2013 College Football off-season

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Auburn is hoping to add Dameyune Craig (former AU QB and current Florida State QB coach/recruiting coordinator), Tracy Rocker (former AU DL, current DL coach for the Tennessee Titans), and Tim Horton (Arkansas RB coach/recruiting coordinator) to the coaching staff.

[UK1679666180]

Program----------2012 Coach-------------2013 Coach

Arkansas---------John L. Smith------------Bret Bielema

Arkansas State---Gus Malzahn-------------Bryan Harsin

Auburn----------Gene Chizik---------------Gus Malzahn

Boston College----Frank Spaziani-----------Steve Addazio

Cal--------------Jeff Tedford---------------Sonny Dykes

Cincinnati-------Butch Jones---------------Tommy Tuberville

Colorado--------Jon Embree---------------Mike MacIntyre

FIU-------------Mario Cristobal

Georgia State------Bill Curry---------------Trent Miles

Idaho------------Robb Akey----------------Paul Petrino

Kent State ------Darrell Hazell

Kentucky---------Joker Phillips--------------Mark Stoops

LA Tech----------Sonny Dykes

NC State---------Tom O'Brien---------------Dave Doeren

Northern Illinois----Dave Doeren-------------Rod Carey

Purdue-------------Danny Hope------------Darrell Hazell

Southern Miss------Ellis Johnson------------Todd Monken

Temple-------------Steve Addazio

Tennessee--------Derek Dooley-------------Butch Jones

Texas Tech--------Tommy Tuberville---------Kliff Kingsbury

San Jose State-----Mike MacIntyre

South Florida-------Skip Holtz---------------Willie Taggart

UTEP--------------- Mike Price--------------Sean Kugler

Western Kentucky----Willie Taggart----------Bobby Petrino

Western Michigan-----Bill Cubit

Wisconsin------------Bret Bielema

[UK1679666180]

Huh. Avoiding the hammer?

 

@SIPeteThamel: Al Golden, a favorite of Barry Alvarez, has emerged heavily at Wisconsin. Golden mulling a decision today.

 

Thamel is now reporting that Golden is not leaving.

[apete6]

Huh. Avoiding the hammer?

 

@SIPeteThamel: Al Golden, a favorite of Barry Alvarez, has emerged heavily at Wisconsin. Golden mulling a decision today.

 

Thamel is now reporting that Golden is not leaving.

 

Why not? Wisconsin is a great job and Miami is a dumpster fire right now! They are on their way to terrible sanctions, have a 75,000 seat stadium that is 1/5 full for all games, and are up against rejuvinated Florida and Florida State programs in recruiting. Just dumb on Golden's part, especially since the Penn State job isn't opening up any time soon.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Jim Chaney and Sam Pittman to Arkansas (figured I'd mention this since some on here were talking about them). Really good hires by Bielema.

 

sigh.

[dew1679666265]

Jim Chaney and Sam Pittman to Arkansas (figured I'd mention this since some on here were talking about them). Really good hires by Bielema.

 

sigh.

 

I'll be honest - I'm happy about this since I'd rather face them once every few years rather than every year.

[SouthSideRyan]

SEC assistant coach hiring season is the worst season ever.

[dew1679666265]

SEC assistant coach hiring season is the worst season ever.

 

Maybe Burch Jones and his staff will do well and make life easier on you then.

[UK1679666180]

SEC assistant coach hiring season is the worst season ever.

 

Here's some local coaching news...

 

North Park Univ. (3225 W. Foster, Chicago) has hired Mike Conway as their HC, he previously was the defensive coordinator at California (PA).

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Wisconsin hires Gary Andersen from Utah State.

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Wisconsin hires Gary Andersen from Utah State.

 

Just one great year out of 4. Would have thought BA could get more of a sure thing.

[BleacherBadger]

Wisconsin hires Gary Andersen from Utah State.

 

Just one great year out of 4. Would have thought BA could get more of a sure thing.

 

I'm assuming that's sarcasm. Utah State was 9-38 the 4 years before him, and he went 4-8, 4-8, 7-6, 11-2 his 4 years there, with the last 2 years being mostly his players.

 

USU's national defensive ranking went from like 115 - 110 -50 -15 his 4 years there as well.

 

Very good hire. If no CP or PC, then he's prob the next best choice.

[Smack]

Wisconsin hires Gary Andersen from Utah State.

 

Just one great year out of 4. Would have thought BA could get more of a sure thing.

 

I'm assuming that's sarcasm. Utah State was 9-38 the 4 years before him, and he went 4-8, 4-8, 7-6, 11-2 his 4 years there, with the last 2 years being mostly his players.

 

USU's national defensive ranking went from like 115 - 110 -50 -15 his 4 years there as well.

 

Very good hire. If no CP or PC, then he's prob the next best choice.

 

I agree he's a good coach, the thing that would concern me is zero midwest ties. Like I've said before though, Wisconsin sells itself to offensive linemen and running backs so he's set there. Plus he's got a solid talent base already, a good fanbase, and lots of resources.

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Wisconsin hires Gary Andersen from Utah State.

 

Just one great year out of 4. Would have thought BA could get more of a sure thing.

 

I'm assuming that's sarcasm. Utah State was 9-38 the 4 years before him, and he went 4-8, 4-8, 7-6, 11-2 his 4 years there, with the last 2 years being mostly his players.

 

USU's national defensive ranking went from like 115 - 110 -50 -15 his 4 years there as well.

 

Very good hire. If no CP or PC, then he's prob the next best choice.

 

No not at all. He could be a great hire. But he's had 1 great year. Clearly he improved that program and that is a positive but it's not enough to convince me that he's the 3rd best candidate for this job. Let me ask you this: are you happier now than before BB left?

[dew1679666265]

Tennessee hired Zach Azzanni as wr coach, completing Butch's staff. And man, is it an underwhelming staff.

[BleacherBadger]

Wisconsin hires Gary Andersen from Utah State.

 

Just one great year out of 4. Would have thought BA could get more of a sure thing.

 

I'm assuming that's sarcasm. Utah State was 9-38 the 4 years before him, and he went 4-8, 4-8, 7-6, 11-2 his 4 years there, with the last 2 years being mostly his players.

 

USU's national defensive ranking went from like 115 - 110 -50 -15 his 4 years there as well.

 

Very good hire. If no CP or PC, then he's prob the next best choice.

 

No not at all. He could be a great hire. But he's had 1 great year. Clearly he improved that program and that is a positive but it's not enough to convince me that he's the 3rd best candidate for this job. Let me ask you this: are you happier now than before BB left?

 

I was actually a BB supporter. So I can't say I'm happy that he left out of the blue and our assistant coordinators were forced to accept jobs with 24 hour timelines at other places, more than half with BB.

 

However, I can't say I'm happier with GA compared to BB. I will be happy if GA keeps the team and recruits together and continues to keep Wisconsin in the top tier of the conference. That remains to be seen.

 

What I can say is that I'm happy that after all the events that have taken place since the B1G championship that Barry brought in a coach with experience, with a proven ability to not just sustain a program, but to build it from the ground up, and that seems to fit the Wisconsin philosophy.

 

That 1 great year would be more than if we had hired Diaco or any other top coordinator without head coaching experience, and more than the seemingly other main candidate, Mel Tucker.

[BleacherBadger]

Wisconsin hires Gary Andersen from Utah State.

 

Just one great year out of 4. Would have thought BA could get more of a sure thing.

 

I'm assuming that's sarcasm. Utah State was 9-38 the 4 years before him, and he went 4-8, 4-8, 7-6, 11-2 his 4 years there, with the last 2 years being mostly his players.

 

USU's national defensive ranking went from like 115 - 110 -50 -15 his 4 years there as well.

 

Very good hire. If no CP or PC, then he's prob the next best choice.

 

I agree he's a good coach, the thing that would concern me is zero midwest ties. Like I've said before though, Wisconsin sells itself to offensive linemen and running backs so he's set there. Plus he's got a solid talent base already, a good fanbase, and lots of resources.

 

Agreed. While he seems to be bringing 5-6 guys with him, I hope he rounds out his staff with Midwest guys.

 

Wasn't he named Recruiter of the Year in 2005 or so? I guess that keeps me optimistic. Also, a lot of the USU players are tweeting that they only came to USU because of Gary Anderesen, so it seems as though the guy knows how to sell himself to the players.

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Wisconsin hires Gary Andersen from Utah State.

 

Just one great year out of 4. Would have thought BA could get more of a sure thing.

 

I'm assuming that's sarcasm. Utah State was 9-38 the 4 years before him, and he went 4-8, 4-8, 7-6, 11-2 his 4 years there, with the last 2 years being mostly his players.

 

USU's national defensive ranking went from like 115 - 110 -50 -15 his 4 years there as well.

 

Very good hire. If no CP or PC, then he's prob the next best choice.

 

No not at all. He could be a great hire. But he's had 1 great year. Clearly he improved that program and that is a positive but it's not enough to convince me that he's the 3rd best candidate for this job. Let me ask you this: are you happier now than before BB left?

 

I was actually a BB supporter. So I can't say I'm happy that he left out of the blue and our assistant coordinators were forced to accept jobs with 24 hour timelines at other places, more than half with BB.

 

However, I can't say I'm happier with GA compared to BB. I will be happy if GA keeps the team and recruits together and continues to keep Wisconsin in the top tier of the conference. That remains to be seen.

 

What I can say is that I'm happy that after all the events that have taken place since the B1G championship that Barry brought in a coach with experience, with a proven ability to not just sustain a program, but to build it from the ground up, and that seems to fit the Wisconsin philosophy.

 

That 1 great year would be more than if we had hired Diaco or any other top coordinator without head coaching experience, and more than the seemingly other main candidate, Mel Tucker.

 

First, this has nothing to do with Diaco. I'm thrilled that this likely means he's at ND next year.

 

But sustain a program? What part of 4-8, 4-8, 7-6 with a loss to Ohio in the potato bowl constitutes sustained success? Or do you mean sustain as in sustain the level it was already at? Bc that looks a lot like mediocrity before this season.

 

Again, this could be a great hire. I don't have any idea how GA will work out at Wisconsin. He does had 1 great year under his belt. But that's the sort of record I'd expect to land a guy a job at a mid-level BCS program with the chance to jump up if he's successful there. The guy seems to have done well as a DC and has 1 great year as a HC. I'm just surprised that a team like Wisconsin couldn't take a clear step up from BB.

[mul21]

 

Again, this could be a great hire. I don't have any idea how GA will work out at Wisconsin. He does had 1 great year under his belt. But that's the sort of record I'd expect to land a guy a job at a mid-level BCS program with the chance to jump up if he's successful there. The guy seems to have done well as a DC and has 1 great year as a HC. I'm just surprised that a team like Wisconsin couldn't take a clear step up from BB.

 

Really? I mean, it's a nice program and all, but it's not like some juggernaut that attracts amazing athletes every single year and has access to a talent laden recruiting base. And as bad as the B1G has been recently, the conference doesn't help any either.

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4 straight rose bowls. It's not Texas but it's not Arkansas St either.

[BleacherBadger]

4 straight rose bowls. It's not Texas but it's not Arkansas St either.

 

3. And I agree with Mul, we're still a tier behind OSU and UofM, battling but prob still losing to Neb and PSU from a prestige standpoint.

 

I wasn't making it about Diaco. I just used him as an example as a hot coordinator who's name has been thrown around. Nothing to do with you being an ND fan.

 

Just out of curiosity, are there any names you can think of that would fit what you would have expected? The hot names come and go quickly, it's not like there's many guys with 3-5 years of success at mid-level schools.

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I guess I would put Wisconsin in the PSU (w/o the current blemish) and Nebraska tier. I don't know that you're losing anything to either of those schools, at least now. Probably right there with any 2nd tier BCS program.

 

So I would have thought you'd be able to get a guy like Strong-3 winning seasons at a BCS school and a great last season. I realize the overall record may not look much different than GA's but the Big East for as bad as it is, carries more weight for me than whoever GA is playing at Utah St. Maybe a guy like Golden who has probably taken a step back since struggling at Miami but could see Madison as a way to get back on the right track toward a true tier 1 gig in 5-ish years and escape the hammer that's likely coming. Those are the kinds of names I would have expected to see, off the top of my head. GA may end up better than either but 1 great year and a 1-1 record in the potato bowl don't give me a ton of confidence. Maybe it's just me.

[CubInOK]

I'm supposed to brag about recruits OU got verbals from today, but I care nothing about recruiting.

 

Eh, they're a buncha 3*s.

[Formerly Snayke]

I'm supposed to brag about recruits OU got verbals from today, but I care nothing about recruiting.

 

Eh, they're a buncha 3*s.

 

Is Blake Bell the next QB1?

[Old Style]

I'm supposed to brag about recruits OU got verbals from today, but I care nothing about recruiting.

 

Eh, they're a buncha 3*s.

Congrats on stealing Kerrick Huggins from us the other day. Too bad he'll never make the grades to get in. He's a 4* DT.