WELCOME COACH DIACO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I too am pumped! Great Hire this d is made for guys like Colin miller, D Thomas, Avery Roberts, Q Alexander, Guy Thomas. no more lining up on our heels.. It's been too long.
Welcome coach.Please,please get our kids to take better angles and use the arms in tackling.
Playing career
1992–1995 Iowa, including one of Fry's big bowl wins over Washington in Sun Bowl, in 1995 at LB.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997 Iowa (GA)
1999–2000 Western Illinois (RB/ST), with former Iowa OC Donnie Patterson, who was HC
2001 Eastern Michigan (RB/ST)
2002 Eastern Michigan (LB/ST)
2003 Eastern Michigan (OLB/ST)
2004 Western Michigan (LB/ST)
2005 Central Michigan (co-DC/LB)
2006–2008 Virginia (LB/ST)
2009 Cincinnati (DC/ILB)
2010 Notre Dame (DC/ILB)
2011 Notre Dame (DC/LB)
2012–2013 Notre Dame (AHC/DC/LB)#
2014–2016 Connecticut
2017-Present Nebraska (DC)
Head coaching record
Overall 11–26
Bowls 0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Broyles Award (2012) #
1992–1995 Iowa, including one of Fry's big bowl wins over Washington in Sun Bowl, in 1995 at LB.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997 Iowa (GA)
1999–2000 Western Illinois (RB/ST), with former Iowa OC Donnie Patterson, who was HC
2001 Eastern Michigan (RB/ST)
2002 Eastern Michigan (LB/ST)
2003 Eastern Michigan (OLB/ST)
2004 Western Michigan (LB/ST)
2005 Central Michigan (co-DC/LB)
2006–2008 Virginia (LB/ST)
2009 Cincinnati (DC/ILB)
2010 Notre Dame (DC/ILB)
2011 Notre Dame (DC/LB)
2012–2013 Notre Dame (AHC/DC/LB)#
2014–2016 Connecticut
2017-Present Nebraska (DC)
Head coaching record
Overall 11–26
Bowls 0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Broyles Award (2012) #
This. He was last in recruiting in the American conference the last two years and a prime reason he was fired.
But I don't think Riley puts a lot on the recruiting of his coordinators. If Diaco can run a really good defense he will help out everyone else's recruiting.
He will be a better recruiter here. Just like he was at ND. Recruiting kids to Storrs, Connecticut is hard to do. You know the other cities in the American?
Cincinnati, Houston, Dallas (SMU), Tampa Bay (USF), Orlando (UCF), New Orleans (Tulane), Philadelphia (Temple), Tulsa, Memphis, and Greenville, North Carolina. The population of Storrs is 16,000. Connecticut doesn't produce football talent. Sure Jersey does, but they have a lot of other suitors.
No matter who is the coach at UConn, they will almost always be last in the American.
This
How is a so called "players coach," who instills fire and great D not a good recruiter? One follows the other.
UConn is a basketball school. That is just like saying KU football should get all the studs out of KC because it is 30 minutes away from Lawrence. They don't.
Wrong...my wolverines went head to head with him on numerous recruits when he was at ND...the guy can recruit...
Ehhhhh...Boston is little more than hour, Hartford is 30 minutes, and NYC is 2.5 hours. Plus, Storrs has all the amenities of any college town. There are 32,000 students there. The year before he got to Storrs, UCONN was 5th in the league in recruiting with 12 three stars. This year they had 1.
BUT...if he can coach them up we can let the position coaches recruit and all will be well. Just being realistic.
BUT...if he can coach them up we can let the position coaches recruit and all will be well. Just being realistic.
They don't have a history, that doesn't mean the right coach can't recruit there. Same with Kansas.
Yes, but even a cursory glance at Connecticut recruiting going back as far as Rivals has rankings, shows that slightly better ranking you referenced was the exception, not the rule. Pretty much every year they are either last or next to last in their conference, some years they didn't even rank in their conference.
I didn't go back past their American affiliation...so I trust you. However, his recruiting was not acceptable to the AD, David Benedict. He said it was a reason that Diaco was fired.
Various recruiting sites have ranked UConn poorly in recent weeks. For example, 247Sports has UConn last in the AAC and 108th in the nation for the coming class.
"You have to look at all sides of the equation, and recruiting is pretty significant in the ability to have success," Benedict said. "Recruiting certainly is a factor" [in the firing].
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I'm from the east coast and know Uconn a little bit. In fact, my little sister did her residence at Uconn's hospital and I went to prep school in Connecticut (though that was many years ago). The 32k number you quote is actually the total enrollment of all campuses around the state (though the majority are in Storrs of course). It also has a decent number of commuters. When it comes to "the state university" here in the Northeast it is not like it is in the rest of the country. Very few have an affinity to it, unless you went there, and Uconn itself is a school you go to if you can't get into or afford something better. People don't go to Uconn because of its location...Boston and NYC (where I live) have plenty of options and storrs feels like it is in the middle of no where (in fact, I grew up in NYC, wanted a big school and went to Michigan without giving Uconn a first thought let alone a second one). As far as football...they've only been d1a (FBS) for about 15 years and the stadium isn't even on campus.
You are right about the numbers. There are a smidge over 25k at Storrs. I am familiar with Conecticut having lived there for eight years. I have been to Storrs to play volleyball a number of times. I also graduated from one of the schools in the State University system (SCSU). I don't sense a lack of affinity for the state schools among Connecticut graduates. For example, UCONN identification was rocking when the men's bball team was good and is still very strong with the women. Maybe it's because I lived there for a number of years, but the perception of Connecticut residents was that New Yorkers really didn't understand us.
UCONN alum, get up there for several days every year. UCONN isn't cheap, but it is in the middle of nowhere.
They are no longer in a power conference (despite what some thought of Big East football it was a power conference)...Syracuse joined the ACC, Rutgers joined the B10, Franklin at PSU is a snake but still an elite recruiter and Michigan hired BC's DC who has spent most of his career in NE (Michigan has landed 3 of CTs top 6 players this year)...that's a tough situation...I think he is a good recruiter but I'm not saying the guy is Nick Saban.
Compared to going to a small private school it is...just looked it up...Uconn is even roughly half the cost of the large public U I went to (Michigan)...I guess I should have clarified it by saying in comparison to certain options that many in this area consider.
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Rivals archive = pure awesomeness!
As Nebraska cycles through yet another coaching staff perhaps it’s time to take a look in the mirror.
Diaco was a very good DC at Notre Dame which is what I based my comments on.
Is your name Tom? Didn't think so, Joey. Your IQ is below freezing temperature, goodness gracious.
Dude is a very good DC. Our dam defense is just this much of a mess. I don’t care if some of you hate anything and everything that’s connected to Riley, I get it. But Kieth Williams and Diaco are two coaches that are actually good and just how bad are team is makes it appear different. And I get it....”but...but....but...Diaco sounds stupid in press conferences...” ok so what. Dudes not a public talker. We hired him to coach our defense. Not to talk the talk at pressers. Again, our defense is just this bad and this big of mess. It’s why Banker got fired and we went out and found a Broyles award winner and runner up at DC. I honestly think with time, Diaco would have a top notch defense here. But Riley getting fired and Diaco having 1 solo year with this mess, he won’t or we won’t get a chance to see what he could of done.
Carl Pelini had a great defense at NU....and is no longer allowed to coach in a power 5 conference. Diaco has showed he lacks "something" that helps to recruit and coach up a group of young guys...he is slowly moving to the crazy category but this started long before he came to NU.
I remember the excitement and hoopla bringing Bobby the Brain to Lincoln caused. Would giving him more time be unrealistic?
I was definitely one who was fired up when he was hired. It certainly appears that I my enthusiasm was misplaced.