Defensive Coordinator Wishlist And Potential Candidates
by LeaveItToWeaver on Dec 9, 2011 11:25 AM PST
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PrintSince it's the last big elephant in the room for Leach's hiring, I thought it would be interesting to hear some potential candidates for our Defensive Coordinator role. A lot of these guys run 3-4s, which I know we have talked about way too much over the last couple years, but with Leach checking out the NY Jets practices and such, I wouldn't be surprised to see him transition the Cougar D into a 3-4 base or some type of hybrid/multiple formations scheme.
I'll start with a few wishlist names:
Tim DeRuyter - DC at Texas A&M and Interim Head Coach. Runs a 3-4, consistently has his defense near the top nationally. I don't see this ever happening, but a man can dream, right?!
Joe Barry - LB Coach at USC. He falls in the Tony Dungy/Monte Kiffin coaching trees. Very familiar with a 3-4 defense. EDIT: 4-3 / Tampa Cover 2.
Ruffin McNeill - Head Coach ECU. He transitioned ECU into a 3-4 defense, worked under Leach. With what he's making at ECU and being the head man, he probably would view this as a step backwards, but you never know what he's thinking and the pull Leach might have with him.
David Bailiff - HC Rice. He's on the hot seat over there, only making 500k or so. He's the former TCU DC who had quite a few successful defenses. I think he's under the Mack Brown coaching tree.
Others:
Greg McMackin - Fired Hawaii coach. Familiar with Leach. His defensive background is superb and he's known as an excellent recruiter. Coached for Seahawks, Miami Hurricanes and some others. Wasn't getting it done as a head man for Hawaii, plus has some controversy around him. He seems to be a 4-3 guy, so if Leach is wanting to experiment with the 3-4, not sure how that would work?
Jerry Glanville - He's old and not sure he has the desire to hit recruiting like he should, but he has a great coaching background and might be looking to get back into college ball. Not sure he would go for being asecond in charge either. He is a 3-4 guy though and has some NFL-name recognition to him.
DeWayne Walker - Former UCLA DC, great recruiter with California ties. Currently Head Coach at New Mexico State who's struggling.
Chris Tormey - Has a solid background, great recruiter, already on staff. Downside is he's part of the former regime and I don't see Leach keeping any hold-overs.
Who are some others out there? Who would you like to see come to Pullman?
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Ruffin would be fun...
…but I don’t think he’s ready to step back down to DC. I would not be surprised to see Leach snag someone from the pro-ranks either. It seems like he has his mind made up, knows who he wants and that he can get him, but that he is waiting for the right time. Maybe after a bowl game, or until more of the HC jobs fill up. But, then, I could be way off.
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Ruffin has deep ties to ECU
He has a BA from ECU, played ball there, and returned as an assitance coach at one point. I don’t see him leaving for anything.
I don't know about Glanville.
Look at what he did to Portland State.
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Glanville is old and crazy
I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. Ugh
Glanville is a 9 as a DC, but only a 5 as a head coach
Jerry “Duke of Hazzard” Glanville is certainly crazy as a fox, and an unconventional genious as a defensive coordinator. That’s where Jerry belongs, because he is not a great Head Coach. Keep in mind that he was the mastermind behind the House of Pain and Bruise Brothers in Houston, and in Hawaii. (Admittedly, the management style and decorum required of a Head Coach is not a good match for Jerry, thus the poor record as HC at Portland State.) He was funny leaving tickets in Houston for Elvis and other phantom fans. In Pullman, he would probably just leave tickets for Captain Hook . . . . (“arrggghhh, maties”)
McMackin
Worked for Leach in his early years at Tech. Not so great.
Mark will be shocked by no mention of Wilcox.
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Shocked and offended.
He’s rumored to be a head coaching candidate at ASU. I would find that to be a very unenjoyable result.
by Mark Sandritter on Dec 9, 2011 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
That would be an interesting hire in the Pac12.
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I have a feeling that
his whole offensive staff is going to be from his tree (which all them are so far) and his defensive coaches will have some kind of relationship with Leach (as in trust) but won’t have necessarily coached with him. I think his DC will be a big hire and shock most of us.
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He's certainly got the money to hire someone big
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It will be a big hire! it would be great if it was along the lines of Tom or Tommy
Tom Bradley or Tommy Spangler that is. I think CML wants to make an announcement before these two guys would like their names called out, as Tom Bradley is currently not focused on his long-term status at Penn State.
Concerning Tom Bradley, there will be an announcement on Friday January 5th, that he is being replaced as head coach at Penn State. Inside word is that Tom will be given a courtesy interview upon returning from the TicketCity Bowl against the Houston Cougars down in Dallas. Tom Bradley is as good a DC as there is in college football, and as solid and loyal as they come, having been at Penn State since about 1980 as an assistant. However, PSU will will clean house immediately after the bowl game to put the whole embarrassing matter behind them,, though Tom Bradley obviously had nothing to do with the scandal. Alumni, Administrators, Staff, Board members and Benefactors want no reminders left of those horrible sequence of events in the football department. Tom will land somewhere as possible the most dedicated and loyal DC anywhere in the land.
Tommy Spanglers name goes without sayin’, and would be an excellent DC. As wildcards, though unlikely, I still think Mike Stoops or Jerry Glanville are very high caliber DCs, even though their track records as head coaches is dubious at best. They both knowledge of where and how to recruit. There are also some excellent pro assistant coaches available which may come into play.
It would be cool if he brought in a Jets position coach.
I don’t know who, but probably a young one.
Bailiff would be good...
He has labored at Rice (2500 students) under a system that makes no allowances for football in the academic requirements. He won Rice’s first bowl game in over 50 years in 2008, sharing the Conf USA west title with Tulsa and going 9-3. Give him some talent and he will be (and has been) very good. He just made some changes, letting the DC go, after a less than stellar year on defense.
I would think it would be wise to get someone who knows Pac 12 ball.
I don’t have a clue as to who it should be, but it seems that each conference has a unique style, that unless you understand it, you could be way behind the curve for a good period of time.
i'm back bitches.....................deal with it.
There are 6 teams that run pro style offenses.
CU, UU, USC, UW, Furd and Cal. OState runs a single back offense. Anyone qualified to be DC at a BCS school has to have prepared for these types of O.
Oregon’s spread option is an original, and no one in the 12PAC has done well stopping it (except Monte Kiffin, I suppose).
I don’t know whether UCLA will be running a pistol next year or not. With Mora as coach, I’m guessing not, but that’s completely speculation on my part. RichRod’s O hasn’t been run in the PAC, so 12PAC experience wouldn’t help.
Who knows what ASU is going to do.
My list below has some 12PAC names on it, but I think conference familiarity might be less important this year than in many others.
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by TiltingRight on Dec 12, 2011 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
Good advice bb
We learned that lesson the hard way. Well, not us, but our coach who brought us along for the ride, like it or not.
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Tim DeRuyter would be a coup.
Vic Koenning, llinois DC.
Bob Gregory, Boise State LBs, former Cal DC(Coug)
Rocky Seto, Seahawks, former USC DC
Randy Hart, Stanford DL, former UW DC (under Lambright)
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BTW,
DeRuyter, Koenning, Gregory and Hart all run a 3 down system currently (though Hart is only the DL coach).
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by TiltingRight on Dec 12, 2011 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
I would expect an announcement on the hires later today
Ok, at least I would hope for them today.
i'm back bitches.....................deal with it.
From footballscoop
Washington State: We have learned that Mike Leach has hired Mike Smith (outside linebackers coach for the New York Jets) to coach the linebackers at Wazzu.
by fracas on Dec 13, 2011 4:39 PM PST via mobile reply actions
This is a stretch...
but if Leach is looking to announce all of his hires by the end of this week, and if the speculation of the hold-up on the DC is due to waiting on a bowl game… this would leave us with someone from these bowl teams (playing this week). I’ve listed a few names that might be interesting candidates from these schools:
Temple:
- Chuck Heater (DC, former DC at Florida under Meyer, coached RBs at UW for few yrs)
- Quite a few other coaches with Florida connections
Wyoming:
(I don’t see anyone too exciting or with Leach ties)
Ohio:
- Jimmy Burrow (was asst at WSU back in 81, coached under Walden at WSU and ISU, former Nebraska guy)
- Ron Collins (former WSU player, DC under Hawkins at BSU and Colorado)
Utah State
- Nobody is jumping out at me
San Diego State:
- Osia Lewis (former DC at New Mexico familiar w/ 3-3-5, Cal recruiting ties, OSU grad and coaching background in Pac-10)
Louisiana-Lafayette
- Don’t see any connections or fits here
Again all of this is grasping at straws, I hope we hear something in the next few days!
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by LeaveItToWeaver on Dec 15, 2011 12:44 AM PST reply actions
How would people feel about Randy Shannon as DC?
I think it would be a very polarizing hire to say the least.
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by LeaveItToWeaver on Dec 15, 2011 1:03 AM PST reply actions
Cougfan is saying that Tommy Spangler is being mentioned quite a bit by WSU (must subscribe to read the full article)
Or also you can read about him
http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112411aab.html
or
http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/spangler_tommy00.html
I haven’t heard a lot about him but from these articles I feel like we he would be a great addition. It was also mentioned in a different section that he is a great recruiter in Texas.
by luciuswolfey_96 on Dec 15, 2011 4:57 PM PST reply actions
that's interesting...
It doesn’t excite me too much if we brought him in as defensive coordinator, but as a position coach it would seem to be a decent hire.
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by LeaveItToWeaver on Dec 15, 2011 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
He's working for Sonny Dykes at LaTech
and Sonny worked for Leach at Texas Tech for several years, so I’m not surprised that he’s being mentioned. Hope he works out for Wazzu, if that’s what the Cap’n wants.
I am not sure where you get that Joe Barry has a lot of experience with the 3-4...
He is deeply embedded in the Monte Kiffin defensive tree which is almost entirely 4-3.
by Kirt on Dec 20, 2011 4:05 PM PST via Android app reply actions
yeah good catch!
for whatever reason at the time of writing this I had 3-4 in my mind for Kiffin, not the Tampa 2. duh!
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by LeaveItToWeaver on Dec 21, 2011 1:34 AM PST up reply actions
I looked through his old job at Sirius Radio, and there were some coaches who came up on defense side.
I know it is a far shot or crazy selecting candidates from Sirius Radio.
Martin Edward “Marty” Schottenheimer
Pat Kirwan
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by well you win some and lose others on Dec 26, 2011 12:28 PM PST reply actions
Pat Kirwan hasn't coached in over a decade.
Marty Schottenheimer is 68-years-old and currently the Head Coach/GM of the Virigina Destroyers of the UFL.
by Kyle Rancourt on Dec 26, 2011 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
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