College Football Coaching Moves

[shnsajax]

Here we go again. Urban Meyer is reportedly stepping down as Florida's coach according to AOL FanHouse.

I'll believe this in September when Meyer is not coaching Florida in the opener.

 

Sounds like he was back in the hospital the week of the Georgia game. If thats true then I think he is gone for a year or so to get things worked out.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Here we go again. Urban Meyer is reportedly stepping down as Florida's coach according to AOL FanHouse.

I'll believe this in September when Meyer is not coaching Florida in the opener.

 

Sounds like he was back in the hospital the week of the Georgia game. If thats true then I think he is gone for a year or so to get things worked out.

He'll be in Denver where that thin mountain air will help cure what ails.

[Andy]

Here we go again. Urban Meyer is reportedly stepping down as Florida's coach according to AOL FanHouse.

I'll believe this in September when Meyer is not coaching Florida in the opener.

 

Sounds like he was back in the hospital the week of the Georgia game. If thats true then I think he is gone for a year or so to get things worked out.

He was in the hospital this time last year and came back after three days.

[Jon]

The resignation is official, but he'll coach the bowl game.

[Butterscup1679666578]

he just misses timmy. he's got a broken heart, is all

[Jon]

As Darren Rovell put it:

 

The Outback Bowl will feature a retiring head coach. The 46-year-old. Not the 84-year-old.

[shnsajax]

Is Bob Stoops ready to make the move to Florida?

[Jon]

Well, he's implying that it's a retirement.

[OleMissCub]

Is Bob Stoops ready to make the move to Florida?

 

Gotta think Mullen is the top candidate right now.

[TheVolCub08]

Here we go again. Urban Meyer is reportedly stepping down as Florida's coach according to AOL FanHouse.

 

I have been saying this for weeks. Dan Mullen will be the guy at Florida if this happens, and I think Miami has killed themselves by not moving quickly enough.

 

Mullen to Florida, RichRod to Miam, Malzahn to Mississippi State. Book it.

http://twitter.com/#!/GatorUpdates

 

No you've been saying for weeks that Mullen was going to Miami.

 

Yes, I suppose that is what I've been saying here. And I still imagine that will be the case if Florida were to go with Stoops. But, I have believed that if Urban were to retire again (and went so far as to predict it on another website 3 weeks ago), that Mullen would be at the top of the list for this job. Even though I predicted it, though, I'm not sure even I believed it.

 

Still not sure I do, though I think it's more likely to stick this time.

[TheVolCub08]

ESPN's Joe Schad says that the list of candidates to replace Urban Meyer at Florida most definitely starts with Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen. There was some talk that Mullen was Meyer's choice to replace him last year, and that perhaps athletic director Jeremy Foley wanted to go in a different direction, prompting Meyer's return. With Miami sniffing around, will Foley acquiesce this time?

Possible candidates at Florida

 

Dan Mullen, Mississippi State: Many say Gators offense hasn't been the same since he left.

Kyle Whittingham, Utah: Has continued Urban Meyer's success in Salt Lake City.

Charlie Strong, Louisville: First-year head coach may not have enough experience.

Chris Petersen, Boise State: Lots of similarities between Meyer of 2004 and Petersen of today.

Bob Stoops, Oklahoma: There was talk last year that former Gators DC might be ready to move on.

Will Muschamp, Texas DC: Horns' head-coaching-in-waiting has SEC background at Georgia, LSU.

Gary Patterson, TCU: Name always comes up for BCS-conference openings.

Jon Gruden, Monday Night Football: Said no to Miami; is Florida preferable to an NFL gig?

Bobby Petrino, Arkansas: Reportedly the second choice when Meyer was hired.

Larry Fedora, Southern Miss: Gators OC under Ron Zook.

Chip Kelly, Oregon: Could he be in need of another challenge already?

Mike Shanahan, Washington Redskins: Long-ago Gators OC is a good friend of Jeremy Foley's.

 

Informed of Meyer's decision by Brad Locke of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Mullen texted, "News to me. Happy at State," and declined further comment. This seems to suggest that he was not aware that Meyer was going to step down and that he wasn't putting off the Hurricanes while waiting for this to happen.

If Foley decides to go with a defensive-minded coach, Meyer's successor at Utah, Kyle Whittingham, whose name regularly comes up in discussions at BCS-conference schools, figures to be a prominent target, as does Louisville's Charlie Strong, Meyer's former defensive coordinator.

Stepping outside the Meyer coaching tree, Tom Dienhart of Yahoo! Sports tweets that he thinks that Boise State coach Chris Petersen and Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp will also be on Foley's list. And TCU coach Gary Patterson's name always comes up for BCS-conference jobs. Could this be the job that finally gets any of them to leave their current situations?

ESPN The Magazine's Bruce Feldman says that former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden, fresh off his dalliance with Miami, will also be in the mix.

Two other possibilities whose names surfaced last year when Meyer first stepped down: Oklahoma's Bob Stoops and Arkansas' Bobby Petrino. And might Foley take another run at good friend Mike Shanahan, who has had an up-and-down season with the Washington Redskins?

FootballRumorMill.com chimes in with these additional names: Southern Mississippi coach Larry Fedora and Oregon coach Chip Kelly.

In addition to Mullen and Strong, five other former Meyer coordinators have gone on to become head coaches elsewhere (former Bowling Green coach Gregg Brandon, now Virginia's OC; former UNLV coach Mike Sanford, now Louisville's OC; Toledo's Tim Beckman; Marshall's Doc Holliday; and newly appointed North Texas coach Dan McCarney), but we doubt any of them have a big enough name to earn the Florida job.

And what to make of earlier reports that Meyer was having discussions with possible OC candidates? Was it so he could suggest an OC to his successor? Or could Meyer possible want embattled OC/one-time interim coach Steve Addazio put in charge, with a new coordinator to run the offense?

- Albert Lin

 

Joe Schad

 

No shortage of candidates

"Dan Mullen would be an obvious choice and the timing is right following strong interest from Miami and an outstanding successful campaign in his second year at Mississippi State. Louisville's Charlie Strong and Utah's Kyle Whittingham are obvious choices, too. If Meyer had stayed retired last year Oregon's Chip Kelly could have been a hot target but that time may have passed."

[Formerly Snayke]

Bobby Petrino, Arkansas: Reportedly the second choice when Meyer was hired.

 

Petrino's got too much integrity to just up and leave.

[Soul]

A year of reflection confirms that indeed, life without Tebow just isn't as much fun.

[hawkeyecub]

Hello Denver.

 

This is so awesome. When the McDaniels firing came down I posted my desire for Tim to be reunited with [expletive]. It has to happen.

 

Edit: Come on, I can't call Coach Urban Meyer [expletive]? How would RedFlash have worked around this'?

[EhDubya]

As Darren Rovell put it:

 

The Outback Bowl will feature two retiring head coaches. Both the 46-year-old and the 84-year-old.

 

fixed. you'll see.

[OleMissCub]

Informed of Meyer's decision by Brad Locke of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Mullen texted, "News to me. Happy at State," and declined further comment.

 

uh huh...

[Derwood]

As Darren Rovell put it:

 

The Outback Bowl will feature two retiring head coaches. Both the 46-year-old and the 84-year-old.

 

fixed. you'll see.

 

so JoePa saying he's coming back next year was a smoke screen........for............

[hawkeyecub]

Pelini granted permission to speak to Miami about their opening?

[SouthSideRyan]

An easy way to get rid of his embarrassing actions without firing a successful coach?

[TruffleShuffle]

As Darren Rovell put it:

 

The Outback Bowl will feature two retiring head coaches. Both the 46-year-old and the 84-year-old.

 

fixed. you'll see.

 

so JoePa saying he's coming back next year was a smoke screen........for............

 

yeah i don't understand where he's getting this at all.

[abuck1220]

there is seriously no fan base who pulls the "well, our starting ___ was hurt," "we were down to our 3rd string ____," "oh [some fluke play] cost us the game," "our program murdered _____ right before that game," than stupid ND fans. unbearable.

 

you wanna go?

 

Ask him when Gene Chizik is gonna complete his turnaround job at ISU.

 

Probably after they move to the Missouri Valley Conference.

 

hahahahaha

 

brb, going to google image search for a scoreboard from the '09 insight bowl.

[SouthSideRyan]

As Darren Rovell put it:

 

The Outback Bowl will feature two retiring head coaches. Both the 46-year-old and the 84-year-old.

 

fixed. you'll see.

 

so JoePa saying he's coming back next year was a smoke screen........for............

 

yeah i don't understand where he's getting this at all.

 

I could see JoePa retiring suddenly because he doesn't want all the fanfare surrounding his final game.

 

That or EhDubya's predicting he retires from life after the game...death by pooping himself.

[Tracer Bullet]

heard espn radio in West Michigan discussing whether Urban quit so he could take the UM job. Seriously.

[Guest]

Pelini jumping to Miami would be hilarious, I hope it happens.

[Derwood]

EhDubya claims to have inside sources at Penn State, yet nothing he's hinted at has come true