illini80
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Same here with Weber. Both my kids were in Champaign those years. Classy guy whether you like him as a coach or not.
Football Coaching Staff / Coaching Carousel Thread
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Dren1
- Glenview, IL
Control the narrative!
Interviews have taken place/are taking place this week....Miles Smith will almost certainly not be the DB coach.
DrewD007
- Woodridge, IL
Rod Smith was hired January 19th last year. Just let it play out.
I think it's possible he gets the DC title but not the play calling duties.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Garrick McGee was fired on December 23rd.
Hardy Nickerson was let go on October 29th.
It's a different sort of delay this time. May not matter to the eventual outcome, but it's a different thing.
SampsonRelpenk
- Edwardsville, IL
This is what I don't understand about the situation. Why can't Lovie just be HC/DC? Why would the title go to someone else if he's the one doing the job?
$$$ Gil or whoever gets the title will have a higher salary based on the title.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
The title is a valuable tool to entice a coach to take the job. Being a "coordinator" is a big deal on a resume in a coaching market where jobs change all the time. That's why so many schools have nine million "co-coordinators".
No matter who is calling the defense, we want to dangle a "coordinator" title with at least one of our open spots.
Which is why simply giving it to Byrd would be so underwhelming to me. We have a P5 DC title with tons of money attached to it. Gotta try to use that to your advantage and pull in a nice upgrade.
Every time Lovie has had to make a decision on a hire, when we found out how it was it has been impressive (at least at the time of the announcement) and it has been late. The job posting closed recently. Because of HR rules, we must maintain the integrity of the process. I am sure there are good people still waiting.
Rodriguez was also fired Jan 2nd, atypical, and we were lucky rod smith was available.
True. And Rod was a great hire. However, “availability” in college football coaching is not really a thing, as pretty much every coach is “available” to some degree. Money, promotion, and opportunity talk. It’s why Miami and Maryland were able to take a huge chunk of the Alabama offensive staff.
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
I know it's arbitrary but if Illinois doesn't hire a DC and fill out the other positions by the end of this week, I'll wonder if there is an issue. Feels like the staff is punting on a lot of valuable time to connect with local coaches and areas being targeted for recruiting.
Not terribly worried about the coaching hires and Lovie has been incredibly busy and successful on recruiting and transfer front. We have a DC title to offer (Lovie likely calling the D), and coaches are moving every which way right now. We still have what looks to be 3 pretty good recruiters out there selling the brand and the new hires won't take much longer.
And the job posting closed recently and approval from the board takes longer than most universities
illiniCA
- DC Area
Have any of the coaching candidates ever leaked? It seems like Lovie does a good job keep things quite
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Mike Phair is going to be my guess and now that Indy has been eliminated from the playoffs it will be announced this week.
I'd love that. Not sure I think it will happen though.
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
I think Indy defense was too successful this year for him to go anywhere. Really picked up second half of year. Reich is stable also.
No way I'm hiring someone who has never even been an NFL assistant.
Phair ain't leaving a stable nfl job for a college job isn't a huge fan of recruiting.
Indy's Offensive Line was way too successful for Dave DeGuglelmo to go anywhere... what's that they fired him today after his O-Line lead the league only allowing 18 sacks?
I get that Reich is an offensive coach, so Phair might feel a little more safe, but having been hired by McDaniels might have him looking over his shoulder.
Good point. I forgot he was hired as part of mcdaniels staff. That was a weird situation last year. Ol, dc, and phair were the three hired before Reich. Ol gone after vast improvement. If DC stays, I’m guessing phair stays but ??? ptsviius relations with dc and GM
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