It’s next to impossible to hire a hot sitting coach from a P5 program. They tend to show interest in order to get a raise from their current school. They have it made. Why leave?
IMO, the way to go is the route we went… you just have to find the right guy. Think Matt Campbell and others from a lower conference. A lot of it has to do with how much interest is that coach getting from other schools. You also see the type of coach you have once he’s fired from your school. Does another school swoop in and hire him as their head coach right away? Think Rick Barnes, Mark Richt, Gus Malzahn, etc.
A coordinator with no prior head coaching experience has more risk but also more reward. Think Lincoln Riley, Mark Richt, Ryan Day, etc.
Whichever route from the 2 listed above, I think you should focus on an offensive guy who likes to sling the ball all over the field, knows how to develop quarterbacks, and scores points. A coach who brings in a stud QB and features an exciting offense will have WR, TE, RB, and O-linemen high school recruits take notice. Recruiting heats up and so does the level of player. Before you know it, the offense is clicking and you’re bringing in 4 star QB’s, RB’s, WR’s, TE’s, and O-linemen from Tennessee, the southeast, and other regions.
The coach can tell recruits on the defensive side, “we’re scoring plenty of points as you can see. It’s all about scoring more than our opponent. We need to shut down the scoring of our opponents and we can do that with you. We also have one of the best defensive line coaches in the game who has put “x” players in the league”.
Before you know it, that coach is winning 9, 10, 11 games. Continuity brings knowledge of the system, depth, and has you contending for the conference title from time to time.
Other P5 schools come after your coach, but he tells them no and gets a nice raise for himself.
This is much easier than hiring a defensive-minded coach who runs a boring offense. He can’t develop QB’s and has trouble recruiting playmakers on offense because of the lack of flash.
IMO, the way to go is the route we went… you just have to find the right guy. Think Matt Campbell and others from a lower conference. A lot of it has to do with how much interest is that coach getting from other schools. You also see the type of coach you have once he’s fired from your school. Does another school swoop in and hire him as their head coach right away? Think Rick Barnes, Mark Richt, Gus Malzahn, etc.
A coordinator with no prior head coaching experience has more risk but also more reward. Think Lincoln Riley, Mark Richt, Ryan Day, etc.
Whichever route from the 2 listed above, I think you should focus on an offensive guy who likes to sling the ball all over the field, knows how to develop quarterbacks, and scores points. A coach who brings in a stud QB and features an exciting offense will have WR, TE, RB, and O-linemen high school recruits take notice. Recruiting heats up and so does the level of player. Before you know it, the offense is clicking and you’re bringing in 4 star QB’s, RB’s, WR’s, TE’s, and O-linemen from Tennessee, the southeast, and other regions.
The coach can tell recruits on the defensive side, “we’re scoring plenty of points as you can see. It’s all about scoring more than our opponent. We need to shut down the scoring of our opponents and we can do that with you. We also have one of the best defensive line coaches in the game who has put “x” players in the league”.
Before you know it, that coach is winning 9, 10, 11 games. Continuity brings knowledge of the system, depth, and has you contending for the conference title from time to time.
Other P5 schools come after your coach, but he tells them no and gets a nice raise for himself.
This is much easier than hiring a defensive-minded coach who runs a boring offense. He can’t develop QB’s and has trouble recruiting playmakers on offense because of the lack of flash.
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