Yes. Go Spartans! Joey Jones should have never left to go to Birmingham Southern. They went 5-5 without him. Joey would be a great OC at Bama.
RTR forever!
Coaching Prospects - Making a List
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Yes. Go Spartans! Joey Jones should have never left to go to Birmingham Southern. They went 5-5 without him. Joey would be a great OC at Bama.
RTR forever!
I would LOVE to see Bill Cowher as HC. Talk about a take no crap off of anyone kind of coach. I'm not really a Steelers fan but I love that guy. Mentally tougher than woodpecker lips.
That being said, I don't see it happening. My list of guys I'd like to see interviewed when the time comes:
1. Nick Saban-yes, he's a Yankee and kind of abrasive but a GREAT coach.
2. Rich Rodriguez-I know he's a WVU alum but if Bama dangles $3 million reasons in front of him, I think he'd jump.
3. Jim Grobe-yeah, his offenses are a bit vanilla BUT he's done more with a bunch of no name recruits than probably anyone else.
NO assistants or OCs or DCs, I don't care who they are. Bama just can't afford anymore coaches learning on the job.
That being said, I don't see it happening. My list of guys I'd like to see interviewed when the time comes:
1. Nick Saban-yes, he's a Yankee and kind of abrasive but a GREAT coach.
2. Rich Rodriguez-I know he's a WVU alum but if Bama dangles $3 million reasons in front of him, I think he'd jump.
3. Jim Grobe-yeah, his offenses are a bit vanilla BUT he's done more with a bunch of no name recruits than probably anyone else.
NO assistants or OCs or DCs, I don't care who they are. Bama just can't afford anymore coaches learning on the job.
I don't think you're going to see Fisher and/or Chow available. Chow, maybe, but the Titans aren't going to clean house that drastically.
Paul Johnson has 2 NC's and has the best seasons in Navy's history!!
This guy has proven he can get it done!
You know he would take the job in a heartbeat!
Paul Johnson
Position:
Head Coach
Experience:
5th season at Navy
Alma Mater:
Western Carolina
Graduated:
1979
When college football experts around the country talk about the best college football coaches in America, the conversation should begin with Navy head coach Paul Johnson. What he has accomplished at the Naval Academy in four seasons has been of historic proportions.
Johnson took over a program that had posted a 1-20 record the previous two years before his arrival in 2002. After a 2-10 mark in his first year, the Navy football program has achieved what many thought was no longer possible at an Academy, as Johnson has brought the Midshipmen back in to the national spotlight with a 26-11 (.703) record over the last three years. The Mids' 26 wins over that time span equals the most in school history over a three-year period.
In 2005, despite returning the fewest starters in the country, Johnson led the Midshipmen to an 8-4 record, a school-record third-consecutive bowl game and a school-record second-straight bowl win. More importantly, Navy swept Academy rivals Air Force and Army to win the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy for a third-straight year, which is also a Navy first.
Johnson has dominated the other two Service Academies during his tenure in Annapolis, posting a 7-1 record (.875). He is just the third coach in school history to start his career 4-0 against Army, joining Wayne Hardin and George Welsh.
The Mids were led by the No. 1 rushing attack in the country, piling up 318.7 rushing yards per contest, and a hard-hitting defense that made plays when it had to. 2005 marked the second time in the last three years that Navy led the nation in rushing and the Mids have never finished lower than third in the nation under Johnson.
In 2004, Navy posted a 10-2 record, tying the school record for wins set in 1905. The Mids defeated New Mexico, 34-19, in the Emerald Bowl, giving Navy just its fifth bowl win in school history.
Johnson was recognized for his coaching exploits when he was named the 2004 Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year.
Johnson brought the Navy football program back to national prominence with a relentless ground attack and an improved defense.
Navy finished third in the country in rushing in 2004, averaging 289.5 yards per contest. The Mids have also improved by leaps and bounds on defense. In 2004, the Mids finished 44th in total defense and 26th in scoring defense. In 2003, Johnson led Navy to an 8-5 record and brought the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy back to Annapolis for the first time since 1981, propelling Navy to a bowl game (EV1.net Houston Bowl) for the first time since 1996.
The eight wins equaled Navy's win total for the previous four years combined and the six-game improvement was the second-best turnaround in the country. The Mids also became just the sixth team in NCAA history to go from a winless season to a bowl game in two years or less.
Johnson's potent triple option offense led the nation in rushing, averaging a school-record 323.2 yards per contest. The Mids also set school records for rushing yards (4,202), yards per rush (5.5), rushing touchdowns (44), total offense (5,506), total offense per game (431.4) and yards per play (6.0). Not to be overlooked is the defense, which made a dramatic improvement thanks to improved speed and the switch to a 3-4 defense. The Mids' most significant improvement came against the pass, as Navy ranked 14th in the country (180.23 yards per game) after ranking 61st in 2002. The defense also made major improvements in pass efficiency defense (from 116th to 42nd), total defense (100th to 42nd) and scoring defense (108th to 34th). Johnson was recognized nationally for his coaching performance, as he was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award, the Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award and the Associated Press Coach of the Year Award.
The seeds for 2003 were actually sewn at the end of the 2002 season as the Midshipmen showed great improvement throughout Johnson's initial campaign, which was capped off by a 58-12 rout of Army in the season finale.
The 58 points scored against the Black Knights were the most ever in the annual Army-Navy game and the 46-point margin of victory was the second-biggest blowout in series history. Quarterback Craig Candeto rushed for an Army-Navy game and school-record six touchdowns in helping Johnson become the first coach from either school to win his first Army-Navy game as a head coach since 1982.
The Navy offense finished third in the nation in rushing, averaging 270.8 yards per game. The Mids scored 30 or more points on four occasions and nearly pulled off one of the biggest upsets in school history, losing to 10th-ranked Notre Dame in the final seconds, 30-23.
Johnson took over a program that was coming off the worst two-year span in its 123-year history (1-20) and had recorded just two winning seasons the last-20 years.
"The program didn't get the way it is overnight, and it's not going to change overnight," said Johnson. "But I am confident that you can win here. If I didn't believe that, I would have never accepted the job."
Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk tabbed Johnson as Navy's 36th head football coach on Dec. 9, 2001. It was an announcement that was met with great fanfare from Naval Academy football fans around the world. Johnson came to Navy from Georgia Southern, where he posted a 62-10 (.861) record, won two-straight I-AA National Championships (1999 and 2000), five-straight Southern Conference Championships and was named the Division I-AA National Coach of the Year four-consecutive times (1997-2000).
After Johnson took over as head coach at Georgia Southern in 1997, he returned the Eagle program to national prominence statistically and in the won-lost ledger. In addition to Georgia Southern's 62-10 mark, the Eagles scored 2,855 points (39.7 points per game), picked up 25,941 rushing yards (360.3 yards per game), 7,816 passing yards (108.6 yards per game) and 33,757 total yards (468.8 yards per game). GSU scored 380 touchdowns in the Johnson Era, an average of 5.3 per game. The Eagles' scoring margin under Johnson was +21.5 (39.7-18.5).
Johnson picked up a milestone victory in the 2000 I-AA National Championship Game against Montana. Not only did the 27-25 victory give Georgia Southern its second-straight national title, but it was Johnson's 50th-career win in four seasons. Only three other coaches in the history of Division I football have won 50 or more games in four seasons, as Johnson joined Walter Camp (1888-1891, 54-2 at Yale), George Woodruff (1892-1895, 53-4 at Penn) and Bob Pruett (1996-99, 50-4 at Marshall) on the exclusive list.
Johnson took over a Georgia Southern program in 1997 that was 4-7 the previous year and orchestrated a turnaround which ranks among the NCAA's best ever, directing the Eagles to a 10-3 record, equaling the school's best mark since 1989. His peers and media members justly rewarded his rebuilding efforts as he earned Southern Conference Coach-of-the-Year honors while also picking up national tributes from the American Football Coaches Association and American Football Quarterly.
In 1998, Johnson guided the Eagles to a perfect 11-0 regular-season record and the school's sixth NCAA Division I-AA National Championship Game appearance before finishing with a 14-1 mark. He directed a high-powered offensive unit which tied or broke 100 records during the campaign, and again earned the league's top coaching honor and received national praise as the recipient of The Sports Network's Eddie Robinson Award -- symbolic of the division's national coach-of-the-year selection.
In 1999, Johnson brought Georgia Southern back to the national championship game and this time it won it, as the Eagles finished 13-2, broke 197 records and won the school's fifth national title. For his efforts, Johnson was honored as the 1999 American Football Coaches Association and Chevrolet I-AA National Coach of the Year.
The Eagles came back in 2000 and won their second-straight national championship, posting a 13-2 record. Johnson was named the American Football Coaches Association I-AA Coach of the Year.
In four-plus seasons, Johnson's squads broke or tied 389 individual and team school, conference, playoff or stadium records, ranked in the top 10 in 21 statistical categories and produced 31 All-Americans. The Eagles won an NCAA I-AA record 39-consecutive games at home, breaking their own mark of 38. Meanwhile, their 52 wins over the last-four seasons were the most in all of Division I.
Georgia Southern produced 300 yards or more of total offense in 53 of its last-59 games and picked up 400-plus yards of total offense in 45 of the last-58 contests. Fullback Adrian Peterson rushed for 6,736 yards in his career, the most in the history of Division I football.
Although lost at times in the glitz and glamour of Johnson's explosive offensive unit, Georgia Southern also had an excellent defense. The 2001 Georgia Southern defense ranked as one of the best ever at the school as it ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring defense (fourth), total defense (sixth) and pass defense (second). The defense allowed a school-record 12 points per game.
Johnson was Navy's offensive coordinator in 1995 and 1996 and his spread offense made an immediate impact, breaking five school records during the Mids' five-win season in 1995, equaling the most wins by a Navy team since 1990.
Navy came back in year two under Johnson and exploded, posting a 9-3 record, including a 42-38 victory over California in the Aloha Bowl. It was Navy's first winning season since 1982 and one of only two winning seasons the Mids have had in the last-19 years (the other being in 1997 when Navy went 7-4 running the spread offense under the direction of Johnson protégé Ken Niumatalolo). Navy's appearance in the Aloha Bowl was the Mids' first bowl appearance since 1981 and just their ninth bowl appearance in school history. Navy finished the '96 season ranked fifth nationally in rushing offense (283.6 yards per game), 31st in total offense (407.7 yards per game) and 22nd in scoring offense (31.8 points per game). Quarterback Chris McCoy rushed for 1,228 yards and a school-record 16 rushing touchdowns, while fullback Omar Nelson rushed for 857 yards. Though Johnson left for Georgia Southern after the 1996 season, his offense remained in tact for two more years, as McCoy became just the 10th quarterback in NCAA history to rush and pass for 1,000 yards in a season in 1997. McCoy had 20 rushing touchdowns in '97, an NCAA record for quarterbacks.
Prior to joining the Navy staff, Johnson spent eight seasons as the offensive coordinator at the University of Hawai'i (1987-94). He helped guide the Rainbows to their first Western Athletic Conference title and their first bowl appearance coordinating an explosive offense that broke or equaled over 160 school records.
While at Hawai'i, Johnson developed a successful offensive unit which earned top-20 I-A statistical rankings in scoring offense, total offense and rushing offense during six of his eight seasons. He earned Top Offensive Coach honors in the WAC and was named one of the top 10 assistant coaches in the country by The Sporting News.
Arriving at Georgia Southern in 1983 as defensive line coach, Johnson was promoted to offensive coordinator in 1985. Under his tutelage, record-setting quarterback Tracy Ham and the Eagle offense rewrote the school record book 75 times while averaging 435 total yards and 36 points per contest. Georgia Southern rolled to a combined 26-4 (.867) record while capturing a pair of I-AA titles in 1985-86.
Johnson's coaching career began when he was offensive coordinator and line coach at his alma mater Avery County (N.C.) High School in 1979-80. He accepted the offensive coordinator's position at Lees McRae Junior College in 1981, leading his offensive unit to a sixth-place national standing among NJCAA total offense leaders.
Johnson, a native of Newland, N.C., earned his Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from Western Carolina in 1979 and a Master's of Science degree in health and physical education from Appalachian State in 1982. He and wife, Susan, are the parents of a daughter, Kaitlyn (13).
This guy has proven he can get it done!
You know he would take the job in a heartbeat!
Paul Johnson
Position:
Head Coach
Experience:
5th season at Navy
Alma Mater:
Western Carolina
Graduated:
1979
When college football experts around the country talk about the best college football coaches in America, the conversation should begin with Navy head coach Paul Johnson. What he has accomplished at the Naval Academy in four seasons has been of historic proportions.
Johnson took over a program that had posted a 1-20 record the previous two years before his arrival in 2002. After a 2-10 mark in his first year, the Navy football program has achieved what many thought was no longer possible at an Academy, as Johnson has brought the Midshipmen back in to the national spotlight with a 26-11 (.703) record over the last three years. The Mids' 26 wins over that time span equals the most in school history over a three-year period.
In 2005, despite returning the fewest starters in the country, Johnson led the Midshipmen to an 8-4 record, a school-record third-consecutive bowl game and a school-record second-straight bowl win. More importantly, Navy swept Academy rivals Air Force and Army to win the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy for a third-straight year, which is also a Navy first.
Johnson has dominated the other two Service Academies during his tenure in Annapolis, posting a 7-1 record (.875). He is just the third coach in school history to start his career 4-0 against Army, joining Wayne Hardin and George Welsh.
The Mids were led by the No. 1 rushing attack in the country, piling up 318.7 rushing yards per contest, and a hard-hitting defense that made plays when it had to. 2005 marked the second time in the last three years that Navy led the nation in rushing and the Mids have never finished lower than third in the nation under Johnson.
In 2004, Navy posted a 10-2 record, tying the school record for wins set in 1905. The Mids defeated New Mexico, 34-19, in the Emerald Bowl, giving Navy just its fifth bowl win in school history.
Johnson was recognized for his coaching exploits when he was named the 2004 Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year.
Johnson brought the Navy football program back to national prominence with a relentless ground attack and an improved defense.
Navy finished third in the country in rushing in 2004, averaging 289.5 yards per contest. The Mids have also improved by leaps and bounds on defense. In 2004, the Mids finished 44th in total defense and 26th in scoring defense. In 2003, Johnson led Navy to an 8-5 record and brought the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy back to Annapolis for the first time since 1981, propelling Navy to a bowl game (EV1.net Houston Bowl) for the first time since 1996.
The eight wins equaled Navy's win total for the previous four years combined and the six-game improvement was the second-best turnaround in the country. The Mids also became just the sixth team in NCAA history to go from a winless season to a bowl game in two years or less.
Johnson's potent triple option offense led the nation in rushing, averaging a school-record 323.2 yards per contest. The Mids also set school records for rushing yards (4,202), yards per rush (5.5), rushing touchdowns (44), total offense (5,506), total offense per game (431.4) and yards per play (6.0). Not to be overlooked is the defense, which made a dramatic improvement thanks to improved speed and the switch to a 3-4 defense. The Mids' most significant improvement came against the pass, as Navy ranked 14th in the country (180.23 yards per game) after ranking 61st in 2002. The defense also made major improvements in pass efficiency defense (from 116th to 42nd), total defense (100th to 42nd) and scoring defense (108th to 34th). Johnson was recognized nationally for his coaching performance, as he was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award, the Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award and the Associated Press Coach of the Year Award.
The seeds for 2003 were actually sewn at the end of the 2002 season as the Midshipmen showed great improvement throughout Johnson's initial campaign, which was capped off by a 58-12 rout of Army in the season finale.
The 58 points scored against the Black Knights were the most ever in the annual Army-Navy game and the 46-point margin of victory was the second-biggest blowout in series history. Quarterback Craig Candeto rushed for an Army-Navy game and school-record six touchdowns in helping Johnson become the first coach from either school to win his first Army-Navy game as a head coach since 1982.
The Navy offense finished third in the nation in rushing, averaging 270.8 yards per game. The Mids scored 30 or more points on four occasions and nearly pulled off one of the biggest upsets in school history, losing to 10th-ranked Notre Dame in the final seconds, 30-23.
Johnson took over a program that was coming off the worst two-year span in its 123-year history (1-20) and had recorded just two winning seasons the last-20 years.
"The program didn't get the way it is overnight, and it's not going to change overnight," said Johnson. "But I am confident that you can win here. If I didn't believe that, I would have never accepted the job."
Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk tabbed Johnson as Navy's 36th head football coach on Dec. 9, 2001. It was an announcement that was met with great fanfare from Naval Academy football fans around the world. Johnson came to Navy from Georgia Southern, where he posted a 62-10 (.861) record, won two-straight I-AA National Championships (1999 and 2000), five-straight Southern Conference Championships and was named the Division I-AA National Coach of the Year four-consecutive times (1997-2000).
After Johnson took over as head coach at Georgia Southern in 1997, he returned the Eagle program to national prominence statistically and in the won-lost ledger. In addition to Georgia Southern's 62-10 mark, the Eagles scored 2,855 points (39.7 points per game), picked up 25,941 rushing yards (360.3 yards per game), 7,816 passing yards (108.6 yards per game) and 33,757 total yards (468.8 yards per game). GSU scored 380 touchdowns in the Johnson Era, an average of 5.3 per game. The Eagles' scoring margin under Johnson was +21.5 (39.7-18.5).
Johnson picked up a milestone victory in the 2000 I-AA National Championship Game against Montana. Not only did the 27-25 victory give Georgia Southern its second-straight national title, but it was Johnson's 50th-career win in four seasons. Only three other coaches in the history of Division I football have won 50 or more games in four seasons, as Johnson joined Walter Camp (1888-1891, 54-2 at Yale), George Woodruff (1892-1895, 53-4 at Penn) and Bob Pruett (1996-99, 50-4 at Marshall) on the exclusive list.
Johnson took over a Georgia Southern program in 1997 that was 4-7 the previous year and orchestrated a turnaround which ranks among the NCAA's best ever, directing the Eagles to a 10-3 record, equaling the school's best mark since 1989. His peers and media members justly rewarded his rebuilding efforts as he earned Southern Conference Coach-of-the-Year honors while also picking up national tributes from the American Football Coaches Association and American Football Quarterly.
In 1998, Johnson guided the Eagles to a perfect 11-0 regular-season record and the school's sixth NCAA Division I-AA National Championship Game appearance before finishing with a 14-1 mark. He directed a high-powered offensive unit which tied or broke 100 records during the campaign, and again earned the league's top coaching honor and received national praise as the recipient of The Sports Network's Eddie Robinson Award -- symbolic of the division's national coach-of-the-year selection.
In 1999, Johnson brought Georgia Southern back to the national championship game and this time it won it, as the Eagles finished 13-2, broke 197 records and won the school's fifth national title. For his efforts, Johnson was honored as the 1999 American Football Coaches Association and Chevrolet I-AA National Coach of the Year.
The Eagles came back in 2000 and won their second-straight national championship, posting a 13-2 record. Johnson was named the American Football Coaches Association I-AA Coach of the Year.
In four-plus seasons, Johnson's squads broke or tied 389 individual and team school, conference, playoff or stadium records, ranked in the top 10 in 21 statistical categories and produced 31 All-Americans. The Eagles won an NCAA I-AA record 39-consecutive games at home, breaking their own mark of 38. Meanwhile, their 52 wins over the last-four seasons were the most in all of Division I.
Georgia Southern produced 300 yards or more of total offense in 53 of its last-59 games and picked up 400-plus yards of total offense in 45 of the last-58 contests. Fullback Adrian Peterson rushed for 6,736 yards in his career, the most in the history of Division I football.
Although lost at times in the glitz and glamour of Johnson's explosive offensive unit, Georgia Southern also had an excellent defense. The 2001 Georgia Southern defense ranked as one of the best ever at the school as it ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring defense (fourth), total defense (sixth) and pass defense (second). The defense allowed a school-record 12 points per game.
Johnson was Navy's offensive coordinator in 1995 and 1996 and his spread offense made an immediate impact, breaking five school records during the Mids' five-win season in 1995, equaling the most wins by a Navy team since 1990.
Navy came back in year two under Johnson and exploded, posting a 9-3 record, including a 42-38 victory over California in the Aloha Bowl. It was Navy's first winning season since 1982 and one of only two winning seasons the Mids have had in the last-19 years (the other being in 1997 when Navy went 7-4 running the spread offense under the direction of Johnson protégé Ken Niumatalolo). Navy's appearance in the Aloha Bowl was the Mids' first bowl appearance since 1981 and just their ninth bowl appearance in school history. Navy finished the '96 season ranked fifth nationally in rushing offense (283.6 yards per game), 31st in total offense (407.7 yards per game) and 22nd in scoring offense (31.8 points per game). Quarterback Chris McCoy rushed for 1,228 yards and a school-record 16 rushing touchdowns, while fullback Omar Nelson rushed for 857 yards. Though Johnson left for Georgia Southern after the 1996 season, his offense remained in tact for two more years, as McCoy became just the 10th quarterback in NCAA history to rush and pass for 1,000 yards in a season in 1997. McCoy had 20 rushing touchdowns in '97, an NCAA record for quarterbacks.
Prior to joining the Navy staff, Johnson spent eight seasons as the offensive coordinator at the University of Hawai'i (1987-94). He helped guide the Rainbows to their first Western Athletic Conference title and their first bowl appearance coordinating an explosive offense that broke or equaled over 160 school records.
While at Hawai'i, Johnson developed a successful offensive unit which earned top-20 I-A statistical rankings in scoring offense, total offense and rushing offense during six of his eight seasons. He earned Top Offensive Coach honors in the WAC and was named one of the top 10 assistant coaches in the country by The Sporting News.
Arriving at Georgia Southern in 1983 as defensive line coach, Johnson was promoted to offensive coordinator in 1985. Under his tutelage, record-setting quarterback Tracy Ham and the Eagle offense rewrote the school record book 75 times while averaging 435 total yards and 36 points per contest. Georgia Southern rolled to a combined 26-4 (.867) record while capturing a pair of I-AA titles in 1985-86.
Johnson's coaching career began when he was offensive coordinator and line coach at his alma mater Avery County (N.C.) High School in 1979-80. He accepted the offensive coordinator's position at Lees McRae Junior College in 1981, leading his offensive unit to a sixth-place national standing among NJCAA total offense leaders.
Johnson, a native of Newland, N.C., earned his Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from Western Carolina in 1979 and a Master's of Science degree in health and physical education from Appalachian State in 1982. He and wife, Susan, are the parents of a daughter, Kaitlyn (13).
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Honestly: I think MS CAN be an incredible coach. Right now, I think he's being too much of a people pleaser and not enough of a business man. He's got his buddies in at assistant positions. Have any of you guys ever tried to manage your friends? It's hard. #1) They don't react well to criticism from someone they've coached and #2) it's akward to give criticism to your former mentors.
MS will have to learn to enforce the power that he holds, or he will go down with the ship. I really don't see us losing him until the end of next year if he screws it all up (again). He's not an idiot... I think he could be great... he just needs to grow a pair.
Even seeing Rush Propst's name mentioned in a serious manner makes me want to vomit. I understand that the Birmingham people on here have man-love for Propst, but he is NOT even a great offensive mind at the HS level. He has ZERO college coaching experience. Just because a former HS OC worked this year at Arkansas doesn't mean it would work at Alabama. His ego is huge, and his personality is one of his worst attributes.
I also don't want to see any coaches named with NFL-only experience.
If the "NFL mentality" is a knock on Shula, then I want that removed if a change is made -- only consider those who have been successful at the college level. If "no college head coaching experience" is a knock on Shula, then I want that removed if a change is made -- only consider HCs with college HC experience. If "no emotion" is a knock on Shula, then I want that removed if a change is made -- only consider fiery HCs. If "no discipline" is a knock on Shula, then I want that removed if a change is made -- only consider disciplinarians, NOT 'players' coaches'.
I also don't want to see any coaches named with NFL-only experience.
If the "NFL mentality" is a knock on Shula, then I want that removed if a change is made -- only consider those who have been successful at the college level. If "no college head coaching experience" is a knock on Shula, then I want that removed if a change is made -- only consider HCs with college HC experience. If "no emotion" is a knock on Shula, then I want that removed if a change is made -- only consider fiery HCs. If "no discipline" is a knock on Shula, then I want that removed if a change is made -- only consider disciplinarians, NOT 'players' coaches'.
This guy wouldn't be a bad guy to look at either, although I'm sure he talks funny....
Brian Kelly
Football
Head Coach
Alma Mater: Assumption College
Hometown: Chelsea, Mass.
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Release: 07/12/2006
In just two seasons, head coach Brian Kelly has rejuvenated the Central Michigan University football program.
The Chippewas enjoyed their most successful campaign of the decade in 2005, Kelly’s second year at the helm. CMU put together a four-game winning streak midway through the season en route to a 6-5 overall record and 5-3 mark in the Mid-American Conference. It marked the Chippewas’ first winning record since 1998 and most overall and conference wins since the same season.
“Brian Kelly is a motivated, talented leader who respects the traditions of Central Michigan University while building a future of academic distinction, athletic excellence, and national prominence†said CMU President Michael Rao. “He holds CMU’s student-athletes to high standards in the classroom with mandatory study tables, resulting in a number of players named to the Academic All-MAC team. Coach Kelly recruits outstanding student-athletes, energizes alumni and donor support, and elicits attention from national media. The success of his program reflects positively on the entire CMU community.â€Â
The 2005 squad opened the conference schedule by winning at Miami, 38-37, and in October defeated Toledo at home, 21-17, to become the first MAC program to defeat both defending conference divisional champs in the following regular season. The victory over Toledo also was noteworthy, as it marked CMU’s first win over the Rockets since 1994.
The Chippewas also knocked off the 2005 conference champ, Akron, by rallying from a 17-7 halftime deficit to claim a 31-17 win in the Rubber Bowl on October 1. The victory was the first of four in a row in the month of October.
In two seasons under Kelly, the Chippewas have displayed significant improvement on both sides of the ball. Offensively, CMU displayed remarkable balance in 2005. The Chippewas ranked in the top four in the MAC in both rushing offense (158.8 ypg) and passing offense (260.1 ypg), the first time since 1996 that CMU finished in the top four in the conference in both categories in the same season. The Chippewas’ 418.9 yards per game of total offense was the highest since 1996; CMU’s yards of total offense per game has increased in each of the past two seasons.
The Chippewas’ most dramatic improvement defensively has come in the area of rush defense. The 2005 Chippewa defense led the Mid-American Conference in rushing defense, surrendering just 113.7 yards per game on the ground. In 2003, the year before Kelly took over, CMU ranked last in the MAC in that category, allowing 245.8 yards per game rushing.
CMU has improved its win total in each of Kelly’s first two seasons, and the Chippewas’ 10 wins over the past two seasons are the most in a two-year stretch since the 1998 and 1999 teams won a total of 10 games.
“The entire Central Michigan University family is excited about the direction in which our football program is headed,†said Director of Athletics Dave Heeke. “I am thrilled that Brian Kelly is our football coach. He provides outstanding leadership and has a track record of success. The future is very bright for our football program.â€Â
Kelly took over a program prior to the 2004 season that had won three or fewer games in three of the four previous seasons. He guided the Chippewas to a 4-7 mark in 2004, with two losses coming by five points or less. Among the four wins were a 24-21 overtime win at home against rival Western Michigan and a 41-40 win over Ball State in the season finale, a game in which the Chippewas rallied from a 27-0 first-quarter deficit.
Three players from the Chippewas’ 2004 squad are currently on NFL rosters. Eric Ghiacuic and Adam Kieft were drafted in the fourth and fifth rounds, respectively, in 2005, while Tory Humphrey spent last season with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent. Humphrey was recently allocated to the Amsterdam Admirals for the 2006 NFL Europe season.
Three different players have garnered All-MAC first team honors under Kelly. Daniel Bazuin, the 2005 MAC Defensive Player of the Year, is a two-time first-team honoree.
Active on the national level, Kelly is a member of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Ethics Committee and is one of 62 Division I-A coaches to hold a vote in the USA Today Top 25.
Kelly arrived at CMU fresh off consecutive NCAA Division II national titles at Grand Valley State University. He was 118-35-2 in 13 seasons at Grand Valley, including 103-22-2 in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play.
The Lakers were 41-2 in Kelly’s final three seasons, winning 32 consecutive games at one point, and claiming Division II national championships in 2002 (14-0) and 2003 (14-1). His 2001 squad finished 13-1 and advanced to the national championship game. Kelly was named the AFCA Division II Coach of the Year twice (2002 and 2003) and led the Lakers to five conference titles and six Division II Playoff appearances in his 13 seasons at Grand Valley. The Lakers never finished lower than third in the GLIAC, a conference whose membership numbered between 11 and 14 teams, during Kelly’s tenure.
Kelly mentored a pair of finalists for the Harlon Hill Award, presented annually to the top player in Division II. Curt Anes won the award in 2002 after finishing runner-up in 2001, while Jeff Fox was third in the balloting in 1998. Both players were quarterbacks in Kelly’s system.
Kelly’s Grand Valley players earned 77 All-America awards, with four players moving on to the NFL and another three to the Canadian Football League. His 2001 national runner-up squad set 77 NCAA, GLIAC, and school records, including setting the all-time Division II scoring record by averaging 58.4 points per game. The 2001 team also became the first Division II unit in 53 years to average more than 600 yards per game in total offense (600.8 ypg in 14 games).
Grand Valley followed up its record-shattering 2001 season by averaging 497.5 ypg and 47.0 ppg during its undefeated 2002 national championship run. The 2003 team, meanwhile, was more noted for its defense. The Lakers defeated North Dakota, 10-3, in the 2003 national title game.
A native of Chelsea, Massachusetts, Kelly attended St. John’s Prep School in Danvers, Massachusetts. He was a four-year letterwinner at Assumption College (Massachusetts) as a linebacker. After graduating from Assumption in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in political science, he served as linebackers coach, defensive coordinator, and softball coach from 1983-86 at Assumption.
Kelly joined the Grand Valley staff in 1987 as a graduate assistant and defensive backs coach. He became the defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator in 1989 and took over as head coach in 1991. His first team finished 9-3 and qualified for the NCAA Playoffs.
Brian and his wife, Paqui, have three children - Patrick Liam (9), Grace Marie (6), and Kenzel Michael (5). They reside in Mount Pleasant.
Brian Kelly
Football
Head Coach
Alma Mater: Assumption College
Hometown: Chelsea, Mass.
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In just two seasons, head coach Brian Kelly has rejuvenated the Central Michigan University football program.
The Chippewas enjoyed their most successful campaign of the decade in 2005, Kelly’s second year at the helm. CMU put together a four-game winning streak midway through the season en route to a 6-5 overall record and 5-3 mark in the Mid-American Conference. It marked the Chippewas’ first winning record since 1998 and most overall and conference wins since the same season.
“Brian Kelly is a motivated, talented leader who respects the traditions of Central Michigan University while building a future of academic distinction, athletic excellence, and national prominence†said CMU President Michael Rao. “He holds CMU’s student-athletes to high standards in the classroom with mandatory study tables, resulting in a number of players named to the Academic All-MAC team. Coach Kelly recruits outstanding student-athletes, energizes alumni and donor support, and elicits attention from national media. The success of his program reflects positively on the entire CMU community.â€Â
The 2005 squad opened the conference schedule by winning at Miami, 38-37, and in October defeated Toledo at home, 21-17, to become the first MAC program to defeat both defending conference divisional champs in the following regular season. The victory over Toledo also was noteworthy, as it marked CMU’s first win over the Rockets since 1994.
The Chippewas also knocked off the 2005 conference champ, Akron, by rallying from a 17-7 halftime deficit to claim a 31-17 win in the Rubber Bowl on October 1. The victory was the first of four in a row in the month of October.
In two seasons under Kelly, the Chippewas have displayed significant improvement on both sides of the ball. Offensively, CMU displayed remarkable balance in 2005. The Chippewas ranked in the top four in the MAC in both rushing offense (158.8 ypg) and passing offense (260.1 ypg), the first time since 1996 that CMU finished in the top four in the conference in both categories in the same season. The Chippewas’ 418.9 yards per game of total offense was the highest since 1996; CMU’s yards of total offense per game has increased in each of the past two seasons.
The Chippewas’ most dramatic improvement defensively has come in the area of rush defense. The 2005 Chippewa defense led the Mid-American Conference in rushing defense, surrendering just 113.7 yards per game on the ground. In 2003, the year before Kelly took over, CMU ranked last in the MAC in that category, allowing 245.8 yards per game rushing.
CMU has improved its win total in each of Kelly’s first two seasons, and the Chippewas’ 10 wins over the past two seasons are the most in a two-year stretch since the 1998 and 1999 teams won a total of 10 games.
“The entire Central Michigan University family is excited about the direction in which our football program is headed,†said Director of Athletics Dave Heeke. “I am thrilled that Brian Kelly is our football coach. He provides outstanding leadership and has a track record of success. The future is very bright for our football program.â€Â
Kelly took over a program prior to the 2004 season that had won three or fewer games in three of the four previous seasons. He guided the Chippewas to a 4-7 mark in 2004, with two losses coming by five points or less. Among the four wins were a 24-21 overtime win at home against rival Western Michigan and a 41-40 win over Ball State in the season finale, a game in which the Chippewas rallied from a 27-0 first-quarter deficit.
Three players from the Chippewas’ 2004 squad are currently on NFL rosters. Eric Ghiacuic and Adam Kieft were drafted in the fourth and fifth rounds, respectively, in 2005, while Tory Humphrey spent last season with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent. Humphrey was recently allocated to the Amsterdam Admirals for the 2006 NFL Europe season.
Three different players have garnered All-MAC first team honors under Kelly. Daniel Bazuin, the 2005 MAC Defensive Player of the Year, is a two-time first-team honoree.
Active on the national level, Kelly is a member of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Ethics Committee and is one of 62 Division I-A coaches to hold a vote in the USA Today Top 25.
Kelly arrived at CMU fresh off consecutive NCAA Division II national titles at Grand Valley State University. He was 118-35-2 in 13 seasons at Grand Valley, including 103-22-2 in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play.
The Lakers were 41-2 in Kelly’s final three seasons, winning 32 consecutive games at one point, and claiming Division II national championships in 2002 (14-0) and 2003 (14-1). His 2001 squad finished 13-1 and advanced to the national championship game. Kelly was named the AFCA Division II Coach of the Year twice (2002 and 2003) and led the Lakers to five conference titles and six Division II Playoff appearances in his 13 seasons at Grand Valley. The Lakers never finished lower than third in the GLIAC, a conference whose membership numbered between 11 and 14 teams, during Kelly’s tenure.
Kelly mentored a pair of finalists for the Harlon Hill Award, presented annually to the top player in Division II. Curt Anes won the award in 2002 after finishing runner-up in 2001, while Jeff Fox was third in the balloting in 1998. Both players were quarterbacks in Kelly’s system.
Kelly’s Grand Valley players earned 77 All-America awards, with four players moving on to the NFL and another three to the Canadian Football League. His 2001 national runner-up squad set 77 NCAA, GLIAC, and school records, including setting the all-time Division II scoring record by averaging 58.4 points per game. The 2001 team also became the first Division II unit in 53 years to average more than 600 yards per game in total offense (600.8 ypg in 14 games).
Grand Valley followed up its record-shattering 2001 season by averaging 497.5 ypg and 47.0 ppg during its undefeated 2002 national championship run. The 2003 team, meanwhile, was more noted for its defense. The Lakers defeated North Dakota, 10-3, in the 2003 national title game.
A native of Chelsea, Massachusetts, Kelly attended St. John’s Prep School in Danvers, Massachusetts. He was a four-year letterwinner at Assumption College (Massachusetts) as a linebacker. After graduating from Assumption in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in political science, he served as linebackers coach, defensive coordinator, and softball coach from 1983-86 at Assumption.
Kelly joined the Grand Valley staff in 1987 as a graduate assistant and defensive backs coach. He became the defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator in 1989 and took over as head coach in 1991. His first team finished 9-3 and qualified for the NCAA Playoffs.
Brian and his wife, Paqui, have three children - Patrick Liam (9), Grace Marie (6), and Kenzel Michael (5). They reside in Mount Pleasant.
I disagree. I live in Birmingham and I don't like him. Maybe because he beats us every year in football, but also because some of his teams are known for cheap shots and dirty play. Also, as you have mentioned, his ego is huge. He probably wouldn't like being an OC for very long with opportunities of head coaching.
RTR forever!
Joe Glenn
Hometown:
Lincoln, Neb.
Position:
Head Coach
Experience:
4th year at UW
College Degree:
University of South Dakota `71
Joe Glenn will begin his fourth year as head football coach at the University of Wyoming in 2006. His fourth season will feature a young team that is looking to bounce back from a 2005 campaign that left the returning players and coaches anxious to prove that season was an aberration in the rebuilding of the Cowboy Football program. During the first three years of the rebuilding process, Glenn and his coaching staff recorded a number of accomplishments that re-energized both his Wyoming players and Cowboy fans.
Among Wyoming's accomplishments during the Glenn era are:
The Cowboys made their first bowl appearance in 11 seasons in the 2004 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl, and won their first bowl game in 38 years, defeating UCLA, 24-21.
Wyoming recorded its first win in history over a Southeastern Conference (SEC) school in the 2004 season with a 37-32 win over Ole Miss.
The Cowboys also posted their first road win ever over an SEC team when, in 2005, the Pokes traveled to Oxford, Miss., and defeated the Ole Miss Rebels 24-14.
UW posted a 2-1 record versus BCS conference schools in 2004, defeating UCLA and Ole Miss, losing only at Texas A&M.
In the 2003 season, Glenn led Wyoming to wins over rivals Colorado State and Brigham Young in his first season on the sideline of War Memorial Stadium. That marked the first time since 1988 that UW had defeated its two archrivals in the same season.
The impact of Glenn and his staff hasn't only been recognized in the state of Wyoming, but has been acknowledged by football experts across the Mountain West Conference and the nation. In the spring of 2005, Wyoming received recognition in a number of college football writers preseason Top 25 polls. When the 2004 season concluded with the victory over UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl, Wyoming received votes in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll. That marked the first time since 1996 that Wyoming had ended a season receiving votes in a national poll. The summer following that Las Vegas Bowl victory saw the Sporting News feature Coach Glenn as a cover story, recognizing his turnaround of the Cowboy Football program. At the conclusion of the 2003 season, MWC media members voted Wyoming as the "2004 Team on the Rise." In the voting, conducted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Wyoming received 53 percent of the votes. The next closest school received 20 percent.
Glenn's proven record as a winner and his magnetic personality have made an immediate impact on the attitude surrounding Cowboy Football.
Joe Glenn enters the 2006 season having won three national championships, six conference titles and posted 17 winning seasons in 21 years as a head coach. It is a record that has the Cowboy faithful looking forward to a bright future for Wyoming Football. Glenn's teams won the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship at Montana in 2001, and won two NCAA Division II National Championships at Northern Colorado in 1996 and 1997. Over his career as a head coach at the collegiate level, he has won 68.6 percent of his games, posting a 173-79-1 record. Glenn will enter his 22nd season as a head coach in 2006.
He credits much of his teams' successes through the years to the contributions and stability of his coaching staff.
"One of the keys to our success has been the quality of individuals on our coaching staff," said Glenn. "I believe to have continued success that it is critical to not only attract the best coaches possible, but to also keep them together as a staff. I'm so proud of the job our coaches have done, and I am thankful that they have chosen to stay together as a group. I feel very lucky to have my staff."
For three seasons from 2000-02, Glenn enjoyed enormous success at the University of Montana. He guided the Griz to a 39-6 (.867) record, including a 20-2 (.909) record in the Big Sky Conference. He won two outright Big Sky titles in 2000 and 2001, and tied for the conference title in 2002. Montana played in the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship game in both 2000 and 2001, finishing as the national runner-up in 2000 and winning the National Championship in 2001. The Grizzlies also advanced to the I-AA quarterfinals in 2002. His 86.7 winning percentage was the best in the history of the Big Sky Conference, a conference that produced such coaches as John L. Smith, Dennis Erickson, Sonny Lubick and Jim Sweeney. From the third game of the 2001 season through the 10th game of the 2002 season, Montana won 24 consecutive games, tying the I-AA all-time record. His 2001 squad set a school record with 15 wins en route to a 15-1 record and the national title.
Prior to leading Montana through three extremely successful seasons, Glenn spent 11 years as the head coach at the University of Northern Colorado, where he built the Bears into an NCAA Division II national power. UNC captured back-to-back Division II National Championships in 1996 and `97, becoming only the fourth Division II school in history to repeat as national champions. The Bears appeared in the Division II Playoffs seven out of 11 seasons, and Glenn posted a 98-35 (.737) mark -- 70-28 (.714) in the North Central Conference. He concluded his UNC career by leading the Bears to North Central Conference titles in each of his final three seasons -- 1997, `98 and `99.
During his distinguished career, Glenn has been honored numerous times by his peers. His most recent honor came in 2002 when he was selected Big Sky Conference Co-Coach of the Year by his fellow Big Sky coaches. It marked the third consecutive season that Glenn won or shared that honor. He was also named the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division I-AA Region 5 Coach of the Year in 2002, marking the second consecutive season he earned that honor. In 2000, Glenn was presented the Eddie Robinson Award by The Sports Network as the Division I-AA National Coach of the Year. He also won AFCA Division II National Coach of the Year honors in both 1996 and `97. All total, he has been named National Coach of the Year three times, AFCA District Coach of the Year on five occasions and conference coach of the year five different seasons. In the spring of 2000, The Denver Post named him one of Colorado's "Greatest Coaches of the 1900's."
As head coach at Northern Colorado and Montana, Glenn led his teams to 14 consecutive winning seasons.
One of his trademarks during his coaching career has been his ability to motivate and build relationships with players. He often tells his players that he has only one rule for them to follow, "Be a Good Guy." Being a good guy is a characteristic that the coach, himself, displays by example.
He is also known for building strong relationships with those who coach with him. Two of the nine assistant coaches on his Wyoming coaching staff played for him, and all nine coached with him prior to coming to Laramie.
Highly respected in his field, Glenn was elected to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Board of Trustees in January of 2005. He is one of 16 college coaches across the nation currently serving on the AFCA Board of Trustees. The AFCA includes over 10,000 members from all levels of the football coaching profession.
Glenn was named the 30th head football coach in Wyoming history on Dec. 12, 2002.
He began his head-coaching career at Doane College in Crete, Neb., in 1976 when he became the youngest head coach in the country at the age of 27. Glenn posted a 21-18-1 (.538) record over four seasons at the NAIA school.
Overall, Glenn has spent 31 seasons in college football as either a head or assistant coach. His first college coaching job was as the backfield coach at his alma mater, South Dakota, in 1974. He then moved to Northern Arizona as the backfield coach in 1975. After four years as the head coach at Doane College (1976-79), Glenn served his first coaching stint at Montana from 1980-85. He was the quarterbacks and receivers coach from 1980-81. He then moved into the offensive coordinator position from 1982-85. In 1987, Glenn arrived at Northern Colorado. His first responsibility was overseeing the passing and kicking games for two seasons. Then in 1989, he was named head coach.
A 1971 graduate of the University of South Dakota, Glenn earned a bachelor of arts degree in health, physical education, recreation and athletics. He played both quarterback and wide receiver for the Coyotes, and was selected a team captain as a senior.
Following graduation, Glenn earned an ROTC military commission, and served two years in the United States Army.
In 1975, he received a master's degree in education, also from South Dakota.
Glenn is 57 years old -- born March 7, 1949. He and his wife, Michele, are both natives of Lincoln, Neb. They have two adult children, a daughter Erin and a son Casey, and one grandson, Henry, who was born Sept. 6, 2005, to Erin and her husband Jim. Casey and his wife, Shannon, are expecting their first baby in September of 2006. Casey was an offensive lineman at Carroll College in Helena, Mont., concluding his playing career in the fall of 2002. He helped Carroll College win the NAIA National Championship in 2002. He is currently a graduate assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma. Casey Glenn's head coach at Carroll College was former Wyoming letterman and assistant coach Mike Van Diest.
Hometown:
Lincoln, Neb.
Position:
Head Coach
Experience:
4th year at UW
College Degree:
University of South Dakota `71
Joe Glenn will begin his fourth year as head football coach at the University of Wyoming in 2006. His fourth season will feature a young team that is looking to bounce back from a 2005 campaign that left the returning players and coaches anxious to prove that season was an aberration in the rebuilding of the Cowboy Football program. During the first three years of the rebuilding process, Glenn and his coaching staff recorded a number of accomplishments that re-energized both his Wyoming players and Cowboy fans.
Among Wyoming's accomplishments during the Glenn era are:
The Cowboys made their first bowl appearance in 11 seasons in the 2004 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl, and won their first bowl game in 38 years, defeating UCLA, 24-21.
Wyoming recorded its first win in history over a Southeastern Conference (SEC) school in the 2004 season with a 37-32 win over Ole Miss.
The Cowboys also posted their first road win ever over an SEC team when, in 2005, the Pokes traveled to Oxford, Miss., and defeated the Ole Miss Rebels 24-14.
UW posted a 2-1 record versus BCS conference schools in 2004, defeating UCLA and Ole Miss, losing only at Texas A&M.
In the 2003 season, Glenn led Wyoming to wins over rivals Colorado State and Brigham Young in his first season on the sideline of War Memorial Stadium. That marked the first time since 1988 that UW had defeated its two archrivals in the same season.
The impact of Glenn and his staff hasn't only been recognized in the state of Wyoming, but has been acknowledged by football experts across the Mountain West Conference and the nation. In the spring of 2005, Wyoming received recognition in a number of college football writers preseason Top 25 polls. When the 2004 season concluded with the victory over UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl, Wyoming received votes in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll. That marked the first time since 1996 that Wyoming had ended a season receiving votes in a national poll. The summer following that Las Vegas Bowl victory saw the Sporting News feature Coach Glenn as a cover story, recognizing his turnaround of the Cowboy Football program. At the conclusion of the 2003 season, MWC media members voted Wyoming as the "2004 Team on the Rise." In the voting, conducted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Wyoming received 53 percent of the votes. The next closest school received 20 percent.
Glenn's proven record as a winner and his magnetic personality have made an immediate impact on the attitude surrounding Cowboy Football.
Joe Glenn enters the 2006 season having won three national championships, six conference titles and posted 17 winning seasons in 21 years as a head coach. It is a record that has the Cowboy faithful looking forward to a bright future for Wyoming Football. Glenn's teams won the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship at Montana in 2001, and won two NCAA Division II National Championships at Northern Colorado in 1996 and 1997. Over his career as a head coach at the collegiate level, he has won 68.6 percent of his games, posting a 173-79-1 record. Glenn will enter his 22nd season as a head coach in 2006.
He credits much of his teams' successes through the years to the contributions and stability of his coaching staff.
"One of the keys to our success has been the quality of individuals on our coaching staff," said Glenn. "I believe to have continued success that it is critical to not only attract the best coaches possible, but to also keep them together as a staff. I'm so proud of the job our coaches have done, and I am thankful that they have chosen to stay together as a group. I feel very lucky to have my staff."
For three seasons from 2000-02, Glenn enjoyed enormous success at the University of Montana. He guided the Griz to a 39-6 (.867) record, including a 20-2 (.909) record in the Big Sky Conference. He won two outright Big Sky titles in 2000 and 2001, and tied for the conference title in 2002. Montana played in the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship game in both 2000 and 2001, finishing as the national runner-up in 2000 and winning the National Championship in 2001. The Grizzlies also advanced to the I-AA quarterfinals in 2002. His 86.7 winning percentage was the best in the history of the Big Sky Conference, a conference that produced such coaches as John L. Smith, Dennis Erickson, Sonny Lubick and Jim Sweeney. From the third game of the 2001 season through the 10th game of the 2002 season, Montana won 24 consecutive games, tying the I-AA all-time record. His 2001 squad set a school record with 15 wins en route to a 15-1 record and the national title.
Prior to leading Montana through three extremely successful seasons, Glenn spent 11 years as the head coach at the University of Northern Colorado, where he built the Bears into an NCAA Division II national power. UNC captured back-to-back Division II National Championships in 1996 and `97, becoming only the fourth Division II school in history to repeat as national champions. The Bears appeared in the Division II Playoffs seven out of 11 seasons, and Glenn posted a 98-35 (.737) mark -- 70-28 (.714) in the North Central Conference. He concluded his UNC career by leading the Bears to North Central Conference titles in each of his final three seasons -- 1997, `98 and `99.
During his distinguished career, Glenn has been honored numerous times by his peers. His most recent honor came in 2002 when he was selected Big Sky Conference Co-Coach of the Year by his fellow Big Sky coaches. It marked the third consecutive season that Glenn won or shared that honor. He was also named the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division I-AA Region 5 Coach of the Year in 2002, marking the second consecutive season he earned that honor. In 2000, Glenn was presented the Eddie Robinson Award by The Sports Network as the Division I-AA National Coach of the Year. He also won AFCA Division II National Coach of the Year honors in both 1996 and `97. All total, he has been named National Coach of the Year three times, AFCA District Coach of the Year on five occasions and conference coach of the year five different seasons. In the spring of 2000, The Denver Post named him one of Colorado's "Greatest Coaches of the 1900's."
As head coach at Northern Colorado and Montana, Glenn led his teams to 14 consecutive winning seasons.
One of his trademarks during his coaching career has been his ability to motivate and build relationships with players. He often tells his players that he has only one rule for them to follow, "Be a Good Guy." Being a good guy is a characteristic that the coach, himself, displays by example.
He is also known for building strong relationships with those who coach with him. Two of the nine assistant coaches on his Wyoming coaching staff played for him, and all nine coached with him prior to coming to Laramie.
Highly respected in his field, Glenn was elected to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Board of Trustees in January of 2005. He is one of 16 college coaches across the nation currently serving on the AFCA Board of Trustees. The AFCA includes over 10,000 members from all levels of the football coaching profession.
Glenn was named the 30th head football coach in Wyoming history on Dec. 12, 2002.
He began his head-coaching career at Doane College in Crete, Neb., in 1976 when he became the youngest head coach in the country at the age of 27. Glenn posted a 21-18-1 (.538) record over four seasons at the NAIA school.
Overall, Glenn has spent 31 seasons in college football as either a head or assistant coach. His first college coaching job was as the backfield coach at his alma mater, South Dakota, in 1974. He then moved to Northern Arizona as the backfield coach in 1975. After four years as the head coach at Doane College (1976-79), Glenn served his first coaching stint at Montana from 1980-85. He was the quarterbacks and receivers coach from 1980-81. He then moved into the offensive coordinator position from 1982-85. In 1987, Glenn arrived at Northern Colorado. His first responsibility was overseeing the passing and kicking games for two seasons. Then in 1989, he was named head coach.
A 1971 graduate of the University of South Dakota, Glenn earned a bachelor of arts degree in health, physical education, recreation and athletics. He played both quarterback and wide receiver for the Coyotes, and was selected a team captain as a senior.
Following graduation, Glenn earned an ROTC military commission, and served two years in the United States Army.
In 1975, he received a master's degree in education, also from South Dakota.
Glenn is 57 years old -- born March 7, 1949. He and his wife, Michele, are both natives of Lincoln, Neb. They have two adult children, a daughter Erin and a son Casey, and one grandson, Henry, who was born Sept. 6, 2005, to Erin and her husband Jim. Casey and his wife, Shannon, are expecting their first baby in September of 2006. Casey was an offensive lineman at Carroll College in Helena, Mont., concluding his playing career in the fall of 2002. He helped Carroll College win the NAIA National Championship in 2002. He is currently a graduate assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma. Casey Glenn's head coach at Carroll College was former Wyoming letterman and assistant coach Mike Van Diest.
I agree with the post earlier. Jeff Tedford at California has taken that program and built it back from the ground up. Plus, he already woud have the players and talent to run the same offense he runs now.
Realistically:
1.) Paul Johnson. Would absolutely LOVE to have this guy.
2.) Rich Rodriguez.
3.) Jim Grobe.
4.) Brian Van Gorder.
5.) Jimbo Fischer.
6.) Jeff Tedford.
7.) Mike Leach.
8.) Greg Schiano.
Would love it but it probably won't happen:
1.) Steve Spurrier.
2.) Nick Saban.
For O.C.:
1.) John L. Smith.
2.) Chris Hatcher.
3.) Chuck Amato.
1.) Paul Johnson. Would absolutely LOVE to have this guy.
2.) Rich Rodriguez.
3.) Jim Grobe.
4.) Brian Van Gorder.
5.) Jimbo Fischer.
6.) Jeff Tedford.
7.) Mike Leach.
8.) Greg Schiano.
Would love it but it probably won't happen:
1.) Steve Spurrier.
2.) Nick Saban.
For O.C.:
1.) John L. Smith.
2.) Chris Hatcher.
3.) Chuck Amato.
Reading this list makes me sad. None of the names are either realistic or that good. Unless we're going to get somebody that's big time, let's end this now...if I have to imagine what somebody could do w/ Bama's talent as opposed to seeing what they have done in an equivalent program w/ equivalent talent, then I don't want them. C'mon people, let's not reach here. Everyone one that wants Shula fired is arguing that the program is headed toward mediocrity. If that's true why are 95% of the coaches being offered up mediocre at best? Mods, can we delete the threads w/ reference to HS coaches? I'm embarrassed to be a part of the Bama nation if it's come to bringing in (or even considering) a HS coach. I'd rather see Shula get forced to clean house and gamble w/ the devil I know than face the devil I don't know.
Here's an idea, let's only throw out names of coaches that are actually QUALIFIED and would ever consider coaching at the Capstone. I want the BEST coach for Alabama. I don't think that's Shula. Clearer heads have to prevail and we need to be absolutely methodical about considering a change at the top of the program. The program deserves it and we can't afford to blow this for the 5th time in a row.
It appears to me that many on the boards only want something different than we have now. Just remember that different does not equate to best. It's like watching an abused child grow-up and marry an abusive spouse -- seeking out turmoil and drama for turmoil and drama's sake because it is all that they know. Let's end the cycle and marry wisely.
Here's an idea, let's only throw out names of coaches that are actually QUALIFIED and would ever consider coaching at the Capstone. I want the BEST coach for Alabama. I don't think that's Shula. Clearer heads have to prevail and we need to be absolutely methodical about considering a change at the top of the program. The program deserves it and we can't afford to blow this for the 5th time in a row.
It appears to me that many on the boards only want something different than we have now. Just remember that different does not equate to best. It's like watching an abused child grow-up and marry an abusive spouse -- seeking out turmoil and drama for turmoil and drama's sake because it is all that they know. Let's end the cycle and marry wisely.
Well, my first thought upon reading your post would likely get me banned if I actually posted it here, so I'll try to be constructive...
Every great head coach usually starts out as an assistant of some kind. So please don't freak out if every name being bandied around this thread isn't Steve Spurrier. If we get some good evaluators of coaching talent to help us in our search, we'll be just fine.
Right now we have a head coach. But ASSuming we have to find a new HC, then I like that guy Mac McWhorter from Texas the most. His Offensive lines are often ranks atop the NCAA and I think he'd do a good job. He's older and would likely be more concerned with discipline than being a players' best friend.
Here's another coach that I wanted to bring up. What do you guys think of Frank Solich? Solich was the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1998-2003. He directed them to six consecutive bowl games, including the national championship game in the 2002 Rose Bowl. Nebraska won at least nine games in five of those six seasons, and finished among the top 10 teams in the nation three times. He also claimed Big 12 Conference Coach-of-the-Year honors in both 1999 and 2001, and was one of seven finalists for the Paul "Bear" Bryant National Coach-of-the-Year Award in 2001.
I always thought it was a shame he was fired from Nebraska and I think a lot of fans there were disappointed at the firing as well. He's at Ohio now I think.
Here's another coach that I wanted to bring up. What do you guys think of Frank Solich? Solich was the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1998-2003. He directed them to six consecutive bowl games, including the national championship game in the 2002 Rose Bowl. Nebraska won at least nine games in five of those six seasons, and finished among the top 10 teams in the nation three times. He also claimed Big 12 Conference Coach-of-the-Year honors in both 1999 and 2001, and was one of seven finalists for the Paul "Bear" Bryant National Coach-of-the-Year Award in 2001.
I always thought it was a shame he was fired from Nebraska and I think a lot of fans there were disappointed at the firing as well. He's at Ohio now I think.
I think only guys that have been head coaches should apply. Hiring of assisants lately have been bad (See Dubose/Shula)
Schiano is ok, but he only has 2 winning seasons
Grobe is on his second or first winning season.
I like the navy coach, and Spurrier ideas.
But whoever we hire, let them hire the assisants.
Schiano is ok, but he only has 2 winning seasons
Grobe is on his second or first winning season.
I like the navy coach, and Spurrier ideas.
But whoever we hire, let them hire the assisants.
http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/teams/page/OH
solich went 4-7 last year plus his records at Nebraska
9-4
12-1
10-2
11-2
7-7
10-2 (was fired before the bowl game)
solich went 4-7 last year plus his records at Nebraska
9-4
12-1
10-2
11-2
7-7
10-2 (was fired before the bowl game)
To follow your analogy, the abused person would probably need to see a therapist regarding their selection of abusers. The therapist would have them work out their problems, and deal with their depression and probable additions. And it would be a slow painful recovery.
In the case with Alabama Football. The football program has selected coaches that were incompetent (Curry, Dubose, Shula) Unethical ( Dubose) or coaches who cut and ran (Perkins, Fran). In none of the instances did we get the best coach available. When coach Shula leaves, we need to be able to get the best coach available in order for the program to move forward. This may involve changes with The BOT, the President, or the AD. It may be better to give coach Shula another year while these other problems are sorted out.
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