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Official D coordinator search thread (DJ Eliot hired?)
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Regardless of whether someone is on the train or not, Joe Tumpkin is a serious candidate for the job. At the time he was hired, many of us assumed he was being looked at for DC instead of as a position coach. Since then, the performance and development of the safeties, his recruiting, and his creativity in how players like Moeller were utilized in the defense have been exemplary.
Joe Tumpkin is in his second season as an assistant coach at Colorado, joining the CU staff on February 5, 2015 after serving as the defensive coordinator the previous five years at Central Michigan University. He coaches the safeties and teams with Charles Clark to help coach the nickel position.
Tumpkin, 45, helped coach Colorado to the second-best passing defense in the Pac-12 in 2015, allowing just 218.2 yards per game, which also ranked 59th nationally. His safeties intercepted seven passes and batted down another 15.
He oversaw a Central Michigan defense in 2014 that finished 29th in the nation, as the Chippewas posted a 7-6 record in allowing 355 yards per game. He also coached the secondary at CMU.
His CMU teams over five years had a reputation for creating turnovers, effective pass rushes (eight different players had interceptions in 2012) and successful halftime adjustments. In the wildest bowl game of the ’14 season – the Bahamas Bowl where Western Kentucky nipped CMU, 49-48, his halftime changes against one of the nation’s most prolific offenses limited WKU to just seven points and 151 yards after intermission. Ten players earned All-Mid-American Conference honors during his time there, where he worked for head coach Dan Enos.
CMU’s other bowl game during his time in Mount Pleasant was in 2012, also against Western Kentucky in the Little Caesar’s Bowl; the Chippewas won that one, 24-21. That year, he coached Jim Thorpe Award candidate Jahleel Addae, a first-team All-MAC performer the previous season under his tutelage, the first CMU defensive back to earn first-team all-league honors in a decade. He went on to play professionally with the San Diego Chargers.
Prior to his time at Central Michigan, he coached the linebackers for two seasons at the University of Pittsburgh, where he coached a pair of first-team All-Big East performers in Scott McKillop (2008) and Adam Gunn (2009). McKillop, a middle linebacker, was also a first-team All-American and the Big East’s Defensive Player of the Year; he had 137 tackles (82 solo, third in the nation) with 18 for losses and went on to play with San Francisco (who drafted him in the fifth round in 2009) and Buffalo in the NFL. At Pitt, he was an assistant under head coach Dave Wannstedt.
Pitt was 9-4 in 2008, losing to Oregon State in the Sun Bowl in the lowest scoring postseason game in the modern era (3-0), and the Panthers were 10-3 in 2009, defeating North Carolina, 19-17, in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
Tumpkin coached the linebackers at Southern Methodist under head coach Phil Bennett for three seasons (2005-07), tutoring second-team All-Conference USA selection Reggie Carrington. (Bennett moved on to Pittsburgh as its defensive coordinator, where he reunited with Tumpkin for the 2008 season.)
During his time at SMU, he earned one of the prestigious NFL minority coaching fellowships with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which provided him the opportunity to work training camp with the Buccaneers’ coaching staff ahead of the 2007 season.
He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant working with the linebackers at Lakeland College in 1994, and stops during his career before reaching the Division I-A (FBS) level included Northern Michigan (graduate assistant, defensive line), Defiance College (linebackers coach), Western Michigan (1997, graduate assistant, tight ends), Southern Illinois (1998-99, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator), a second stint at Lakeland (2000-01, defensive coordinator) and Sam Houston State (2002-04, coaching linebackers the first two seasons and then secondary in his final year there, when SHSU were co-Southland Conference champions and advanced to the I-AA playoffs, at one point ascending to No. 3 in the national rankings).
At Southern Illinois, he coached eventual NFL Pro Bowl linebacker Bart Scott, who spent 11 years in the professional ranks with Baltimore and the New York Jets. While he was at Sam Houston State, he was instrumental in the development of linebackers Paul Donelson, an All-American and All-Southland performer, and T.J. Dibble, a two-time all-conference selection.
Tumpkin graduated in 1994 from Michigan Tech, earning a Bachelor's degree in Scientific and Technical Communications. He was a four-year letterman and a captain his senior year of the Huskies' football team for coach Bernie Anderson. A four-year starter at nose guard, he had 136 career tackles, including 12 for losses and three quarterback sacks, along with 12 passes broken up, two fumble recoveries and an interception. He started all 40 games in his career in helping Michigan Tech to a 27-13 record.
He was born February 16, 1971 in Detroit, Mich., and graduated from Hialeah High School (Miami Lakes, Fla.), where he lettered in football and wrestling. Among his hobbies are reading, cooking and weightlifting.
RECORD—He has coached in 136 Division I-A (FBS) games as a full-time coach, including four bowl games (2008 Sun, 2009 Meineke Car Care, 2012 Little Caesar’s, 2014 Bahamas).
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Joe Tumpkin is in his second season as an assistant coach at Colorado, joining the CU staff on February 5, 2015 after serving as the defensive coordinator the previous five years at Central Michigan University. He coaches the safeties and teams with Charles Clark to help coach the nickel position.
Tumpkin, 45, helped coach Colorado to the second-best passing defense in the Pac-12 in 2015, allowing just 218.2 yards per game, which also ranked 59th nationally. His safeties intercepted seven passes and batted down another 15.
He oversaw a Central Michigan defense in 2014 that finished 29th in the nation, as the Chippewas posted a 7-6 record in allowing 355 yards per game. He also coached the secondary at CMU.
His CMU teams over five years had a reputation for creating turnovers, effective pass rushes (eight different players had interceptions in 2012) and successful halftime adjustments. In the wildest bowl game of the ’14 season – the Bahamas Bowl where Western Kentucky nipped CMU, 49-48, his halftime changes against one of the nation’s most prolific offenses limited WKU to just seven points and 151 yards after intermission. Ten players earned All-Mid-American Conference honors during his time there, where he worked for head coach Dan Enos.
CMU’s other bowl game during his time in Mount Pleasant was in 2012, also against Western Kentucky in the Little Caesar’s Bowl; the Chippewas won that one, 24-21. That year, he coached Jim Thorpe Award candidate Jahleel Addae, a first-team All-MAC performer the previous season under his tutelage, the first CMU defensive back to earn first-team all-league honors in a decade. He went on to play professionally with the San Diego Chargers.
Prior to his time at Central Michigan, he coached the linebackers for two seasons at the University of Pittsburgh, where he coached a pair of first-team All-Big East performers in Scott McKillop (2008) and Adam Gunn (2009). McKillop, a middle linebacker, was also a first-team All-American and the Big East’s Defensive Player of the Year; he had 137 tackles (82 solo, third in the nation) with 18 for losses and went on to play with San Francisco (who drafted him in the fifth round in 2009) and Buffalo in the NFL. At Pitt, he was an assistant under head coach Dave Wannstedt.
Pitt was 9-4 in 2008, losing to Oregon State in the Sun Bowl in the lowest scoring postseason game in the modern era (3-0), and the Panthers were 10-3 in 2009, defeating North Carolina, 19-17, in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
Tumpkin coached the linebackers at Southern Methodist under head coach Phil Bennett for three seasons (2005-07), tutoring second-team All-Conference USA selection Reggie Carrington. (Bennett moved on to Pittsburgh as its defensive coordinator, where he reunited with Tumpkin for the 2008 season.)
During his time at SMU, he earned one of the prestigious NFL minority coaching fellowships with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which provided him the opportunity to work training camp with the Buccaneers’ coaching staff ahead of the 2007 season.
He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant working with the linebackers at Lakeland College in 1994, and stops during his career before reaching the Division I-A (FBS) level included Northern Michigan (graduate assistant, defensive line), Defiance College (linebackers coach), Western Michigan (1997, graduate assistant, tight ends), Southern Illinois (1998-99, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator), a second stint at Lakeland (2000-01, defensive coordinator) and Sam Houston State (2002-04, coaching linebackers the first two seasons and then secondary in his final year there, when SHSU were co-Southland Conference champions and advanced to the I-AA playoffs, at one point ascending to No. 3 in the national rankings).
At Southern Illinois, he coached eventual NFL Pro Bowl linebacker Bart Scott, who spent 11 years in the professional ranks with Baltimore and the New York Jets. While he was at Sam Houston State, he was instrumental in the development of linebackers Paul Donelson, an All-American and All-Southland performer, and T.J. Dibble, a two-time all-conference selection.
Tumpkin graduated in 1994 from Michigan Tech, earning a Bachelor's degree in Scientific and Technical Communications. He was a four-year letterman and a captain his senior year of the Huskies' football team for coach Bernie Anderson. A four-year starter at nose guard, he had 136 career tackles, including 12 for losses and three quarterback sacks, along with 12 passes broken up, two fumble recoveries and an interception. He started all 40 games in his career in helping Michigan Tech to a 27-13 record.
He was born February 16, 1971 in Detroit, Mich., and graduated from Hialeah High School (Miami Lakes, Fla.), where he lettered in football and wrestling. Among his hobbies are reading, cooking and weightlifting.
RECORD—He has coached in 136 Division I-A (FBS) games as a full-time coach, including four bowl games (2008 Sun, 2009 Meineke Car Care, 2012 Little Caesar’s, 2014 Bahamas).
| COACHING EXPERIENCE | ||
| 1994 | Lakeland College | Graduate Assistant (Linebackers) |
| 1995 | Northern Michigan | Graduate Assistant (Defensive Line) |
| 1996 | Defiance College | Linebackers |
| 1997 | Western Michigan | Graduate Assistant (Tight Ends) |
| 1998-99 | Southern Illinois | Linebackers / Recruiting Coordinator |
| 2000-01 | Lakeland College | Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers |
| 2002-04 | Sam Houston State | Linebackers / Secondary |
| 2005-07 | SMU | Linebackers |
| 2007 | Tampa Bay (NFL) | Minority Internship (Training Camp) |
| 2008-09 | Pittsburgh | Linebackers |
| 2010-14 | Central Michigan | Defensive Coordinator / Secondary |
| 2015- | Colorado | Safeties |
wyomingBUFF
Well-Known Member
Tumpkin to DC. Clark gets a promotion and we add back a special teams coach that can help a bit with secondary?
I guess that means Brady Hoke is available.
Could be. Continuity moves if Tumpkin got it would be:
1. Clark becomes Secondary Coach.
2. Hire a Linebacker Coach (maybe with a STC title).
3. If the NCAA expands assistant staffs to 10, possible promotion of Chidera Uzo-Diribe as an OLB/DE assistant to continue working with the pass rushers. He's got 2 years as a GA now, so he either gets his first paying gig at CU or moves on. Seems to be a potentially strong recruiter from what little we've seen on social media & with OV reports along with his ties to the LA area as a Riverside (Corona) prep.
All seriousness, he'd be an excellent DL Coach if CU ends up in the market.
This is a worst case scenario to me.
Mike Elko Wake Forest DC seems prime for a move up, looks like he interviewed with Notre Dame, though..
Kevin Clune could maybe be stolen from Oregon State. Mac's twin? Best fit ever?
Did Herman take DC Todd Orlando with him from Houston? He'd be a nice get
Kevin Clune could maybe be stolen from Oregon State. Mac's twin? Best fit ever?
Did Herman take DC Todd Orlando with him from Houston? He'd be a nice get
Sykobuff
Well-Known Member
Does that scenario make you feel like the buffs have a defensive staff in the top 6 of the conference?
You're assuming he didn't learn any thing from JL. (I refuse to call him JMFL now.)
uhhh, yea. Main benefit of that is that it would be cheap.
why the **** is anyone back on the former CU player nonsense?
Yes. Was an intern in 2015 and then a grad assistant for 2016. Relationship with the Edsalls also likely played into Drew Wilson getting the job at CU as our Director of Strength & Conditioning. Wilson was with Randy Edsall at UConn and followed him to Maryland.
Makes a lot of sense to include Randy Edsall in this thread.
Randy Edsall brings 36 years of experience to the Lions on both the college and pro levels as a head coach, coordinator, defensive position coach and offensive position coach.
For the past 17 seasons, Edsall served as the head coach at the University of Maryland (2011-15) and University of Connecticut (1999-2010). At Maryland, Edsall led the Terrapins program to back-to-back bowl appearances in 2013-14. In those two seasons, Maryland recorded the school's first back-to-back winning seasons since 2002-03.
Edsall oversaw the transition of the UConn Huskies football program from a FCS program (formerly Division I-AA) to the FBS level (formerly Division I-A). He left the program as the school’s all-time leader in career wins (74) and most games coached (144). He was a two-time recipient of the prestigious Bowl Championship Division Head Coach of the Year in New England by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston (2007, 2010).
At UConn, his teams earned five bowl appearances, including a BCS berth. The 2010 Big East Coach of the Year led the Huskies to a 33-19 record over his last four seasons there, including two bowl victories, with his leadership resulting in UConn being the first program ever to go from FBS newcomer to BCS bowl participant in just seven seasons.
In his season immediately preceding his hiring at UConn, Edsall was the defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech, where the Yellow Jackets were co-ACC Champions and ranked No. 12 in the country at the end of the season with a win over Notre Dame in the Gator Bowl.
Edsall previously coached in the NFL from 1994-97 as the Jacksonville Jaguars defensive backs coach under Tom Coughlin. He was part of the Jaguars coaching staff that led the team to the 1996 AFC Championship game in just the second year of the team's existence. He entered the pro coaching ranks after 14 seasons as a college assistant coach at Syracuse (1980-90) and Boston College (1991-93).
Edsall started as a graduate assistant at Syracuse from 1980-82, and then was promoted to running backs coach from 1983-84, 1986. He coached the Syracuse tight ends in 1985 and made the jump to defense as the defensive backs coach from 1987-90. His last two seasons at Syracuse, he was also the program's recruiting coordinator.
From 1991-93, Edsall coached defensive backs at Boston College under Tom Coughlin. While at During his three seasons as Boston College, the Eagles earned two bowl appearances.
A native of Glen Rock, Pa., Edsall played quarterback at the University of Syracuse as a collegian. At Syracuse, he earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1980 and a master’s degree in health and physical education in 1982.
Edsall was an all-state selection in football, basketball and baseball at Susquehannock High School (Pa.) as a senior, and was inducted into the York Area Sports Hall of Fame.
He and his wife, Eileen, met at Syracuse University where she was a basketball and volleyball standout who was later inducted into the Syracuse University Hall of Fame. They have a daughter, Alexi and a son, Corey.
EDSALL’S COACHING BACKGROUND
Detroit Lions................................................................ 2016-
Director of Football Research – Special Projects................... 2016-
Maryland...................................................................... 2011-15
Head Coach............................................................................................. 2011-15
Connecticut.................................................................. 1999-2010
Head Coach............................................................................................. 1999-2010
Georgia Tech................................................................ 1998
Defensive Coodinator/Defensive Backs..................................... 1998
Jacksonville Jaguars..................................................... 1994-97
Defensive Backs.................................................................................. 1994-97
Boston College............................................................. 1991-93
Defensive Backs.................................................................................. 1991-93
Syracuse...................................................................... 1980-90
Recruiting Coordinator/Defensive Backs.................................... 1989-90
Defensive Backs.................................................................................. 1987-88
Running Backs...................................................................................... 1986
Tight Ends.............................................................................................. 1985
Running Backs...................................................................................... 1983-84
Graduate Assistant 1980
guess I used the wrong font, was supposed to be a joke
1 year as a DC? Like him otherwise, but ehhh
Sykobuff
Well-Known Member
Beats dave logan nonsense doesn't it?
Another good candidate.
Early years[edit]
A native of Long Beach, California, DeRuyter attended St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower and graduated in 1981. He played college footballat Air Force from 1982 to 1984. He lettered at outside linebacker and was part of three bowl game victories. He graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1985.[2] His family is of Dutch descent.
Coaching career[edit]
DeRuyter has a history of turning college football defenses around. Before his second arrival at Ohio in 2002, the Bobcats ranked 99th nationally; upon his departure to Nevada, the Bobcats ranked 22nd. At Nevada, the Wolfpack improved from 78th to 48th under his tutelage.[2]
As the defensive coordinator at Air Force from 2007 to 2009, DeRuyter replaced a bend-but-don't-break scheme with an aggressive 3–4 defense. In 2006, prior to his arrival, the Falcons ranked 78th in scoring defense and 78th in total defense. In 2009, the Falcons finished 10th in scoring defense and 11th in total defense. In the 2009 Armed Forces Bowl against Houston, the Falcons limited the nation's second-ranked passing offense to a season-low of 222 passing yards. They also recorded six interceptions.[3][4]
DeRuyter became Texas A&M's defensive coordinator in 2010. The Aggies ranked 104th in scoring defense in 2009, under a 4–3 defense. In 2010, under his 3–4 defense, they improved to 21st in scoring defense.[5][6][7]
He was interviewed for the Head Coaching position at California State University, Fresno, and was selected to be the new Head Coach of the Fresno State Bulldogs for the 2012 season. He was fired by Fresno State on October 23, 2016 after starting the season 1–7 and 4-16 since playing in the Mountain West championship game in 2014.[1]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 3, 1963 (age 53) Long Beach, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1982–1984 | Air Force |
| Position(s) | Outside linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1989–1992 | Air Force (Assistant) |
| 1995–1998 | Ohio (DC/DB) |
| 1999–2000 | Navy (DC) |
| 2001 | Navy (DB) |
| 2002–2004 | Ohio (DC/DB) |
| 2005–2006 | Nevada (Co-DC/S) |
| 2007 | Air Force (DC/S) |
| 2008–2009 | Air Force (AHC/DC/S) |
| 2010–2011 | Texas A&M (AHC/DC) |
| 2011 | Texas A&M (Interim HC) |
| 2012–2016 | Fresno State |
DeRuyter. Like. D
Mediocre might be kind.
CMU Defensive S&P+ Ratings:
2008 - 94
2009 - 43
2010 - 97
2011 - 110
2012 - 118
2013 - 110
2014 - 84
2015 - 61
2016 - 75
Yikes
CanadianDuck
Well-Known Member
I came on to this thread just to post that.....Damn you! Honestly he had to go at Oregon given how bad his defense was, but he sure got our DL players (who are trash) to play way above their potential.
lawdogg
Club Member
Good call, slider.
BuffNut99
Club Member
Go away, with your blood money
Agreed, DeRuyter had some really good defenses before he didn't do so hot at Fresno. I like that he runs a 3-4 too. Spent his last 10 years of coaching in Colorado, Texas, and California, so a good geographical fit too.