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Who's your list for next HC?

huskymedic said:
I really just want them to break the recent cycle of hiring coaches w/ primarily defensive backgrounds (unless of course they declare their OC ahead of time ;)).
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This guy was an offensive coordinator and his offenses were terrible.
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You need a guy that has a vision, drive and the will to rebuild. A young coordinator that has a broad resume would really be a good choice.
 
I still like the former Austin Peay coach, now at Charlotte...Will Healy. 36 years old - turns these programs around - and quickly using a positive reinforcement method. He's a proven commodity (as a HC) - and a tremendous recruiter. Kids want to play for this guy - and I think it's a positive that he's not rooted in the area.
 
Brochacho said:
Bill O'Brien is my #1 choice
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Best name, would never come here. He'll have his pick of top 15-25 jobs if he wants back in, which I doubt.

I have no idea who should be on DB's list and neither should we, but I hope to the Heaven's DB does. This will be a lot harder than hiring Hurley and will determine his future. I hope he's been preparing for this as he has previously hinted.
 
storrsroars said:
For those w/o a sub, can you list the names? I saw Moorhead, but that's it. And I'm personally not all that interested in Moorhead, although I imagine it'll make the "get someone with ties to UConn" crowd happy.
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If it's Joe, it means no one else of note was interested. To some extend, the goal of the next coach is to restore credibility (again, for the fourth time)
 
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Love what Will Healy did at Austin Peay and is now doing at Charlotte. There will likely be competition trying to land him, but he only makes $775k currently so we can certainly offer him a nice bump.
 
Joe Moorhead for me. Could careless about his ties to UConn. He turned around Fordham and got them into consecutive FCS playoffs. Killed it as an offensive coordinator at PSU. At MSU things went sour but the SEC is a different animal. He will be still earning his MSU buyout for a few more years, so perhaps that allows him to take slightly less pay at UConn. According to Wikipedia he is on $900K at Oregon as their OC.
 
huskymedic said:
Here is the blurb from Vannini's article:

-> It's very early in the process and replacement candidates have yet to emerge, but potential names to watch could include Towson head coach Rob Ambrose, Arizona defensive coordinator Don Brown, former Temple and Miami head coach Al Golden, Holy Cross head coach Bob Chesney and former quarterback and current ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky. <-
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Besides Chesney and orlovsky, weren't all these names suggested after diaco got fired.....hell they were all on there after pp was fired.
 
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drayenob said:
Joe Moorhead

Rhett Lashlee

Tyler Stockton

Nick Hill

JaJuan Seider

Justin Frye

Nunzio Campanile

Joe Harasymiak

Liam Coen
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Looking at that list, I'm wondering if UConn could get both Harasymiak as HC and Coen as OC. Frye is also interesting.

As many have noted previously, Lashlee ain't coming back. I don't know why some of you think Nunzio would be particularly interesting. Stockton is a red flag as he loved Diaco's 3-4 and would probably want to use it (Diaco is a mentor).

fwiw, Moorhead made $2.75 mill as HC at Miss St (also signed an extension worth $3.2 AAV). So I don't think UConn would be able to swing him even if they can give him a raise over his OC salary. Also seems his first HC experience didn't go all that well, with disciplinary issues and not meeting expectations. Maybe he's happy running offenses.
 
I would think local-it’s a very unattractive position for anyone but someone from CT or nearby who witnessed the viability of this markwt and brand from 2007-11. Otherwise, its just 1-2 year stepping stone with no long term benefit or growth.
 
Moorhead seems like the obvious choice to me. Good offensive mind, knows the state/program, probably wants to move back to the east coast, probably hungry to become HC at a big time program again before retirement. How much better can we expect to do?
 
Huskyforlife said:
Moorhead seems like the obvious choice to me. Good offensive mind, knows the state/program, probably wants to move back to the east coast, probably hungry to become HC at a big time program again before retirement. How much better can we expect to do?
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Big time program? UConn football?

He's only 47, not sure he's thinking about retirement much.
 
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drayenob said:
Joe Moorhead

Rhett Lashlee

Tyler Stockton

Nick Hill

JaJuan Seider

Justin Frye

Nunzio Campanile

Joe Harasymiak

Liam Coen
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Harasymiak is my guy. He only makes 350k at Minnesota so we’d be a substantial raise for him.
 
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Moorehead is the only retread I would want on the shortlist.

We do have a couple nice pieces that I would like to keep from the current staff but they would not be deal breakers. I loved seeing Spanos tearing the entire defense a new on on the sidelines and Corey has done some real nice things and has UConn in his blood. Normally new regimes keep a couple holdovers for continuity with the return players so the idea is not unreasonable. Again, retaining current staff is not a deal breaker.

The new HC will need to be able to deal with the idiots in the media who will bombard him with "why shouldn't UConn drop to FCS" questions. He will need a vision for recruiting because a) there aren't enough players coming out of local high schools to stock a competitive FBS teams and b) the moronic HS coaches believe UConn football should kiss their rings and offer scholarships to any player they can't send to a P-5 (soon to be P-4) school.
 
superjohn said:
A lot of us were wondering that at the time. My guess is Benedict wanted to.
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Goes back to what myself and others were saying probably. I bet there was some resistance because he would have lasted only a couple years before taking a bigger job. However in those couple years he could have made the difference for the program. Two years of Lashlee drawing up plays for David Pindell?!?
 
I bleed Blue, believe me. But I think we're in our worst position ever to attract a decent coach. I think we need to find a hungry positions coach from a good football school who wants a head coaching job on his resume, and then roll the dice. That's where we are now.
 
The issue we’re going to have is the staff. That’s always been an issue.
The money might be there to pay 1.5-2M for a coach. But these top guys also want their guys on staff.
That will be the telling sign of whether UConn is serious or not. Gotta have money for staff
 
Just want to add the reason I would consider Moorehead while generally dismissing the idea of retreads. The one place he did fail, Mississippi St is about as diametrically opposed culturally as any school could have been. I don't believe he ever could have succeeded in that environment and they never would have fully accepted him there.
 
UCTitleTown said:
I bleed Blue, believe me. But I think we're in our worst position ever to attract a decent coach. I think we need to find a hungry positions coach from a good football school who wants a head coaching job on his resume, and then roll the dice. That's where we are now.
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I'd rather take a chance on someone like Jeff Devanney that just hasn't gotten an opportunity.
 
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