https://www.herald-dispatch.com/_recent_...07565.html



And then, it appears that getting West is pretty sweet, as well.... this, from the press release when he was hired at Charlotte...

Quote:West, who has 20 years of college coaching experience including stints at Virginia, Old Dominion and James Madison, coached this past season at Howard University. He served as co-Defensive Coordinator, Cornerbacks Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for head coach Mike London as the Bison went 7-4 and held opponents to less than 25 points in seven of their final eight games (6-2). He spent six seasons at Virginia, where he was Cornerbacks Coach and Recruiting Coordinator.

"He brings a lot of experience in the secondary and with cornerback play," Lambert said. "He's been a successful recruiting coordinator who has familiarity with North Carolina and Virginia. He brings experience from the ACC and he was at ODU when they started that program. He comes highly recommended from coach London. We're excited about the leadership he'll bring to our corners. He's the kind of man we want leading our players not only from a football standpoint but from a character standpoint."

"I'm ecstatic about coming to the 49ers," West said. "It's a great opportunity. I'm grateful coach Lambert gave me the opportunity to become a member of the 49er family. I know North Carolina is the point of emphasis as far as recruiting and building a fence around the state. I also know Virginia has been a solid area in recruiting -- and my ties run deep. I've been blessed having success in recruiting the state of Virginia."

West joined Virginia's staff in 2010 as Cornerbacks Coach. In 2012, he took on assistant recruiting coordinator duties and at the end of the 2012 season became the Cavaliers Recruiting Coordinator while continuing to coach the cornerbacks. In 2013, he signed a top-30 class for Virginia. In February of 2014, Rivals.com and Scout.com named West its ACC Recruiter of the Year. He earned the same honor from 247Sports in 2011 and was a finalist for National Recruiter of the Year honors. While at Virginia, he coached two-time all-ACC first-teamer Chase Minnifield, who played in the NFL with the Washington Redskins, current Baltimore Raven Maurice Canaday and Ras-I Dowling, who was the first pick in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. The Cavaliers secondary also included Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles safety Rodney McLeod.

"As any coach, we will always work our fundamentals from A to Z," West said of his successful coaching style. "It's a matter of teaching young men and raising football IQs on the field. Ultimately the game comes down to getting off blocks, tackling and great coverage in the secondary -- and having a ball-hawking presence. I also want to be a staple in producing great young men who are productive in the community after leaving the university."

A 1993 graduate of Livingstone College who added his master's degree from West Virginia in 1999, West also coached at Old Dominion, James Madison, Fordham and Colgate after starting his coaching career as a graduate assistant at West Virginia in 1997-98.

He coached wide receivers at Colgate from 1999-2002 and helped the Raiders to the 1999 Patriot League title and the 2002 league co-championship. He was the defensive backs coach at Fordham in 2003 before heading to JMU, where he coached defensive backs from 2004-06. He helped the Dukes to the NCAA Division I-AA National title in 2004, alongside current 49ers' coach Ulrick Edmonds and strength coach Jim Durning. From 2007-09 he was an assistant head coach for head coach Bobby Wilder at Old Dominion while serving as Recruiting Coordinator and Defensive Backs coach.

A Hampton, Va., native, West and his wife, Patrice have five children: Zoe, David, Gwen, Justin and Jada. He earned his bachelor's degree in computer information systems from Livingstone College, and his master's in physical education from West Virginia while working as a graduate assistant coach. West played football at Kecoughtan High School and was a standout receiver at Livingstone.

Thanks for taking at least part of his salary obligation off our hands.

Thank you on behalf of all cusa fans in advance for the 15 yard cushions on 3rd and 5s.

(01-14-2019 10:50 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Thanks for taking at least part of his salary obligation off our hands.

Thank you on behalf of all cusa fans in advance for the 15 yard cushions on 3rd and 5s.

We’ll see how it works out. No one better qualified for this school out there.

(01-14-2019 10:50 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Thanks for taking at least part of his salary obligation off our hands.

Thank you on behalf of all cusa fans in advance for the 15 yard cushions on 3rd and 5s.

It'll be interesting to see if that's how they operate or if Holiday makes him operate within his scheme.

FWIW, Marshall paid their last DC just over $100k, so we're saving some but not much.

Interesting maybe only to me, West's first game as a coach was as a grad assistant on Don Nehlen's 1997 staff... in Morganhole... against Chad Pennington, Randy Moss, and the newly 1-A Marshall Thundering Herd.

You Charlotte guys can poo poo it all you want. Some great assistant coaches/coordinators just aren’t meant to be head coaches but excel in their role as coordinators/position coaches.
I’m kinda excited to have him back in the role that he’s in.

We’ll revisit this after you all come to Huntington this year. SMFH

I'm one of those who wouldn't presume anything about whether Lambert can be a successful head coach... goes with the territory when you're a fan of an NFL expansion team whose first head coach ever went 25-53... and then turned the corner to become a HoF head coach, and the team he led, a participant in numerous Super Bowls, and regarded as America's Team.

I'm also one of those whose immediate reaction to this hire is to not rule out the possibility that Lambert could be internally considered--assuming continued success until Holliday's retirement in a few years--to be the Herd head-coach-in-waiting.

lot different when you have to be in control of both sides of the ball and everything in between. Boy Idiot (WEstern's former head coach) took the OC job at Utah St and I bet he does a lot better job their than at Western...21ppg 118th out of 130.

Charlotte's run defense right up there with Marshall's. Pass defense could have come down to talent..or lack of. Anytime you can get a head coach with a background in what you are hiring him for...is a good hire at the G5 level where money matters

(01-14-2019 11:10 PM)moss2k Wrote:  

(01-14-2019 10:50 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Thanks for taking at least part of his salary obligation off our hands.

Thank you on behalf of all cusa fans in advance for the 15 yard cushions on 3rd and 5s.

It'll be interesting to see if that's how they operate or if Holiday makes him operate within his scheme.

FWIW, Marshall paid their last DC just over $100k, so we're saving some but not much.

I believe our last DC made $175k. Before him we were paying Heater $230k. Fuller didn't have Heater's resume, hence the salary cut. Lambert will probably get at least $200k unless he agreed to take less since he's still getting that sweet Charlotte cash. If that's the case, thanks for subsidizing our program.

I wish Lambert well. Will be odd seeing him on another sideline. Lambert was always a class act and got our football program off the ground. Best of luck to he and Marshall 11 of 12 weeks moving forward.

clt says lambert is a good guy. Going to be strange to see him in an ugly shade of green tho

Terrible hire IMO. Bad is bad. Doc needs to go. This is hopefully his last season keeping our program in mediocrity.

I'm happy for Lambert and grateful for the part he played in getting us off the ground. Glad he found a good job and perhaps he's a better DC than HC, but you'd have to ask the Wake fans about that.

(01-14-2019 11:20 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  You Charlotte guys can poo poo it all you want. Some great assistant coaches/coordinators just aren’t meant to be head coaches but excel in their role as coordinators/position coaches.
I’m kinda excited to have him back in the role that he’s in.

We’ll revisit this after you all come to Huntington this year. SMFH

speaking on behalf of USM fans we know all about that....."cough cough, Ellis Johnson, cough cough" but not sure if I would label him as a great assistant, a step below great but probably a notch ahead of average assistant.

(01-15-2019 12:14 AM)banker Wrote:  

(01-14-2019 11:10 PM)moss2k Wrote:  

(01-14-2019 10:50 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Thanks for taking at least part of his salary obligation off our hands.

Thank you on behalf of all cusa fans in advance for the 15 yard cushions on 3rd and 5s.

It'll be interesting to see if that's how they operate or if Holiday makes him operate within his scheme.

FWIW, Marshall paid their last DC just over $100k, so we're saving some but not much.

I believe our last DC made $175k. Before him we were paying Heater $230k. Fuller didn't have Heater's resume, hence the salary cut. Lambert will probably get at least $200k unless he agreed to take less since he's still getting that sweet Charlotte cash. If that's the case, thanks for subsidizing our program.

This was my source, shows Fuller at $117,149.05 total comp for 2017.

http://www.transparencywv.org/TotalComp/EmployeeComp

Our defense didn't make strides until Lambert relinquished control to Spencer this year. Please look at how Wake's numbers dropped every year with Lambert as the DC. He also was not the DC for their Orange Bowl berth.

Lambert's a great guy, no question.

I came here to poo poo the hire, but I just can't. Brad is a good guy. He's a solid coordinator. Our main gripes with him were head coaching calls (recruiting base, questionable in game decisions/clock management, not firing Jeff Mullens). He knows the Defensive side of the ball, and I think he will do well in a coordinator role.

49er fans, your impressions of West? What's the general opinion of his reputation as a coach and his body of work?

(01-14-2019 11:20 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  You Charlotte guys can poo poo it all you want. Some great assistant coaches/coordinators just aren’t meant to be head coaches but excel in their role as coordinators/position coaches.
I’m kinda excited to have him back in the role that he’s in.

We’ll revisit this after you all come to Huntington this year. SMFH

I’m not putting down the hire. I agree that he shouldn’t have been the head coach as long as he was, but he’s a competent football guy and you don’t have to be a prodigy to have success with what Marshall is putting on the field.

(01-15-2019 10:10 AM)_sturt_ Wrote:  49er fans, your impressions of West? What's the general opinion of his reputation as a coach and his body of work?

He was here for 1 year, so not much to take away from his time to be honest.