slow night, so: off-the-wall DL coach candidate (LINK) who has

[welshman#]

pretty decent midwestern background: Tim Daoust https://gobearkats.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/tim-daoust/773

have no idea if CTA knows him or not--FWIW, his FCS team's defense this year had some good stats:

1st in 3rd down conversion %
4th in 4th down conversion %
6th in red zone defense
1st in rushing defense
8th in scoring defense

 

[baileyiu]

pretty decent midwestern background: Tim Daoust https://gobearkats.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/tim-daoust/773

have no idea if CTA knows him or not--FWIW, his FCS team's defense this year had some good stats:

1st in 3rd down conversion %
4th in 4th down conversion %
6th in red zone defense
1st in rushing defense
8th in scoring defense

SHS as DL coach seems to be a Big step backwards from DC at Western Mich!

 

[76-1]

pretty decent midwestern background: Tim Daoust https://gobearkats.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/tim-daoust/773

have no idea if CTA knows him or not--FWIW, his FCS team's defense this year had some good stats:

1st in 3rd down conversion %
4th in 4th down conversion %
6th in red zone defense
1st in rushing defense
8th in scoring defense

How about this fellow:

https://goblueraiders.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/dustin-royston/1560

 

[Palmbeachhoosier]

I personally would love to Charlie Partridge from Pitt. He was head coach at FAU. He has been at Eastern Illinois and Wisconsin so he has recruited the Midwest but he is from Florida and recruiting ties there and is an excellent defensive line coach.

 

[red hornet]

I suspect the DL hire like his others will be someone CTA has knowledge of from past experiences & obviously believes will "fit the culture" he's trying to establish.

 

[midwolfe]

How about this fellow:

https://goblueraiders.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/dustin-royston/1560

He would fit in nicely!

 

[Bligedy]

I suspect the DL hire like his others will be someone CTA has knowledge of from past experiences & obviously believes will "fit the culture" he's trying to establish.

I kind of wondered if they'd bring Pat Kuntz back

 

[red hornet]

I kind of wondered if they'd bring Pat Kuntz back

He looks very interesting indeed. I think while he was at IU he did not overlap with CTA however.

 

[Bligedy]

He looks very interesting indeed. I think while he was at IU he did not overlap with CTA however.

I could be wrong but I think Pat was with CTA for 3 seasons.

 

[red hornet]

I could be wrong but I think Pat was with CTA for 3 seasons.

Yeah, I wasn't sure about the overlap. if so, he may be the one. Thnx.

 

[76-1]

Here's the fellow in question:

https://vmikeydets.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/pat-kuntz/861

Reads like he'd be a great fit... (and TA does know him)

 

[still4IU]

Here's the fellow in question:

https://vmikeydets.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/pat-kuntz/861

Reads like he'd be a great fit... (and TA does know him)

Did he just take that job? If so could be hard to change again.

 

[76-1]

Did he just take that job? If so could be hard to change again.

VMI, while a fine institution that has produced many, many top flight military officers, is nearer the lower rungs of the college football ladder than the top; a move back to the Big Ten would pretty much be a no brainer...

 

[Bligedy]

Did he just take that job? If so could be hard to change again.

Coached there for a year. No different than what we saw with Deboer, imho.

 

[76-1]

Coached there for a year. No different than what we saw with Deboer, imho.

He might just be the perfect fit.

He's young enough to go along with being "taught" what's expected from his position group while having enough background as a player and a coach to be respected and listened to by the players.

His only glaring weakness would be his lack of recruiting contacts... I'm just presuming that's the case because he's a young coach; I could be very wrong on this point...

Our ace recruiters could introduce him to all of their contacts and we're off to the races...

 

[welshman#]

SHS as DL coach seems to be a Big step backwards from DC at Western Mich!

so CTA shouldn't have hired Jason Jones since he stepped backwards from Co-DC at an SEC school (where he was let go) to position coach at a non-P5 school? coaches want to coach (and in most cases they have families to house and feed) and moves like this happen all the time

Montana's head coach was considered by some experts to be the next big thing the first time he was HC there, then he went to I-A, now he's back in Missoula. His DC was also DC at Cal, Arizona State, Stanford, Notre Dame and Washington. His Asst HC was considered to be "one of the brightest offensive minds" in college football when he was at Kentucky, Baylor, Boise State and (briefly) Florida and Washington. His OC coached at Washington State and played 5 years in the NFL. Etc etc.

I'm not saying Daoust is, or even should be, a real candidate. For all I know Allen may never have even heard of him. But the fact that he's gone from MAC to FCS is hardly disqualifying.

 

[76-1]

Here's another interesting name:

https://cuse.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/vinson-reynolds/2863

 

[baileyiu]

Here's another interesting name:

https://cuse.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/vinson-reynolds/2863

If we can convince him to come back to the Midwest - he sure sounds like a really good candidate! We should have the $$$ to attract him or some other top notch DL coach

 

[destewart]

Here's another interesting name:

https://cuse.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/vinson-reynolds/2863

Son is a sophomore on Syracuse team. Doubtful.

 

[76-1]

Son is a sophomore on Syracuse team. Doubtful.

Even better...

 

[It Will Do]

No doubt an important hire. I know the recruiting aspect is key, but I wouldn't mind if hire the old school type of personality. Maybe not as popular with recruits, but helps us with on the field results.

 

[IndyIUFan66]

Here's another interesting name:

https://cuse.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/vinson-reynolds/2863

sick ex-Orangeman coach Mike Hart on him and go for it. Looks like a good one, a good recruiter and yes, continuing to add some diversity to the staff is a good goal as well, but let me be clear, believe his merits warrant his full consideration here on its own. Everything else is cherry on top. Like him over Kuntz purely from an experience as of now factor.