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Nicholls State expected to hire Clemson assistant Richie Riley, sources told ESPN. Rising star.

Pretty remarkable for Haase to have two assistants get D1 head coaching gigs just 5 seasons in.

Champlin
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/...ie_ri.html

Maybe he can replace Ehsan if he leaves soon

It's interesting that Riley left UAB for a Clemson assistant job, only to get a much lower profile head coaching position than Ehsan.

(04-25-2016 11:12 AM)UABslant Wrote:  It's interesting that Riley left UAB for a Clemson assistant job, only to get a much lower profile head coaching position than Ehsan.

Timing can be everything.

If Riley had stayed at UAB, Ehsan still would have got the job...unless we could have gotten Riley even cheaper.

not exactly the best time to take a job @ Nicholls State...

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/201603...?p=1&tc=pg

Had Riley stayed at UAB, he might not have gotten the attention from Nicholls State that he got by being an assistant at Clemson. Haase got UAB's attention by being an assistant at UNC and then his success at UAB got Stanford's attention.

Career paths can be a bumpy road, but one has to take such risks if one is to advance. Look at Will Muschamp's road from AU assistant (DC) to DC at Texas (thought to be a "FBHC in waiting" like Fisher got at FSU), then to Florida as FBHC, back to AU as DC, and now USC FBHC.