Assistant Coaches

[bulldog2488]

I may have missed this, but did we ever hire a DB coach to replace Hughes? If not, anybody have any intel on who we are targeting?

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Probably won't happen until the coaching clinic

 

[57stratdawg]

Not yet. Buckley from Louisville has been the hot name since before Hughes left.

I'm guessing we're still a week away from a hire, but more name should start floating out now that the bowl game is over.

 

[bulldog2488]

It would be nice to take care of this hire sooner rather than later with all the official visits heating up soon. I think Buckley from Louisville would be a great hire. Anybody know if there is mutual interest?

 

[engie]

We've always hired out of the coaches convention which is this Friday through next Tuesday. Still a dead period in recruiting right now thru next Wednesday. We will have hire(s) in place by then IMO.

Buckley is currently making right about $200k at Louisville, but I doubt Jurich/Petrino will let him leave over money. He's the cornerbacks coach at Louisville though, while Greg Brown is their safeties coach and recruiting coordinator. There has also been some talk that a bit more shuffling might happen on staff...

 

[bulldog2488]

Engie, by "shuffling on staff," do you mean that we might not even hire another coach and give the current coaches more responsibilities?

 

[8dog]

Id hope its moving sallach off field and getting a recruiter at his spot.

 

[57stratdawg]

I think Billy G likely has the Recruiting Coordinator title when all the dust settles.

Some are hopefully Sallach ends up in an administrative role, but I'm not holding my breath on that.

 

[engie]

Engie, by "shuffling on staff," do you mean that we might not even hire another coach and give the current coaches more responsibilities?

No, I mean we might be hiring more than one and making everything fit...

 

[esplanade91]

I think Billy G likely has the Recruiting Coordinator title when all the dust settles.

Some are hopefully Sallach ends up in an administrative role, but I'm not holding my breath on that.

Maybe, but I've heard he's ready to move on to bigger and better things. I think he's earned back his OC responsibilities. Thought he would have left by now but I was also expecting Geoff Collins to get the UCF job and bring him over. Might make sense for Dan to promote him in some form or fashion.

I still think Townsend might get promoted to secondary coach. He cited Dan's track record of promoting from within when he took the corner job.

 

[coachnorm]

I believe that engie is well tuned in. BTW, Greg Brown has a coast to coast footprint. He has a lot of NFL experience. Check out his profile: SD Chargers, Atlanta Falcons, etc. Brown as DC for MSU could be an upgrade from Manny D. It appears that Greg Brown has not stayed at one place to long. Could that be because others have offered better situations over the last Twenty plus years?

 

[esplanade91]

It'll be interesting to see if the new DC is also the linebackers coach or if he takes over the safeties.

 

[philduckworth]

Id hope its moving sallach off field and getting a recruiter at his spot.

Your TE coach needs to be one of the best recruiters on your staff. Sallach probably could recruit well in New Hampshire, but pretty bad we don't have a guy with strong MS ties at his spot.