CougCenter - From Pride Rock to Pullman: Nick Rolovich takes over at WSUWhy Washington State? Well that's a stupid question.https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47853/fave.png2020-01-23T06:37:41-08:00http://www.cougcenter.com/rss/stream/208290982020-01-23T06:37:41-08:002020-01-23T06:37:41-08:00Nick Rolovich reportedly close to completing his staff
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<p>Cougar coach brings three more assistants from Hawaii</p> <p id="QFZX8a">Nick Rolovich continues to bring more of his former Hawaii staff to the <a href="https://www.cougcenter.com/">Washington State Cougars</a> as more assistant coach hires are being reported over the last few days.</p>
<p id="gdf4AB">Rolovich had brought 3 of his on-field assistants with him to his introductory press conference, and news broke on Sunday that he had raided Wyoming’s staff for 3 defensive coaches including <a href="https://www.cougcenter.com/2020/1/20/21073608/wsu-defensive-coordinator-jake-dickert-washington-state-nick-rolovich">new coordinator Jake Dickert</a>. Since then news has broke about another 3 assistants coming from the Islands. Let’s take a look at the new names and their projected responsibilities.</p>
<p id="3EUJ25"><strong>Mark Weber/Offensive Line</strong></p>
<p id="rF7j3o">Veteran coach with 37 years of experience. Had a stint at Oregon State in the late 80s and coached UCLA’s offensive line from 1997 to 2003…… Most recently had long stints at Fresno State, BYU, and Utah State before spending the last two year with Hawaii….. Coached a bunch of lineman that went on to have NFL careers including Pro Bowler Logan Mankins.</p>
<p id="9BpBIT"><strong>Mark Banker/Safeties</strong></p>
<p id="WzB9gP">Another long time veteran assistant……Banker is a Mike Riley acolyte and served as defensive coordinator for Oregon State, Nebraska and the San Diego Chargers….Banker was out of football for a year after the end of his Nebraska tenure before re-emerging as Hawaii’s Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers coach….Banker’s defenses at OSU were consistently some of the best in the conference…..Banker also had stints at USC and Stanford.</p>
<p id="uIloZ2"><strong>Ricky Logo/Defensive Line:</strong></p>
<p id="GBu4OK">Has spent the last two seasons as Hawaii’s defensive line coach……Previous to that had successful tenures at Colorado State and Houston coaching the same position……..Prior to that spent 4 years in the SEC with Vanderbilt….<a href="https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/teams/american">American</a> Samoa native who hopefully can re-open the recruiting pipeline lost when Joe Salave’a departed to Oregon.</p>
<p id="hpKIfY">This should leave Rolovich with just the wide receivers coach position to fill. The previously reported coaches were Offensive Coordinator Brian Smith, Quarterbacks coach Craig Stuztmann, and Special Teams coach Michael Ghoulbrial from the Hawaii staff and Dickert, Cornerbacks coach John Richardson and Linebackers (?) coach AJ Cooper from Wyoming. Rolovich also brought Chief of Staff Jason Cvercko and Strength and Conditioning coach Dwain Bradshaw from UH for off the field positions. It remains to be seen who Rolovich will bring in for any offensive or defensive analysts for non-recruiting coaching positions.</p>
<p id="4LzkBm"><strong>Analysis</strong></p>
<p id="YdkNk0">Should we be concerned that every assistant so far is coming from a non-Power 5 school? Maybe. It should be noted that a lot of these coaches do have previous Power 5 experience and that the same could have been said when Chris Petersen brought most of his staff from Boise State to Washington. That worked out pretty well. On the other hand, we all remember Paul Wulff bringing his Eastern staff to the Pac-12 and the disaster that was. I would have like to have to seen a couple of Power 5 coaches poached, but l’m going to give Coach Rolo the benefit of the doubt for this first season.</p>
<p id="FV0429"><strong>Football</strong></p>
<p id="rqPfhC">New play-caller for Gardner Minshew</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/Jaguars?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jaguars</a> just named Jay Gruden the team’s new Offensive Coordinator</p>— Debbi Taylor (@debbiwtaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/debbiwtaylor/status/1220017080994537477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2020</a>
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<p id="Gewaj7"><span>Anthony Gordon</span> turning some heads</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Anthony Gordon having the best day of QBs so far. Interesting. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheDraftStartsInMOBILE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheDraftStartsInMOBILE</a></p>— Dylan Sanders @ Senior Bowl (@DillySanders) <a href="https://twitter.com/DillySanders/status/1220061052471300101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2020</a>
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<p id="IdJycr"><a href="https://247sports.com/college/washington-state/Article/Everett-QB-Victor-Gabalis-preferred-walk-on-invite-from-Washington-State-Cougars-football-recruiting-142596289/">Everett QB Victor Gabalis has preferred walk-on invite from WSU</a><br>Earned scholie offer from Hawaii when Rolo was there</p>
<p id="rsWZRp"><strong>Basketball</strong></p>
<p id="qNmton"><a href="https://247sports.com/college/washington-state/Article/This-week-in-Washington-State-Cougar-basketball-In-search-of-a-Rocky-Mountain-High-WSU-142579383/">This week in WSU hoops: In search of a Rocky Mountain High</a><br>Data Raid needs to be dialed in: while WSU is much improved from last season, so is No. 23 Colorado and Utah no easy task in its house either</p>
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https://www.cougcenter.com/2020/1/23/21077693/washington-state-university-cougar-football-assistant-coach-hires-rolovich-nickScott Cresswell2020-01-20T11:03:08-08:002020-01-20T11:03:08-08:00Nick Rolovich invited fans to come drink beer with him — then he covered the tab
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<p>The Cougars’ new football coach is a little different!</p> <p id="5AvLdx">We’re learning very quickly that new <a href="https://www.cougcenter.com/">Washington State Cougars</a> coach Nick Rolovich is a different kind of cat, and we got even more evidence of that on Sunday night when he hosted an impromptu meet-and-greet with WSU fans at Seattle’s Magnolia Village Pub.</p>
<p id="8NtQGD">Presumably in town to do some recruiting, Rolovich posted this to Twitter late Sunday night:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Let’s try this again. Any <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoCougs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoCougs</a> fans out in Seattle tonight? Send the address. Trying to sharpen the claws with some of you guys tonight.</p>— Nick Rolovich (@NickRolovich) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickRolovich/status/1219125363550277632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2020</a>
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<p id="uGLWII">And then shortly thereafter:</p>
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<p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetsRoll?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LetsRoll</a> <a href="https://t.co/P3q7da0RD3">pic.twitter.com/P3q7da0RD3</a></p>— Nick Rolovich (@NickRolovich) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickRolovich/status/1219133683740708866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2020</a>
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<p id="uhFoZW">The Village Pub is a well-known Cougar hangout in Seattle, and it didn’t take long for fans to show up. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">My husband just ditched movie night with me and ran out the door. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/teamrolo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#teamrolo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gocougs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gocougs</a></p>— Mary Nam (@Mary_Nam) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mary_Nam/status/1219138981553532928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2020</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We out here. <a href="https://twitter.com/NickRolovich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NickRolovich</a> <a href="https://t.co/rruTf0coEq">pic.twitter.com/rruTf0coEq</a></p>— Dugar, Michael-Shawn (@MikeDugar) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeDugar/status/1219153699890552832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2020</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Coach is holding court! Someone go buy him a beer or 6!! <a href="https://twitter.com/NickRolovich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NickRolovich</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/COUGFANcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@COUGFANcom</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/VillagePubMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VillagePubMN</a> <a href="https://t.co/pL3MLkg7gX">pic.twitter.com/pL3MLkg7gX</a></p>— Brian J. Walker (@BrianJWalker) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianJWalker/status/1219145669442555904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2020</a>
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<p id="S3lEBU">That last tweet implores fans to buy him some drinks, but as it turned out, the newly-minted millionaire picked up the tab for bar. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We had brussel sprouts also. Appreciate people making the effort to come out. Fun deal. <a href="https://t.co/lwCYZg6FBd">https://t.co/lwCYZg6FBd</a></p>— Nick Rolovich (@NickRolovich) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickRolovich/status/1219302335819608070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2020</a>
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<p id="omtlNL">Rolovich said he appreciated the passion of the fanbase.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Guess who's making a surprise visit with Cougar fans?<br><br>New <a href="https://twitter.com/WSUCougarFB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WSUCougarFB</a> coach <a href="https://twitter.com/NickRolovich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NickRolovich</a> stopped by famous Cougars bar the Magnolia Pub. <a href="https://t.co/VJnTLA3yp8">pic.twitter.com/VJnTLA3yp8</a></p>— KING 5 Sports (@KING5Sports) <a href="https://twitter.com/KING5Sports/status/1219161181715197952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2020</a>
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<p id="ZrAV59">These are definitely different times for Cougar fans. Comparisons will be inevitable with the previous coach(es), and while Mike Leach actually is quite approachable in informal settings, he obviously never used Twitter to extend an open invitation to an entire city of Cougs to come have drinks with him. </p>
<p id="jh9ka1">Between his introductory press conference — during which he referenced the Apple Cup and committed to recruiting the state — and buying beer for a bar full of Cougs, Rolovich clearly knows how to endear himself to this particular fanbase.</p>
<p id="X2Dz9f">Although, we might need to have a chat with our coaches about their beverage choices:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kyle Smith is a Modelo guy. Rolo, apparently, is a Pacifico guy. These are the things you want to know, right? <a href="https://t.co/NiuWFhovGd">pic.twitter.com/NiuWFhovGd</a></p>— Theo Lawson (@TheoLawson_SR) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheoLawson_SR/status/1219152023272083456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2020</a>
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<p id="52qC0Y">Coach, there’s a whole world of great beer out there — especially in Seattle. Maybe we could introduce you to some at some point?</p>
https://www.cougcenter.com/wsu-cougars-football/2020/1/20/21074187/nick-rolovich-bar-drinks-beer-wsu-cougars-fans-magnolia-village-pubJeff Nusser2020-01-20T05:00:00-08:002020-01-20T05:00:00-08:00WSU’s new defensive coordinator is reportedly Wyoming’s Jake Dickert
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<p id="9KTulN">New Washington State head coach Nick Rolovich isn’t wasting anytime filling out his staff. Less than a week on the job, Rolovich has apparently already found his defensive coordinator, hiring Jake Dickert from Wyoming. Dickert is bringing two coaches along with him.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Wyoming DC Jake Dickert is joining the staff at Washington State. More here: <a href="https://t.co/EkP4TPKWr2">pic.twitter.com/EkP4TPKWr2</a></p>— Michael Katz (@MichaelLKatz) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelLKatz/status/1218988003487440897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2020</a>
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<p id="aYyFFi">Dickert just finished his first season as defensive coordinator at Wyoming, guiding the Cowboys to the <a href="http://www.cfbstats.com/2019/leader/national/team/defense/split01/category09/sort01.html">No. 11 scoring defense in the country</a> at 17.6 points per game. Dickert has coached under Craig Bohl at both Wyoming and North Dakota State. He also has experience coaching defensive backs. </p>
<p id="JcNgJA">AJ Cooper would seemingly be in line to be the defensive line coach, while John Richardson appears to be set to be the defensive backs coach. Both have spent the last six seasons at Wyoming. The 2017 Wyoming defense forced 38 turnovers, the most in the country, including 20 interceptions. For comparison, that same year, the Cougars forced 28 turnovers under Alex Grinch.</p>
<p id="7H2YrY">Here is more on who the Wyoming defense profiled last season under Dickert. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Look at the job new <a href="https://twitter.com/WSUCougarFB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WSUCougarFB</a> defensive coordinator Jake Dickert did at <a href="https://twitter.com/wyo_football?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wyo_football</a> in 2019. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wazzu?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Wazzu</a> <a href="https://t.co/nSrgxa4oLS">pic.twitter.com/nSrgxa4oLS</a></p>— SportSource Analytics (@SportSourceA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportSourceA/status/1219030720426971138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 19, 2020</a>
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<p id="m5sSOs">Dickert’s Wyoming defense was excellent in the redzone, allowing <a href="http://www.cfbstats.com/2019/leader/national/team/defense/split01/category27/sort01.html">touchdowns on just 69% of the time, No. 6</a> in the country. </p>
<p id="0rF6CJ">WSU is yet to officially announce the hire, or any of the new staff, but it appears to be taking shape quite quickly. </p>
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<p id="cnq96C"><strong>Football</strong></p>
<p id="d4topL"><a href="https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/jan/19/report-nick-rolovich-bringing-wyomings-jake-dicker/">Report: Nick Rolovich bringing Wyoming’s Jake Dickert to Washington State as defensive coordinator | The Spokesman-Review</a><br>Nick Rolovich is turning to a familiar conference, the Mountain West, and an old foe, Wyoming, as he starts to build his defensive coaching staff at Washington State.</p>
<p id="yMVLmk"><a href="https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/jan/19/what-will-jake-dickerts-defense-look-like-at-washi/">What will Jake Dickert’s defense look like at Washington State? These 10 numbers may offer a few early clues | The Spokesman-Review</a><br>Sunday offered more clarity as to what Nick Rolovich’s Washington State staff will look like in 2020, and more specifically, what the Cougars will look like on defense. According to multiple reports, Rolovich is bringing Jake Dickert to Pullman to be WSU’s defensive coordinator, along with two assistant coaches, AJ Cooper and John Richardson.</p>
<p id="Qdw3it"><a href="https://www.wyosports.net/university_of_wyoming/football/wyoming-loses-defensive-coordinator-in-massive-staff-shakeup/article_09040c6c-3af9-11ea-acdd-67c4d9212614.html">Wyoming loses defensive coordinator in massive staff shakeup | Football | wyosports.net</a><br>Wyoming defensive coordinator Jake Dickert, defensive ends coach/run-game coordinator/co-special teams coordinator A.J. Cooper and cornerbacks coach John Richardson will join the defensive staff at Washington State, head coach Craig Bohl announced Sunday afternoon in a press release.</p>
<p id="Uw7oAO"><strong>Women’s Basketball:</strong></p>
<p id="5ojZgQ"><a href="https://wsucougars.com/news/2020/1/19/womens-basketball-falls-late-to-18-19-arizona-state.aspx">Women's Basketball Falls Late to #18/19 Arizona State - Washington State University Athletics</a><br>The Washington State University women's basketball team was held scoreless over the final three minutes of play against No. 18/19 Arizona State on Sunday afternoon, as the Sun Devils rallied late to score a 65-56 win over the Cougars in Beasley Coliseum.</p>
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https://www.cougcenter.com/2020/1/20/21073608/wsu-defensive-coordinator-jake-dickert-washington-state-nick-rolovichMark Sandritter2020-01-16T08:00:00-08:002020-01-16T08:00:00-08:00How to watch Nick Rolovich’s introductory news conference
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<p>Here’s where to find the various live broadcasts from WSU.</p> <p id="oSZ0KE">Today at 2:30 p.m. PT, Nick Rolovich finally will be officially introduced as the next head coach of the <a href="https://www.cougcenter.com/">Washington State Cougars</a> in a news conference that will be broadcast by Pac-12 Network.</p>
<p id="81rGBC">Introductory news conferences typically are celebratory affairs, but this one is perhaps a bit more highly anticipated by fans than they usually are, given <a href="https://www.cougcenter.com/wsu-cougars-football/2020/1/9/21058751/mike-leach-hired-mississippi-state-bulldogs-washington-state-wsu-leaving">who Rolovich is replacing</a> and also given what we know about Rolovich’s <a href="https://www.cougcenter.com/wsu-cougars-football/2020/1/13/21061924/nick-rolovich-wsu-cougars-coach-hired">personality</a>. </p>
<p id="luMJcX">Rolovich spent the past four years as the head coach of the <a href="https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/teams/hawaii-warriors">Hawaii Warriors</a>, winning 18 games in the last two seasons at one of the most resource-challenged schools in the country. Athletics director Pat Chun moved quickly to hire Rolovich, as word leaked of his hiring just four days after Mike Leach accepted the job with the <a href="https://www.forwhomthecowbelltolls.com/">Mississippi St. Bulldogs</a>.</p>
<p id="EOE4N7">The news conference will be in the be in the Rankich Club Room at Martin Stadium and is open to the public if you just happen to be in Pullman. For those of us not in Pullman, you can watch the introduction via Pac-12 Network on the following platforms:</p>
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https://www.cougcenter.com/wsu-cougars-football/2020/1/16/21068081/how-to-watch-nick-rolovich-wsu-cougars-news-press-conference-pac-12-network-streamJeff Nusser2020-01-15T22:25:34-08:002020-01-15T22:25:34-08:00Rolovich to his new players: ‘I would like to earn your trust’
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<p>It was a humble message from the new head man.</p> <p id="YpZNKu">Whenever new coaches are hired, one of the most anticipated moments is when the coach meets his new team. </p>
<p id="vBOBA8">New <a href="https://www.cougcenter.com/">Washington State Cougars</a> coach Nick Rolovich did just that on Wednesday as his whirlwind introduction to his new program continued. And he had a singular message: “I would like to earn your trust.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">First team meeting of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RoloEra?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RoloEra</a> ✅<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoCougs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoCougs</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetsRoll?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LetsRoll</a> <a href="https://t.co/jPsRU1KwGO">pic.twitter.com/jPsRU1KwGO</a></p>— Washington State Football (@WSUCougarFB) <a href="https://twitter.com/WSUCougarFB/status/1217653202469810177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2020</a>
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<p id="MNdYZF">“I consider myself a Coug now,” Rolovich said, “but I do not consider myself in your family. I’d like to earn that right. This is what you guys have built. ... I’m your coach; I want to get in your family.”</p>
<p id="xbNW6C">The words offered by a coach in this first impression often get parsed, maybe unfairly, in the sense that we probably read too much into it. That said, we’re going to go ahead and read to much into it and say: This probably hits the right note with these players in this particular program.</p>
<p id="DCkmDL">Rolovich is taking over a program with a strong culture already, one that has been established over the course of nearly a decade and which has produced five consecutive bowl games. There’s no need to come in gangbusters and declare “my way or the highway,” as many coaches do. </p>
<p id="T2xncK">And it says a lot about Rolovich’s leadership style — and confidence as a coach — that he doesn’t feel the need to assert his authority and demand respect. </p>
<p id="oVEBib">Another thing he said that I found interesting: That this was the finest collection of athletes he’s ever had the chance to coach. Remember, he’s only ever coached at Hawaii and Nevada. Sometimes I think we overlook how interesting that aspect is to guys who come up from lower levels of the sport — Kyle Smith is in the same boat with the basketball team.</p>
<p id="PJ5vJB">Rolovich is set to meet all of WSU on Thursday at his introductory news conference. It’ll begin at 2:30 p.m. PT.</p>
https://www.cougcenter.com/2020/1/15/21068437/nick-rolovich-wsu-cougars-players-meetingJeff Nusser2020-01-15T17:35:00-08:002020-01-15T17:35:00-08:00Podcast Vs. Everyone: NICK ROLOVICH!!!!!!
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<p>Yep, we’re super fired up.</p> <p id="jIEpRH">The Nick Rolovich era of the <a href="https://www.cougcenter.com/">Washington State Cougars</a> is officially here, and now that we’ve had a day or so to digest the news, we’re just as excited as we were when the news broke on Monday night.</p>
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https://www.cougcenter.com/wsu-cougars-football/2020/1/15/21067614/podcast-nick-rolovich-wsu-cougars-football-coach-hiredJeff NusserCraig Powers2020-01-14T18:19:09-08:002020-01-14T18:19:09-08:00WSU officially announces Nick Rolovich as new coach
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<p>AD Pat Chun calls Rolovich “a program builder, an innovator.”</p> <p id="fsXYEo">In confirming what was widely reported Monday night, WSU president Kirk Schulz and athletics director Pat Chun officially announced Nick Rolovich as the next coach of the <a href="https://www.cougcenter.com/">Washington State Cougars</a>. </p>
<p id="xXIkJh">“We are excited to welcome Nick Rolovich to Cougar Nation,” said Schulz, <a href="https://wsucougars.com/news/2020/1/14/nick-rolovich-named-head-football-coach-at-washington-state.aspx">via news release</a>. “Nick is a proven winner who will bring an exciting style of football to WSU. We look forward to building on the momentum of recent seasons.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Welcome to the Palouse, <a href="https://twitter.com/NickRolovich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NickRolovich</a>! <br><br> : <a href="https://t.co/ftQrUzgS8w">https://t.co/ftQrUzgS8w</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoCougs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoCougs</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetsRoll?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LetsRoll</a> <a href="https://t.co/IYlpqPEVlr">pic.twitter.com/IYlpqPEVlr</a></p>— Washington State Football (@WSUCougarFB) <a href="https://twitter.com/WSUCougarFB/status/1217237134316228608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2020</a>
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<p id="JWCLOs">“We set a goal of bringing the best coach possible to Washington State University,” said Chun. “Nick Rolovich is a genuine person, a program builder, an innovator and the exact fit to lead Cougar Football. Coach Rolovich is committed to academic achievement and developing every aspect of our student-athletes. He has a vision of taking Cougar Football on a path to win championships. We are fortunate to have Nick lead our program and we welcome his wife Analea, along with their daughter Alana and sons Daniel, William and Patrick to the Cougar Family.”</p>
<aside id="J4caz2"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Nick Rolovich will be WSU’s next head coach","url":"https://www.cougcenter.com/wsu-cougars-football/2020/1/13/21061665/nick-rolovich-wsu-football-head-coach"},{"title":"Nick Rolovich’s contract: 5 years, ‘nearly $3 million’ per report","url":"https://www.cougcenter.com/wsu-cougars-football/2020/1/13/21065025/nick-rolovich-wsu-football-coach-contract-salary"},{"title":"Unfamiliar with Rolovich’s Run and Shoot offense? Here’s an introduction","url":"https://www.cougcenter.com/wsu-cougars-football/2020/1/13/21063228/nick-rolovich-offense-run-and-shoot-introduction"},{"title":"Who is Nick Rolovich?","url":"https://www.cougcenter.com/wsu-cougars-football/2020/1/13/21061924/nick-rolovich-wsu-cougars-coach-hired"}]}'></div></aside><p id="w2yenE">Rolovich spent the last four years as coach of the <a href="https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/teams/hawaii-warriors">Hawaii Warriors</a>, winning 10 games and the Mountain West coach of the year award in 2019.</p>
<p id="XN1ac6">“I’d like to thank President Schulz and Pat for the opportunity and the trust they have put in me to lead these young men,” said Rolovich. “Not only on the football field, but we truly believe we are raising tomorrow’s husbands, fathers and community leaders. The excitement is real and it’s honest. Most recently what Coach Leach has built gives us a high starting point. I appreciate him as a friend and what he has done to build the program. </p>
<p id="F6YUIg">“We are looking forward to learning more about the program, the history, the anecdotes and the legends of WSU football,” Rolovich continued. “One of the more attractive things was the community, how it matches a lot of the values we try to live by and I’m excited to raise my family in Pullman. We can’t wait to get up there and get started.”</p>
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<p id="sWrbcn">Rolovich’s introductory news conference will take place on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the Rankich Club Room at Martin Stadium. </p>
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https://www.cougcenter.com/wsu-cougars-football/2020/1/14/21066435/wsu-football-coach-nick-rolovich-official-announcementJeff Nusser2020-01-14T17:40:40-08:002020-01-14T17:40:40-08:00Interactive Graphic: Rolovich led Mountain West in outperforming recruiting rankings
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<p>Explore how WSU’s new coach helped Hawaii overachieve.</p> <p id="fZ7kJH">Mike Leach bringing the Air Raid to Pullman greatly broadened my college football horizons. It exposed me to new offensive ideas and coaches that I was unfamiliar with before he became <a href="https://www.cougcenter.com/">Washington State Cougars</a>’ coach. </p>
<p id="apmgig">His introduction into my football fandom exposed me to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Pass-American-Reinvention-Football/dp/1501116193?tag=sbnation-20" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“The Perfect Pass”</a> by S.C. Gwynne, which quickly became one of my favorite football books and is an all around fun read. It’s primarily about Leach and Hal Mumme, but it takes a detour to the creation of the Run and Shoot and the influence of Mouse Davis on today’s offensive landscape. I remember thinking while reading it, “if I were ever a coach, this is the offense I would want to run.” While I’m sad Leach is gone, I couldn’t be more excited for Nick Rolovich to be the new Cougar head football coach and to watch the Run and Shoot on the Palouse.</p>
<p id="jh0Saz">It’s not just a fun, exciting offense that WSU is getting with this hire. They’re getting a guy who can flat out coach. He, like Mike Leach, had to overcome teams that were more talented than the <a href="https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/teams/hawaii-warriors">Hawaii Warriors</a> on paper to have the level of success he did. </p>
<p id="zIFVac"><a href="https://www.cougcenter.com/wsu-cougars-football/2019/8/7/20752078/wsu-cougars-football-recruiting-rankings">Before the season, I took a look at how WSU had outperformed its recruiting rankings </a>on the field by winning way more than their rankings said they should. I was wanting to find some way to quantify the impact of a coach on their roster’s talent. In 2018, WSU was number 1 in the Power 5 in outperforming their 247 recruiting ranking on the field. Unfortunately, this season wasn’t quite as high flying as the previous one in that regard, but with the hiring of Rolovich, I was excited to see where his teams at Hawaii fared in the same measurement.</p>
<p id="Lu7oxD">CougCenter uses 247Sports’ “Composite Rating” as our standard. Jeff did a <a href="https://www.cougcenter.com/wsu-football-recruiting/2013/2/5/3956800/rivals-scout-espn-247-star-rating-system-national-signing-day">nice job of explaining </a>what that is last year; the goal is to remove bias from recruiting rankings, which <a href="https://247sports.com/Article/247Sports-Rating-Explanation-81574/">you can dig into more detail on it</a> on their site.</p>
<p id="5ptajr">Each year they come out with a “Team Talent Composite” that ranks the talent on each team’s roster. You may not be surprised to find out that WSU ranked 70th <a href="https://247sports.com/Season/2019-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/">in 2019</a>, 57th <a href="https://247sports.com/Season/2018-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/">in 2018</a>, 60th <a href="https://247sports.com/Season/2017-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/">in 2017</a>, 65th <a href="https://247sports.com/Season/2016-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/">in 2016</a> and 57th <a href="https://247sports.com/Season/2015-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/">in 2015</a>. Before we beat our chest too hard that “stars don’t matter,” all 4 <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football-playoff">college football playoff</a> teams in 2019 and 2018 were in the top 10 of 247’s recruiting rankings that year, and 3 of 4 were top 10 in 2017 and 2016. It’s more often than not about the Jimmy’s and Joe’s than the X’s and O’s.</p>
<p id="1kTJ1P">The below chart looks at Rolovich’s and Hawaii’s great progression in the context of the Group of 5. The left column is each team ranked by their 247 Team Talent Composite, the right column is wins divided by that score, calculated as (wins/15 total available games)/team talent composite. They led the Mountain West last season in outperforming their recruiting rankings and were 6th in G5 when excluding service academies (service academies are excluded from the chart because their recruiting rankings tend to be all over the place on 247 and have too few recruits to be worth including). </p>
<p id="cMHg1s">If you look at Hawaii’s incoming class, the avg rating is .81 vs WSU’s being .84. Obviously you’d expect WSU to be recruiting a different caliber of athlete than a Mountain West school, but I point this out to highlight my excitement of seeing what Rolovich’s Run and Shoot looks like with Pac-12 level talent at QB, RB, WR and OL. <span>Max Borghi</span> could legit be a 1,000/1,000 guy in this offense and <span>Travell Harris</span> in particular could be set up for a massive 2020. </p>
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<p id="UOwKzQ">The biggest thing that stands out to me is the jump from 2018 to 2019 in roster talent. Hawaii went from 53rd in Group of 5 to 33rd. It’s difficult to make season over season jumps like that in the Power 5, but I’m excited to see what kind of talent Rolovich and his staff can bring to Pullman. Hawaii’s roster last year had 31 players on it from California, so he’ll be familiar with high school coaches in WSU’s most fertile recruiting territory. Their roster also had 6 players from American Samoa and 3 from Washington (their 3rd most recruited US state for everybody wanting more Washington recruits). </p>
<p id="bsTBEH">When we focus in just on the Mountain West, Hawaii jumps to the top spot in the conference in wins per talent score. Rolovich completely deserved that coach of the year award. </p>
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<p id="hh04RI">Washington State will be a major step up in resources for Rolovich and his staff. The good news is he’s already had a lot of success at a place that hard to win at in the context of its conference. Hawaii’s roster had 17 offensive lineman and 17 wide receivers on it, so he’s stepping into a roster that he should really like. </p>
<p id="zReJpD">Now, get <span>D’Eriq King</span> to transfer here as an insurance policy and let’s ride. </p>
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https://www.cougcenter.com/wsu-cougars-football/2020/1/14/21065038/wsu-recruiting-nick-rolovich-rankingsZane Murfitt