Brady Hoke

Brady Hoke spoke at the Agonis Club's 59th-annual awards banquet in his hometown of Kettering on Tuesday, He spoke on a number of topics including his time at Ball State, the supposed gentlemen's agreement between Big Ten coaches, conference realignment, Kaleb Ringer, and Roy Roundtree.

On his time at Ball St.:

“I had two goals at Ball State. One was to play football and the other was to drink every beer in Muncie, Ind.”

On the Gentlemen's agreement:

“No. 1, we have an actual signing day for a reason. That is, they can change their minds until they sign. This is competitive. This isn’t ... I’d like to say golf — don’t take offense. I’ve never heard of agreements or not agreements. Look, they’re 18 to 23 years old. They got a lot going on, more so now than when I was 18 to 23.”

On conference realignment:

“I think really in about three years you’ll see four super conferences, and I think the Big East will go away and maybe the ACC. But look, I’m just a coach. I don’t know all of it.”

On Kaleb Ringer:

“He had a great spring. He had over a 3.0 (GPA). He did a great job from the academic side of it. He did a nice job of learning the defense. He was awesome. I think he can be in the mix (for playing time).”

On Roy Roundtree:

“He’s doing great. He’s going to wear No. 21 in honor of (Heisman Trophy winner) Desmond Howard. It’s a big deal. Desmond is fired up. Roy is fired up. And I’m fired up.”

I found his comments on conference realignment to be particularly interesting, mainly because you'd think that he'd have some inside information on the topic, via discussion with Dave Brandon and what not. It'll be interesting to see what happens down the road.

Link: http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/michigan-coach-makes-trip-home-to-kettering-1383280.html

While I realize a majority of you will go "Duh", this is just another example of why this coaching staff is dominating on the recruiting trail.

This is one of our vaunted, committed recruits. I can imagine that the family feel, as well as the full court press an uncommitted guy will get.

Wyatt Shallman‏ @WyattShallman

Just a days worth of letters from the greatest college in the land! #goblue :)

EDIT

Chicago Alums/Fans, the Sports-O-Rama is tonight aka the Coaches tour... It was a fun event last year and is for charity (scholarships)/supports the alumni association.

Obviously Hoke, Beilein, and Red will be there...

Several hundred attended last year, and there are tickets available at the door:

I get really annoyed when I see people put SIAP, so I won't do that.  All I will say is that i used the search function and only found the Big 10 rankings.

So I was listening to the radio on the way in to work this morning and I heard the locals blubbering about Saban being the #1 best coach in America. So I found the article and saw that Hoke comes in at #24.

Other noteworthies/travesties:

Urbs #3

Les Miles #4

Bret Bielema #12

Mork #13

Mack Brown #16

Brian Kelly #18

RR #39

LINK

The Alumni Association and the Athletic Department have announced the details of the 2012 Coaches Tour of local alumni clubs and Horace Greeley would approve if he were able. This year, the coaches and Dave Brandon will visit Chicago, Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.

Dave Brandon and John Beilein are scheduled to attend each event. Brady Hoke is scheduled to attend each event except for San Diego. Red Berenson is scheduled for Chicago only. John Paul (Men's Lacrosse) and Jennifer Ulehla (Women's Lacrosse) are scheduled to attend Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. Chaka Daly (Men's Soccer) is scheduled to attend Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

U of M Club of Chicago 2012 Sports-O-Rama
Monday, May 14, 6 p.m., Grand Ballroom of the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, 540 N. Michigan Ave.

Click here to register for Chicago

The Chicago event will feature:

• Athletic Director Dave Brandon
• Alumni Association President Steve Grafton
• Head football coach Brady Hoke
• Head basketball coach John Beilein
• Head ice hockey coach Red Berenson
• Alumni Association members: $35.
• Nonmembers: $55
• Limit of two tickets per member. Additional tickets may be purchased at the nonmember price.

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U of M Club of Phoenix 2012 Coaches Tour
Monday, May 21, noon, The Chart House, 7255 McCormack Parkway, Scottsdale

Click here to register for Phoenix

The Phoenix event will feature:

• Athletic Director Dave Brandon
• Head football coach Brady Hoke
• Head basketball coach John Beilein
• Head men’s lacrosse coach John Paul
• Head women’s lacrosse coach Jennifer Ulehla
• Head men’s soccer coach Chaka Daly 
• Alumni Association members: $40
• Nonmembers: $55
• Child 13 and under: $35

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U of M Club of San Francisco 2012 Coaches Tour
Tuesday, May 22, noon, Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF, 1675 Owens St., San Francisco

Click here to register for San Francisco

The San Francisco event will feature:

• Athletic Director Dave Brandon
• Head football coach Brady Hoke
• Head basketball coach John Beilein
• Head men’s lacrosse coach John Paul
• Head women’s lacrosse coach Jennifer Ulehla
• Head men’s soccer coach Chaka Daly 
• Alumni Association members: $45
• Nonmembers: $60

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U of M Club of Los Angeles 2012 Coaches Tour
Wednesday, May 23, noon, The Conference Center at Cathedral Plaza, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 West Temple Street, Los Angeles

Contact um.coach.tour@hotmail.com to register.

The Los Angeles event will feature:

• Athletic Director Dave Brandon
• Head football coach Brady Hoke
• Head basketball coach John Beilein
• Head men’s lacrosse coach John Paul
• Head women’s lacrosse coach Jennifer Ulehla
• Head men’s soccer coach Chaka Daly 
• Sponsor table of ten: $1,500
• VIP table of ten: $1,200
• VIP single: $100
• Alumni Association members: $55
• Nonmembers: $75

Parking: Park in the Cathedral Plaza structure and take the elevator to the second floor. When you exit the elevator, you will see the registration area right in front of you. Bring your parking pass into Convention Center with you — validation will be given at check-in. VIP and sponsors will receive free parking at check in only – all others and after event ends will be validated for $10 parking.

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U of M Club of San Diego 2012 Coaches Tour
Friday, May 25, noon, Crosby Golf Club, 17102 Bing Crosby Blvd., Rancho Santa Fe, California

 Click here to register for San Diego

The San Diego event will feature:

• Athletic Director Dave Brandon
• Head basketball coach John Beilein
• Head men’s lacrosse coach John Paul
• Head women’s lacrosse coach Jennifer Ulehla 
• $30 for Alumni Association members
• $45 for nonmembers
• $400 to purchase a table with reserved seating close to the head table with the coaches (10 person table)

If you live in one of these cities, here's your chance to meet and greet with the AD and the coaches. If you are active in one of these clubs, please feel free to add in additional information about what is planned in the comments. For instance, when the UMDC Club hosts these events, it typically includes an auction of coach signed Michigan sports memorabilia to raise funds for the club's scholarship fund.

Brady Hoke is hitting the road in Ohio today and tomorrow. He spoke to the HOF Luncheon club today which hosts a different figure from football each month. JT was a regular at these things and word is they reached out to Urban but he didn't have a monday open to make it. Coach is also scheduled to attend and speak tomorrow night at Massillon's spring football kickoff dinner. I'm definitely happy to see him hitting the recruiting/PR trail in northeast Ohio so hard - the area produces a ton of D1 talent and any edge over OSU can only help. 

http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x1364624593/Michigan-coach-Brady-Hoke-talks-to-HOF-lunch-club

http://www.cantonrep.com/sports/x596779306/Todd-Porter-Brady-Hoke-Urban-Meyer-rev-up-OSU-Michigan-rivalry

http://www.cantonrep.com/sports/x1780488789/Video-Michigans-Brady-Hoke-at-HOF-Luncheon