December 11th, 2013 at 8:18 PM ^
Who is Bryan Harshin?
December 11th, 2013 at 8:49 PM ^
That is easily the greatest thing I've ever seen.
December 11th, 2013 at 9:16 PM ^
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December 11th, 2013 at 10:11 PM ^
who doesn't google before asking some dumb question these days?
December 12th, 2013 at 1:42 AM ^
It's douchey when someone does it to a legitimate question that's not readily searchable. However, in this case, all you need to do is google a name and MAYBE add something like "football coach" and you'd find plenty.
December 12th, 2013 at 9:37 AM ^
I agree. I just think in this situation, the person is clearly looking for more than a wikipedia entry on the guys coaching past. Yes, I can look up and see he was with Boise, then Texas, etc, but obviously theres more too him. Was he considered the guru of Boise's offense? How good was Boise's offense those days? Did Texas offense improve under him? These are things that googling might not tell you as quickly, but maybe, i don't know, someone on a football blog might?
December 12th, 2013 at 7:18 AM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 8:21 PM ^
Boise's OC during the Kellen Moore years, spent a couple of years at Texas as co-OC with Applewhite and this past season as head coach of Arkansas State. Arkansas State is the big loser here, Harin is the 3rd guy in a row (Freeze & Malzahn before him) to leave after 1 season. I guess to get the best candidate possible they can market the position as a platform for better jobs.
December 11th, 2013 at 8:22 PM ^
So Ark State's senior class next year will be on its fourth head coach in four years? Crazy.
December 12th, 2013 at 9:56 AM ^
Narduzzi to Arkansas State.....
December 11th, 2013 at 8:19 PM ^
Nice to have a qb alum as hc.
December 11th, 2013 at 8:38 PM ^
That's who you are talking about, right?
December 11th, 2013 at 8:21 PM ^
Solid hire. Kind of sucks for Ark State that they can't keep a coach for longer than a year, though.
December 11th, 2013 at 8:22 PM ^
Here is their story - (LINK)
"The 37-year-old Harsin, who will leave Arkansas State to return to his alma mater, succeeds Chris Petersen who left Boise for Washington last week. Harsin compiled a 7-5 record in his one season at Arkansas State, and led the Red Wolves to a berth in the GoDaddy Bowl."
He played QB at Boise State and was an assistant on the staff for close to a decade, so he is coming home. According to the article, the next coach will be Arkansas State's fifth in about three years too.
December 11th, 2013 at 8:26 PM ^
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December 11th, 2013 at 8:42 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 8:44 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 8:43 PM ^
Arkansas State is going to put a wicked buyout on the next HC contract.
December 12th, 2013 at 1:56 PM ^
Harsin had a 1.7 M buyout in his contract. The buyout was only effective if he left before 1/14/14 IIRC.
December 11th, 2013 at 8:47 PM ^
He has won everywhere he has been. EMU actually hired a guy with a good track record of success instead of a position coach. People thought Dino Babers was the guy, but apparently it is Creighton.
December 11th, 2013 at 8:58 PM ^
In before Todd Graham to Arkansas State.
December 11th, 2013 at 9:00 PM ^
It makes you wonder why so many people consider Pat Narduzzi such a hot head coaching candidate. Narduzzi's resume does not compare to Harsin's, and nationally, Harsin is a bigger name.
December 11th, 2013 at 9:16 PM ^
Not to mention he's had an excellent run as OC at BSU and UT, the guy's got history and knows what made BSU successful.
December 11th, 2013 at 9:26 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 10:00 PM ^
I hope Arkansas State hires me for a year. How much does it pay?
December 11th, 2013 at 10:02 PM ^
When did that happen and how, exactly?
December 11th, 2013 at 10:16 PM ^
December 12th, 2013 at 10:00 AM ^
I'm Ron Burgundy?
December 11th, 2013 at 10:15 PM ^
I get why some might think "poor Arkansas State, 3rd guy in 3 years" but all 3 years have ended in a conference championship, so there are worse situations they could be in.
December 12th, 2013 at 5:58 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 11:53 PM ^
Now he just needs to bring Kellen Moore back as OC.