Open the checkbook and get proven experienced guys !!!! We should be able to outbid anyone including the NFL period! I get so tired of settling for third choice . SMH .
Filling out the coaching staff
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Update (some moves not official yet):
Offense:
QB - Mike Yurcich (OC)
RB - Stan Drayton? could be NFL bound. Frank Wilson, former UTSA headcoach and RB coach (LSU, South Miss, Ole Miss) has been mentioned as a possible replacement.
TE - Open.
WR - Open - Likely gonna be Tyron Carrier (Houston WR coach, prev WVU, from Houston). Emmett Jones got a promotion and raise at Kansas.
OL - Herb Hand
Defense:
DT - Open. Frank Okam (UT alum) is the name I am hearing the most.
DE - Oscar Giles
LB - Open. Josh Tupoi interveiwed.
CB - Jay Valai - From Dallas area, has been quality control coach in Kansas City and with UGA. Coached CBs at Rutgers with Ash. Not a lot of on field coaching experiencing but has a good reputation.
S - Chris Ash (DC)
Offense:
QB - Mike Yurcich (OC)
RB - Stan Drayton? could be NFL bound. Frank Wilson, former UTSA headcoach and RB coach (LSU, South Miss, Ole Miss) has been mentioned as a possible replacement.
TE - Open.
WR - Open - Likely gonna be Tyron Carrier (Houston WR coach, prev WVU, from Houston). Emmett Jones got a promotion and raise at Kansas.
OL - Herb Hand
Defense:
DT - Open. Frank Okam (UT alum) is the name I am hearing the most.
DE - Oscar Giles
LB - Open. Josh Tupoi interveiwed.
CB - Jay Valai - From Dallas area, has been quality control coach in Kansas City and with UGA. Coached CBs at Rutgers with Ash. Not a lot of on field coaching experiencing but has a good reputation.
S - Chris Ash (DC)
Valai and Ash have an extended history together, beginning in 2010 when Valai played for Ash at Wisconsin. With Ash coaching him as the defensive backs coach under head coach Bret Bielema and defensive coordinator Dave Doeren, Valai was a captain and starting safety for a Wisconsin squad that won 11 games, shared the Big Ten title, finished No. 7 in the final Associated Press Top 25 and played in the Rose Bowl.
A two-time second-team All-Big Ten defender, Valai worked as a quality control coach at Georgia for two seasons (2016, 2017) under head coach Kirby Smart and was a defensive quality control assistant for the Kansas City Chiefs for one season (2018) before Ash hired him to coach cornerbacks at Rutgers for the 2019 season.
Prior to his collegiate playing career with the Badgers, Valai was a three-star recruit according to the 247Sports Composite rankings in 2006 out of Colleyville Heritage. As a recruit, Valai reported Big Ten offers from Iowa and Minnesota along with offers from Louisiana Tech and UCF.
A two-time second-team All-Big Ten defender, Valai worked as a quality control coach at Georgia for two seasons (2016, 2017) under head coach Kirby Smart and was a defensive quality control assistant for the Kansas City Chiefs for one season (2018) before Ash hired him to coach cornerbacks at Rutgers for the 2019 season.
Prior to his collegiate playing career with the Badgers, Valai was a three-star recruit according to the 247Sports Composite rankings in 2006 out of Colleyville Heritage. As a recruit, Valai reported Big Ten offers from Iowa and Minnesota along with offers from Louisiana Tech and UCF.
Saw a commercial with a female coach for the San Francisco 49ers. Don’t understand how a person that never played a down of competitive football can coach or be respected as a coach. Don’t consider female football competitive.
Frank Okam is being mentioned in connection with DT coaching position.
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Coleman Hutzler possible LB coach
https://www.google.com/amp/s/longho...exas-longhorns-linebackers-assistant-job/amp/
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Update (some moves not official yet):
Offense:
QB - Mike Yurcich (OC)
RB - Stan Drayton? could be NFL bound. Frank Wilson, former UTSA headcoach and RB coach (LSU, South Miss, Ole Miss) has been mentioned as a possible replacement.
TE - Open. Anyone hearing anything here?
WR - Andre Coleman - served as interim WR coach for bowl game and was an analyst for Texas this season. Most importantly, he was well liked amongst the WR room which is a welcome change from Mehringer.
OL - Herb Hand
Defense:
DT - Open. Frank Okam (UT alum) is the name I am hearing the most. Okam to interview on Wednesday.
DE - Oscar Giles
LB - Open. Josh Tupoi interveiwed but got a NFL job. Hutzler is the current leading candidate. Also has ST coaching experience.
CB - Jay Valai
S - Chris Ash (DC)
So, we are down to TE, DT and LB coaches +/- RB depending on Drayton.
Offense:
QB - Mike Yurcich (OC)
RB - Stan Drayton? could be NFL bound. Frank Wilson, former UTSA headcoach and RB coach (LSU, South Miss, Ole Miss) has been mentioned as a possible replacement.
TE - Open. Anyone hearing anything here?
WR - Andre Coleman - served as interim WR coach for bowl game and was an analyst for Texas this season. Most importantly, he was well liked amongst the WR room which is a welcome change from Mehringer.
OL - Herb Hand
Defense:
DT - Open. Frank Okam (UT alum) is the name I am hearing the most. Okam to interview on Wednesday.
DE - Oscar Giles
LB - Open. Josh Tupoi interveiwed but got a NFL job. Hutzler is the current leading candidate. Also has ST coaching experience.
CB - Jay Valai
S - Chris Ash (DC)
So, we are down to TE, DT and LB coaches +/- RB depending on Drayton.
I wonder if Ash knew he was going to have a copilot when he signed on... and why this guy? Gamecocks LB play was not a strong point
The one thing I trust is that coach boom knows defense and probably good defensive coaches.
Yep. Hutzler it is. You just know that dudes nickname as a kid was Hitler.
Dyk that Mike Leach never played a down of competitive fb either?
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Leach_(American_football_coach)
Yes. According to Wikipedia, he is among only 7 head coaches to not play & The other 6 are rather lackluster.
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I never knew that. Interesting. I would like to know the story behind how he got to where he is.
. Or maybe the Frank Abagnale
You know I really don't care about the names.
All I want to know is can they develop players? Cause last years staff didn't.
Will this be a unified staff? Please no more Meningers.
If this staff is good, really good, at this than next year should be an improvement over last year.
How much? I'm going to fold my arms and wait and see.
All I want to know is can they develop players? Cause last years staff didn't.
Will this be a unified staff? Please no more Meningers.
If this staff is good, really good, at this than next year should be an improvement over last year.
How much? I'm going to fold my arms and wait and see.
Leach was an attorney in the LA area and as you could probably tell wasn't really into being an attorney. He managed to get a GA position at Cal Poly. He linked up with Hal Mumme at Iowa Wesleyan in the late 80s. I think they next went to Valdosta State and tore up D2 for a while, then Kentucky.
I imagine if he was making 3-5k a year as a GA, Maybe 10-15k at Iowa Wesleyan, 30-40k at Valdosta. He was willing to be poor to live out his dream of being a college football coach. I guess its classic story of talent, hard work, and opportunity converging at the right time which gave him his shot at the big time and performing at a high level when he got there.
I imagine if he was making 3-5k a year as a GA, Maybe 10-15k at Iowa Wesleyan, 30-40k at Valdosta. He was willing to be poor to live out his dream of being a college football coach. I guess its classic story of talent, hard work, and opportunity converging at the right time which gave him his shot at the big time and performing at a high level when he got there.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sean Snyder, son of legendary Kansas State coach Bill Snyder, had a "lengthy" interview in Austin on Thursday for Texas' vacant TE coach/special teams coordinator position, according to my sources. Unclear if he's the top candidate. Safe to say Tom Herman doing his due diligence <a href="https://t.co/OTwDAvyX8W">pic.twitter.com/OTwDAvyX8W</a></p>— Anwar Richardson (@AnwarRichardson) <a href="">January 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
It wouldn't be a bad long term career move to be on Aranda's staff. Coaching under Aranda (who I guess is one of the up and coming defensive minds) and learning his system compared to Ash (who I don't think is regarded as a highly reputable DC in comparison).
I didn't scroll that far down the first time.
I'd say Cutcliffe is pretty inspiring. He is revered for his work with QBs
Dykes played college baseball. Baseball players can compete in anything.
Drinkwitz just took the Mizzou job after killing it at Appy State
Freeze cheated at Ole Miss, but the dude can coach
Diaz is lackluster I'd say
Silverfield I don't know much about.
I don't understand why Herb Hand is staying. Sam was sacked more than any Big XII qb last year. In some games, the ISU game comes to mind the running game sucked. Why is he still here?
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