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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 4149514, member: 549"] Good read on what led Joe Moorhead to Akron… [MEDIA=twitter]1475839219499249668[/MEDIA] -> Moorhead says he doesn’t even remember the exact week the job opened. For others who missed the timeline of news from a team that went 3-24 over the last three seasons: Akron fired Tom Arth on Nov. 4. Later that day, a long one at the office working as Oregon’s offensive coordinator, Moorhead walked into his home, where his wife, Jennifer, greeted him with a couple of questions. “Hey, did you see the Akron job opened up?” Jennifer asked. Nope. After briefing Moorhead, Jennifer asked, “Well, what do you think?” “Yeah,” Moorhead replied, “it matches all the criteria.” For Moorhead, the exact criteria is personal, but here’s the gist: After Mississippi State fired him on Jan. 3, 2020, he huddled with his family (with Jennifer, Moorhead has three children) and created a specific list of parameters to consult when considering another head coaching gig. At the top of the list was family. Not money. Not program history. Family. <- -> Many head coaching jobs opened during Moorhead’s time at Oregon — that was the landing spot for the Pittsburgh native after Mississippi, Moorhead said, because the family viewed it as a “neat, new adventure” after research — and Moorhead, viewed as an RPO pioneer, would’ve been a fine fit for several. None offered what Akron could as a familiar place (Akron last won a conference title in 2005, and Moorhead was a Zips assistant from 2005-08) two hours from where he grew up, near his parents. Near Jennifer’s parents. Near Grove City College in western Pennsylvania, where his son Mason is a freshman football player. For Moorhead to take another head coaching job, it had to make sense for his family. <- ->With that attitude and a promise to his son Donovan, an eighth-grader, that he will stay at the same high school, Moorhead called his agent that day, after speaking with Jennifer about the Akron job. Moorhead remembers being asked: “Are you serious?” “Yeah,” Moorhead said, “I am serious.” His agent got to work. According to Moorhead’s contract, Akron will pay him $500,000 per season for five years. Last offseason, Moorhead signed a deal with Oregon through January 2023 for $1.15 million annually. Regarding the financial aspect of his decision, Moorhead said, “You can’t put a price tag on family.” <- [/QUOTE]

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