Jay Hill, BYU DC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Hill_ ... _football)
https://byucougars.com/staff/jay-hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roFYWbNbbCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5eFhALhofM
Positives
9 years at Weber St as HC, 68-39 record
Seems pretty solid/steady
Personality seems like a good fit with BG
Negatives
Defensive side of the ball
Only coached out west
Possible coaching candidates in the future
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Re: Possible coaching candidates to replace Loeffler
Karl Dorrell, Colorado HC, EX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Dorrell
https://cubuffs.com/sports/football/ros ... rrell/3657
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcA9rjEfuoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBBrGDIy2wQ
Positives
HC experience at UCLA and Colorado
UCLA record was ok 35-27
Negatives
Very bad at Colorado
Hasn't coached in Midwest
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Dorrell
https://cubuffs.com/sports/football/ros ... rrell/3657
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcA9rjEfuoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBBrGDIy2wQ
Positives
HC experience at UCLA and Colorado
UCLA record was ok 35-27
Negatives
Very bad at Colorado
Hasn't coached in Midwest
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Re: Possible coaching candidates to replace Loeffler
Conclusions so far.
1-This is fun
2-I was surprised by how unappealing the ex-HC at the power 5 level is. I assumed there would be someone who just didn't fit that level but could easily bounce back to ours.
3-There is no excuse for Hiring Scott Loeffler or Mike Jinks
4-We probably shouldn't waste money on HC consulting firms. It's pretty easy to come up with 10-15 names, 5+ will take themselves out of the running immediately because of BGs location and funding and you should be able to narrow it down to interviewing 5-8. As long as you don't try to swing for the fences every time you should be fine. Make a rubric/MAUT decision-making chart of Head Coaching experience, Experience program building as a head coach, Experience in the MAC, Experience in the midwest/Ohio, Offensive gameplan, charisma/energy, Fit within Bowling Green.
Competing in the MAC should be a can't miss to be honest. I am not saying dominant but, competing. Not what we are now. Right now I am at 8 coaches I would be completely fine with, 5 others I could easily be talked into. Other than Graham Harrell, I didn't know of any of the other guys prior. I started this believing that Mike Hart would be my number one candidate and he is at 16 and I wouldn't be all that interested.
And I don't really know what I am doing, and its been 5 days.
1-This is fun
2-I was surprised by how unappealing the ex-HC at the power 5 level is. I assumed there would be someone who just didn't fit that level but could easily bounce back to ours.
3-There is no excuse for Hiring Scott Loeffler or Mike Jinks
4-We probably shouldn't waste money on HC consulting firms. It's pretty easy to come up with 10-15 names, 5+ will take themselves out of the running immediately because of BGs location and funding and you should be able to narrow it down to interviewing 5-8. As long as you don't try to swing for the fences every time you should be fine. Make a rubric/MAUT decision-making chart of Head Coaching experience, Experience program building as a head coach, Experience in the MAC, Experience in the midwest/Ohio, Offensive gameplan, charisma/energy, Fit within Bowling Green.
Competing in the MAC should be a can't miss to be honest. I am not saying dominant but, competing. Not what we are now. Right now I am at 8 coaches I would be completely fine with, 5 others I could easily be talked into. Other than Graham Harrell, I didn't know of any of the other guys prior. I started this believing that Mike Hart would be my number one candidate and he is at 16 and I wouldn't be all that interested.
And I don't really know what I am doing, and its been 5 days.
Re: Possible coaching candidates to replace Loeffler
Dan Mullen, ESPN Analyst, former Mississippi State and Florida HC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Mullen
Positives:
-13 years of HC experience in the SEC
-only 51 years old
-from Pennsylvania
-former BG QB coach under Urban Meyer (2001-2002)
-QB coach for Utah when Alex Smith was the #1 pick (2003-2004)
-QB coach/OC at Florida for Tim Tebow (2005-2008)
-won 2 national titles as Florida's OC
-more than 100 wins as a head coach between 2 SEC programs
-7-3 record in bowl games
Negatives:
-kind of a weird personality, where he is normally personable but gets grumpy over weird stuff sometimes
-seemed disinterested in recruiting at times while at Florida
-has been unemployed for 2 straight hiring cycles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Mullen
Positives:
-13 years of HC experience in the SEC
-only 51 years old
-from Pennsylvania
-former BG QB coach under Urban Meyer (2001-2002)
-QB coach for Utah when Alex Smith was the #1 pick (2003-2004)
-QB coach/OC at Florida for Tim Tebow (2005-2008)
-won 2 national titles as Florida's OC
-more than 100 wins as a head coach between 2 SEC programs
-7-3 record in bowl games
Negatives:
-kind of a weird personality, where he is normally personable but gets grumpy over weird stuff sometimes
-seemed disinterested in recruiting at times while at Florida
-has been unemployed for 2 straight hiring cycles
BGSU '20
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Re: Possible coaching candidates to replace Loeffler
Mickey Mental, Weber St
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mental
https://weberstatesports.com/staff-dire ... mental/314
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj7f_kJ8Rlg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tpw_5TJH7Q
Positives
Head Coach Experience at ND-Ohio and Weber St
Success at both places
OC at ND and then promoted
OC at Weber St then promoted
18-3 overall coaching record
QB at Baldwin-Wallace
Seems chill
Negatives
No Experience past ND/Weber
Only 3 years of HC experience
Name sounds like he hosts a heavy metal show on 97.5 the Buzz or something
Not a ton of energy, maybe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mental
https://weberstatesports.com/staff-dire ... mental/314
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj7f_kJ8Rlg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tpw_5TJH7Q
Positives
Head Coach Experience at ND-Ohio and Weber St
Success at both places
OC at ND and then promoted
OC at Weber St then promoted
18-3 overall coaching record
QB at Baldwin-Wallace
Seems chill
Negatives
No Experience past ND/Weber
Only 3 years of HC experience
Name sounds like he hosts a heavy metal show on 97.5 the Buzz or something
Not a ton of energy, maybe
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Re: Possible coaching candidates to replace Loeffler
Trei Oliver, North Carolina Central HC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trei_Oliver
https://nccueaglepride.com/sports/footb ... oliver/976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNeqE8V3N_M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se_u-Ev7HdA
Positives
HC at NC Central since 2019
13-3 over last 2 seasons
Great Energy, seems super connectable to players
Negatives
Defensive side of the ball
23-16 record
Coached mainly in South
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trei_Oliver
https://nccueaglepride.com/sports/footb ... oliver/976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNeqE8V3N_M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se_u-Ev7HdA
Positives
HC at NC Central since 2019
13-3 over last 2 seasons
Great Energy, seems super connectable to players
Negatives
Defensive side of the ball
23-16 record
Coached mainly in South
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Re: Possible coaching candidates to replace Loeffler
Woody Hayes
Pros...hugely successful HC in Ohio...close ties to former coach Doyt Perry
Cons...no recent experience...at times psychotic sideline demeanor...has been dead since 1987
Pros...hugely successful HC in Ohio...close ties to former coach Doyt Perry
Cons...no recent experience...at times psychotic sideline demeanor...has been dead since 1987
It's not the fall that hurts...it's when you hit the ground.
Re: Possible coaching candidates to replace Loeffler
When you have 50 candidates listed before your 5th game…it confirms it was a ridiculous contract extension.
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Re: Possible coaching candidates to replace Loeffler
big names
On Oct. 18, Creative Arts Agency’s Clint Dowdle — a former BGSU employee — spoke to current senior associate director of athletics Kit Hughes by phone. The next day, he provided by email a list of clients whom he said would be interested in the vacant BGSU job, and organized the candidates between those with and without head coaching experience.
Bowling Green's interim head coach Carl Pelini watches from the sidelines during a football game at Doyt Perry Stadium. The Falcons hired Scot Loeffler as the full-time coach after the season.
Nicholas Piotrowicz
Carl Pelini to leave Bowling Green
Among former head coaches, CAA said Michigan assistant and former Florida coach Jim McElwain (who later accepted Central Michigan’s head coaching position), former Ball State coach Pete Lembo, Cal offensive coordinator Beau Baldwin, and Austin Peay coach Will Healy were interested.
The agency also tabbed four coordinators: Michigan State’s Dave Warner, Marcus Freeman from Cincinnati, Walt Bell at Florida State, and former Toledo and Iowa State assistant Tom Manning, currently with the Indianapolis Colts.
Bill Ruud, the president of Marietta College, wrote Moosbrugger and BG athletics donor and former trustee Mike Wilcox to advocate for Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich. Ruud called Yurcich “your next Head FB Coach at BGSU” and called Yurcich “an offensive genius.” Ruud wrote Yurcich “will bring BGSU back into the winning column and wants to come back to Ohio!!!”
Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy said of Yurcich before the Liberty Bowl that it’s “interesting how some of the fans view him, but everybody else in the country wants him.”
That proved to be true. DeFilippo said he would reach out to Yurcich, who returned to Ohio — but not at BG. New Ohio State head coach Ryan Day filled his vacated quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator role with Yurcich.
The search drew a recommendation letter for Purdue wide receivers coach JaMarcus Shephard, whom DeFilippo wrote “will probably be a great one sometime down the road,” and drew interest from Nebraska running backs coach Ryan Held.
Interest also came from Michigan. Former Sports Illustrated reporter Thayer Evans, who now works for TLA, pitched DeFilippo on Jay Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh’s 29-year-old son who currently is on the Michigan staff.
In-state interest
Bowling Green maintained from the beginning that ties to the Midwest — especially Ohio — were imperative to their search process. DeFilippo wrote to Moosbrugger about Towson head coach Rob Ambrose, whom DeFilippo said he knew and liked, “but no Midwest experience.”
BG interviewed several assistant coaches with backgrounds that included Ohio in one fashion or another, including Loeffler, interim BG coach Carl Pelini, Notre Dame assistant Brian Polian, and Ohio State assistant Greg Studrawa.
However, the winningest head coach in the state also made a push to be considered for the Bowling Green job.
Mount Union coach Vince Kehres’ representative, Toledo attorney Bennet H. Speyer, wrote in an email that Kehres “would appreciate consideration in BGSU’s search for its next head coach.” Speyer also said current Iowa State coach Matt Campbell, a Mount Union alumnus, would be in touch to vouch for Kehres, writing that Campbell “has no doubt that Coach Kehres is the right coach to restore BGSU football to its high standards.”
Mount Union’s Division III dominance has not waned since Kehres took over the job from his father, Larry. Under Vince Kehres, the Purple Raiders are 84-5, which includes five playoff runs to the D-III title game in six seasons and two national championships.
The transition from Division III to the MAC worked with one of Bowling Green’s East Division opponents. Buffalo hired Lance Leipold from Wisconsin-Whitewater and, in his fourth year at UB in 2018, the Bulls finished 10-4.
DeFilippo remained skeptical in email correspondence, saying he would reach out to Kehres, but he believed D-III to D-I is a “HUGE jump.”
“Coaching is coaching but hiring a staff, recruiting and administrating all the people involved in a Div 1 program is SO different and he has no Div 1 experience,” DeFilippo wrote.
Kehres, who did not respond to a request for comment, remained at Mount Union, where he led the Purple Raiders to an appearance in the Stagg Bowl.
BG makes its choice
Bowling Green was the first Bowl Subdivision school to make an in-season coaching change, and conducting a search with games ongoing was tricky. But it also allowed Bowling Green to cast a wide net.
“Timing in this situation, I believe, was a blessing and curse,” Moosbrugger said. “We were able to vet a lot of candidates versus being crunched for time. … Since we had time, we probably talked to more than we would have if we did after the last game of the season and wanted to hire someone within 10 days or something like that.”
Bowling Green came away from its interview with Loeffler impressed. The Ohio native had no head coaching experience, but he had recruited Ohio as a coach for the better part of 20 years, his wife, Amie, graduated from BGSU, and his methodology for the BG job matched what the administration wanted.
On Nov. 28, Bowling Green and Loeffler agreed to a five-year, $2.6 million contract. BG announced that day Loeffler accepted their offer to become the program’s 20th head coach and scheduled a news conference for the next day.
Later that day, in a chain titled “Football Coach,” Hughes, the BGSU associate AD, emailed DeFilippo that BG would send Loeffler’s background check through their standard process, formally finishing the process. The search, after seven weeks and a phalanx of names to consider, had been narrowed to one.
DeFilippo ended the day with a two-word response:
“Good job.”
On Oct. 18, Creative Arts Agency’s Clint Dowdle — a former BGSU employee — spoke to current senior associate director of athletics Kit Hughes by phone. The next day, he provided by email a list of clients whom he said would be interested in the vacant BGSU job, and organized the candidates between those with and without head coaching experience.
Bowling Green's interim head coach Carl Pelini watches from the sidelines during a football game at Doyt Perry Stadium. The Falcons hired Scot Loeffler as the full-time coach after the season.
Nicholas Piotrowicz
Carl Pelini to leave Bowling Green
Among former head coaches, CAA said Michigan assistant and former Florida coach Jim McElwain (who later accepted Central Michigan’s head coaching position), former Ball State coach Pete Lembo, Cal offensive coordinator Beau Baldwin, and Austin Peay coach Will Healy were interested.
The agency also tabbed four coordinators: Michigan State’s Dave Warner, Marcus Freeman from Cincinnati, Walt Bell at Florida State, and former Toledo and Iowa State assistant Tom Manning, currently with the Indianapolis Colts.
Bill Ruud, the president of Marietta College, wrote Moosbrugger and BG athletics donor and former trustee Mike Wilcox to advocate for Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich. Ruud called Yurcich “your next Head FB Coach at BGSU” and called Yurcich “an offensive genius.” Ruud wrote Yurcich “will bring BGSU back into the winning column and wants to come back to Ohio!!!”
Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy said of Yurcich before the Liberty Bowl that it’s “interesting how some of the fans view him, but everybody else in the country wants him.”
That proved to be true. DeFilippo said he would reach out to Yurcich, who returned to Ohio — but not at BG. New Ohio State head coach Ryan Day filled his vacated quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator role with Yurcich.
The search drew a recommendation letter for Purdue wide receivers coach JaMarcus Shephard, whom DeFilippo wrote “will probably be a great one sometime down the road,” and drew interest from Nebraska running backs coach Ryan Held.
Interest also came from Michigan. Former Sports Illustrated reporter Thayer Evans, who now works for TLA, pitched DeFilippo on Jay Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh’s 29-year-old son who currently is on the Michigan staff.
In-state interest
Bowling Green maintained from the beginning that ties to the Midwest — especially Ohio — were imperative to their search process. DeFilippo wrote to Moosbrugger about Towson head coach Rob Ambrose, whom DeFilippo said he knew and liked, “but no Midwest experience.”
BG interviewed several assistant coaches with backgrounds that included Ohio in one fashion or another, including Loeffler, interim BG coach Carl Pelini, Notre Dame assistant Brian Polian, and Ohio State assistant Greg Studrawa.
However, the winningest head coach in the state also made a push to be considered for the Bowling Green job.
Mount Union coach Vince Kehres’ representative, Toledo attorney Bennet H. Speyer, wrote in an email that Kehres “would appreciate consideration in BGSU’s search for its next head coach.” Speyer also said current Iowa State coach Matt Campbell, a Mount Union alumnus, would be in touch to vouch for Kehres, writing that Campbell “has no doubt that Coach Kehres is the right coach to restore BGSU football to its high standards.”
Mount Union’s Division III dominance has not waned since Kehres took over the job from his father, Larry. Under Vince Kehres, the Purple Raiders are 84-5, which includes five playoff runs to the D-III title game in six seasons and two national championships.
The transition from Division III to the MAC worked with one of Bowling Green’s East Division opponents. Buffalo hired Lance Leipold from Wisconsin-Whitewater and, in his fourth year at UB in 2018, the Bulls finished 10-4.
DeFilippo remained skeptical in email correspondence, saying he would reach out to Kehres, but he believed D-III to D-I is a “HUGE jump.”
“Coaching is coaching but hiring a staff, recruiting and administrating all the people involved in a Div 1 program is SO different and he has no Div 1 experience,” DeFilippo wrote.
Kehres, who did not respond to a request for comment, remained at Mount Union, where he led the Purple Raiders to an appearance in the Stagg Bowl.
BG makes its choice
Bowling Green was the first Bowl Subdivision school to make an in-season coaching change, and conducting a search with games ongoing was tricky. But it also allowed Bowling Green to cast a wide net.
“Timing in this situation, I believe, was a blessing and curse,” Moosbrugger said. “We were able to vet a lot of candidates versus being crunched for time. … Since we had time, we probably talked to more than we would have if we did after the last game of the season and wanted to hire someone within 10 days or something like that.”
Bowling Green came away from its interview with Loeffler impressed. The Ohio native had no head coaching experience, but he had recruited Ohio as a coach for the better part of 20 years, his wife, Amie, graduated from BGSU, and his methodology for the BG job matched what the administration wanted.
On Nov. 28, Bowling Green and Loeffler agreed to a five-year, $2.6 million contract. BG announced that day Loeffler accepted their offer to become the program’s 20th head coach and scheduled a news conference for the next day.
Later that day, in a chain titled “Football Coach,” Hughes, the BGSU associate AD, emailed DeFilippo that BG would send Loeffler’s background check through their standard process, formally finishing the process. The search, after seven weeks and a phalanx of names to consider, had been narrowed to one.
DeFilippo ended the day with a two-word response:
“Good job.”
Re: Possible coaching candidates to replace Loeffler
7 weeks and we got this guy…
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Re: Possible coaching candidates to replace Loeffler
Here is Holy Cross vs BCGlobetrotter wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:23 pm Bob Chesney-Holy Cross HC
https://goholycross.com/sports/football ... esney/1355
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Chesney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoDt_9qpWKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un8U3H_i8cw
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6 years as a HC at HC with success
14 total years as a HC, 3 stops with growth at each spot
Current leader is one of the greatest men who have ever walked this earth
Looks like he could sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman in white gloves
Just 47
Offense seems fun
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No ties to Ohio
Hasn't coached D1
Might not have a great group of potential assistants to pull from at this level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3mc_dXaXoo
Chesney is a Defensive Guy but the offense seems great. Similar to what we ran with Harris. The QB and WR are both studs and while SRs I think they each could transfer with their free Covid year.
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Re: Possible coaching candidates to replace Loeffler
At this point I'll make a bio for the job. 
The longer the walk, the farther you crawl.
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Re: Possible coaching candidates to replace Loeffler
Pete Lembo, AHC, ST Coach, South Carolina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Lembo
https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/foot ... ete-lembo/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYJDxxiEe_Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUOF5PYMiYo
Positives
Reportedly interested in the job in 2018
Head Coach at Lehigh, Elon, Ball State
AHC at Lehigh, Maryland, Rice, Memphis and South Carolina
112-65 Overall record
STs coordinators should get more jobs, they have to know every player on the team
Good Energy
Negatives
Not super exciting
53-But not super old
33-29 record at Ball St where he was last head coach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Lembo
https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/foot ... ete-lembo/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYJDxxiEe_Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUOF5PYMiYo
Positives
Reportedly interested in the job in 2018
Head Coach at Lehigh, Elon, Ball State
AHC at Lehigh, Maryland, Rice, Memphis and South Carolina
112-65 Overall record
STs coordinators should get more jobs, they have to know every player on the team
Good Energy
Negatives
Not super exciting
53-But not super old
33-29 record at Ball St where he was last head coach
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Re: Possible coaching candidates to replace Loeffler
Jimmy Rogers, SD State HC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Rog ... all_coach)
https://gojacks.com/sports/football/ros ... ogers/2426
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6vuKr4EAxU
Positives
3-0 so far
AHC Experience last 3 years
Negatives
1st year HC, 1st time
The defensive side of the ball
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Rog ... all_coach)
https://gojacks.com/sports/football/ros ... ogers/2426
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6vuKr4EAxU
Positives
3-0 so far
AHC Experience last 3 years
Negatives
1st year HC, 1st time
The defensive side of the ball
