Looking forward to following him there. Wish him nothing but the best. I see a real leader in him. Charasmatic, smart and hope very much that he is Nebraska's next and final head coach for many years.
I am interested to see who he hires...
I wonder if he goes after "recruiters" first and "coaches" second or vice-versa...that is always one of the wild cards when you hire a coordinator - his entire staff will be taking a step up
he isn't going to get a hot coordinator on either side of the ball as those coaches are in line for head coaching positions
so you have a situation where the new coordinators were position coaches last year or coordinators at very small schools and if they were really well regarded coordinators at small schools they may have their sites set on a power 5 school
certainly can be overcome but there are some obstacles when the top 3 coaching positions (HC, OC, DC) are all filled with newbies
Will Frost run the Oz-bone?
Harbaugh has had some success this year at Michigan, but most of the successful coaches that I can think of do not coach at their alma mater. Anyone aware of coaches that have found success at the college they played for? I am sure there are some but I just can't think of any.
Memphis job is currently vacant.This conference is getting some pretty salty young coaches.
Houston, Memphis, Tulsa, Navy, and now UCF all have quality young coaches. It's a lot of fun to watch these teams play.
Gundy...top ten in wins over the last seven or eight years. He built a solid program there.Spurrier comes to mind.
Spurrier comes to mind.
Should be interesting to see what he can do down there. He'll have good recruiting grounds and lower expectations so we'll get plenty of time to see what he can do with the whistle.
Like...until he is in his 60's?I love how people are crowning him the next NU coach before he's even coached a game at UCF. Let's wait and see how he does before we even decide whether he is somebody we would want.
You aren't sure the expectations are lower at UCF than at Nebraska?I'm not so sure expectations are lower there then here. Until this year O'Leary has had a reasonably good record at UCF and fans usually want better.
I'm not so sure expectations are lower there then here. Until this year O'Leary has had a reasonably good record at UCF and fans usually want better.
You do know they went 0-12 this year, right?
You do know they went 0-12 this year, right?
I'm not so sure expectations are lower there then here. Until this year O'Leary has had a reasonably good record at UCF and fans usually want better.
They certainly aren't high and only a handful of schools have the same expectations as Nebraska. Everyone wants to see their favorite football program win but those with the blue blood culture demand it, UCF isn't in the same realm as Nebraska in terms of expectations.
Like when you have a 5 win coachyep, sometimes the wheels come off even when you have 9 win talent
Times are changing.
I still believe the only reason Frost didn't get the HC job at NU last year was a lack of HC experience. Great move. Florida's population and talent pool is so great that it isn't that hard to field a reasonably good team year in and year out even when competing against Florida, FSU, Miami, etc for recruits. UCF is somewhat of a sleeping giant, and you can't go wrong when you are coming into an 0-12 situation.According to the tweeters
Ryan Bass @Ry_Bass
Scott Frost, Oregon's OC, will be named UCF's new head coach this morning, according to a source.
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New #UCF head coach Scott Frost reported chose the #Knights over #Syracuse, who also pursued him for head coach vacancy.
I have no inside information on Frost so I don't know if he ever wants to come back to Nebraska or not. There would be a tremendous amount of pressure on him coaching the Huskers. I remember the first time I saw Scott in a college uniform he was playing for Stanford against the Huskies. So he has shown in the past that he is willing to going elsewhere.
Harbaugh has had some success this year at Michigan, but most of the successful coaches that I can think of do not coach at their alma mater. Anyone aware of coaches that have found success at the college they played for? I am sure there are some but I just can't think of any.