LeeMajors posted:

I'm 34 and had like nearly every game since the mid-90s (although I was a Gamebreaker guy on the original PS because the run game was better dont @ me).

Also, I know who he is, I just didn't know if he is worth a poo poo as a coach.

He was OC at Utah for a bit, right? Or am I thinking of someone else?

I didn't hear much about Houston this year--what did the offense look like? How'd he do with whatever TAMU transfer he got?

Big Piece O poo poo posted:

Oh I know. I'm just referring to the teens he's recruiting. He started as Utah QB coach shortly after graduating, then a year as OC/QB coach. Then he coached QB for Mullen at MSU during the Dak Prescott years. Then he spent this past year as Houston's OC/QB coach. I didn't follow any of those programs closely, but having coached Dak and already having a close relationship with Mullen seems like strong pedigree. The fact that he went from OC at a very good G5 school to go back to position coach at UF seems like a really good pull.

Kim Jong Il posted:

Jesus gently caress you are dense, and that was 11 years ago, it wasn't what I was talking about. It's being a respectable program.


Because the Big East's bowl tie ins were a joke.

Anyway, supposedly Rutgers and South Carolina are both trying to hire Phil Long from Ole Miss.

LeeMajors posted:

Is this good or bad? Tell me how to feel.

DJExile posted:

Michigan has fired head strength coach Kevin Tolbert

DJExile posted:

Michigan has fired head strength coach Kevin Tolbert

an adult beverage posted:

Did they have a bunch of injuries or something?

KKKLIP ART posted:

S&C coaches are one of those positions that fans never think about but is probably at least as important as your OC or DC

MourningView posted:

Iowa (where it’s probably the most important job on staff because we’re trying to get two star recruits to play like four and five stars) pays the strength coach the same salary as the DC and more than the OC

LeeMajors posted:

I didn't hear much about Houston this year--what did the offense look like? How'd he do with whatever TAMU transfer he got?

Grittybeard posted:

Is it still the same one who almost killed a bunch of guys?

an adult beverage posted:

I think the S&C coach spends more time with the players than anyone else on the staff.

Florida's S&C program was in such shambles under Mac that players were paying out-of-pocket private trainers that were not affiliated with the university.

an adult beverage posted:

I think the S&C coach spends more time with the players than anyone else on the staff.

Bird in a Blender posted:

S&C Coach is probably one of the sweetest gigs in coaching. You normally get paid well, you don't travel nearly as much as the other coaches, and you are almost always unknown unless you gently caress something up real bad.

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He and his wife, Sarah, have five children: Sonja, Bronx, Jaggar, Capri and Zolie.

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Austin Thomas is leaving LSU to join Tennessee's staff under new coach Jeremy Pruitt, sources close to the situation told 247Sports on Wednesday.

As the general manager for the Tigers, the Tennessee native was involved in nearly every aspect of the Tigers' program from recruiting and player personnel to football operations and working alongside the coaching staff.

Thomas is expected to serve in a similar role on Pruitt's initial staff with at Tennessee, and his addition must be considered a coup for the new coach of the Vols.

Though he has no direct ties to Pruitt, Thomas has crossed paths with Tennessee's new coach on the recruiting trail and does have a tie to the former Hall of Fame coach now sitting in the top spot in the Vols' athletic director.

Thomas has been at LSU for nearly five years. He joined the Tigers' staff in April 2013 — LSU re-hired him last year after he spent three months at USC — and helped assemble recruiting classes ranked second, fifth and second nationally in 2014, 2015 and 2016. In 2017, the Tigers plucked the No. 2- (JaCoby Stevens) and No. 4-ranked (Jacob Phillips) players in the state of Tennessee.

When the Tigers made interim coach Ed Orgeron their full-time head coach last November, Thomas was promoted to general manager, where he is an influential and integral part of LSU's recruiting operation.

Thomas "leads the way in the oversight and management of the entire LSU football program" and is "one of the top personnel managers in all of college football," according to his bio on LSU's official website.

Part of his role with the Tigers includes working with NFL personnel to aid LSU's players at the next level.

His salary at LSU was $125,000, according to Ross Dellenger of the The Advocate in Baton Rouge.

Ehud posted:

Seriously? I hadn't seen this. Not that I don't believe it, but source?

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Mullen also has to revamp Florida’s strength program. This might be the most critical area of concern for any new coach, but it’s especially important for Mullen because the Gators’ strength program was in shambles near the end of McElwain’s tenure. Some players were going off campus to work with former Olympic sprinter Tim Montgomery, who certainly knows about speed. But he isn’t employed by the school, and he isn’t working with the football coaches. If multiple players from any of college football’s elite programs were paying for their own training off campus, it would immediately raise red flags about the players’ view of the quality of the in-house program. Mullen is expected to bring strength coach Nick Savage from Mississippi State, and judging by what he told players in his first meeting with them, they may be too tired to leave campus to work with anyone else.

Grittybeard posted:

Aren't S&C coaches used as get back coaches on gameday a lot?

Which seems either really fun or really stressful, I'm not sure which.

Real Name Grover posted:

I have full faith in his abilities to beef up our players now. Also,

Real Name Grover posted:

I was reading the bio for Nebraska's new S&C coach last week in part because he went to the same high school as me, and:


I have full faith in his abilities to beef up our players now. Also,

Real Name Grover posted:

Nebraska's new S&C coach

DJExile posted:

If you see a coach on the sideline going bananas and does not have a headset, you can very safely assume that's the S&C guy.

Noctone posted:

I wonder if Trump is also President in whatever timeline KJI is posting from.

Real Name Grover posted:

FBScoops posted:

Paul Haynes was fired as Kent State’s head coach on Nov. 22. It’s now Dec. 13 and all but two FBS head coaching jobs have been filled — one of them being Kent State. So, what’s going on?

Well, before explaining this year’s search, we remind you that Kent State AD Joel Nielsen shopped the job to a number of coaches last year; but ultimately could not find any takers and brought Paul Haynes back for another season. So, heading into this offseason surely he had someone ready to go, right?

Well, by all indications, the answer to that is yes. This search unquestionably was focused on South Dakota head coach Bob Nielson. The 58-year-old has been the head coach at six schools since 1989, including a very successful run at Division II Minnesota Duluth, and took the Coyotes to the FCS playoffs this season after a 4-7 debut. Alas, sources tell FootballScoop Nielson turned down the opportunity to lead Kent State, and has since publicly confirmed he intends to remain at South Dakota.

Once Bob Nielson decided to stay at South Dakota, this one got weird.

Athletic director Joel Nielsen focused the search on successful FCS, Division II & III head coaches, speaking with dozens and meeting with quite a few. One source told FootballScoop, “Whether technically offered or not, at least 15 coaches have turned this one down.”

Throughout this search, sources told FootballScoop that Ed Warinner has remained the one Power 5 assistant that has shown true interest. We’re told the veteran Power 5 assistant and current Minnesota run game coordinator has the support of Nick Saban, Urban Meyer and P.J. Fleck for the job. And yet, somehow, Warinner has not been offered the job.

There has been some chatter about Mount Union head coach Vince Kehres being a candidate once his season is complete. The Purple Raiders will play for their 13th national championship against Mary Hardin-Baylor on Friday night. At this time we’re told there has not been contact (which is surprising given the number of coaches who have been contacted) but we also hear that Kehres would listen if contacted after the season.

Now, here is a curveball that we weren’t expecting when checking up on this search today. Within the last week, Nielsen interviewed Garrett Riley, the younger brother of Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley. Riley graduated from college in 2012 and recently completed his first season as an on-the-field FBS coach, working as Kansas’s quarterbacks coach. Although we understand Nielsen is interviewing another lower level head coach today, sources tell us Riley remains a candidate for the job.

Ghost of Reagan Past posted:

How bad a job is Kent State that you can't find anyone who wants the job, except maybe the quarterbacks coach at loving Kansas?

XxGirlKisserxX posted:

I hope the Mount Union guy doesn't leave for loving Kent State