UC Coaching Search Official Thread

[Kindog202]

All things considered my list would read like this:

1. Kevin Sumlin
2. Jeff Quinn
3. Butch Jones
4. Kerry Coombs
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I think Sumlin is the best overall hire. I think Quinn would provide continuity and I think the players are most comfortable with him but it concerns me that he has no HC experience. Jones over Coombs due to his head coaching experience. I think Coombs needs more seasoning. I think Coombs would be great 5 years from now if we are looking for someone else again.

[bobestes]

Re: Coombs: both Bill Cowher and Jack Harbaugh made the jump from position coach to head coach, it can be done.

[Kindog202]

Re: Coombs: both Bill Cowher and Jack Harbaugh made the jump from position coach to head coach, it can be done.

I understand, however the program is on the brink of being a perennial power. Also, these are just two examples, how many more out there have failed. I just don't know that I am ready to entrust it with someone who has been a coach at the college level for 3 years.

[Bearcat_DF]

Why don't we get in on the Jim Harbaugh sweepstakes? He would come to set up going to UM in a couple of years. Still, if he can sustain the success, there are only so many schools to whom we can lose coaches.

Just think - not only have we eclipsed Miami of Ohio on the field, we may be known at the cradle of coaches too.

We could be 2 hires away from fulfilling all four of the midwest powerhouses (MD to MSU, BK to ND, get Harbaugh and he goes to UM, the next hire would be poised for OSU when Tressel retires . . . )

[Dannyboy]

I don't know if I could take hearing "Thinthinnati Bearcaths" every week out of Lou's mouth...reason enough, in my book, to not hire Skip

The only guy on ESPN who loves UC has a speech impediment. Oh, well. Better than nothing.

[NCarolina_Bearcat]

My two cents: Jeff Quinn Head Coach - He has stated in the papers that he really wants the job. 19 years AHC experience with BK cant be all bad. Then lock down and keep the rest of the coaching staff here as well. You would then have a coach that would know all of the players plus the incoming recruits, same recruiters who recruited them, a full pantry of players for 2010 and the beat goes on.

[DCrack]

I kind of like Al Golden in that he seems to posess a little bit of that "coach 'em up" thing that BK had going pretty well.

I think that whoever we get has got to have a demonstrated ability to take 2-3 star talent and coach em up into 4 star talent. Which seems obvious, I guess.

Golden is waiting for Paterno to step down. He was a TE at PSU and that's his dream job.
I would love to have an offensive minded coach who can utilze the type of players already on scholarship and one who can recruit.
Kevin Sumlin has those abilities with the added bonus of having ties to the Texas recruits.
Don't doubt Thomas!

[08bearcat]

My list is:

1a. Urban Meyer
1b. Some other big established name looking for a new challenge - mike leech? tommy tuberville?
2a. Kevin Sumlin
2b. Butch Jones
2c. Jeff Quinn

[mjb1979]

According to Joe Schad, Sumlin is no longer a candidate.

[bobestes]

Time to hit flightaware.com, I guess. ha ha

[Deaf_Bearcat]

I think I would start with Jeff Quinn, but I am not sure about his Bearcat loyalty.

Skip Holtz? Dpm't think so because ND could lure him if BK fails in a few years.

Sumlin, don't think so. No thanks.

Peterson? He is the mountain guy who loves the blue grass.


Meyer? Yes, why not? Liberalize and offer him $4 million dollars for 5 years!

[bobestes]

You know, Sumlin could have been putting his name out there to get a little extra leverage in his contract negotiation.... seems like he came and went pretty darn fast.

[JohnFrancis]

Golden is waiting for Paterno to step down. He was a TE at PSU and that's his dream job.
I would love to have an offensive minded coach who can utilze the type of players already on scholarship and one who can recruit.
Kevin Sumlin has those abilities with the added bonus of having ties to the Texas recruits.
Don't doubt Thomas!

The truth is NO ONE knows who will be the Head Coach at Penn State when Paterno steps down. Tom Bradley is rumored to be next in line, but who knows, remember all the Schiano rumors? JoePa has stated that he would like his son, Jay, to succeed him (big surprise there).

Heck, let Golden go through the interview process - he might wow MT, or MT might think he's not a good fit.

When is LOI day? I believe it is the first week February. Let's go MT!

[McMickenKid]

Do you guys think MT will make the hire before or after the bowl game? Last time around obviously he made it before, but other teams have chosen to wait till after the bowl to make a choice (West Virginia w/ Stewart). I guess if Quinn has already been announced as the coach for the Sugar, it wouldn't be smart to make the hire before the bowl. Unless of course the hire is Quinn.

[mjb1979]

I think he'll make a hire soon. Waiting until after the game is risky; our new coach would have less than a month to finish the recruiting class. Even if Quinn is not the hire, it can't hurt to have a guy in place to start on Jan. 2