Ive always wondered, mostly from his show with John Bond during his time at Belhaven and JSU, why he was never an option on staff at MSU when Mike got hired. I’ve heard some of you guys allude to some reason but never say it. I can’t help but notice Mike’s career went one direction, and Mumme’s went the other. So, what gives?
Hal Mumme
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Mumme got Kentucky into some pretty serious NCAA trouble which caused him to be fired. He never again got a major D1 coaching job after that. It’s like he was blackballed from major coaching jobs.
In four seasons, Mumme went 20-26 overall and 10-22 against SEC play. While Kentucky faced more than three dozen recruiting violations and was banned from postseason play in 2002, on top of losing 19 scholarships over the three subsequent seasons, Mumme did not receive any individual sanctions.
Leach was the mastermind behind the operation. Mumme not so much.
He may not have received any individual sanctions, but those were heavy crippling sanctions that tanked Kentucky’s program for several years. His record wasn’t good enough for another major school to take a chance on a coach with those kind of sanctions on his resume, even if he wasn’t sanctioned individually.
I think this is the answer. Mumme hasn't really been successful anywhere since leach left.
He was terrible at Belhaven. 8-32 in four seasons. New coach came in and has gone 3-2 (2020 shortened season), 7-3 and 8-2 with two conference coach of the year awards. Their two losses last year were by one score.
You mean besides he's bat **** crazy? He's had some personal issues.
Useless? Probably not. But I don't think there is anything he particularly brings to the table that we can't get elsewhere. I may be wrong, but I don't think he's some x's and o's genius that struggles with other parts of coaching. I think he's just a mediocre coach.
Care to elaborate or is this message board top secret negative ******** like everything else you post?
KIND OF LIKE &TATE HASNT BEEN SUCCESSFUL SINCE STANZBURY LE,,,,,,,,,,,,,
never mind
Mumme's record at Kentucky wasn't really that great. Sure they lit up the scoreboard and threw for a ton of yards, but his best season they went 7-5. They never scored less than 31 in a win, with three blowouts, but the other four wins were by margins of 2, 3, 4, and 5 points. They could score points in buckets but they couldn't stop anybody with a pulse.
I thought this was common knowledge. The dude is crazy. And a drunk. Funny guy though and brilliant football mind.