The 2013-2014 NCAA Coaching Carousel

[MrBug708]

Trying to keep the other thread decluttered.

Kif fired
Brown "retiring"
Polini pissing everyone off

[MrBug708]

Adam Schefter ?@AdamSchefter 4m

Denver DC Jack Del Rio expected to emerge as a leading candidate for USC HC job, as @mikefreemanNFL said. Sources said Del Rio wants job.

[MrBug708]

@heismanpundit

Jack Del Rio may want to be USC's head coach, but USC doesn't want Del Rio. Trojans are not going to hire an NFL guy or guy with USC ties.

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USC is not going to fire a guy (Kiffin) who went 7-6 last season only to hire another guy (Sarkisian) who has gone 7-6, 7-6 and 7-6.

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Adam Schefter ?@AdamSchefter 4m

Denver DC Jack Del Rio expected to emerge as a leading candidate for USC HC job, as @mikefreemanNFL said. Sources said Del Rio wants job.

Duh. You already knew that I told you that last night.

[BillJasper]

I don't see why USC would be going after either Fisher or Del Rio?

[BillJasper]

I wouldn't be surprised to see USC contact Jim Harbaugh and try to lure him back to the college game.

[MrBug708]

Jack Del Rio has been a name since last year. You telling me that is like saying UCLA is going to fire Rick

Both JLR and Fisher are USC alums

[MrBug708]

Ed O is named Interim HC

YES!

[BillJasper]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Jack Del Rio has been a name since last year. You telling me that is like saying UCLA is going to fire Rick

Both JLR and Fisher are USC alums

I know they're both alums, but neither has any college coaching/recruiting experience. Just seems odd to bring someone in like that for anything other than the name value.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by BillJasper

I wouldn't be surprised to see USC contact Jim Harbaugh and try to lure him back to the college game.

No way the Niners let him get away.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

No way the Niners let him get away.

Agreed. I would love to have him but I don't think there is any shot.

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by BillJasper

I wouldn't be surprised to see USC contact Jim Harbaugh and try to lure him back to the college game.

It's his dream job so I can't imagine why he would want to go back after getting to the Super Bowl in two years. Plus, you have to figure him and Carroll have this nice little rivalry going so I don't see him backing away from it.

[BillJasper]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

No way the Niners let him get away.

I didn't say they'd be successful. I just won't be surprised if they try.

[Matthean]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Polini pissing everyone off

You mean Pelini?

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by BillJasper

I know they're both alums, but neither has any college coaching/recruiting experience. Just seems odd to bring someone in like that for anything other than the name value.

Carroll had even less in common and he was ultra-successful at USC.

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by Matthean

You mean Pelini?

Yup

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by Matthean

It's his dream job so I can't imagine why he would want to go back after getting to the Super Bowl in two years. Plus, you have to figure him and Carroll have this nice little rivalry going so I don't see him backing away from it.

Based on what I've seen and know about Harbaugh, he doesnt give two craps about Pete Carroll

[bhlloy]

I'm ecstatic about the Kiffin firing, but SC will be lucky to win 3 games for the rest of the season with Kiffin, Ed O or Vince Lombardi as the coach. Will probably be under 50 scholarship players healthy for next week.

Right move but really should have been done at the end of last season. Franklin from Vandy seems like a hot name and it would be a similar hire to Enfield (young coach who had some success at a non-traditional school). Assuming none of the real home run hires would have any interest, I'd be OK with that I think.

[MrBug708]

USC has the talent to win 10 games. The problem was that Kiffin felt that he needed a ton of skill position players on the team. The reductions obviously hurt, but Kiffin didnt manage the roster balance very well.

[Thomkal]

Odds that "none of the above" becomes head coach? 2/1

[bhlloy]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

USC has the talent to win 10 games. The problem was that Kiffin felt that he needed a ton of skill position players on the team. The reductions obviously hurt, but Kiffin didnt manage the roster balance very well.

I agree to a point, but there's no way this is a 10 win team with the injuries picked up last night. Was there enough talent on the field to get past Washington State? Obviously, but this is going to be a humbling season from this point on.

[MrBug708]

Kif also didn't use 5 scholarships. You could argue that he probably wouldnt have gotten viable OL or DB's, but there were key guys who left who are playing minutes as true freshmen. Local kids no less

[Crapshoot]

Originally Posted by BillJasper

I wouldn't be surprised to see USC contact Jim Harbaugh and try to lure him back to the college game.

Sure. They can try and get Bill Belichick while they are at it as well.

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by Crapshoot

Sure. They can try and get Bill Belichick while they are at it as well.

Too late he has accepted Mizzou's HCIW offer.

[BishopMVP]

Pasqualoni gone too Paul Pasqualoni fired as Connecticut Huskies football coach - ESPN

I wonder if Don Brown will be a candidate?

[Logan]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Pasqualoni gone too Paul Pasqualoni fired as Connecticut Huskies football coach - ESPN

I wonder if Don Brown will be a candidate?

It seems like they're going to try and aim higher but it's not a bad name to fall back on. I couldn't believe they let him get away in the first place. That being said, I know very little about his HC-ability but you can't argue his defensive success.

I can't see a guy like Narduzzi, who seems to be emerging as one of their top choices, going to an AAC school with a pretty terrible recruiting base when he can likely get a power conference job.

[Logan]

Not a coach, but will impact the carousel...Texas AD Dodds reportedly stepping down tomorrow.

Report: DeLoss Dodds to step down as Texas AD on Tuesday - Burnt Orange Nation

[Kodos]

Where's MBBF?!?

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Pasqualoni gone too Paul Pasqualoni fired as Connecticut Huskies football coach - ESPN

I wonder if Don Brown will be a candidate?

I was at the stadium and watched the UB Bulls curb stomp of UCONN. I went in thinking UCONN was going to go away with the win easily.

I have never seen a team play that lackluster in a game. The two players for UCONN I could tell was playing all out was the QB and one WR...other than that, it was like everyone else was half assing it.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Logan

Not a coach, but will impact the carousel...Texas AD Dodds reportedly stepping down tomorrow.

Report: DeLoss Dodds to step down as Texas AD on Tuesday - Burnt Orange Nation

Listening to radio on the way home, and they said he'll announce tomorrow that he is retiring in the offseason. Do Texas fans think they could move Mack Brown to AD?

[cartman]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Listening to radio on the way home, and they said he'll announce tomorrow that he is retiring in the offseason. Do Texas fans think they could move Mack Brown to AD?

That has been the assumed scenario around here for the past several years, that he would be AD whenever Dodds decided to retire.

[MrBug708]

Isn't a more likely scenario that when it was time to retire Mack Brown, Dodds would also be retired from the AD? Basically if Texas were in the hunt for a national title, Dodds would likely not be retiring right now?

[cartman]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Isn't a more likely scenario that when it was time to retire Mack Brown, Dodds would also be retired from the AD? Basically if Texas were in the hunt for a national title, Dodds would likely not be retiring right now?

Well, he just turned 74, and during his tenure the Texas athletic programs have won 14 national championships and 105 conference titles, and he turned the department into a financial powerhouse. If he is indeed announcing a retirement tomorrow, it would take effect right around his 75th birthday. Mack is 12 years younger, and just tied Woody Hayes for 10th place all time in coaching wins.

[MrBug708]

Only 14 National Titles?

Weak!

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by Logan

It seems like they're going to try and aim higher but it's not a bad name to fall back on. I couldn't believe they let him get away in the first place. That being said, I know very little about his HC-ability but you can't argue his defensive success.

He led Northeastern to its only playoff appearance within 3 years, then took UMass to a title game and a quarterfinal berth within his first 4 years there... reportedly left partially over lack of support from the UMass admin (that was a weird period where half the people wanted to upgrade to 1A and half wanted drop football altogether) and partially because he felt being a DC at a BCS school would be a more likely path to eventually getting an eventual BCS head coaching gig.

Needless to say, I like the guy (and wish UMass had spent the $$$ to bring him back when they upgraded, or decided to upgrade when he was HC), and he's from/has coached in CT/MA for 90% of his career, so I think he'd be a very good hire. But I can see where he's not a sexy hire - I think UConn's ceiling is the 8-9 wins most years Edsall got them and Brown would be a likely candidate to get them there, but maybe they'll shoot for the next Chris Peterson instead. (I also don't know if he burned any bridges on the way out the door at UConn last winter. Can't imagine he didn't see the Pasqualoni firing coming.)

[Logan]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

He led Northeastern to its only playoff appearance within 3 years, then took UMass to a title game and a quarterfinal berth within his first 4 years there... reportedly left partially over lack of support from the UMass admin (that was a weird period where half the people wanted to upgrade to 1A and half wanted drop football altogether) and partially because he felt being a DC at a BCS school would be a more likely path to eventually getting an eventual BCS head coaching gig.

Needless to say, I like the guy (and wish UMass had spent the $$$ to bring him back when they upgraded, or decided to upgrade when he was HC), and he's from/has coached in CT/MA for 90% of his career, so I think he'd be a very good hire. But I can see where he's not a sexy hire - I think UConn's ceiling is the 8-9 wins most years Edsall got them and Brown would be a likely candidate to get them there, but maybe they'll shoot for the next Chris Peterson instead. (I also don't know if he burned any bridges on the way out the door at UConn last winter. Can't imagine he didn't see the Pasqualoni firing coming.)

Interesting, thanks for the background. You could probably make the argument that you would say the same thing about Edsall when he was hired in terms of his potential ceiling. If I'm them, I don't hesitate to just be realistic and go to Brown. Football alone is not going to get them into a power conference at this point. If anything, it will come from someone like the ACC who wants them for basketball as well and getting back to respectability and then trying to consistently win the AAC after these last defections should be their goal, not necessarily to be a BCS buster.

[MrBug708]

So apparently Lovie was interviewed for the USC job. And of course, the retractions area already in full force.

Seems like USC wants an NFL type of guy at this point.

[Eaglesfan27]

USC is interviewing a wide variety of guys not just NFL guys. Sumlin is a real possibility.

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

Sumlin is a real possibility.

Which surprised me at first, but then I read that there may some shit going down soon at aTm, and perhaps Sumlin wants to get out before it hits the fan. I'm still skeptical, but a little less so than before.

[Logan]

Surprised Sumlin wouldn't just go straight to the NFL.

[MrBug708]

I thought USC wasn't interviewing anybody right now...haha

Sumlin would be scary at USC, but I'm not too worried right now. I have this ranked right up there with Dillon Baxter being a freak.

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

USC is interviewing a wide variety of guys not just NFL guys. Sumlin is a real possibility.

They interviewed me based upon my 10-45 online Madden and 6-76 online NCAA records.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by dawgfan

Which surprised me at first, but then I read that there may some shit going down soon at aTm, and perhaps Sumlin wants to get out before it hits the fan. I'm still skeptical, but a little less so than before.

There's smoke at any successful program. Hard to imagine there's something bad enough to knock off more than a few scholarships at A&M given the NCAA's recent track record. Now, losing Manziel and Mike Evans while the SEC West only gets stronger (Malzahn at Auburn, Bielama a.k.a. anyone other than John L. Smith at Arkansas) and Texas looks prepared to move on from Mack Brown would have me listening to USC too.

[Eaglesfan27]

A lot of smoke that "a new coach is imminent at USC." Several sources indicating it will be Petersen although if that falls through at the last minute, Franklin is an option. Either way, something should be done within the next few days.

[General Mike]

No new coach for me.

[dawgfan]

It ain't gonna be Petersen. He's already told them no twice. He has absolutely no interest in being in the spotlight - as it is, he's already feeling like he's under too much of a microscope in Boise.

Franklin on the other hand is very likely to say yes when offered.

[BishopMVP]

UMass fired the OC (and WR coach), so it appears we're unsurprisingly stuck with Charley Molnar for a 3rd year. Hopefully he at least continues his snake oil act on the recruiting trail and keeps building a nice talent base for the next coach.

One thing that was shocking to me was how little we paid the OC last year. Our HC makes ~420k, slightly above the middle of the pack for the MAC, and our WR coach made 55k which doesn't seem off, but our OC only made 75k this season. Is that normal for an OC (at our level), or is that why were stuck with a retread who's been let go by multiple teams in the past?

[Logan]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

A lot of smoke that "a new coach is imminent at USC." Several sources indicating it will be Petersen although if that falls through at the last minute, Franklin is an option. Either way, something should be done within the next few days.

What happened to Franklin not even being able to get on the list because of the Vandy rape allegations?

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Logan

What happened to Franklin not even being able to get on the list because of the Vandy rape allegations?

Korn Ferry (huge hiring firm) vetted him and it came out ok.

[MacroGuru]

So Wyoming fired their coach. Rumor has it (depends on where you get your rumor mill from) he is in line to be the next OC at Utah, which I find funny because Erickson has done a great job with what little he has had there.