UC Coaching Search Official Thread

[JohnFrancis]

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.

Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing. Good points.

[JohnFrancis]

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.

Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing. Good points.
(ot, geez was any d played in the seton hall vmi game?)

[McMickenKid]

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

Im probably looking way to far into this, but I just think it sets up for an awkward situation if Quinn coaches in the Sugar knowing he's no longer a candidate for the job. I'm sure he'll want to win like everyone else, but he probably won't have his entire focus on the game. Mentally his bags would already be packed for South Bend and joining BK.

[shaunsimpson]

I think it will be Quinn or Jones. And I hope it will be Quinn or Jones.

[daap_bearcat97]

I am starting to get a little nervous about the whole coaching search. I truly believe in MT and know he will find the right person for the job. I am having a hard time trying to figure out how and why Kevin Sumlin and Skip Holtz would both say 'no" before even an interview? Is it because MT drilled them with tough questions/demands and they both failed in the initial conversation? It just looks bad for us, hearing the press say that we have been "turned down".

Skip Holtz, doesn't disappoint me, but Sumlin...maybe. I would still love for UC to go after some others. Mike Stoops, Dave Christensen, Bud Foster, Chris Peterson, Venables (DC from OK), heck I still go back to saying this tongue in cheek, but why not go after someone ala App. States head coach (even though he is like 70, still younger than Jo Pa). He could come in for 3 years, mentor KC and then retire and let KC take the reins? Just trying to think outside the box.

Maybe Jeff Quinn is shaping up to be the best candidate?!? Maybe MT will go back to the Central Michigan well and get Butch Jones. Al Golden is still out there, but would love to get a coach who wants to run the spread O. Whatever happened to the Pat Hill rumor? Hopefully there is no Chan Gailey in the mix! Tuberville, maybe...but no way to Fulmer.

[bobestes]

Im probably looking way to far into this, but I just think it sets up for an awkward situation if Quinn coaches in the Sugar knowing he's no longer a candidate for the job. I'm sure he'll want to win like everyone else, but he probably won't have his entire focus on the game. Mentally his bags would already be packed for South Bend and joining BK.

I don't know... I would think that "won the sugar bowl" would be a nice thing to have on your resume, regardless of what you do in the future.

[bobestes]

I am starting to get a little nervous about the whole coaching search. I truly believe in MT and know he will find the right person for the job. I am having a hard time trying to figure out how and why Kevin Sumlin and Skip Holtz would both say 'no" before even an interview? Is it because MT drilled them with tough questions/demands and they both failed in the initial conversation? It just looks bad for us, hearing the press say that we have been "turned down".

Skip Holtz, doesn't disappoint me, but Sumlin...maybe. I would still love for UC to go after some others. Mike Stoops, Dave Christensen, Bud Foster, Chris Peterson, Venables (DC from OK), heck I still go back to saying this tongue in cheek, but why not go after someone ala App. States head coach (even though he is like 70, still younger than Jo Pa). He could come in for 3 years, mentor KC and then retire and let KC take the reins? Just trying to think outside the box.

Maybe Jeff Quinn is shaping up to be the best candidate?!? Maybe MT will go back to the Central Michigan well and get Butch Jones. Al Golden is still out there, but would love to get a coach who wants to run the spread O. Whatever happened to the Pat Hill rumor? Hopefully there is no Chan Gailey in the mix! Tuberville, maybe...but no way to Fulmer.

Heh, I remember thinking/worrying the same things last time. And it turned out pretty well. He'll get the right guy.

[norwoodbearcat]

Practice starts at the end of the week. We will have a coach by then.

[Kindog202]

I think it will be Quinn or Jones. And I hope it will be Quinn or Jones.

Out of those 2, I hope it's Quinn. I think most of the coaching staff would stay in place. I don't know if Longo would go but I think most everyone else would stay. I also think it's what the current players and incoming recruits want. If Quinn is hired on permanently, I think this team would hardly miss a beat.

[daap_bearcat97]

Heh, I remember thinking/worrying the same things last time. And it turned out pretty well. He'll get the right guy.

You are 100% correct.

Someone had also suggested that Jeff Quinn could take the HC reigns and we could hire Greg Hudson from ECU or Snyder from Marshall as our D-cord?

Chuck Martin from GVSU is doing pretty well right now...maybe he should garner some consideration? Keep your eyes on the Championship game for the FCS game today, App State vs. Montana. Good coaches!

Does everyone think that KC is the right person for being the D-cord? I know he shouldn't be our HC now, maybe later on, a big MAYBE. I say this because his college experience (no HC experience at this level and very little college experience) coupled with the fact that my brother in law is a coach at a local HS and I know a number of other coaches locally who say KC is a complete jerk and they nor a lot of these local kids can't stand him...way to big of an ego and just a jerk. Again I don't know him at all, just what others that do know him have said. I do know that he has done a great job recruiting a lot of high caliper talent locally, someone we defintely need to keep at UC for the recruiting reason.

I am sure MT will pull the winning rabbit out of his hat soon...hope that rabbit looks like Secretariat!

Cheers.

[BeastUC]

Does anyone know if Quinn is really interested in the job,or is he just doing the thing that looks good by coaching in the Sugar Bowl?

[udonkey]

Joe Schad reporting via twitter:

UH coach Kevin Sumlin speaks with, withdraws from Cincy search


...and #41 rejoices

[broeli]

I think Chuck Martin would be a GREAT coach to get. BK tried to lure him for DC at all his previous stops and wants him as DC at ND. He has done better than BK at GVSU. He had something like 38 regular season wins breaking the record set by BK of 29!

[BearcatSig]

Rumors have the Grand Valley State coach being asked to go to Notre Dame as DC, so I wonder if his name will stay be in the UC race?

Looks like Quinn and Holtz are looking more and more like a decent chance.


On another note, Harbaugh has taken himself out of the Kansas race. Any chance he wants to be a Bearcat?

[mjb1979]

On another note, Harbaugh has taken himself out of the Kansas race. Any chance he wants to be a Bearcat?

No chance. He is adamant about staying at Stanford.