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Just for fun, we can make a list of potential candidates if Edsall was canned (which he won't be). I'm not going to list guys we have no shot at...
Mike Sanford--just fired from Western Kentucky after two years. Served at Stanford, Boise State, and Notre Dame in the past and was OC at the latter two. He guided Boise to a 12 win season and NY6 victory over Arizona. He was only given two years at WKU and came on the heels of a successful stint by Jeff Brohm, but Sanford is only 36 and probably has time to figure it out.
Joe Harasymiak--this name was thrown around in a thread on the board this week. HC at Maine who went 8-3 this season and nearly upset FBS Central Michigan. They are the #12 ranked FCS team this year. He was defensive coordinator at UMaine before taking over as HC and has previously served at Mass Maritime and Springfield College. He's doing well, but he lacks FBS experience at any level and is only 32.
Larry Fedora--random name, but I figure Fedora is probably the highest profile coach who we'd have a snowball's chance at...until we get to our next name. He has a 45-43 career record at UNC and had several impressive seasons at a school not at all known for its football. He had five solid seasons, but his two most recent seasons were ugly. Fedora runs a spread offense and is a southern guy through and through, so coming up north to UConn seems unlikely.
DJ Durkin--Probably not a snowball's chance that Durkin gets touched with a ten foot pole by any FBS program outside of the usual suspects like FAU, FIU, etc. Durkin led a stout Michigan defense and seems to have done an okay job cleaning up Randy's mess at Maryland on the field, but he is also insane and abusive. I'd say hard pass, but if we're looking for a big name at UConn, these are the kinds of guys we need to look at for better or for worse.
Art Briles--Just when you thought we'd seen the most explosive name in Durkin, we move on to Art Briles. Let me preface this by saying that I would be livid if we hired Art Briles and would not go to our games. Let me follow that by reiterating that if we want proven coaches, we need to pretty much disparage our reputation and eat the trash. Briles was 65-37 at Baylor, reaching 10 wins four times in eight years. He can clearly coach and recruit and knows Texas well, as he coached UH before coming to Baylor. We could absolutely hire Briles, as nobody wants him and he's coaching pro football in Italy, but no chance the school wants to associate itself with his name.
Steve Addazio--Hasn't been fired from BC yet, but AD Jarmond would not comment on Addazio's future when asked by reporters following BC's drubbing at the hands of Cuse this past Saturday. Addazio is a better version of mediocrity than what we have in Edsall--he is pretty much the Jeff Fisher of college football. Daz wins 7 games almost every year with an ugly offense and stout defense. He has CT roots and would be a realistic hire if fired from BC.
Mike MacIntyre--Fired from Colorado. He's really never been up north besides a short stint as DC at Temple. He had one great season at SJSU that catapulted him to his position at CU Boulder, where he again found magic in CU's surprise 2016 ten win campaign that can most likely be attributed to Cory Edsall's work as a graduate assistant. Outside of these two years, MacIntyre has been pretty awful, though it is admittedly tough to make CU competitive in the Pac 12.
Paul Johnson--He's still employed at GT, but could very well be out of a job in the next week. In a perfect world, I think Johnson would be a great candidate at UConn. We clearly need to think differently if we want to succeed in the AAC, and the option offense serves to neutralize talent. When squaring off against Florida and Texas schools in conference, this would be a great asset. These kinds of offenses have been largely successful in our conference with Navy and Tulane. The issue is that implementing this scheme would require a serious rebuilding of the roster, and we frankly don't have time to wait another three years to get the ball rolling.
Ricky Rahne--followed Moorhead as OC at PSU. They had a bit of a disappointing season, but he has a lot of experience in the northeast as he's been at PSU, Holy Cross, and played and coached at Cornell.
Chip Long--OC at Notre Dame. Would be a huge long shot for us, but he has coached in the conference as OC at Memphis. He's brought Notre Dame an undefeated record and incredibly successful offense. There is talk that Chip Long will be sought after by Alabama to serve as their OC next year assuming that Locksley gets the UMD job.
TJ Weist--Just kidding, that's an awful idea.
Debate any of these names or add more...just please try to keep them at least somewhat realistic. Kliff Kingsbury isn't coming here, nor is any other high profile coach who ends up fired. Let's try to avoid those names.
Mike Sanford--just fired from Western Kentucky after two years. Served at Stanford, Boise State, and Notre Dame in the past and was OC at the latter two. He guided Boise to a 12 win season and NY6 victory over Arizona. He was only given two years at WKU and came on the heels of a successful stint by Jeff Brohm, but Sanford is only 36 and probably has time to figure it out.
Joe Harasymiak--this name was thrown around in a thread on the board this week. HC at Maine who went 8-3 this season and nearly upset FBS Central Michigan. They are the #12 ranked FCS team this year. He was defensive coordinator at UMaine before taking over as HC and has previously served at Mass Maritime and Springfield College. He's doing well, but he lacks FBS experience at any level and is only 32.
Larry Fedora--random name, but I figure Fedora is probably the highest profile coach who we'd have a snowball's chance at...until we get to our next name. He has a 45-43 career record at UNC and had several impressive seasons at a school not at all known for its football. He had five solid seasons, but his two most recent seasons were ugly. Fedora runs a spread offense and is a southern guy through and through, so coming up north to UConn seems unlikely.
DJ Durkin--Probably not a snowball's chance that Durkin gets touched with a ten foot pole by any FBS program outside of the usual suspects like FAU, FIU, etc. Durkin led a stout Michigan defense and seems to have done an okay job cleaning up Randy's mess at Maryland on the field, but he is also insane and abusive. I'd say hard pass, but if we're looking for a big name at UConn, these are the kinds of guys we need to look at for better or for worse.
Art Briles--Just when you thought we'd seen the most explosive name in Durkin, we move on to Art Briles. Let me preface this by saying that I would be livid if we hired Art Briles and would not go to our games. Let me follow that by reiterating that if we want proven coaches, we need to pretty much disparage our reputation and eat the trash. Briles was 65-37 at Baylor, reaching 10 wins four times in eight years. He can clearly coach and recruit and knows Texas well, as he coached UH before coming to Baylor. We could absolutely hire Briles, as nobody wants him and he's coaching pro football in Italy, but no chance the school wants to associate itself with his name.
Steve Addazio--Hasn't been fired from BC yet, but AD Jarmond would not comment on Addazio's future when asked by reporters following BC's drubbing at the hands of Cuse this past Saturday. Addazio is a better version of mediocrity than what we have in Edsall--he is pretty much the Jeff Fisher of college football. Daz wins 7 games almost every year with an ugly offense and stout defense. He has CT roots and would be a realistic hire if fired from BC.
Mike MacIntyre--Fired from Colorado. He's really never been up north besides a short stint as DC at Temple. He had one great season at SJSU that catapulted him to his position at CU Boulder, where he again found magic in CU's surprise 2016 ten win campaign that can most likely be attributed to Cory Edsall's work as a graduate assistant. Outside of these two years, MacIntyre has been pretty awful, though it is admittedly tough to make CU competitive in the Pac 12.
Paul Johnson--He's still employed at GT, but could very well be out of a job in the next week. In a perfect world, I think Johnson would be a great candidate at UConn. We clearly need to think differently if we want to succeed in the AAC, and the option offense serves to neutralize talent. When squaring off against Florida and Texas schools in conference, this would be a great asset. These kinds of offenses have been largely successful in our conference with Navy and Tulane. The issue is that implementing this scheme would require a serious rebuilding of the roster, and we frankly don't have time to wait another three years to get the ball rolling.
Ricky Rahne--followed Moorhead as OC at PSU. They had a bit of a disappointing season, but he has a lot of experience in the northeast as he's been at PSU, Holy Cross, and played and coached at Cornell.
Chip Long--OC at Notre Dame. Would be a huge long shot for us, but he has coached in the conference as OC at Memphis. He's brought Notre Dame an undefeated record and incredibly successful offense. There is talk that Chip Long will be sought after by Alabama to serve as their OC next year assuming that Locksley gets the UMD job.
TJ Weist--Just kidding, that's an awful idea.
Debate any of these names or add more...just please try to keep them at least somewhat realistic. Kliff Kingsbury isn't coming here, nor is any other high profile coach who ends up fired. Let's try to avoid those names.
