After all of the CC threads, I was very surprised that there has only been one mention of Doc Holliday. I personally like keeping track of unbeatens in college football and when Marshall was 4-0 I started to get curious. So I looked up there coach and started some research. Now that they are 7-0, I thought that this would be threadworthy. I am gonna break this up into a couple different categories similar to how Ron Utah has done his in the diaries(which are good reads). The categories are: Coaching Background, Offense, Defense, Special Teams, Recruiting, and likeliness of him coming here and staying.

Coaching Background:

West Virginia(Part 1):

He started off at West Virginia under Don Nehlen, who was a QB coach at Michigan, as a Wide Receivers coach. He did that for 7 years and moved to the defense to coach the Inside Linebackers. Then he went back to Receivers and then was promoted to Assistant Head Coach. He coached the three top career and single-season reception leaders in school history and 8 of the top ten players in both categories.

NC State:

He coached in Raleigh for four years as an Assistant Head Coach and receivers coach. During his time here he coached three of the top 8 recievers in school history. Notice the pattern here.

Florida:

You guys may not like this but Holliday coached under Urban Meyer from 2005-2008 as an Assistant Head Coach, safeties coach, and recruiting coordinator.

West Virginia(Part 2): 

Almost hired as the head coach after Rich Rod left to coach somewhere, he was hired as the Assistant Head Coach, tight end coach, fullback coach and recruiting coordinator.

Marshall:

Where he is now, he has been the coach from 2009-Present.

Offense:

Easily Hollidays strong suit, besides maybe recruiting. His teams can put up points and fast.

Here are his average rankings for yardage per game so far at Marshall:

47th TOTY/G = 435 Yds

40th PY/G = 265 Yds

60th RY/G = 170 Yds

But what about scoring? 

Well, here you go:

2010:

20.8 PPG = 108th

2011:

22 PPG = 106th

2012:

40.9 PPG = 9th

2013:

43 PPG = 7th 

2014(thru 7 games):

47.4 PPG = 2nd

This averages out to the 46th best Points per game. That is about 33 Points per game which is enough to win every game. 

He runs a spready offense, but at this point I think we all would take someone who can win, it doesn't matter if he runs the triple offense, just score more than the other team.

Defense:

The iffy spot of this guy, his defenses, have been above average but again not great. 

He has had the 

71st best pass yardage defense, the 

65th best run yardage defense, and the 

68th best total yardage defense. 

That averages out to 

237 pass yards,

163 rush yards, and

411 total yards.

Now points wise, his teams have averaged the 66th best defense in the country, which this year would be good for 27 points per game. Again, with his offense, enough to win.

Special Teams:

An average special teams coach, this is by no means "Beamer Ball" but I do not think we would have to worry about counting the players on the field. 

Over his career at Marshall, his punt team has averaged 42.8 yards per punt. 

They have averaged 9.2 yards per punt return. Michigan averages 7.8 right now. 

And they have averaged 22 yards per kickoff return. Michigan averages 19 right now.

So, a downgrade in the punting game but an upgrade in the return game. Plus I would imagine that Norfleet is better than what he can get at Marshall.

Recruiting:

Doc Holliday is known for being a pretty outsanding recruiter. He has won the recruiting award for his area a bunch and has pretty good ties down south. He pulled together some pretty good classes at Florida and West Virginia. Here are his recruiting class rankings from rivals:

2010:

#71

1 ****, 8 ***.

2011:

#55

18 ***

2012:

#68

1 ****, 10 ***

2013:

#58

3 ****, 8 ***

2014:

#63

11 ***

2015:

#79

4 ***

To get these consistent classes at Marshall is pretty impressive. He is not in a recruiting hotbed which some small schools are and he is at a school that is not intriguing.

He has averaged the 66th best class, that is consistent and an average class. He has gotten 5 four stars over six years. He has also averaged 10 3 ***s per class. Again these are pretty encouraging. At Michigan, there are a handful of kids that fall in love with Michigan no matter who the coach is. It seems like Holliday would do well enough here.

Likeliness of him coming/Staying:

I think if he was offered the job of a big time school i.e. Michigan, He would accept. However, he has only coached down south and has spent most of his time at West Virginia so I would say there would be a 40% chance of him coming if we offered. He only makes 600,000 a year right now so of we offered him 3 mil. I couldn’t see him turning that down. Also, if WVU ever came offering, I could see him spurning Michigan for that opportunity.

So overall, I really like Doc Holliday. He has gotten consistent results with worse players. Is he the best option? No. Should he be considered? Definitely. He has a lot of the things you look for in a quality coach.