Coaching Career of Steve Cecil (NCAA 14)

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Charlie Strong returns to Texas

Mike Riley retires as HC of Nebraska at 66

Jonathan Smith HC at Nebraska

Lea Miles retires as HC of LSU at 66

Justin Wilcox hired as HC of LSU

James Franklin fired as HC of Penn State

Tim Bradley hired as HC of Penn State

Doc Holiday fired as HC of Cal

Tony Elliott hired as HC of Cal

Kirk Ferentz fired as HC of Iowa

Mike Stoops hired as HC of Iowa

Dana Holgorsen fired as HC of West Virginia

Noel Mazzone hired as HC of West Virginia

Geoff Collins hired as HC of ULM

Scott Shafer hired as HC of Rice

Will Muschamp hired as HC of Cincy

Art Kaufman hired as HC of Marshall

Matt Thule hired as HC of San Diego State

Mike Elko hired as HC of Oregon State

Travis Jordan hired as HC of Temple

Steve Russ hired as HC of Central Michigan

Mark D’Onofrio hired as HC of FAU

Mike Thiessen hired as HC of Louisiana

Frank Verducci hired as HC of Rutgers

Tee Martin hired as HC of Toledo

Dana Holgorsen hired as HC of Louisiana Tech

James Franklin hired as HC of Memphis

Franklin Glover hired as DC of UCLA

Eddie Grab hired as OC of UCLA

Tommy Tuberville hired as DC of Ohio State

Keith Patterson hired as DC of Clemson

Vance Bedford hired as DC of Auburn

Dale Pehrson hired as DC of Miami

Jay Niemann hired as DC of Texas

Mike Sanford hired as OC of LSU

Mike Bloomgren returns as OC of Stanford

Brent Given hired as OC of TCU

Chad Glasgow returns as DC of TCU

John Janeck returns as DC of Tennessee

Nick McCall hired as HC of Western Kentucky

Calvin Magee returns as OC of Arizona

Jeff Casteel hired as DC of Arizona

Kalani Sitake hired as DC of Arizona State

Sonny ****s returns to Navy as OC

Brian Benjamin hired as DC of Navy

Mike Yurcich returns as OC of Oregon State

Adam Waugh hired as DC of Oklahoma State

Tony Peterson hired as OC of Purdue

G.A. Mangus returns as OC of South Carolina

Doc Holiday hired as OC of Iowa

Brent Key hired as OC of Air Force

Cedric Fry hired as DC of ULM

Phil Snow hired as DC of Air Force

Kirk Ferentz hired as HC of Ball State

Nick Howell returns as DC of BYU

Andy Ludwig hired as OC. of Cal

Dwayne Thompson hired as DC of Cal

Brian Lindgren returns as OC of Colorado

Tyson Summers hired as DC of Indiana

Courtney Walker hired as DC of Iowa

Billy Gonzales returns as OC of Miss State

Bob Cole hired as OC of Northwestern

Steve Cecil hired as HC of Old Domion

Tom Masella hired as DC of Oklahoma

Brandon White hired as DC of Southern Miss

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Press Conference

Old Dominion held a press conference today and announced the hiring of Steve Cecil as there head coach.

Cecil whose coming off a two year stint with Oklahoma as there defensive coordinator took the job after a talk with the AD of Old Dominion.


SC:I took this offer after some talk with the staff around here. I met with some of the players and this just seems right.


What about the offense you plan on running?


SC:I haven't settled on that just yet. We still need to look over the roster and see what we have to work with.


How many wins do you expect to get this season?


SC:I'm not sure right now. I'm hoping for five to seven wins this year. We'll see what happens.

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Top 10 recruiting classes
1=Ohio State

2=Ole Miss

3=Notre Dame

4=Clemson

5=Penn State

6=Oklahoma

7=Alabama

8=UCLA

9=Oregon

10=Auburn

93=Old Dominion

#1 recruits by positions

QB=Mario David (Northwestern)

HB=Adam McIntire (Oregon)

WR=Tyrone Ingraham (LSU)

TE=Gereald Graham (Michigan)

T=Jimmy Miller (Texas Tech)

G=Matt Anderson (Ohio State)

C=Nick Russell (Troy)

DE=Kevin Atkinson (Arizona)

DT=Carl ****s (Texas)

OLB=Earl Jenkins (Nebraska)

MLB=Robert Vickers ( Oregon)

CB=Thomas Mark (TAMU)

FS=Jermaine Button (Alabama)

SS=Cornelius West (Alabama)

K=Todd Graham (Notre Dame)

P=Daniel Eaton (Louisiana)

ATH=Spencer Massey (Louisville)

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Preseason Top 10
1=UCLA
2=Ohio State
3=Auburn
4=Notre Dame
5=Clemson
6=North Carolina
7=Texas
8=Virginia Tech
9=Georgia
10=Washington

Preseason Heisman watch
Chris Warren III=TCU
Jason Lewis=Arizona State
Kelly Bryant=Clemson
Brett Rypien=Boise State
Marcus Davis=Ohio State


Warren is coming off a 1,500 yard season as a JR in which he had 23 TD’s rushing

Lewis is coming off a 1,300 yard JR season with 18 TD's rushing

Bryant is coming off a 3,000 yard passing season in which he threw 33 TD’s

Rypien in his only season starting threw for 3,000 yards and 38 TD’s. He also won the Maxwell & O'Brien awards

Davis rushed for 1,800 yards and 14 rushing TD's

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2017 schedule

@Texas A&M(L 28-14)
@Syracuse(L 37-17)
@#3Auburn(L 49-7)
#7Virginia Tech(L 48-6)
@Southern Miss(L 27-22)
Louisiana Tech(L 42-17)
@North Texas(L 38-7)
Florida International(W 34-17)
@UTEP(L 41-17)
Charlotte(L 24-21)
@UTSA(W 41-35)
Western Kentucky(L 38-31)

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Starters

QB=Blake LaRussa
HB=Jeremy Cox
FB=Brian Bush
WR=Hassan Patterson
WR=Kyle Goddard
WR=Steven Turner
TE=Nijee Cox
LT=Sean Vincent
LG=Jeff Robinson
C=Ian Nichols
RG=Karl McCauley
RT=Tony Barnett

Defense

LE=Tim Ward
RE=Byron Vincent
DT=Miles Fox
LOLB=Travis Lowe
MLB=Casey Benard
ROLB=Bobby Dennis
CB=Jamez Brickhouse
CB=Curtis Harvey
FS=Charles Jones
SS=Like Glover
K=Logan Morris
P=Mike Hutchinson
KR=Kyle Goddard
PR=Kyle Goddard

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Game One Preview

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Game One

https://youtu.be/-lg1CyODf24

The Old Dominion Monarchs opened the 2017 season in College station as coach Cecil made his head coaching debut. The Monarch offense started off slowly going three and out on there first two possessions of the game.

The defense stood tall as they stopped Texas A&M from getting into the endzone as well. The Monarchs finally got on the board early in the second quarter as Cox punched it into the endzone. Old Dominion increased there lead later in the game as LaRussa hit Cox for a TD. The Aggies would put up a score of there own before the half pulling within a TD of Old Dominion. While the Monarchs were on a high of being ahead the coaching staff got the bad news that starter Blake LaRussa went down with back spasms and will be out nine weeks.

The second half for the Monarchs showed that there going to need to figure out there QB position until LaRussa comes back. The Aggies put up a TD in the third quarter as the Monarchs turned over the ball. The Aggies added two more scores in the final quarter as the Monarchs quarterback would go on to throw four INT's in the game.

The Monarchs will travel to Syracuse next week to face the Orange as they will look for there first win.

https://youtu.be/a4A8f1yo1j8



Old Dominion Stats
Pete Jackson=2/4 21 yards TD
Blake LaRussa=10/15 117 yards (lost in 2nd quarter)
Jake Wright=8/16 94 yards 4 INT
Jeremy Cox=16 carries 57 yards TD
Nijee Cox=6 catches 77 yards TD
Casey Benard=8 tackles
Byron Vincent=6 tackles 2 sacks


Texas A&M stats
Jake Grant=21/42 280 yards 3 TD
Joe Tremblay=11 carries 42 yards
Jonathan Williams=6 catches 93 yards
Matt Mueller=5 catches 52 yards TD
Craig Evans=5 catches 91 yards TD
Kyle Parker=7 tackles
Riley Garner=7 tackles sack INT
Ben Smith=3 tackles 2 INT