WMU rumored to be interested in Jay Harbaugh

There’s the family connection there, with Jack’s tenure as HC in the 80s.

And that’s it. I’ve long been a Jay defender/pro-Jay guy. But it seems a bit early for this kind of bump for him, to me. He’s still just doing position-coach work.

Not that I couldn’t see him going somewhere else. He could easily go somewhere to be an OC; I even think he might be next in line to be OL coach or even co-OC here if/when guys move on. But HC at 33 would be a big jump.

More power to him if there were really interest, though. But a classic rock DJ is not exactly going to get me too worried just yet. 

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Might not be now, but this is inevitable.  Much rather have great coaches who are in demand than crummy ones who aren’t.

Jay deserves a shot. The man has proved he can evaluate talent and coach.

So Jim Harbaugh's plan (or maybe it was Jack's) is becoming clear. Have a ton of kids and take over football at every level. 

Makes sense.  I wouldn't be surprised at all if there are some coaches poached off the staff this year, given the overall success and how much of it seems to be related to motivation and preparation. 

I think it most likely that Jay sticks around here and takes on a coordinator role, while one of the other guys takes a HC job somewhere.

As long as we’re talking coaching moves, Sam Webb just reported that Cinci has hired the OC from Louisville for head coach, which might make people breathe a bit easier about losing Minter.

*Edit: As others have pointed out, the guy Cinci hired was Louisville HC Satterfield. That’s why Sam also pointed out that Sherrone has previous coaching experience at Louisville as a GA. One door closes, another one opens…

Jaybaugh has done a great job at each responsibility he's had... He will have opportunities, no doubt.  I'm much more concerned with Minter leaving for Cinci... and recent reports are they're down to two candidates, Linquist from Buffalo and Lewis from Kent State.  

MAC coaching jobs tend to be stepping stones. It’s very hard to recruit for the MAC so that you can win without a few down years, which are enough to get you fired. I am sure that WMU is trying to repeat the PJ Fleck magic, give a young highly regarded assistant their first HC job, and at a D1 school. Does the AD have the competence to evaluate well enough? When you are hiring someone without HC experience some luck is needed. 
 

I am sure Jay would do fine, but Moore has more experience, and look at Michigan’s OL the last two years. In my non-expert view, he would be my first pick. He may get better offers.

It will seem more reasonable he will get a Coordinator Job first, but what do I know...

the so-called "report" is obviously 100% shinola.

that said, special teams coaches often turn out to be excellent head coaches, for lots of reasons...general organization skills, obviously, but also because you have to sorta be able to plug in guys that might otherwise be limited into places where they succeed.

also - just off the dome, i can recall that marv levy, john harbaugh, and bill belichick all cut their teeth as special teams coaches.  i seem to recall ditka starting out that way, too?  maybe?

Was it WRKR? Is that thing still around?

Hopefully he would have more success than gramps (25–27–3).

Jack was one of the "new coaches, new approaches [Ed.: same results]" AD house cleaning Western did in FB, MBB and hockey before the 1982 seasons. At least the FB tickets had Wendy's coupons on the back. so they weren't completely worthless. 

Tony Paul of the Detroit News first floated Jay's name as a possible replacement for Tim Lester at WMU in this tweet on 11/28.  I haven't seen any confirmation that they've had a conversation with him, but it wouldn't be a surprise.  https://twitter.com/TonyPaul1984/status/1597354917165142016

Michigan can pay him more than WMU can. He should be the OC or DC in waiting depending on which we lose first.