Va. Tech hires Scot Loeffler as OC
Soft landing for Scot after a tough year in Auburn.
Va. Tech has hired former Auburn asst. Scot Loeffler as Hokies new OC, a source just told CBS.
January 14th, 2013 at 6:58 PM ^
That's a pretty safe move for Va Tech. Not very exciting, but safe.
January 14th, 2013 at 6:58 PM ^
Glad he landed on his feet. Va Tech is a fine program. His year at Auburn might not have been the best indicator of his ability, since that program was a train wreck last year. Hope he's able to put up big enough numbers to be considered for OC at Michigan when Borges decides to hang it up.
January 14th, 2013 at 10:29 PM ^
I would love for him to land back in Ann Arbor. I remember this being QB university. He had something to do with that. I hope he does well and then finds his way back home.
January 14th, 2013 at 11:21 PM ^
This was QB University? I don't remember that...
I remember having good pro-style QBs complemented by strong RB play...but QB University?
BYU?
January 15th, 2013 at 12:28 AM ^
I'm pretty sure almost every quaterback who started for michigan over an almost 20 span eventually drew a check in the NFL. Suit yourself, but I take no issue in proclaiming us as QB-U.
Here's 1990-2013:
Elvis Grbac
Todd Collins
Scott Dreisbach
Brian Greise
Tom Brady
Drew Henson
John Navarre
Chad Henne
Ryan Mallett
*Steve Threet*
*Nick Sherridan*
*Tate Forcier*
Denard Robinson
Devin Gardner
*Exceptions (of course).
Also I think safe to say both Denard and Devin will eventually make it into the NFL
January 15th, 2013 at 9:46 AM ^
January 15th, 2013 at 1:09 PM ^
Harbaugh
Elvis Grbac
Todd Collins
Scott Dreisbach
Brian Greise
Tom Brady
At least 3 maybe even 4 were starting at the same time. (Harbaugh, Grbac, Greise, and Brady)
Dreisbach was a legit bench warmer but Collins saw a lot of action for a backup.
January 14th, 2013 at 6:58 PM ^
Seems right down Beamers alley....run the ball and play tough D. Surprised he got ath VT job after the dumpster fire down in Auburn.
January 14th, 2013 at 7:06 PM ^
Loeffler was our QB coach and (de facto) passing game coordinator. I'm not sure he's really a ball-control guy. At Auburn, he may not have had the freedom to do what he wanted.
January 14th, 2013 at 7:24 PM ^
He's a run-first OC:
"I don’t know what pro-style is anymore. Whenever you watch pro football on Sundays, you're seeing empty, you're seeing three (receivers on one side of the formation) by one (on the other side). You still see some two-back. I don't know what pro football is. I don't know what spread football is. What everyone's trying to do is simply this: they’re trying to find a way run the football. If you can run the football, it sets up your play-action game, and if you've got a run game and a play-action game, it forces the defense to be on their heels on first and second down.”
With his emphasis on running the football and protecting the defense, I think Loeffler is a good fit for Virginia Tech. Beamer Ball is back?
January 14th, 2013 at 8:35 PM ^
This is an A+ quote. So true on so many levels.
January 14th, 2013 at 7:00 PM ^
solid hire.
January 14th, 2013 at 7:01 PM ^
Congratulations to Mr. Loefler. VT is getting a good representative for its school and program. I wish him the best of luck in all games he coaches unless it is ever against us.
January 14th, 2013 at 7:11 PM ^
DO YOUR THING SCOT!!!
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Players coached
Loeffler has served as position coach for a number of prominent players over his career. Loeffler was the college quarterbacks coach to future NFL Draft picks Tom Brady, Tim Tebow, Brian Griese, Chad Henne, Drew Henson and John Navarre. The players have started over 300 regular-season NFL games and garnered a combined four Super Bowl rings as pros.
January 15th, 2013 at 10:37 AM ^
I know Brady has three of those rings, but which guy has the fourth? Obviously, none of them as a starter.
January 15th, 2013 at 3:09 PM ^
Griese must have been the backup (or 3rd string) on the second Broncos Super Bowl team.
January 15th, 2013 at 3:11 PM ^
He won one with the Broncos.
They had some guy named Elway, but he was on the team. But can't knock Brian, he was a Pro-Bowler in his career, many people don't know that.
January 15th, 2013 at 3:28 PM ^
Was the 3rd-string QB win they beat Atlanta in Elway's swan song. [EDIT: Sorry, hadn't refreshed the page in a while, so I didn't see that 2 folks beat me to the punch until after I posted.]
January 14th, 2013 at 7:25 PM ^
Many have jumped the bandwagon, but if he turns VT's horrible offense into something, I'd be all for Loeffler returning to Ann Arbor.
I saw VT 3 times this year in Blacksburg, Logan Thomas was horrible and the offense was even worse. If he can turn it around, I'll be driving the bandwagon for SL's return.
January 14th, 2013 at 7:41 PM ^
More than anything this serves as evidence how truly broken and incompetant the entire staff at Auburn must have been. There must have been a lot of sandbagging in the interview on Loeffler's part to be able to nab this job (even though he has the pedigree).
January 14th, 2013 at 7:45 PM ^
January 14th, 2013 at 8:07 PM ^
This is a pretty good move by Virginia Tech and this program and its personnel and far more suit Loeffler and the run-first style that he seems to favor in his OC stints. In 2011, Temple finished seventh, I believe, in rushing yards in 2011 and 39th in scoring offense, which provides some evidence that Auburn simply was not a fit given the situation and personnel (especially when it was a transition from Malzahn's offense). He's also worked with some pretty good QBs, as we are well aware, and the diverse resume undoubtedly helps too. This last year, Virginia Tech was 79th in rushing offense and 81st in total offense - but I think he'll have the tools and freedom to do good works with the offense in Blacksburg. Good luck to Scot.
January 14th, 2013 at 8:19 PM ^
he recruits well and he can develop talent.
January 14th, 2013 at 8:42 PM ^
January 14th, 2013 at 9:57 PM ^
I seriously doubt it.
January 14th, 2013 at 10:12 PM ^
Certainly they'd take him, but they've got a RB in this class and they've been trying to get a top back in the area that is in the '14 class.
VT is out of the picture.
IMO Auburn is the only comp.
January 14th, 2013 at 8:52 PM ^
Looking forward to seeing Scot at Lane. I was at their FSU and UVA games this year and man was the offense hard to watch. I think with injuries on O-line and loss of Coale and David Wilson they didn't have many chances to score.
January 14th, 2013 at 9:08 PM ^
I bet a dollar he coaches at Michigan at some point in the future.
January 14th, 2013 at 9:20 PM ^
I'll take a Michigan grad to coach my alma mater any day.
January 15th, 2013 at 4:29 PM ^
by this time next year. May be a great guy, but he is an awful OC. This will be the hire that gets Beamer canned.
January 14th, 2013 at 10:13 PM ^
January 14th, 2013 at 11:23 PM ^
Go Blue, Beat Ohio...
(misplaced reply to another post...have placed reply correctly)
Beat Ohio!
January 15th, 2013 at 10:50 AM ^
Let's see what he does in a vey average ACC.
January 15th, 2013 at 11:01 AM ^
Interesting to note, for those who don't know, that it was Loeffler, who Lloyd Carr picked, over Jim Harbaugh, to coach QBs... and I think this eventually was the emotional fire that caused Harbaugh's quote about our academics.
Ask yourself, if Harbaugh came here as QB Coach... don't you think he'd have eventually been the head coach, and that this past lost decade wouldnt have been lost?
January 15th, 2013 at 12:21 PM ^
This is a great fit for Loeffler and VT. I think this should breath new life into them offensively.