2010 Football Coaching Candidates

[ShowDog]

_ Plus he built the program that Terry Bowden is living off of right now.The other thing I like is that he is seeing what it takes to build a program at Mississippi State. _

He's already probably making 2 to 3 times as much $ as Bustle

[Phant]

Mark Hudspeth - passing game coordinator Miss St. - not something I would want on my resume based on this year's results

Dana Holgorson - offensive coordinator OK St. - only if Gunter Brewer comes as OC(the Man behind the OSU Offensive Curtain)

Ed Orgeron - USC- best drive by shooting potential, will instantly turn the LSU faithful into a skillet full of frenzied flopping fish, the players would love him, and we would have a dominant D

Jim Leavitt - former USF HC - no comment

Jeff Bower - Former USM HC - solid, but may lack the fire that will be needed to fight the fights that need fighting to turn this thing around

Terry Bowden - HC North Alabama - I imagine that he has learned much from his past, he is probably one of our best choices if we can afford him, but he will move on to bigger and better things at the first hint of success

Tommy Bowden - ditto
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[BirdofParadise]

_ Not to try and pick a fight, but have you ever heard of Jim Tressel? _

Yep. Very much the exception to the rule.

If you're going to do an apples to apples comparison, Steve Roberts would be a better example.

[Clutch0364]

_ He's already probably making 2 to 3 times as much $ as Bustle _

no he's not

[cajuns2]

I am surprised not to hear more about Joe Deforest, Associate Head Coach @ OK State and Cajun Alumni, mentioned thus far. I may have missed it!

What about David Cully or Tyke Tolbert? Both are now in the NFL and have had prior coaching experience here.

[CajunT]

_ He's already probably making 2 to 3 times as much $ as Bustle _

$195,000

[CajunNation]

What scares me is that I keep hearing Orgeron is #1 on the list and I have no idea why. This is a very pivotal hire for this program, I'd rather not see this guy get the job.


igeaux.mobi

Orgeron would not be my #1 pick, however.........

IF Orgeron could deliver a young, upstart, hot shot, O.C. like Dawson at SFA....couple that with Orgeron's recruiting mastery......that is a recipe for BIG TIME football in Cajunland.

[CajunProud]

I have said it before, and I will say it again. If Orgeron is the next head coach, I will NEVER, repeat, NEVER, set foot in Cajun Field again. I don't care how much he wins, he has been an albatross wherever he has gone. You have to stand on principles at some time in your life, and I refuse to give anymore to UL football if he is the hire.

[RaginWaldo]

in regards to Terry Bowden at North Alabama, this is an impressive bio.

"Coach Terry Bowden has compiled a career record of 111-53-2 as a head coach and would rank among the top 12 active Division IA head coaches, with an astonishing winning percentage of 68%. Terry Bowden started his coaching career by building two programs from the ground up. At 26 years old, the youngest head college football coach in the country, he turned around an 0-9-1 Salem College team by winning the WVIA Conference Championship in just his second season, and then repeating as Conference Champions the next year.

Bowden moved on to Samford University, a team that had won a total of just six games in their previous three seasons, going 9-1 in his first season, and setting many national records. He then engineered their move from Division III non-scholarship football all the way to Division I-AA, and within two years was competing for the national championship.

Terry Bowden then became the youngest head college football coach in the country again, when at age 36 he took over at Auburn University. Winning his first 20 straight games, an astonishing feat in the SEC, Bowden went on to win 73% of his games at Auburn.

After a 10 year career broadcasting college football for ABC, ESPN, and Westwood One, as well as writing for Yahoo! Sports and Rivals.com, Coach Terry Bowden has gone back to his passion – coaching college football. As the new head coach at the University of North Alabama, Coach Bowden has joined an elite football program with a proven staff, committed to winning championships."

Also Leavitt and Bower would be impressive hires if we could get them

[CajunNation]

To those of you discounting Hudspeth and pushing Terry Bowden......

In his first six seasons at UNA, Hudspeth has posted the best record of any previous Lion head coach in their first seven years – leading the Lions to a 66-20 mark

That of course includes Bowden AND Larry Blakeney for that matter.


http://www.mstatesportsblog.com/about-mark-hudspeth/