DC Search Including & beyond the 1st 4 Candidates

[boydbuff]

So the last thread was dedicated to the top 4 candidates identified by Rivals. As 2 are virtually officially removed from contention (Durkin and D Gibbs), two from the original list still appear to be in play (Pendergast and G Gibbs). However many are suggesting the search has probably gone beyond those 2.

Here is a running list of names proposed by the media or ABers (I will add to it with all names proposed in seriousness-e.g. if someone suggests Lou Holtz I probably wouldn´t add him :

Clancy Pendergast-Former DC-USC
Gary Gibbs-KC Chiefs-LBs
Kevin Clune-Hawaii DC
Marion Hobby-Clemson Co-DC and DEs
Rocky Seto-Former DC-USC, current defensive passing game coordinator Seattle
Ron English-Former Louisville and Michigan DC, most recently HC, E.Michigan
Mike Stoops-Oklahoma DC
Marcel Yates-Boise State DC
Kevin Steele- Alabama LB coach
Harlon Barnett- Michigan State LB coach
Mike Smith-former Falcons coach
Bobby Hauck-west coast, CU ties
Jim Leavitt-SF LB coach
John Thompson-Texas State Def Coordinator
Nick Holt-WKU DC

We can use this thread to discuss any prospective candidates, rumors, etc.

 

[boydbuff]

This would be a demotion for him and at the same time not that exciting given the performance of his recent defenses but Mike Stoops is looking and was rumored to have interviewed for the LSU position. He is a "big name" but not a hot commodity at this point. Who else should we add to the list?

 

[DavisBuff]

What happened to Ron English after getting fired at EMU.?
may not have much experience with pac12 offenses though

 

[leftybuff]

Maybe someone on this list:

[h=2]Coaches[edit][/h]

School	Conference				Defensive coordinator(s)
Cincinnati Bearcats	American !The American				Prunty, RobertRobert Prunty
Connecticut Huskies	American !The American				Brown, VincentVincent Brown / Anthony Poindexter
East Carolina Pirates	American !The American				Smith, RickRick Smith
Houston Cougars	American !The American				Naivar, CraigCraig Naivar / Orlando, ToddTodd Orlando
Memphis Tigers	American !The American				Scott, GalenGalen Scott
SMU Mustangs	American !The American				Malone, VanVan Malone
South Florida Bulls	American !The American				Allen, TomTom Allen
Temple Owls	American !The American				Snow, PhilPhil Snow
Tulane Green Wave	American !The American				Washington, LionelLionel Washington
Tulsa Golden Hurricane	American !The American				Vacant
UCF Knights	American !The American				Vacant
Boston College Eagles	ACC				Brown, DonDon Brown
Clemson Tigers	ACC				Hobby, MarionMarion Hobby / Brent Venables
Duke Blue Devils	ACC				Knowles, JimJim Knowles
Florida State Seminoles	ACC				Kelly, CharlesCharles Kelly
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	ACC				Roof, TedTed Roof
Louisville Cardinals	ACC				Grantham, ToddTodd Grantham
Miami Hurricanes	ACC				Donofrio, MarkMark D'Onofrio
North Carolina Tar Heels	ACC				Chizik, GeneGene Chizik
NC State Wolfpack	ACC				Huxtable, DaveDave Huxtable
Pittsburgh Panthers	ACC				Vacant
Syracuse Orange	ACC				Bullough, ChuckChuck Bullough
Virginia Cavaliers	ACC				Tenuta, JonJon Tenuta
Virginia Tech Hokies	ACC				Foster, BudBud Foster
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	ACC				Elko, MikeMike Elko
Baylor Bears	Big 12				Bennett, PhilPhil Bennett
Iowa State Cyclones	Big 12				Burnham, WallyWally Burnham
Kansas Jayhawks	Big 12				Bowen, ClintClint Bowen
Kansas State Wildcats	Big 12				Hayes, TomTom Hayes
Oklahoma Sooners	Big 12				Stoops, MikeMike Stoops
Oklahoma State Cowboys	Big 12				Spencer, GlennGlenn Spencer
TCU Horned Frogs	Big 12				Bumpas, DickDick Bumpas
Texas Longhorns	Big 12				Bedford, VanceVance Bedford
Texas Tech Red Raiders	Big 12				Gibbs, DavidDavid Gibbs / Smith, MikeMike Smith
West Virginia Mountaineers	Big 12				Gibson, TonyTony Gibson
Illinois Fighting Illini	Big Ten				Banks, TimTim Banks
Indiana Hoosiers	Big Ten				Knorr, BrianBrian Knorr
Iowa Hawkeyes	Big Ten				Parker, PhilPhil Parker
Maryland Terrapins	Big Ten				Stewart, BrianBrian Stewart
Michigan Wolverines	Big Ten				Vacant
Michigan State Spartans	Big Ten				Barnett, HarlonHarlon Barnett / Mike Tressel
Minnesota Golden Gophers	Big Ten				Claeys, TracyTracy Claeys
Nebraska Cornhuskers	Big Ten				Banker, MarkMark Banker / Hughes, HankHank Hughes
Northwestern Wildcats	Big Ten				Hankwitz, MikeMike Hankwitz
Ohio State Buckeyes	Big Ten				Ash, ChrisChris Ash / Fickell, LukeLuke Fickell
Penn State Nittany Lions	Big Ten				Pry, BrentBrent Pry / Bob Shoop
Purdue Boilermakers	Big Ten				Hudson, GregGreg Hudson
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Big Ten				Russi, JoeJoe Russi
Wisconsin Badgers	Big Ten				Aranda, DaveDave Aranda
Florida Atlantic Owls	C-USA				Bellantoni, RocRoc Bellantoni
Florida International Panthers	C-USA				Conklin, JoshJosh Conklin
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	C-USA				Vacant
Marshall Thundering Herd	C-USA				Heater, ChuckChuck Heater
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	C-USA				Ellis, SteveSteve Ellis / Tyrone Nix
North Texas Mean Green	C-USA				Cosh, ChrisChris Cosh
Old Dominion Monarchs	C-USA				Nagy, RichRich Nagy
Rice Owls	C-USA				Vacant
Southern Miss Golden Eagles	C-USA				Duggan, DavidDavid Duggan
UTEP Miners	C-USA				Stoker, ScottScott Stoker
UTSA Roadrunners	C-USA				Neathery, NealNeal Neathery
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	C-USA				Holt, NickNick Holt
Army Black Knights	Independent				Bateman, JayJay Bateman
BYU Cougars	Independent				Howell, NickNick Howell
Navy Midshipmen	Independent				Green, BuddyBuddy Green
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Independent				VanGorder, BrianBrian VanGorder
Akron Zips	MAC				Amato, ChuckChuck Amato
Ball State Cardinals	MAC				Kelly, KevinKevin Kelly
Bowling Green Falcons	MAC				McCloud, KimKim McCloud
Buffalo Bulls	MAC				Borland, BrianBrian Borland
Central Michigan Chippewas	MAC				Tumpkin, JoeJoe Tumpkin
Eastern Michigan Eagles	MAC				McCaslin, BradBrad McCaslin
Kent State Golden Flashes	MAC				George, BrianBrian George
UMass Minutemen	MAC				Masella, TomTom Masella
Miami RedHawks	MAC				Pawlowski, MattMatt Pawlowski
NIU Huskies	MAC				Niemann, JayJay Niemann
Ohio Bobcats	MAC				Burrow, JimmyJimmy Burrow
Toledo Rockets	MAC				Heacock, JonJon Heacock
Western Michigan Broncos	MAC				Pinkham, EdEd Pinkham
Air Force Falcons	Mountain West				Russ, SteveSteve Russ
Boise State Broncos	Mountain West				Yates, MarcelMarcel Yates
Colorado State Rams	Mountain West				Summers, TysonTyson Summers
Fresno State Bulldogs	Mountain West				Toth, NickNick Toth
Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors	Mountain West				Clune, KevinKevin Clune
Nevada Wolf Pack	Mountain West				Vacant
New Mexico Lobos	Mountain West				Cosgrove, KevinKevin Cosgrove
San Diego State Aztecs	Mountain West				Long, RockyRocky Long
San José State Spartans	Mountain West				Robinson, GregGreg Robinson
UNLV Rebels	Mountain West				Baer, KentKent Baer
Utah State Aggies	Mountain West				Vacant
Wyoming Cowboys	Mountain West				Stannard, SteveSteve Stannard
Arizona Wildcats	Pac-12				Casteel, JeffJeff Casteel
Arizona State Sun Devils	Pac-12				Ball, ChrisChris Ball / Keith Patterson
California Golden Bears	Pac-12				Kaufman, ArtArt Kaufman
Colorado Buffaloes	Pac-12				Vacant
Oregon Ducks	Pac-12				Pellum, DonDon Pellum
Oregon State Beavers	Pac-12				Sitake, KalaniKalani Sitake
Stanford Cardinal	Pac-12				Anderson, LanceLance Anderson
UCLA Bruins	Pac-12				Ulbrich, JeffJeff Ulbrich
USC Trojans	Pac-12				Wilcox, JustinJustin Wilcox
Utah Utes	Pac-12				Vacant
Washington Huskies	Pac-12				Kwiatkowski, PetePete Kwiatkowski
Washington State Cougars	Pac-12				Vacant
Alabama Crimson Tide	SEC				Smart, KirbyKirby Smart
Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC				Smith, RobbRobb Smith
Auburn Tigers	SEC				Muschamp, WillWill Muschamp
Florida Gators	SEC				Collins, GeoffGeoff Collins / Randy Shannon
Georgia Bulldogs	SEC				Pruitt, JeremyJeremy Pruitt
Kentucky Wildcats	SEC				Eliot, D.J.D.J. Eliot
LSU Tigers	SEC				Vacant
Ole Miss Rebels	SEC				McGriff, WesleyWesley McGriff / Dave Wommack
Mississippi State Bulldogs	SEC				Diaz, MannyManny Diaz
Missouri Tigers	SEC				Odom, BarryBarry Odom
Tennessee Volunteers	SEC				Jancek, JohnJohn Jancek
Texas A&M Aggies	SEC				Chavis, JohnJohn Chavis
South Carolina Gamecocks	SEC				Ward, LorenzoLorenzo Ward
Vanderbilt Commodores	SEC				Mason, DerekDerek Mason
Appalachian State Mountaineers	Sun Belt				Woody, NateNate Woody
Arkansas State Red Wolves	Sun Belt				Cauthen, JoeJoe Cauthen
Georgia Southern Eagles	Sun Belt				Curtis, JackJack Curtis
Georgia State Panthers	Sun Belt				Minter, JesseJesse Minter
Idaho Vandals	Sun Belt				Lee, RonnieRonnie Lee
Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	Sun Belt				Willis, JamesJames Willis
Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks	Sun Belt				Reffett, TroyTroy Reffett
New Mexico State Aggies	Sun Belt				Coyer, LarryLarry Coyer
South Alabama Jaguars	Sun Belt				Pearson, TravisTravis Pearson
Texas State Bobcats	Sun Belt				Naivar, CraigCraig Naivar
Troy Trojans	Sun Belt				Koenning, VicVic Koenning

 

[InTheBuff]

Is Farmer Fran available ?

[video=youtube;n3wuSO59OdM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3wuSO59OdM[/video]

 

[Shldr2Shldr]

Rocky Seto.

Need the Seahawks to lose this weekend.

 

[buffaholic]

So other vacant P5 jobs are:

WSU
Utah
LSU
Michigan State (not listed)

 

[goalline]

What about Bo Peep's bro? Is he still on the market or did he also go to Youngstown.

 

[Darth Snow]

Rocky Seto.

Need the Seahawks to lose this weekend.

So much good here.

 

[buffaholic]

Rocky Seto.

There's some really great potential candidates (always) beyond the obvious DJ Durkin and Pendergast. Will be interesting to see where it goes.

 

[SerenityBuff]

I'm on board with bringing in a Hobby/Reed combination from Clemson. Although I've been told on this board that I'm not really and I'm just imagining that I am because we didn't get Durkin. Number one defense in CFB and top recruiters, as well as connections to our current staff.

 

[Undefeated]

There's some really great potential candidates (always) beyond the obvious DJ Durkin and Pendergast. Will be interesting to see where it goes.

Erroneous! If he wasn't on the original candidate list provided by Rivals, he's a terrible candidate!

 

[Duff Man]

It is okay to admit to being a little concerned.

 

[Undefeated]

It is okay to admit to being a little concerned.

I've stated that I'm concerned about how long it's taking for this to get done. However, I am not going to cry bust if it's not one of the "top 4".

 

[Duff Man]

I've stated that I'm concerned about how long it's taking for this to get done. However, I am not going to cry bust if it's not one of the "top 4".

It's also okay to for people to make instant reactions if they are underwhelmed by the choice. Beginning to remind me a lot of two years ago. Patience was preached and we ended up with freaking Neinas.

 

[Darth Snow]

It's also okay to for people to make instant reactions if they are underwhelmed by the choice. Beginning to remind me a lot of two years ago. Patience was preached and we ended up with freaking Neinas.

Thanks for the flashback nightmares. Ugh.

 

[goalline]

I've stated that I'm concerned about how long it's taking for this to get done. However, I am not going to cry bust if it's not one of the "top 4".

It was alluded to in Ringo's article that some candidates are currently still coaching. That would be a great hire from any of the pro or college teams still going, unless it's a position guy, then we'd have to just see who it was.

 

[89BUFF89]

Here's a list of top 50 defenses for getting turnovers...one of our problems last season...

RANK TEAM G FUM REC OPP INT TURN GAIN
1 Louisiana Tech 14 16 26 42
2 TCU 13 14 26 40
3 Michigan St. 13 16 18 34
4 Bowling Green 14 17 16 33
- FIU 12 19 14 33
6 Ohio St. 14 8 24 32
- Ole Miss 13 10 22 32
8 Boise St. 14 9 22 31
- Memphis 13 14 17 31
10 Oregon 14 18 12 30
- Louisville 13 4 26 30
- Florida 12 14 16 30
- Minnesota 13 15 15 30
- Houston 13 11 19 30
- Utah St. 14 11 19 30
- Temple 12 19 11 30
17 Virginia 12 14 15 29
- Washington 14 16 13 29
- Georgia 13 13 16 29
- Georgia Tech 14 11 18 29
21 Arkansas St. 13 12 16 28
- UCF 13 10 18 28
- Tulane 12 11 17 28
24 Nevada 13 14 13 27
- Auburn 13 5 22 27
- Northwestern 12 12 15 27
- Arizona St. 13 13 14 27
28 Arizona 14 13 13 26
- Baylor 13 13 13 26
- San Diego St. 13 12 14 26
- Florida St. 14 12 14 26
- BYU 13 12 14 26
33 Missouri 14 13 12 25
34 Cincinnati 13 16 8 24
- Northern Ill. 14 10 14 24
- Tennessee 13 8 16 24
- Clemson 13 12 12 24
- Akron 12 11 13 24
- Arkansas 13 12 12 24
- Ball St. 12 14 10 24
41 Western Mich. 13 10 13 23
- Miami (FL) 13 13 10 23
- Nebraska 13 10 13 23
- Mississippi St. 13 7 16 23
- Southern California 13 9 14 23
- Notre Dame 13 7 16 23
- North Carolina 13 11 12 23
- Western Ky. 13 10 13 23
- Kentucky 12 8 15 23
50 Miami (OH) 12 11 11 22

 

[boydbuff]

It was alluded to in Ringo's article that some candidates are currently still coaching. That would be a great hire from any of the pro or college teams still going, unless it's a position guy, then we'd have to just see who it was.

I got the impression he was saying they are employed elsewhere so wouldnt name them out of respect to current team


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[Undefeated]

It's also okay to for people to make instant reactions if they are underwhelmed by the choice. Beginning to remind me a lot of two years ago. Patience was preached and we ended up with freaking Neinas.

Fair enough. The wait-and-see approach with CU football has definitely disappointed me far more often than it's pleasantly surprised me, but I can't help to remain optimistic regardless of the initial gut reaction to the hire.

 

[89BUFF89]

And scoring defense....another issue...but not many PAC schools in top 50 either...

RANK TEAM G TDS OPP XP 2PT OPP DXP OPP FGM OPP SAF PTS AVG
1 Ole Miss 13 24 23 0 0 13 1 208 16.0
2 Stanford 13 26 24 0 0 11 0 213 16.4
3 Clemson 13 27 22 0 0 11 0 217 16.7
4 Temple 12 24 24 0 0 14 0 210 17.5
5 LSU 13 27 27 0 0 13 0 228 17.5
6 Alabama 14 27 23 2 0 23 0 258 18.4
7 Penn St. 13 27 24 0 0 18 1 242 18.6
8 TCU 13 28 26 0 1 17 0 247 19.0
9 UCF 13 29 27 0 0 16 0 249 19.2
10 Arkansas 13 33 32 1 0 6 0 250 19.2
11 Memphis 13 32 29 1 0 10 0 253 19.5
12 Utah St. 14 33 31 0 0 15 1 276 19.7
13 San Diego St. 13 33 33 0 0 9 0 258 19.8
14 Virginia Tech 13 30 28 0 0 18 0 262 20.2
15 Houston 13 33 33 0 0 11 2 268 20.6
16 Georgia 13 36 30 1 0 7 0 269 20.7
17 Wisconsin 14 35 32 2 0 15 0 291 20.8
18 Marshall 14 36 31 1 0 15 0 294 21.0
19 Missouri 14 36 33 2 0 14 0 295 21.1
20 Florida 12 30 26 1 0 15 0 253 21.1
21 Boston College 13 34 34 0 0 13 0 277 21.3
22 Michigan St. 13 36 31 3 0 9 0 280 21.5
23 Mississippi St. 13 35 31 0 0 13 1 282 21.7
24 Duke 13 34 28 0 0 17 0 283 21.8
- Louisville 13 31 26 1 0 23 0 283 21.8
26 Ohio St. 14 41 40 0 0 8 0 310 22.1
27 Oregon 14 37 32 1 0 18 1 312 22.3
28 Michigan 12 31 29 0 0 18 0 269 22.4
29 Akron 12 35 28 0 0 13 0 277 23.1
30 Kansas St. 13 39 34 0 0 11 0 301 23.2
31 Texas 13 39 37 0 0 13 0 310 23.8
32 Virginia 12 36 34 0 0 13 0 289 24.1
33 Minnesota 13 40 38 0 0 12 0 314 24.2
- Air Force 13 39 38 0 0 14 0 314 24.2
35 Tennessee 13 41 36 0 0 11 0 315 24.2
36 Miami (FL) 13 40 37 0 0 13 0 316 24.3
37 Syracuse 12 33 31 1 0 19 2 292 24.3
38 Louisiana Tech 14 41 37 0 0 21 0 346 24.7
39 Washington 14 41 39 0 0 20 1 347 24.8
40 Ohio 12 38 37 0 0 11 0 298 24.8
- FIU 12 37 36 0 0 12 2 298 24.8
42 Utah 13 40 39 0 0 15 0 324 24.9
- Western Mich. 13 40 36 1 0 14 2 324 24.9
44 Colorado St. 13 41 39 0 0 13 1 326 25.1
45 Southern California 13 42 36 2 0 11 1 327 25.2
- Central Mich. 13 40 36 2 0 15 1 327 25.2
47 Northwestern 12 39 35 0 0 11 0 302 25.2
48 Baylor 13 43 41 0 0 11 0 332 25.5
49 Florida St. 14 44 38 1 0 18 0 358 25.6
50 Iowa 13 41 37 1 0 16 0 333 25.6

 

[goalline]

I got the impression he was saying they are employed elsewhere so wouldnt name them out of respect to current team


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you're probably right. oh well. I almost got optimistic for a minute there.

 

[Johnny Juzang]

Hawaii played pretty good D last season.

 

[sackman]

What about Marcel Yates?

I know he's only been at Boise for one year, but he came from A&M. He *probably* has some contacts in Texas and the Boise defense is opportunistic.

 

[Undefeated]

Has anyone heard if Seto has any actual interest in the CU job? I'd be just as excited about him as any of the ones mentioned. Has everything CU needs from the position.

 

[azbuff]

What about Marcel Yates?

I know he's only been at Boise for one year, but he came from A&M. He *probably* has some contacts in Texas and the Boise defense is opportunistic.

BSU alum combined with the fact that we're not viewed as a step up from BSU makes this unlikely.

 

[Shldr2Shldr]

Has anyone heard if Seto has any actual interest in the CU job? I'd be just as excited about him as any of the ones mentioned. Has everything CU needs from the position.

I doubt, even if he was interested, that he would say anything right now. His club is in the middle of a super bowl run. Should they be eliminated this week, maybe we hear something but I doubt we hear anything until that happens.

 

[bigbang2]

Marion Hobby and Rocky Seto- cools names and coached elite defenses.

 

[Undefeated]

I doubt, even if he was interested, that he would say anything right now. His club is in the middle of a super bowl run. Should they be eliminated this week, maybe we hear something but I doubt we hear anything until that happens.

Yeah, that's what I'd figure. Mac referred to coaching candidates possibly still coaching, so it could easily be someone on an NFL roster, as well as college. The problem, however, is if Seto is the target, they could be waiting until February. They would ultimately have to have some sort of under the table agreement. No way Mac waits until NSD (basically) to announce the new DC.

 

[boydbuff]

you're probably right. oh well. I almost got optimistic for a minute there.

Sorry to burst your bubble.