(12-11-2015 09:44 PM)bronconick Wrote:  You got rid of Ruffin McNeal to hire Brady Hoke.

What the **** were you thinking ECU?

Hoke is a good coach. He's done well at every place except Michigan. He inherited a disaster when he got there and wasn't given enough time to turn it around.

(12-12-2015 10:11 AM)Nebraskafan Wrote:  Well, sometimes schools can be dumb and fire a coach and make a downgrade with the new hire.

Hi Georgia!

Would have been the same with LSU.

Georgia did the right thing. It was time for Richt to go.

Call it my OCD..... Can somebody fix Kirby Smart and list as former Alabama DC.....currently listed as OC

(12-12-2015 01:58 PM)otown Wrote:  Call it my OCD..... Can somebody fix Kirby Smart and list as former Alabama DC.....currently listed as OC

Consider it done.

(12-12-2015 10:30 AM)hawghiggs Wrote:  

(12-11-2015 09:44 PM)bronconick Wrote:  You got rid of Ruffin McNeal to hire Brady Hoke.

What the **** were you thinking ECU?

Hoke is a good coach. He's done well at every place except Michigan. He inherited a disaster when he got there and wasn't given enough time to turn it around.

uh, What am I missing? Didn't Hoke go to the sugar bowl his first year at Mich, then gradually got a little worse each year?

Quote:-Missouri (Barry Odom, Memphis DC- Hired)

Wow. Memphis did not seem to have a great defense. Lots of shoot-outs. I question that hire.

Quote:What the **** were you thinking ECU?

The more I think about it, the more I think it was more personal than performance. So as soon as he hit a losing season, they (too) abruptly cut the cord on him. Not a good call, but it's one that would at least make some sense on some level.

(12-12-2015 07:50 PM)toddjnsn Wrote:  

Quote:-Missouri (Barry Odom, Memphis DC- Hired)

Wow. Memphis did not seem to have a great defense. Lots of shoot-outs. I question that hire.

Quote:What the **** were you thinking ECU?

The more I think about it, the more I think it was more personal than performance. So as soon as he hit a losing season, they (too) abruptly cut the cord on him. Not a good call, but it's one that would at least make some sense on some level.

Odum was Mizzou's DC.

Fixed... Remember, I am but a rank amateur...

Looks like ECU is being filled http://wnct.com/2015/12/12/report-ecu-to...all-coach/

Not sure how happy ECU fans will be this hire. Glad to see Coach McNeil wind up as as an Assistant HC and LB coach at UVA under Coach Bronco Mendenhall.

(12-12-2015 11:02 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  Looks like ECU is being filled http://wnct.com/2015/12/12/report-ecu-to...all-coach/

Not sure how happy ECU fans will be this hire. Glad to see Coach McNeil wind up as as an Assistant HC and LB coach at UVA under Coach Bronco Mendenhall.

Montgomery is a solid coach, but not a ton of experience. Being so young it's going to depend on the staff around him.

So the following two things happened (independently), correct?

- Georgia fired its head coach and hired Alabama's DC as its new HC ... then Alabama hires the Georgia DC to be its new DC

- Rutgers fired its head coach and hired Ohio State's OC as its new HC ... then Ohio State hires the Rutgers HC to be its new DC


Take that!

(12-11-2015 01:16 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(12-11-2015 01:12 PM)stever20 Wrote:  Sounds like Tulane is hiring Georgia Southern coach Willie Fritz....

That's what the GSU guys I know are saying.

I wonder how much of an "upgrade" that is? Obviously G5 to G5, but hopefully a decent pay raise.

(12-13-2015 11:10 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  

(12-11-2015 01:16 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(12-11-2015 01:12 PM)stever20 Wrote:  Sounds like Tulane is hiring Georgia Southern coach Willie Fritz....

That's what the GSU guys I know are saying.

I wonder how much of an "upgrade" that is? Obviously G5 to G5, but hopefully a decent pay raise.

Fritz made about 550k this year at GS and was offered around 800k to stay. Tulane is paying 1.2 mil so money talks...

(10-12-2015 10:28 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  So the annual Coaching Carousel is spinning early this year. So far, we have confirmed openings at

ACC
-Virginia Tech (Justin Fuente, Memphis HC- Hired)
-Miami (Mark Richt, Former Georgia HC- Hired)
-Virginia (Bronco Mendenhall, BYU HC- Hired)
-Syracuse (Dino Babers, Bowling Green HC- Hired)

Big 10
-Illinois (Bill Cubit, Interim- Hired)
-Maryland (DJ Durkin, Michigan OC- Hired)
-Minnesota (Tracy Claeys, Minnesota DC/Interim-Hired)
-Rutgers (Chris Ash, OSU DC- Hired)

Big XII
-Iowa State (Matt Campbell, Toledo HC- Hired)


PAC 12
-USC (Clay Helton, USC Interim- Hired)

SEC
-Georgia (Kirby Smart, Alabama DC- Hired)
-Missouri (Barry Odom, Missouri DC- Hired)
-South Carolina (Will Muschamp, Auburn DC-Hired)

And...
AAC
-UCF (Scott Frost, Oregon OC- Hired)
-ECU (Scott Montgomery, Duke OC- Hired)
-Memphis (Mike Norvell, Arizona State OC- Hired)
-Tulane (Willie Fritz, Georgia Southern HC- Hired)

CUSA
-North Texas (Seth Littrell, North Carolona OC- Hired)

Independent
-BYU (Bronco Mendenhall, to Virginia)

MAC
-Bowling Green (Mike Jinks, Texas Tech RB Coach- Hired)
-Toledo (Jason Candle, Toledo OC- Hired)

Mountain West
-Hawai'i (Nick Rolovich-Nevada OC-Hired)

Sun Belt
-Georgia Southern (Willie Fritz- to Tulane)
-Louisiana-Monroe (Todd Berry-Fired)

So here are the openings and some rumored openings... Also let me know some "Hot Seat" situations and I'll add those in conjunction with the "Hot Seat" thread....but only the bona fide "hot seat" coaches, not the "speculative" ones.

***OP Updated to reflect ECU hiring Scott Montgomery, Duke OC***

Navy HC Ken Niumatalolo is interviewing at BYU today. Doesn't look like anyone really knows whether he is serious about that job or giving BYU a courtesy interview because he is a devout Mormon.

(12-14-2015 01:21 PM)Wedge Wrote:  Navy HC Ken Niumatalolo is interviewing at BYU today. Doesn't look like anyone really knows whether he is serious about that job or giving BYU a courtesy interview because he is a devout Mormon.

sure seemed like he thinks it's over at Navy- his post game interview on Saturday sure seemed like it.

(12-14-2015 01:21 PM)Wedge Wrote:  Navy HC Ken Niumatalolo is interviewing at BYU today. Doesn't look like anyone really knows whether he is serious about that job or giving BYU a courtesy interview because he is a devout Mormon.

That would be a slam dunk hire for BYU.

And a huge blow to Navy losing their best coach in the modern era.

(12-14-2015 04:34 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  

(12-14-2015 01:21 PM)Wedge Wrote:  Navy HC Ken Niumatalolo is interviewing at BYU today. Doesn't look like anyone really knows whether he is serious about that job or giving BYU a courtesy interview because he is a devout Mormon.

That would be a slam dunk hire for BYU.

And a huge blow to Navy losing their best coach in the modern era.

Paul Johnson built the program into what it is today, so I would argue he was the best Navy coach in recent history. Niumatalolo has kept the train running, but PJ took over a winless team and turned it into a perennial bowl program.

Makes you wonder who Navy would tap to replace him... The obvious answer was Willie Fritz from Georgia Southern, but he just got hired by Tulane.

(12-14-2015 09:19 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  Makes you wonder who Navy would tap to replace him... The obvious answer was Willie Fritz from Georgia Southern, but he just got hired by Tulane.

Ivan Jasper their OC ever since Paul Johnson left for Georgia Tech.