October 1st, 2014 at 9:50 PM ^
Kliff Kingsbury
October 1st, 2014 at 9:54 PM ^
October 1st, 2014 at 10:03 PM ^
Ryan Gossling duh
October 2nd, 2014 at 8:02 AM ^
He couldn't stay with his man when he played for the Titans, but he was man enough to sit the bench. Maybe he learned something from Coach Boone or Yost sitting over there though
October 2nd, 2014 at 6:10 AM ^
Tim Roth
October 1st, 2014 at 9:50 PM ^
This dude would be the frattiest guy on UM campus if we hired him... but it's not gonna happen cuz Tech is his alma mater too
:'(
oh and his air raid offense with lack of defense may piss people off.
October 2nd, 2014 at 12:42 PM ^
Tom Brady could be our kliff Kingsbury, young attractive former qb coach. Seems like Brady is pretty close to being done in the NFL since he said he would retire when he started to suck. Just bring him back and have woodson be the DC. This is easy.
October 1st, 2014 at 9:32 PM ^
October 1st, 2014 at 9:38 PM ^
It's not like Michigan hired a guy away from his alma mater before who was also a native to the state of his alma mater.
Oh wait...
October 1st, 2014 at 9:41 PM ^
October 1st, 2014 at 9:44 PM ^
Jerry Jones went to Arkansas.
October 1st, 2014 at 9:50 PM ^
October 1st, 2014 at 9:55 PM ^
Along with Pickens. When OSU was doing some serious facility upgrades, Jones and Pickens would often travel together between Dallas and Stillwater doing fundraisers and making appearances.
October 1st, 2014 at 10:06 PM ^
Right, I'm sure they're friends from the business world and love of football, and while I'm sure JJ has helped Pickens, and probably given money to OSU, I doubt he's throwing around the kind of money/has the kind of clout around OSU that Pickens has. He's their Stephen Ross, plus a couple hundred million more.
October 1st, 2014 at 11:40 PM ^
Not that it means much but Ross is worth almost five times more than T Boone Pickens
October 1st, 2014 at 9:45 PM ^
All I know is that we need someone who is younger, dynamic and knows what they're doing.
Michigan cannot take a risk and hire another Brady Hoke. It has to be a success.
October 1st, 2014 at 9:55 PM ^
October 1st, 2014 at 9:59 PM ^
who cares what there age is...just win...IF the program has positive momentum, we could hire a high caliber coach then. UM has everything in place except a winning atmosphere (last 10 years) to be a dominant school and an elite coaching job.
October 1st, 2014 at 9:46 PM ^
OSU will always be in OU's shadow! I live in the state and their are hardly any Cowboy fans to be seen, its a sea of Crimson and Cream. Sounds like a good reason to leave to me.
October 1st, 2014 at 9:54 PM ^
Idk how I feel about a dude who is 1-8 in a major rivalry ... then again Bedlam Series is the most lopsided rivalry I've ever seen...
84-17-7 in favor of the Sooners... seriously?
You would think the law of averages would make it even somewhat more even... Geeze even UM MSU isn't that lopsided... or even the Little Brown Jug...
October 1st, 2014 at 10:05 PM ^
IMO that is why what Gundy has done has been impressive. To recruit against OU is an uphill battle every year but he is doing a helluva job of taking leftover recruits in most instances and turning them into really good to great players. The last 4 years he only won the one game but it was a blowout and the 3 he lost were lost by a combined 18 points. I know a win is a win and loss is a loss but he is doing a great job for what he has to deal with.
October 1st, 2014 at 9:32 PM ^
October 1st, 2014 at 9:33 PM ^
Mike Gundy or Todd Graham
October 1st, 2014 at 9:34 PM ^
October 1st, 2014 at 9:34 PM ^
Tony Dungy
October 1st, 2014 at 9:34 PM ^
Greg Roman
Pep Hamilton
Want:
Les Miles
David Shaw
Possibles, depending on 2014 results:
Bronco Mendenhall
Greg Schiano
Lane Kiffin (lol)
October 1st, 2014 at 9:52 PM ^
A name that hasn't been brought up a lot but I've personally been pretty impressed with his track record at BYU. He's consistently put together very competitive and exciting teams. Would not mind Mendenhall at all!
October 1st, 2014 at 9:55 PM ^
I like Mendenhall as well but i guess he is really commited to BYU or so that is what people who think they know what he is thinking are saying.
October 2nd, 2014 at 2:16 AM ^
He's Mormon he isn't leaving.
October 2nd, 2014 at 8:58 AM ^
I don't think Mendenhall would want to leave either. He has BYU on the rise and they get to pick their own schedule every year. He's interesting to me, but I think it'd take a while for him to get it done here simply because we don't have the players to run his system.
October 1st, 2014 at 11:42 PM ^
October 1st, 2014 at 9:35 PM ^
No clue if we have any cahnce at him or if he is at all interested but he is the Falcon's OC and had a ton of success at Boise in the early 2000s and decent success at Arizona State before moving to the NFL. If not, then Harold Goodwinn, the Cardinals OC, Michigan Alum, brother of Jonathan Goodwin.
October 1st, 2014 at 9:42 PM ^
Craig Bohl or Beau Baldwin. Go find the next Tressel.
October 1st, 2014 at 9:50 PM ^
But coming up to coach at U of M and all the pressure that job commands, is as likely to cause one of these level of coaches to be a bust as they are to be the next Tressel
October 2nd, 2014 at 12:00 AM ^
October 2nd, 2014 at 8:16 AM ^
I think this hire is too important to roll the dice like that. I think we need to be aggressive in hiring a proven coach.
If we have to pay more to get a Harbaugh or Miles or Gundy, then let's do it.
We've had too many average to below average years to gamble on someone who's unproven at the D1 level.
The advantages these 3 coaches had in helping them succeed is that Tressel had previously been an assistant at OSU, Malzahn had previously been an assistant at Auburn and Kelly served as OC for several years at OU before becoming head coach.
They weren't totally new to those respective universities.
October 2nd, 2014 at 11:24 AM ^
Smaller program coaches that are truly excellent at what they do, should be able to replicate their success at a school with the resources and recruiting magnetism of a Michigan. Tress would be exhibit A.
Pressure is a function of W/L - overall and against your rivals - with some concession for the state of the program at the start of the tenure. Just win (or show improvement), and it's not an issue. If winning, there is pressure to maintain success, but not PRESSURE like Hoke has felt the last two seasons. The question isn't as much 'can they handle the pressure', as 'are they really excellent at what they do'. Coaching a big program like UM really exposes that.
October 1st, 2014 at 9:42 PM ^
Oh, you mean to coach? Butch Jones!
October 1st, 2014 at 9:44 PM ^
October 1st, 2014 at 9:44 PM ^
that is at least 40. Mike Gundy would be a fun choice.
October 1st, 2014 at 9:54 PM ^
October 1st, 2014 at 9:45 PM ^
PJ Fleck. He can bring the 'Row the Boat' mantra to Ann Arbor.
October 1st, 2014 at 9:45 PM ^
Excluding the Harbaughs and Miles:
1) David Shaw
2) Todd Graham
3) Teryl Austin
4) Gary Patterson
5) MIke Munchak
October 1st, 2014 at 9:57 PM ^
/s, maybe. I don't know.
October 1st, 2014 at 11:30 PM ^
David Shaw is just riding Harbaugh coat tails. He's never done it on his own.
October 1st, 2014 at 11:42 PM ^
This was said about Les Miles after Saban as well. I think once you get past 2 years after the last coach retired, saying someone is just riding coattails stops being valid. Shaw is now in his 4th year at Stanford.
That doesn't mean Shaw would be good at turning around a program which is what we need. He has never had to do it. Harbaugh did that. But maintaining excellence he can do. He is 11-2, 12-2, 11-3, and 3-1 probably headed to a 3ish loss season once again. Also recruiting has improved under Shaw vs Harbaugh.
He would bore us to death as an advanced version of Ferentz/Carr but I could see him as a 'safe' pick by a conservative administration if he ever wanted to leave Stanford.
October 2nd, 2014 at 9:01 AM ^
The only thing I don't like about Shaw he is somewhat stand-offish with the media at times just like Hoke. He seems to have that stubborn side on him. The Rose Bowl interview two years ago comes to mind where the lady said to him, "are you serious" as he walked away.
October 1st, 2014 at 9:51 PM ^
1. Craig Bohl
2. Jim McElwain
3. Pat Narduzzi
4. Butch Jones
I don't understand why people are so infatuated with Todd Graham. His team just gave up 62 to UCLA. Why not Jim Mora Jr?
edit: Jim Mora Jr also somewhere
October 1st, 2014 at 10:00 PM ^
I find it hard to believe/nor do I want to but a Narduzzi-type exchange wouldn't be the first time something like that happened with Michigan and where he's at now.
A reverse of this:
Fritz Crisler who coached Clarence Munn at Minnesota and then hired him as an assistant there, both came to Michigan in 1938. Munn left his assistant job at Michigan after 1945 and eventually took the job at MSU in 1947.
He went 71-16-3 at MSU. Their first coach who was worth anything and brought them into the Big Ten in 1953. They went from being a MAC-level program (in today's terms) to a Big Ten team under him.
Just kind of interesting.
October 1st, 2014 at 10:02 PM ^
If he didn't get to his dream job/alma mater Washington, what makes you think he will come to Michigan?
They were talking about Mora on the Herd this morning.. fairly nice comparison Cowherd made between UCLA and Michigan being very similar in their respective parts of the country.