With Jimmye's recent announcement, it got me thinking. Jimmye's coaching tree is enormous. I mean, truly enormous. And I'm talking about 1st-degree connections only (players he coached at W&M, or coaches that he had on the coaching staff under him).

Quickly off the top of my head, to name just a few: Sean McDermott, Mike Tomlin, Dan Quinn, Bob Shoop, and many more.

I want to enlist the knowledgable W&M Tribe Athletics subject matter experts on this board to help me create more of an exhaustive list of the most notable 1st-degree connections on Jimmye's coaching tree.

Who else can you name?


Roll Tribe.

Old article, but useful info
http://www.latimes.com/dp-spt-blog-wm-co...story.html

We at the W&M Sports Blog did some additional digging (thanks for the info above!) and made an article on Laycock's coaching tree.

Naturally, it includes 3 current NFL Head Coaches, 1 NFL Offensive Coordinator, 1 NFL Special Teams Coach, multiple college Head Coaches, and several other assistant/position coaches.

Check out the list below -- LET'S GO TRIBE.

Link: https://wmsportsblog.com/2018/08/13/jimm...hing-tree/

Ivan Fears, technically, is a "W&M" Coaching Tree, not part of Jimmye's tree, as he played before Jimmye came as Coach and never coached under him. (I believe he worked for Jim Root.)

I realize pointing it out now doesn't really help anyone but Corley and Shoop are both a part of Jimmye's tree.

(08-13-2018 04:04 PM)billymac Wrote:  Ivan Fears, technically, is a "W&M" Coaching Tree, not part of Jimmye's tree, as he played before Jimmye came as Coach and never coached under him. (I believe he worked for Jim Root.)

Same for Mark Duffner at Tampa Bay. His record as HC at Holy Cross was remarkable, MD, not so much.