I think it is an insane thought in someone's head that we can't have a good coach and staff here. We have new facilities that are amongst the best in the country and a revamped stadium thats really nice as well.
Those are some drawing points for coaches and the recruits notice that as well. What puts the top echelon recruits on a deciding factor for a school is the coach.
Same as with our bb program we brought in a very good coach that knows how to sell the program and his philosphy and it turned our recruiting around than it was previously.
If we hire a coach that has the name and experience were going to have to shell out the money probably 8 million. That sets a statement that we are for real and looking towards the future. We also need to pay coordinators 1.5-2 million and good assistants much more than they are now.
This is all if were going after the best.
this is the resume of a staff at a lower level school
Head coach:
COACHING CAREER
2002: Louisville Fire - AF2 - Head Coach
2003-06: Louisville (Quarterbacks)
2007: Louisville (Assistant Head Coach/Passing Game)
2008: Louisville (Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator)
2009: Florida Atlantic (Quarterbacks)
2010-11: Illinois (Quarterbacks)
2012: UAB (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2013: WKU (Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2014: WKU (Head Coach)
OC
COACHING CAREER
2000: Hawai'i (Graduate Assistant)
2001-03: Hawai'i (Special Teams)
2004-06: Memphis (Tight Ends/Special Teams)
2007-11: UAB (Quarterbacks)
2012: UAB (Running Backs)
2013: Cincinnati (Tight Ends/Special Teams)
2014: WKU (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
DC
COACHING CAREER
1986: St. Mary's HS (Defensive Coordinator)
1987: UNLV (Graduate Assistant)
1988-89: UNLV (Defensive Line)
1990-93: Idaho (Defensive Line)
1994: Idaho Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line)
1995-97: Idaho (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers)
1998-2000: Louisville (Defensive Line)
2001-03: USC (Linebackers)
2004-05: Idaho (Head Coach)
2006-08: USC Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line)
2009-11: Washington (Defensive Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach)
2012: Arkansas (Recruiting Coordinator)
2013: WKU (Defensive Coordinator)
2014: WKU (Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator)
Special Teams/ Cornerbacks
COACHING CAREER
2001-03: Union College (Special Teams/Wide Receivers)
2004-10: Fairmont State (Special Teams/Wide Receivers)
2011-12: Nicholls State (Special Teams/Safeties)
Present: WKU (Special Teams/Cornerbacks)
OL coach
COACHING CAREER
1980: Wyoming (Graduate Assistant)
1981-92: Auburn (Offensive Line)
1993-96: Houston (Offensive Coordinator)
1997-2000: Alabama (Offensive Line/Offensive Coordinator)
2001-06: Georgia (Offensive Coordinator)
2007-11: UAB (Head Coach)
Present: WKU (Offensive Line)
Secondary
1975: Kentucky (Student Coach)
1979: Kentucky (Part-time Assistant Coach/Defensive Backs)
1980-81: Kentucky (Defensive Backs)
1982: Morehead State (Defensive Backs)
1983-88 Western Kentucky (Defensive Coord. '83, '84-88/Def. Backs)
1989: Northeast Louisiana (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
1990-91: East Carolina (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
1992-93: GeorgiaTech (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
1994: Cincinnati (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
1995-96: Wisconsin (Defensive Backs)
1997-98: Baylor (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
1999-2000: Oklahoma State (Co-Def. Coord '99; Def. Coord. 2000/DBs)
2001-03: Illinois (Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks)
2004-07: Louisville (Defensive Coordinator/Safeties)
2009-11: Marshall (Defensive Backs)
2012: Kentucky (Defensive Backs)
Present: WKU (Secondary)
DE
COACHING CAREER
1986-87: San Jose State (Graduate Assistant)
1988-92: San Jose State (Defensive Line)
1993: Utah (Defensive Line)
1994-99: San Diego State (Defensive Line)
2000-01: San Diego State (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line)
2002-07: California (Defensive Line)
2008-09: Louisville (Defensive Line)
20010-13: Eastern Michigan (Defensive Line)
2014-15: WKU (Defensive Ends)
DT
1976: David Crockett High School, Jonesboro, Tenn. (Assistant)
1977-79: Holston High School, Knoxville, Tenn. (Assistant)
1980-82: Lees-McRae Junior College (Assistant)
1983-84: Tennessee (Graduate Assistant- Defensive Line)
1985-89: Montana State (Defensive Line, Recruiting Coordinator)
1990-93: Pacific (Defensive Line (1990-91)/Assistant Head Coach, Co-Defensive Coordinator (1992-93)
1994: Nevada-Reno (Co-Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Line)
1995-98: Mississippi (Defensive Tackles)
1999-2008: Auburn (Defensive Tackles)
2009-12: Texas Tech (Director of High School Relations)
RB
Graduate assistant promoted
was a former QB in college
Wide Recievers
COACHING CAREER
2005: Northrop High (Wide Receivers)
2006: Broad Ripple High (Wide Receivers/Defensive Backs)
2007: Depauw (Assistant Track Coach - Long Jumpers and Sprinters)
2011: WKU (Defense Volunteer Assistant)
2012: WKU (Defensive Quality Control)
2013: WKU (Offensive Quality Control)
2014: WKU (Wide Receivers)
It does not take this much money to hire a good staff by no means, but its going to take this kinda money to hire a brand name coach.. Patriots coach Bill Belichick ($7.5 million), Chiefs coach Andy Reid ($7.5 million), Seahawks coach Pete Carroll ($7 million), Rams coach Jeff Fisher ($7 million), Redskins coach Mike Shanahan ($7 million), etc
These are the salaries of NFL caliber coaches. Of course your not going to take one of those guys away from their jobs that are doing very well but you can pick up a guy who is making 5 million or a guy who is looking for a change. Never know till you do it.
Bama paid Saban an amount that had the whole country talking and UK did the same with Cal. Cal went to Memphis St and made that program into a title contender and he was a proven coach. UK needs a proven coach in football with a history of success and dish the money for them and the staff as well.
Your going no where if you have a decent head coach but a staff that is out in left field somewhere.
Those are some drawing points for coaches and the recruits notice that as well. What puts the top echelon recruits on a deciding factor for a school is the coach.
Same as with our bb program we brought in a very good coach that knows how to sell the program and his philosphy and it turned our recruiting around than it was previously.
If we hire a coach that has the name and experience were going to have to shell out the money probably 8 million. That sets a statement that we are for real and looking towards the future. We also need to pay coordinators 1.5-2 million and good assistants much more than they are now.
This is all if were going after the best.
this is the resume of a staff at a lower level school
Head coach:
COACHING CAREER
2002: Louisville Fire - AF2 - Head Coach
2003-06: Louisville (Quarterbacks)
2007: Louisville (Assistant Head Coach/Passing Game)
2008: Louisville (Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator)
2009: Florida Atlantic (Quarterbacks)
2010-11: Illinois (Quarterbacks)
2012: UAB (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2013: WKU (Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2014: WKU (Head Coach)
OC
COACHING CAREER
2000: Hawai'i (Graduate Assistant)
2001-03: Hawai'i (Special Teams)
2004-06: Memphis (Tight Ends/Special Teams)
2007-11: UAB (Quarterbacks)
2012: UAB (Running Backs)
2013: Cincinnati (Tight Ends/Special Teams)
2014: WKU (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
DC
COACHING CAREER
1986: St. Mary's HS (Defensive Coordinator)
1987: UNLV (Graduate Assistant)
1988-89: UNLV (Defensive Line)
1990-93: Idaho (Defensive Line)
1994: Idaho Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line)
1995-97: Idaho (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers)
1998-2000: Louisville (Defensive Line)
2001-03: USC (Linebackers)
2004-05: Idaho (Head Coach)
2006-08: USC Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line)
2009-11: Washington (Defensive Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach)
2012: Arkansas (Recruiting Coordinator)
2013: WKU (Defensive Coordinator)
2014: WKU (Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator)
Special Teams/ Cornerbacks
COACHING CAREER
2001-03: Union College (Special Teams/Wide Receivers)
2004-10: Fairmont State (Special Teams/Wide Receivers)
2011-12: Nicholls State (Special Teams/Safeties)
Present: WKU (Special Teams/Cornerbacks)
OL coach
COACHING CAREER
1980: Wyoming (Graduate Assistant)
1981-92: Auburn (Offensive Line)
1993-96: Houston (Offensive Coordinator)
1997-2000: Alabama (Offensive Line/Offensive Coordinator)
2001-06: Georgia (Offensive Coordinator)
2007-11: UAB (Head Coach)
Present: WKU (Offensive Line)
Secondary
1975: Kentucky (Student Coach)
1979: Kentucky (Part-time Assistant Coach/Defensive Backs)
1980-81: Kentucky (Defensive Backs)
1982: Morehead State (Defensive Backs)
1983-88 Western Kentucky (Defensive Coord. '83, '84-88/Def. Backs)
1989: Northeast Louisiana (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
1990-91: East Carolina (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
1992-93: GeorgiaTech (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
1994: Cincinnati (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
1995-96: Wisconsin (Defensive Backs)
1997-98: Baylor (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
1999-2000: Oklahoma State (Co-Def. Coord '99; Def. Coord. 2000/DBs)
2001-03: Illinois (Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks)
2004-07: Louisville (Defensive Coordinator/Safeties)
2009-11: Marshall (Defensive Backs)
2012: Kentucky (Defensive Backs)
Present: WKU (Secondary)
DE
COACHING CAREER
1986-87: San Jose State (Graduate Assistant)
1988-92: San Jose State (Defensive Line)
1993: Utah (Defensive Line)
1994-99: San Diego State (Defensive Line)
2000-01: San Diego State (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line)
2002-07: California (Defensive Line)
2008-09: Louisville (Defensive Line)
20010-13: Eastern Michigan (Defensive Line)
2014-15: WKU (Defensive Ends)
DT
1976: David Crockett High School, Jonesboro, Tenn. (Assistant)
1977-79: Holston High School, Knoxville, Tenn. (Assistant)
1980-82: Lees-McRae Junior College (Assistant)
1983-84: Tennessee (Graduate Assistant- Defensive Line)
1985-89: Montana State (Defensive Line, Recruiting Coordinator)
1990-93: Pacific (Defensive Line (1990-91)/Assistant Head Coach, Co-Defensive Coordinator (1992-93)
1994: Nevada-Reno (Co-Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Line)
1995-98: Mississippi (Defensive Tackles)
1999-2008: Auburn (Defensive Tackles)
2009-12: Texas Tech (Director of High School Relations)
RB
Graduate assistant promoted
was a former QB in college
Wide Recievers
COACHING CAREER
2005: Northrop High (Wide Receivers)
2006: Broad Ripple High (Wide Receivers/Defensive Backs)
2007: Depauw (Assistant Track Coach - Long Jumpers and Sprinters)
2011: WKU (Defense Volunteer Assistant)
2012: WKU (Defensive Quality Control)
2013: WKU (Offensive Quality Control)
2014: WKU (Wide Receivers)
It does not take this much money to hire a good staff by no means, but its going to take this kinda money to hire a brand name coach.. Patriots coach Bill Belichick ($7.5 million), Chiefs coach Andy Reid ($7.5 million), Seahawks coach Pete Carroll ($7 million), Rams coach Jeff Fisher ($7 million), Redskins coach Mike Shanahan ($7 million), etc
These are the salaries of NFL caliber coaches. Of course your not going to take one of those guys away from their jobs that are doing very well but you can pick up a guy who is making 5 million or a guy who is looking for a change. Never know till you do it.
Bama paid Saban an amount that had the whole country talking and UK did the same with Cal. Cal went to Memphis St and made that program into a title contender and he was a proven coach. UK needs a proven coach in football with a history of success and dish the money for them and the staff as well.
Your going no where if you have a decent head coach but a staff that is out in left field somewhere.
