2015 Coaching Carousel

[TechAlum05]

Football Team	Former Coach	Interim Coach	New Coach
Ball State	Pete Lembo		Mike Neu - QB Coach at New Orleans Saints
Bowling Green	Dino Babers	Brian Ward - Defensive Coordinator at Bowling Green	Mike Jinks - Asst. HC & RB Coach at Texas Tech
BYU	Bronco Mendenhall		Kalani Sitake - Defensive Coordinator at Oregon State
Central Florida	George O'Leary	Danny Barrett - QB Coach at Central Florida	Scott Frost - Offensive Coordinator at Oregon
East Carolina	Ruffin McNeill		Scottie Montgomery - Offensive Coordinator/WB Coach/Assoc. HC at Duke
Georgia	Mark Richt		Kirby Smart - Defensive Coordinator at Alabama
Georgia Southern	Willie Fritz		Tyson Summers - Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Coach at Colorado State
Hawaii	Norm Chow	Chris Naeola - OL Coach at Hawaii	Nick Rolovich - Offensive Coordinator at Nevada
Illinois	Tim Beckman	Bill Cubit - Offensive Coordinator at Illinois	Bill Cubit (2 years, $2.4 million total)
Iowa State	Paul Rhoads		Matt Campbell - HC at Toledo
Maryland	Randy Edsall	Mike Locksley - Offensive Coordinator at Maryland	D. J. Durkin - Defensive Coordinator at Michigan (5 years, $12.5 M total)
Memphis	Justin Fuente	Darrel Dickey - Asst. Head Coach/Co-OC/QB Coach at Memphis	Mike Norvell - Offensive Coordinator/QB/Deputy HC at Arizona State
Miami (FL)	Al Golden	Larry Scott - TE Coach at Miami (FL)	Mark Richt - ex-HC at Georgia
Minnesota	Jerry Kill	Tracy Claeys - Def. Coordinator/Associate HC at Minnesota	Tracy Claeys (3 years, $4.5 million total)
Missouri	Gary Pinkel	Andy Hill - QB Coach at Missouri	Barry Odom - Defensive Coordinator at Missouri
North Texas	Dan McCartney	Mike Canales - Offensive Coordinator at North Texas	Seth Littrell - Offensive Coordinator at North Carolina
Rutgers	Kyle Flood		Chris Ash - Co-Defensive Coordinator at Ohio State
South Carolina	Steve Spurrier	Shawn Elliott - Co-Offensive Coordinator at South Carolina	Will Muschamp - Defensive Coordinator at Auburn
Southern Miss	Todd Monken
Syracuse	Scott Shafer		Dino Babers - HC at Bowling Green
Texas State	Dennis Franchione		Everett Withers - HC at James Madison
Toledo	Matt Campbell	Jon Heacock - Defensive Coordinator at Toledo	Jason Candle - Offensive Coordinator at Toledo (5 years)
Tulane	Curtis Johnson		Willie Fritz - HC at Georgia Southern
UL-Monroe	Todd Berry	John Mumford - DL Coach at UL-Monroe	Matt Viator - HC at McNeese State
USC	Steve Sarkasian	Clay Helton - Co-Offensive Coordinator at USC	Clay Helton (5 year contract)
UTSA	Larry Coker		Frank Wilson - RB Coach/Recruiting Coordinator @ LSU
Virginia	Mike London		Bronco Mendenhall - HC at BYU
Virginia Tech	Frank Beamer		Justin Fuente - HC at Memphis

Useful website in the coming weeks and months: http://footballscoop.com/the-scoop/

[TechAlum05]

Two more coaching changes today. George O'Leary is retiring as head coach at (0-8) UCF effective immediately.

Also, Al Golden just got fired at the University of Miami after their 58-0 loss at home against #6 Clemson.

[cscollis]

Please move my thread to this thread, I didn't see it.

Quite a few openings this year already.

Beckman - Illinois
McCarney - North Texas
Spurrier - South Carolina
Sarkisian - Southern Cal
Edsall - Maryland
O'Leary - UCF
Golden - Miami

We know Memphis and Houstons coaches are on the short lists. I could see Holtz, WKU's and MU coach getting some attention this year with a conference championship. I can see the OC's at Baylor and TCU being on short list because the excitement of their offenses. The Toledo coach will be a hot commodity. Maybe Hudspeth if they want a bodybuilder HC that doesn't have a signature win.

Going to be interesting. Anyone else on the short list.

[ChipDog]

Please move my thread to this thread, I didn't see it.

Quite a few openings this year already.

Beckman - Illinois
McCarney - North Texas
Spurrier - South Carolina
Sarkisian - Southern Cal
Edsall - Maryland
O'Leary - UCF
Golden - Miami

We know Memphis and Houstons coaches are on the short lists. I could see Holtz, WKU's and MU coach getting some attention this year with a conference championship. I can see the OC's at Baylor and TCU being on short list because the excitement of their offenses. The Toledo coach will be a hot commodity. Maybe Hudspeth if they want a bodybuilder HC that doesn't have a signature win.

Going to be interesting. Anyone else on the short list.

Some outside the fishbowl believe a CUSA title means you beat some directions/regions. More impressive to beat {insert state} University, {insert state} State University or University of {insert state}.

Outsiders may be quick to note we have not been winning these kind or games, even though Coach Holtz seems to be taking us in the direction Tech supporters want to go. Some Tech $upporters may believe Coach Holtz would have preferred to just send someone to get our check and leave at halftime two weeks ago in Starkville. I heard someone joke that after our performance in Starkville that in the future no athletic director will ever let us see a money-game check until after the final gun.

[RougeDawg]

The only reason Tennessee hired Dooley was because we had the lead at the half against LSU. No way he even made the long list with one good year beating WAC teams.

[ChipDog]

The only reason Tennessee hired Dooley was because we had the lead at the half against LSU. No way he even made the long list with one good year beating WAC teams.

Dooley also beat Mississippi State, among others.

[Cool Hand Clyde]

The only reason Tennessee hired Dooley was because we had the lead at the half against LSU. No way he even made the long list with one good year beating WAC teams.

The only reason Tennessee hired Dooley was because he has a great agent.

[Houston Techsan]

Still would take Dooley as AD any day.

[Cool Hand Clyde]

Still would take Dooley as AD any day.

Naw. He's a sleaze

[SicemDawgz]

The only reason Tennessee hired Dooley was because we had the lead at the half against LSU. No way he even made the long list with one good year beating WAC teams.

How'd that work out for them lol!!

[MiloBumP]

Chipdog is on the right trail...Fortunately we will have Skippy for a few more years because I do not see him making a lateral move, and when you get handled in every major game, no interest will be shown. I like what Skip is doing for our program and the young men that are recruited to and represent our University. Things can always be better but no major complaints from me.

[ChipDog]

Chipdog is on the right trail...Fortunately we will have Skippy for a few more years because I do not see him making a lateral move, and when you get handled in every major game, no interest will be shown. I like what Skip is doing for our program and the young men that are recruited to and represent our University. Things can always be better but no major complaints from me.

Yes. I believe HCSH can almost certainly coach Louisiana Tech, in CUSA, to at least Division Champs every year, Conference Champs at least every other year, and have us a bowl appearance every year - and I don't believe we should expect any less. However, I don't believe it is realistic to expect us to be ranked in the Top 25 without winning a P5 OOC game.

[Dogsince65]

The only reason Tennessee hired Dooley was because we had the lead at the half against LSU. No way he even made the long list with one good year beating WAC teams.

tend to agree but exclude Boise... Boise has been a top tier program for long time. Beating Boise is a big deal--still agree with your opinion

[Dogsince65]

Chipdog is on the right trail...Fortunately we will have Skippy for a few more years because I do not see him making a lateral move, and when you get handled in every major game, no interest will be shown. I like what Skip is doing for our program and the young men that are recruited to and represent our University. Things can always be better but no major complaints from me.

gave you green dot. Coach says things that are not what fans want to hear but I am comfortable because to me they are realistic. Man has beat ND and had l teams in top 25. His Goal is win CUSA and if that means protecting Dixon, Henderson etc before we start CUSA run --so be it-- . If we had beat KS or WK , he may have gone a different direction. Winning CUSA, New facilities, TV exposure, another bowl game, stable coaching staff , the success of Sokol, Driscall and Dixon make the future bright to me-- but again, I am still the resident sunshine whatever

[ChipDog]

tend to agree but exclude Boise... Boise has been a top tier program for long time. Beating Boise is a big deal--still agree with your opinion

Make no mistake. Not one of our current CUSA conference-mates could compete with the best of the Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada OR Boise State teams we have faced.