Lance Thompson as a potential linebackers coach?
Saw this in some of the press down here. A brief synopsis: Lance Thompson was the linebackers coach at Alabama under Saban and also handled a lot of the recruiting (Julio Jones, etc). He left to join Tennessee's staff for the chance to work under Monte Kiffin. Currently, he is out of a job. Any thoughts? Here are a couple of links:
http://blog.al.com/bamabeat/2009/10/uts_lance_thompson_if_id_have.html
http://blog.al.com/kevin-scarbinsky/2010/01/scarbinsky_lance_thompson_t…
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday
January 15th, 2010 at 11:41 AM ^
Saban - Defense - Recruiting - check, check, check. Sign, seal, and deliver this mofo. I had a feeling RR would have a good lot to pick from with all this coaching firing/hiring fiasco going on right now.
January 15th, 2010 at 1:06 PM ^
I live in Knoxville and hear alot of UT sports coverage everyday. I hope we can get this guy. He is a monster recruiter. I hope he is a good position coach, but his rep is that he is an uber-level recruiter. I really hope we can land Lance Thompson.
January 15th, 2010 at 11:43 AM ^
But he would definitely be a good hire. Has some great credentials and if we can get someone to further recruit the south it doesn't hurt. Between signing day and the coaching search plenty of surprises in store I think.
January 15th, 2010 at 11:44 AM ^
Please send all HR inquiries and suggestions to [email protected]. Thanks.
January 15th, 2010 at 11:50 AM ^
If he doesn't pan out, I'd like to see Terry Tate at least get interviewed for the job.
January 15th, 2010 at 12:15 PM ^
Terry would definately keep people on their toes within the football offices.
January 15th, 2010 at 12:22 PM ^
I think WOTS is that Mark Synder will most likely be our LB coach. Not certain, but that's what I've read on several sites. Still plenty of possibilities, but we'll see what happens. Hopefully resolved by no later than end of this week.
January 15th, 2010 at 12:41 PM ^
(Football scoop) and (rivals) are hearing South Florida co-defenisve coordinator / linebackers coach David Blackwell is a candidate to fill the Michigan linebackers job.
I don't think Thompson will go big ten as he is from the southern area. Would love to see Corwin Brown come and split backers DC title with Greg R.
January 15th, 2010 at 1:17 PM ^
Brown had a terrible defense at ND when he was the sole coordinator two years ago. He was demoted to co-coordinator last year and the defense still sucked. He is a great recruiter but I'd take a pass on him as a coach.
January 15th, 2010 at 1:56 PM ^
Don't see the need to add him to our staff
January 15th, 2010 at 2:27 PM ^
Lance Thompson isn't coming here:
TomVH
RT @TomDienhart: Jim Chaney, Kippy Brown, Lance Thompson figure to be retained by Dooley, may bring Stan Eggen,Terry Joseph and Tom Spangler
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