NCAA rules are as follows:
Head Coach: 1
Assistant Coaches: 9 (soon to be 10)
Strength Coaches: 5
Graduate Assistants: 4
TOTAL NCAA ALLOWANCE: 20
However, there are also analysts, consultants, player relations, player personnel and volunteer positions -- this operational/support staff is uncapped by the NCAA so the only limit is the resources of the program. It's also not reported, so the guesstimate is that Alabama leads the nation with a football staff of 31.
NCAA is considering a move to limit this, but there's serious question of whether they can legally do so. Also, even coaches of smaller budget programs question whether that's something the NCAA should do. Their thought is that Texas has a $160 million AD budget and as long as actual coaching staffs interacting directly with players are equal and they all get the same level of recruit contact, then there's no reason to restrict operational/support staffs of the superpowers.
Here's the estimate of what each conference averages on total staff:
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http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...all-staff-sizes-survey-shows-inconsistencies/
Here's what the CU site says is our football operational/support staff:
Director of Football Operations (Bryan McGinnis)
Director of Recruiting (Adam Toyama)
Ast Director of Recruiting (A.J. Baer)
Director of Quality Control - Offense (Daniel DaPrato)
Director of Quality Control - Defense (Nate Taye)
Director of Quality Control - Special Teams (Matt Thompson)
Operations & Recruiting Assistant (Scott Unrein)
Intern (Eric Aunese)
Intern (Corey Hall)
Recruiting Intern (Matt Bryson)
Assistant to the Head Coach (Sheryl Voth)
Administrative Assistant - Assistant Coaches (Jean Onaga)
Not listed under football coaches, there are a bunch of people in various AD positions titled as specific football personnel or who work on football as well as other sports.
With our allowed staff, we seem to be short of the max:
Graduate Assistants (3 of 4 allowed) - John Hughes, Peter Tuitupou, Chidera Uzo-Diribe
Strength Coaches (5 allowed) - Director of Football S&C Drew Wilson, appears the assistants under him are shared among programs instead of having specific titles for "football speed & agility" and whatnot like some other schools have.
Seems to me that CU is close to where it needs to be for the competitive landscape. Need to get another GA for the fall and I'd like to see Wilson's staff increase. Anderson (Dietician) and Bason (Football Academics) could also benefit from expansion of their programs. Last, I think there would be a benefit to having a "Football Analyst" position at some point which would likely be a veteran coach who advises the HC on the staff, game planning, etc (Alabama's got 7 of those). But I think we're in pretty good shape and in much better shape than we used to be.
Head Coach: 1
Assistant Coaches: 9 (soon to be 10)
Strength Coaches: 5
Graduate Assistants: 4
TOTAL NCAA ALLOWANCE: 20
However, there are also analysts, consultants, player relations, player personnel and volunteer positions -- this operational/support staff is uncapped by the NCAA so the only limit is the resources of the program. It's also not reported, so the guesstimate is that Alabama leads the nation with a football staff of 31.
NCAA is considering a move to limit this, but there's serious question of whether they can legally do so. Also, even coaches of smaller budget programs question whether that's something the NCAA should do. Their thought is that Texas has a $160 million AD budget and as long as actual coaching staffs interacting directly with players are equal and they all get the same level of recruit contact, then there's no reason to restrict operational/support staffs of the superpowers.
Here's the estimate of what each conference averages on total staff:
| CONFERENCE | AVERAGE STAFF SIZE (PER NCAA SURVEY) |
|---|---|
| Big Ten | 31.6 |
| SEC | 31.5 |
| ACC | 29.0 |
| Big 12 | 28.8 |
| Pac-12 | 28.6 |
| American | 25.0 |
| MAC | 21.5 |
| Conference USA | 21.0 |
| Sun Belt | 20.9 |
| Mountain West | 20.3 |
http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...all-staff-sizes-survey-shows-inconsistencies/
Here's what the CU site says is our football operational/support staff:
Director of Football Operations (Bryan McGinnis)
Director of Recruiting (Adam Toyama)
Ast Director of Recruiting (A.J. Baer)
Director of Quality Control - Offense (Daniel DaPrato)
Director of Quality Control - Defense (Nate Taye)
Director of Quality Control - Special Teams (Matt Thompson)
Operations & Recruiting Assistant (Scott Unrein)
Intern (Eric Aunese)
Intern (Corey Hall)
Recruiting Intern (Matt Bryson)
Assistant to the Head Coach (Sheryl Voth)
Administrative Assistant - Assistant Coaches (Jean Onaga)
Not listed under football coaches, there are a bunch of people in various AD positions titled as specific football personnel or who work on football as well as other sports.
With our allowed staff, we seem to be short of the max:
Graduate Assistants (3 of 4 allowed) - John Hughes, Peter Tuitupou, Chidera Uzo-Diribe
Strength Coaches (5 allowed) - Director of Football S&C Drew Wilson, appears the assistants under him are shared among programs instead of having specific titles for "football speed & agility" and whatnot like some other schools have.
Seems to me that CU is close to where it needs to be for the competitive landscape. Need to get another GA for the fall and I'd like to see Wilson's staff increase. Anderson (Dietician) and Bason (Football Academics) could also benefit from expansion of their programs. Last, I think there would be a benefit to having a "Football Analyst" position at some point which would likely be a veteran coach who advises the HC on the staff, game planning, etc (Alabama's got 7 of those). But I think we're in pretty good shape and in much better shape than we used to be.
