Louisiana Football Coaching Search

[no1cajunfan]

https://footballscoop.com/news/highe...-database-2021

Looks like BN is top 7 of all the G 5 coaches with his 2 mill salary. He’s paid higher than all coaches in CUSA,mac,Mwc, sun belt and top 7 in aac. Money won’t be a problem offering the new coach what he should want

[Rainman66]

I think the other thing that Coach Napier stint has shown is that just winning is NOT enough to get attendance. He won at historic rates, never lost to a SBC West opponent and it wasn't enough.

The truth is, people don't just want winning, they want exciting offense. Coach Napier is a grinder and so are his teams. He puts A TON of value on ball protection, be it from a QB, RB or WR. Think back, did the offense turn the ball over much in his tenure? Maybe the first 1.5 years, but after that, not very much at all.

Does this play into Dr Maggards equation, I am sure it does, but to what extent, only he knows.

[Rainman66]

Does anyone think Bill Clark could be an option from UAB?

[cajun4life]

Whoever it is, I just hope they keep Desormeaux on staff.

If he wants to be a HC at the college level he must get experience outside of UL.

[CoolCajun123]

Probably not. He has a successful program at UAB and he is making $1.6M. His next move will be P5

[Tripple Threat]

That was my question. Keeping the process going would seem like the way to go, but I guess we’ll see soon enough!

[Rainman66]

Probably not. He has a successful program at UAB and he is making $1.6M. His next move will be P5

That is what I thought, but his name has been extremely quiet this coaching go around. At 52 years old, his window for a P5 job may be closing.

[JMV JustMyView]

Think Rich Rodrigues will apply?

Yes.

[Rainman66]

Whoever it is, I just hope they keep Desormeaux on staff.

It will be interesting to see how a new coach coming in, evaluates the current staff. This is our first experience with having an extremely successful staff to choose from. Desormeaux, Leger and Juluke all have great Louisiana recruiting ties, but looking at positions, RB has been by far our most productive position. I would think Juluke is the most coveted, and wouldn't be surprised if he is on the short list for an assistant coach job at LSU for whomever they hire

[CoolCajun123]

My prediction is he will be at Auburn or FSU after their coaches fail.

[JMV JustMyView]

I am not sure we want Golding, unless he REALLY wants to be a HC. He is currently making $1.5M at Bama, so we would need to pay him more than that and he has no HC experience.

Jeff Banks at Texas is interesting. Sark brought him along from Alabama and is paying him $1M as the Special Teams coach. So he has coached at TAMU, Bama and now Texas.

Lebby makes some sense, but he is probably going to be on OU's radar now, as well.

Coach Napier didn't have head coach experience and from what I understand that is not a pre requisite for the job.

[JMV JustMyView]

Whoever it is, I just hope they keep Desormeaux on staff.

He will be.