It got a lot tougher to recruit in the state of Florida this off-season...

From USA Today: Florida schools now have an absurdly good roster of college football coaches.

I started with their list and beefed it up in a couple of places. Yeah, it's a pretty impressive list!

Jimbo Fisher, Florida State
previous experience: Florida State OC,
77-17 career record, 4-2 in bowl games
2013 BCS National Champions

Jim McElwain, Florida
previous experience: Colorado State head coach, Alabama OC
39-24 career record, 1-1 bowl games
2015, 2016 SEC Eastern Conference title runner-ups

Mark Richt, Miami
previous experience: U of Georgia head coach, Florida State OC
153-55 career record, 10-5 in bowl games
2002, 2005 SEC Champions

Charlie Strong, South Florida (USF)
previous experience: U of Texas head coach, U of Louisville head coach
53-37 career record, 3-3 in bowl games
2011, 2012 Big East Champions

Butch Davis, Florida International (FIU)
previous experience: UNC head coach, Cleveland Browns head coach, U of Miami head coach
79-43 career record, 5-2 in bowl games
1995, 1996, 2000 Big East Champions

Scott Frost, Central Florida (UCF)
previous experience: Oregon OC
6-6 career record, 0-0 in bowl games

Lane Kiffin, Florida Atlantic (FAU)
previous experience: U of Alabama OC, USC head coach, U of Tennessee head coach, Oakland Raiders head coach
35–21 career record, college (5–15 in NFL), 0–2 in bowl games

BOTTOM LINE: That's just re-donk-u-lous! Look, as good as Florida is as a recruiting hotbed, there's just no way all of these guys can have success at the same time... I'm guessing half of them fail and lose their jobs within 4 years, tops (but I suppose I could be wrong). Meanwhile, Florida is going to feel like a very crowded state if you're a college football coach...

http://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2016/1...aches.html

(12-12-2016 03:53 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  It got a lot tougher to recruit in the state of Florida this off-season...

From USA Today: Florida schools now have an absurdly good roster of college football coaches.

I started with their list and beefed it up in a couple of places. Yeah, it's a pretty impressive list!

Jimbo Fisher, Florida State
previous experience: Florida State OC,
77-17 career record, 4-2 in bowl games
2013 BCS National Champions

Jim McElwain, Florida
previous experience: Colorado State head coach, Alabama OC
39-24 career record, 1-1 bowl games
2015, 2016 SEC Eastern Conference title runner-ups

Mark Richt, Miami
previous experience: U of Georgia head coach, Florida State OC
153-55 career record, 10-5 in bowl games
2002, 2005 SEC Champions

Charlie Strong, South Florida (USF)
previous experience: U of Texas head coach, U of Louisville head coach
53-37 career record, 3-3 in bowl games
2011, 2012 Big East Champions

Butch Davis, Florida International (FIU)
previous experience: UNC head coach, Cleveland Browns head coach, U of Miami head coach
79-43 career record, 5-2 in bowl games
1995, 1996, 2000 Big East Champions

Scott Frost, Central Florida (UCF)
previous experience: Oregon OC
6-6 career record, 0-0 in bowl games

Lane Kiffin, Florida Atlantic (FAU)
previous experience: U of Alabama OC, USC head coach, U of Tennessee head coach, Oakland Raiders head coach
35–21 career record, college (5–15 in NFL), 0–2 in bowl games

BOTTOM LINE: That's just re-donk-u-lous! Look, as good as Florida is as a recruiting hotbed, there's just no way all of these guys can have success at the same time... I'm guessing half of them fail and lose their jobs within 4 years, tops (but I suppose I could be wrong). Meanwhile, Florida is going to feel like a very crowded state if you're a college football coach...

http://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2016/1...aches.html

Butch Davis never won a NC?

(12-12-2016 04:33 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  Butch Davis never won a NC?

Nope. Butch was already gone and Larry Coker was coach when they won in 2001.

I was listening to the coot flagstation on the way home from work earlier and Heath Kline, a pretty fair show host who used to work in Florida covering the Gators, said that it's amazing to him that out of the seven FBS programs in Florida that the Gators head coach is probably the 6th most recognizable only ahead of Frost at UCF.

I'll say this....I think USF hit a home run with Charlie Strong. The people I know in HS coaching here loved him when he was in Columbia and he's got deep ties in Florida due to his four different stints with UF.

Strong move to Texas never made sense to me. I figured that when he left that he would be going to either Florida or FSU. He fits best in the state of Florida & he should be highly successful there. USF hit the jackpot. I can see Richt, Jimbo & Strong leading the Florida pack.