All Things Fickell

[GoBearcats31]

Fickle on Pat McAfee Show

https://youtu.be/DY1JAcmSO64

[bearcatbret]

^Great seeing Coach Cooper in a Bearcat hat and Urban admitting that he was a former Bearcat player. Most importantly, you can hear the love in the past player's voices.

[GoBearcats31]

Cool congratulatory video from UC with shoutouts from some big names from Fickell's OSU and UC days

https://twitter.com/GoBearcatsFB/status/1584973077946896384

[bearcatbret]

Same thing here. Luke Fickell Captures Stallings Award - University of Cincinnati Athletics (gobearcats.com)

[Lobot]

Fickell has received the Stallings Award which is given to an exceptional humanitarian and coach. This is basically a confirmation that our coach is a fantastic human.

https://www.stallingsaward.org/

[GoBearcats31]

The Athletic ($) ranked the top coaches in CFB. Stewart Mandel ranked Fickell 8, up from 11 last year. Bruce Feldman ranked Fickell 10, up from 20 last year.

[Lobot]

Luke Fickell shows up at #10 in this top 25 coaches list from Bruce Feldman. ($) And #8 in Stewart Mandels

https://theathletic.com/3165800/2022...-head-coaches/

https://theathletic.com/3165768/2022...-head-coaches/

[Lobot]

FIckell's contract extension has been approved by the BoT per Justin Williams.

Also: https://gobearcats.com/news/2022/2/2...extension.aspx

[AustinTX88]

my buddy was playing at OU when Burrows dad was there. said the little guy was running around hotels on away days. seems like he was around football from early days.

[GoBearcats31]

($) Justin Williams Q&A with Fickell
https://theathletic.com/3129742/2022...nnati-program/


This was well done. I know for anyone that can't read it, it's annoying to tease. But some of the meat involving the contract and all that already out there through JW's original reporting and the subsequent reports from other local outlets. You kind of know what you're getting with a Fickell interview. He's obviously pleased with the success and especially happy for the achievements of the players. But he's also not interested in building things from year to year. We don't know if/how long he stays, but he has an eye for the long term and trying to set up the program for success in the long term. He seems to have a good relationship with John Cunningham. One small nugget that stood out to me was that he understood that 3-4 years ago, it might be normal for an assistant to leave for a Big Ten type position because they obviously can pay much more. But that no longer is acceptable to him. Doesn't mean he's bitter about anyone leaving, at least outwardly, but he obviously wants to keep the best guys here (and exist as a major program), and perhaps part of why it's a priority to up the salary pool for the assistants.

[bearcatbret]

This is a good read with some interesting nuggets towards the end. Bearcats’ Luke Fickell agrees to contract extension through 2028 (fox19.com)

This is much the same. Report: Cincinnati, Luke Fickell agree to contract extension (wcpo.com)

[Lobot]

That union professor from UC Blue Ash campus is about to pop a vein.

[London 'Cat]

And the University has reassured it’s commitment, to CLF’s satisfaction, to constructing an indoor practice facility for the program.

[Lobot]

Pete Thamel with additional info. The Assistant salary pool is getting a nice bump as well.

[Gmann]

Per Justin Williams, Luke Fickell had signed an extension through 2028 at 5M/yr. Pending BOT approval.

https://theathletic.com/news/cincinn.../Ek6ZW2XPvUGC/

Well that's one bit of good news on a gloomy post Super Bowl loss Monday.