New Head Coach Criteria/Wishes

[Jimdish255]

Yeah, I like the thought. He's a highly regarded and successful coach at a difficult location. He was very loyal to Northwestern. He did sue them for $130 million, which may put off a bunch of schools (as Kevin Ollie's suit against UConn may have hindered from getting his next job), but that gives UConn a fighting chance to reel him in. If there were no negatives at all he'd be taken by a P4 school.

That chip on your shoulder can work for you or against you. I trust DB will cast a wide enough net and let his judgement and confidants help make the right decision. Hope we can move quickly and get the right guy.

 

[zls44]

I would rather go 0-12 every year than have that scumbag Pat Fitzgerald within 100 miles of UConn.

He was also a straight-up bad coach the last three years he was in Evanston and if he wasn’t a legendary player would’ve been canned earlier.

Congrats to Michigan State on having no standards and settling for less. But based on Larry Nasser, it’s nothing we didn’t already know about that athletic department.

 

[Devland]

To be fair, Tom Herman was also 22-4 at Houston with a CFP/New Year's Six bowl win over Florida State. So just for the fun of it, let's combine those records from four years at non P-5 programs (at the time he coached them). 38-20 = 65.5% win percentage over 4 years.

Jim Mora was 27-23 at UConn = 54% win percentage over four years, and I would argue that UConn has had a much easier schedule as an independent. Don't get me wrong, I give Mora a ton of credit because we were one of the worst FBS football programs before he arrived.

One other point. In a 2024 study on the valuation of athletic programs, UConn was ranked #71 at $178 million with an annual revenue of 93 million. Florida Atlantic did not make this list as it was limited to the top 75. FAU athletics' operating budget for 2024-25 was 35.5 million. UConn spent 101 million.

Houston and Florida are recruiting hot beds. Connecticut, not so much.

 

[noeynox]

Houston and Florida are recruiting hot beds. Connecticut, not so much.

It's all about the portal now anyways