinolds', he would be a home run hire.ApostleofGrief said:I like the list except Mora... I think hire-the-alum is a mistake as you well know. It makes the fans feel good, but let's face it, if Mora had no association with Don James he'd be a just another respectable face in the crowd of prominent coaches.
