Art Briles signs 10-year Extension with Baylor
I think not OT, as it relates to Michigan's staff: he and his coordinators have been mentioned (by some on this site) as potential replacements for Borges (and/or Hoke), but it looks like Briles at least isn't going anywhere. I wonder if his offensive staff will look to make a leap somewhere else, since there is seemingly no way to get promoted now while staying at Baylor.
November 14th, 2013 at 10:06 AM ^
It is a private school so we don't really know anything about it. There may be a buy out clause but most contracts are not such a big deal for the coach if he wants to leave. The new school (say Texas) could come up with the money and hire him. I don't know if Michigan would be willing to come up with the cash. I know they can but I don't know that they have the will.
I think this will help recruiting because he can say he is there long term but unless he just loves the town this is not a destination job.
November 14th, 2013 at 10:08 AM ^
from what Hoke wants to run, the idea that any of Briles's assistants would find a natural fit in Ann Arbor is more than a little far-fetched.
November 14th, 2013 at 10:23 AM ^
In that Baylor actually has a functioning offense?
November 14th, 2013 at 10:29 AM ^
Ba-Zinga.
November 14th, 2013 at 10:36 AM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 10:37 AM ^
I've been beating the drum for Art Briles for a long time. Ain't gonna happen here. Briles is a Texas guy thru and thru.
But former Briles' assistant Dino Babers is tearing it up at Eastern Illinois. There are a number of teams in the midwest area that could use a good offense. The Briles' scheme does indeed use Power, and the QB doesn't have to run a lot.
November 14th, 2013 at 10:50 AM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^
Of course, ND once hired a high school coach (Gerry Faust) and it backfired horribly. Football is football, but things like recruiting, motivating and managing a roster are very different.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:41 AM ^
I was at the first game ND played us with Faust at the helm in '81. They were ranked #1 but we won pretty convincingly 25-7.
I can't think of another HS coach who has jumped directly to a head coaching position with a Division 1A/FBS team.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:17 AM ^
I don't think anyone thinks that all lower division and HS coaches are bad or that there aren't potientially good coaches in those ranks, but it is definitely a riskier option than hiring a known D-I coach. I wouldn't down play the adjustments necessary when making the leap in quality. Running an AQ D-I program is going to be a different animal than running a smaller D-II or HS program. Doesn't mean some people can't do it (obviously Harbaugh did, as did Tressel), but there is an element of the unknown when promoting coaches from smaller ponds.
November 14th, 2013 at 10:56 AM ^
This does not necessarily mean Briles isn't going anywhere. A school that is interested enough will pay his buyout. All it really guarantees is that he gets a raise.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:07 AM ^
Yeah, my first thought when I saw this was that size of buy-outs mean a lot more than length of extensions.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:36 AM ^
This sounds like ad copy for Viagra. Or is it Extenz?
November 14th, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
It's all about the girth of the contract.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:41 AM ^
coaching stops in his career. They're all in Texas. He's a Texas born and raised and I doubt that he'll leave the state of Texas.
November 14th, 2013 at 12:38 PM ^
I agree that he probably isn't going anywhere for awhile longer. I'm just saying that a contract extension for a coach is not really that binding. You can always get out of it if you want to leave.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:36 AM ^
"We've got a lot of bridges to cross. We feel like we're in the infant stages of our program, without question," said Briles, who turns 58 next month. "That's what makes it exciting."
I have to admit that I sort of admire the attitude that he has about this, taking Baylor on as if it were a project of sorts, because it seems like it was when he got there. If he is the sort of person who enjoys this sort of challenge, then it would take a lot to get him away from there, I would think. Taking underperforming programs and turning them into competitive entities takes a special skillset above and beyond football, and it seems like a lot of those folks like to see their efforts come to fruition somehow. That being said, you don't often see 10-year extensions - that's a big vote of confidence.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:37 AM ^