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Message: [QUOTE="Stinger92860, post: 4448441, member: 393"] Flipper has a awesome resume. A great choice for the bowl committee. In 2009 he fired head football coach [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Jagodzinski']Jeff Jagodzinski[/URL]after Jagodzinski interviewed for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Jets']New York Jets[/URL] head coaching job.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_DeFilippo#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] He was replaced by longtime defensive coordinator [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Spaziani']Frank Spaziani[/URL], who led the team to consecutive losing seasons in 2011 and 2012.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_DeFilippo#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] In 2010 he fired men's basketball coach [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Skinner']Al Skinner[/URL] after only his second losing season in ten years. Under Skinner, the Eagles made the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament']NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament[/URL] seven times.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_DeFilippo#cite_note-7'][7][/URL] BC would not return to the NCAA tournament under Skinner's successor, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Donahue']Steve Donahue[/URL], who had a 54-76 record in his four seasons as head coach, and they have not returned since. [/QUOTE]