Coaching Carousel 2021
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Actually it is Frank Cignetti, jr. and there is also a Rutgers connection.
Frank Cignetti, jr was the OC and QB coach at Rutgers in 2011.
In that season the Scarlet Knights averaged 26.4 ppg,fourth in the Big East and Rutgers ranked 3rd in the Conference in passing.
Has extensive experience as both OC and QB coach.
Hope it works out for Pitt.
HAIL TO PITT!!!!
Brutal for a BIG 10 squad to be poached by Wake/ACC. Would be interested in the back story there.
Seems that Brad Lambert has deep roots in North Carolina. He was head coach at Charlotte and was an assistant at Wake Forest from 2001-2010. Have lived in both places, and would take North Carolina over Indiana every day of the year.
That makes more sense. We are certainly raking in the benefits of all the people, coaches and players, with Jersey roots.
Toledo HC Jason Candle a target for Miami OC. A little surprising, but maybe sees being in charge of all the talent Cristobal is likely to acquire as a better path to P5 HC.
Jason Candle turns down the Miami OC spot at a higher salary than he has now and will stay at Toledo.
Sources told The Blade that Candle was offered a deal that would have paid him in the range of $1.6 to $1.8 million per season. He is currently the highest-paid coach in the MAC. In 2021, Candle made $1.2 million.
After his 11-3 season, winning the MAC championship in 2017 (following a strong 9-4/6-2 season), his record trended down (7-6/5-3) in 2018 and has gone sideways. $1.2 million is a lot to pay a MAC coach for mediocre results. Candle was a hot commodity (no pun intended), but it seems he may have flamed out (no pun intended)? Maybe he is all smoke and no fire (no pun intended)? Will stop waxing poetic about his ho-hum stretch (no pun intended).
He's only 42 and might feel being the HC there is better than working for someone else.After his 11-3 season, winning the MAC championship in 2017 (following a strong 9-4/6-2 season), his record trended down (7-6/5-3) in 2018 and has gone sideways. $1.2 million is a lot to pay a MAC coach for mediocre results. Candle was a hot commodity (no pun intended), but it seems he may have flamed out (no pun intended)? Maybe he is all smoke and no fire (no pun intended)? Will stop waxing poetic about his ho-hum stretch (no pun intended).
Also his comfort zone might have made the choice to stay a lot easier he's been there since 2009 starting out as an assistant them moving up to HC in 2016
I should have been clear. I was not questioning his decision to stay. I was keen on him when it was clear Ash was not going to succeed (after the 2016 Howard game!-kidding!!!), but for whatever reason, he did not replicate the success of 2 early years.
Briles has a tendency to be too “cute” with his play calling at times…..too many trick plays that seldom work. But, I guess he has done a good job since KJ Jefferson had a great year. Hopefully KJ will be in the mix for the Heisman next season.
Jones negotiating in public is very unique. I understand he had a good run there and would bring much needed creditability back to the program but I wonder if his methods will push them in another direction.
New rumor in Arkansas that since Sam Pittman fired the defensive line coach this past weekend, Ed Orgeron, former HC at LSU is under consideration for the open defensive line coach position. Ed was the strength coach at Arkansas back in the 1980’s.
John McNulty to Boston College?
Mario's coordinators/co-coordinators got head coaching jobs (Moorhead to Akron, Wilson to Nevada), DeRuyter went to Texas Tech as DC. But it is strange he has not hired DC or OC yet.
He just lost his WR coach to UGA too. He was the interim coach for Oregon after Cristobal left and then just joined him at Miami a few weeks ago. UGA offered a couple days ago(think his home state and possibly alma mater) and he left.