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Mike Sanford – OC/Interim Head Coach University of Colorado
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ahoelsken
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I'm fine retaining him as an offensive position coach where he's not calling plays. That's it.
SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
Let’s stop retaining coaches who are disappointed they didn’t get promoted to the HC job.
Why? Why can't we just move on from underperforming coaches? Why is there always a need to retain certain guys?
Yep. If he stays it will be as HC or OC.
There was some earlier talk about Sanford going to Northern Colorado as their coach.
Considering that he established some strong relationships with the team and Coach Prime is going to be moving a bunch of them out the door Sanford could turn the UNC program around out of the portal with CU kids.
There are going to be a bunch of those guys who don't get BCS level offers but should be solid G5 or FCS level players. They just weren't P5 players thus 1-11.
Considering that he established some strong relationships with the team and Coach Prime is going to be moving a bunch of them out the door Sanford could turn the UNC program around out of the portal with CU kids.
There are going to be a bunch of those guys who don't get BCS level offers but should be solid G5 or FCS level players. They just weren't P5 players thus 1-11.
He should at least have G5 OC/QB opportunities, which generally pay better than FCS OC.
Don't see any way he goes FCS as a coordinator. He would go as a head coach.
He still would get paid less than he would as a P5 coordinator and in most cases less than he would as a G5 coordinator. It would though allow him to keep living in Colorado (even if it smells kind of like Nebraska) and would get him back to a head coaching job.
If he can turn it around with his BCS level background that would set him up for a head coaching job at G5.
He strikes me as a guy who would be willing to sacrifice money to be in a situation he wants to be including being the guy running a program.
Typo. I meant FCS HC.
I think he would take the right position. It's not something he would be looking for at multiple places but I could see him being interested in the UNC job.
No one has addressed why the hell UNC would want him. Yay, thanks for guiding us through the end of a disaster. But he’s still a failed head coach and a failed OC. UNC can find better options than that. And if they can’t, they can find cheaper options.
Just saw a story during the Broncos halftime preseason game on Sanford taking the Mead High School HC job.
Yikes.
www.9news.com
Yikes.
Former CU football coach continuing passion at Mead High School
Mike Sanford served as the Buffaloes' interim head coach after Karl Dorrell was fired mid-season.
www.9news.com
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he is a good motivator. I think he’s great for working with those kids. He brought some energy to the team once he took over. They are lucky to get him there.
The guy can’t even get on as a position coach in college football at any level.Just saw a story during the Broncos halftime preseason game on Sanford taking the Mead High School HC job.
Yikes.
Former CU football coach continuing passion at Mead High School
Mike Sanford served as the Buffaloes' interim head coach after Karl Dorrell was fired mid-season.
The story doesn’t say he is taking the HC job. It says he’s going to be helping out. Doesn’t specify a role. 3A high school analyst?Just saw a story during the Broncos halftime preseason game on Sanford taking the Mead High School HC job.
Yikes.
Former CU football coach continuing passion at Mead High School
Mike Sanford served as the Buffaloes' interim head coach after Karl Dorrell was fired mid-season.
ahoelsken
Well-Known Member
Whatever. That's something to keep him busy.The story doesn’t say he is taking the HC job. It says he’s going to be helping out. Doesn’t specify a role. 3A high school analyst?
Not taking over the head job. He is volunteering with them. Jason Klatt is the head coach at Mead if you had bothered to read the article. Jason is the brother of Joel.Just saw a story during the Broncos halftime preseason game on Sanford taking the Mead High School HC job.
Yikes.
Former CU football coach continuing passion at Mead High School
Mike Sanford served as the Buffaloes' interim head coach after Karl Dorrell was fired mid-season.
BTW, I know one of Mike's neighbors, not the chatty one mentioned in the article. I was told that Mike's wife likes the area and didn't want to move again, so likely he didn't really pursue any other jobs this year. No need to as he had a 3 yr contract so he is still getting paid.
here’s a more fun question- would you ever have imagined a year ago that we’d have this 2023 coaching staff in place, have overhauled the roster and have a chance to win games?? So glad we are where we are now. Good luck to anyone who was here before. But rather focus on the coaching staff we have now than the past.
I don't have any hard feelings towards Mike Sanford. Legitimately good dude who cares deeply about the players and CU students. I just didn't want him to become our HC or remain on staff. I think, given his values, he should look for a HC job in the RMAC or similar. He's too nice and too much of a purist for this level of competition.
He does have to look for a job per the terms of the contract to offset his remaining salary. Whether CU cares to enforce the terms of the contract is another matter.
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When ADRG hit, he hits big. When he misses, whewJust saw a story during the Broncos halftime preseason game on Sanford taking the Mead High School HC job.
Yikes.
Former CU football coach continuing passion at Mead High School
Mike Sanford served as the Buffaloes' interim head coach after Karl Dorrell was fired mid-season.
He has to make the appearance of trying but doesn't have to really try. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up out of football for a bit or ends up doing analyst work somewhere nearby. I thought he would have been a good get for UNC.
Some guys on 247 argued to keep Sanford as HC til blue in the face. What a bunch of idiots
And yet nobody at Minnesota argued to keep him on as OC. That hire felt like a kick in the nuts.