OC Gordon Sammis to TCU

[huskymedic]

 

[MKH2317]

Congrats Coach Sammis! Well-earned. Thank you for the most electric offense in UConn history, you will be missed

 

[Tdaley]

Nice landing place for him. He did a great job for us for 4 years.

 

[DW1361]

Sad to lose him. Nice step up for him though. David Benedict may have to get out and coach their bowl game at the rate we are losing coaches.

 

[Bandito2025]

Sad to lose him. Nice step up for him though. David Benedict may have to get out and coach their bowl game at the rate we are losing coaches.

I believe they will still coach the bowl game. I’m hoping anyways

 

[History Geek]

This former OL will always be a Gordie fan. Congrats and good luck to him.

 

[UCTitleTown]

I believe they will still coach the bowl game. I’m hoping anyways

Hopefully, he won't poach any players too.

 

[rich1122]

Losing him and Cam in the Portal. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

 

[WestCoastHusky]

With Candle calling his own plays, this is the logical conclusion.

He did well for UConn, and we will miss him. Wish him luck with the TCU program.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Good for him.

I imagine this means we're getting the OC that Candlecwants as well. A win-win as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Bandito2025]

Hopefully, he won't poach any players too.

I really don’t expect him to.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

It looks like Candle will bring his Toledo team here minus a few guys.

 

[UConnJim]

Good for him.

I imagine this means we're getting the OC that Candlecwants as well. A win-win as far as I'm concerned.

Candle calls his own plays. Sammis was clearly going to get a P4 opportunity based on his performance and he did.

 

[HomeKing93]

We have had some OL coaches become OCs and it didn't work out. Sammis was the exception to that, he did a great job and I wish him luck.

So after Lashlee & Sammis we know if we have any other OCs that do well here Sonny Dykes might grab them 😂

 

[huskymedic]

 

[UConnRock]

Came to Storrs in 2022 from an FCS team as an OL coach and leaves is 2025 for a P4 OC job. A nice story to tell prospective coaches. Am a bit surprised he ventured west. I always thought there would be a spot for him on an ACC coaching staff.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[businesslawyer]

Good for him. Would have loved to see him stay, but it’s Candle’s ship to steer and he has to be given the ability and room to do so. Sammis will end up as a head coach somewhere at some point and might turn out to be a good one.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Thank you Coach Sammis for proving a modern offense can be successful at UConn. Best wishes for him moving forward. If he wants to be a HC in the future, I hope he gets the chance too.

 

[UConnJim]

Came to Storrs in 2022 from an FCS team as an OL coach and leaves is 2025 for a P4 OC job. A nice story to tell prospective coaches. Am a bit surprised he ventured west. I always thought there would be a spot for him on an ACC coaching staff.

TCU is not a turnaround situation (9-4 and 8-4 last 2 seasons) and they ran an air raid offense which is pass heavy. But, the spilt between rushing to passing is skewed a little more to passing than UConn was. And, if you look at the offensive talent at TCU, it is very impressive. Last 3 classes, they got the #41, #13, and #12 QBs, the #12, #25, #49 plus many more WRs, and the #22, #22, #34, #52 RBs. I don't think he will be bringing any UConn offensive skill players to TCU.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[uconnbill]

Congrats to Coach Sammis. Well deserved after the past few years at UConn and developing the offense he did while he was here

 

[ZooCougar]

Maybe Mora can coach the offense and the defense at CSU.

 

[gioff2323]

Hopefully, he won't poach any players too.

Please stop this line - we just poached Toledo's top recruit. And we return to sender.

 

[Kolumbo]

TCU opens against UNC in Dublin on August 29 and then has 2 weeks off. Cheers!