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Nebraska - Matt Ruhle grade A. Great success at Temple and Baylor. Has NFL experience.
Wisconsin - Luke Frckell - grade A+. Got into BCS @ Cincinnati. Has B10 experience from OSU.

Georgia Tech - Brent Key (alum, assistant at Alabama , interim coach) - grade B
ASU - Dillingham Oregon OC - grade B. Only 32. No HC experience. ASU alum. Major major stretch.
Auburn - Hugh Freeze Liberty - grade D. One good season at Ole Miss. Fired for using escorts services during recruiting trips.

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Freeze had 27 wins vacated at Ole Miss. His actual record was 7-6, 8-5, 9-4, and 5-7 for the years 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016. Definitely not just one good season.
 
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For what it’s worth, Tulane announced that Willie Fritz will be staying on as Tulane’s coach. He had apparently been a candidate for the GA Tech job.

Not sure the timing of whether Fitz decided to stay so Tech decided to hire the interim or if Tech decided to hire the interim so Fitz decided to stay.

Either way, he apparently doesn’t see anything else enticing opening up this season, and is going to stick around in NOLA where he’s got a pretty good thing going.
 
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Although the list is long, Dilfer is one of my most despised TV analysts. I believe it stems from hating on the Bears so much several years ago.

Just a quick search of Max Preps shows Lipscomb to be pretty dominant(25-1 in the prev 2 seasons).

I don't know the historical success rates of jumping from HS to G5-FBS but it can't be that high.
 
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Although the list is long, Dilfer is one of my most despised TV analysts. I believe it stems from hating on the Bears so much several years ago.
He’s been one of Justin Fields’ biggest cheerleaders ever since the Bears drafted him.

Weird hire for UAB. That’s a strong C-USA program moving up the the AAC, recently made a big financial commitment to its facilities, likely on its way to its 5th bowl in the last 6 years with the only miss being due to COVID. Hasn’t had a losing season in 7 straight years. In a recruiting hot bed. Only reason the coaching job was open was due to a health issue.

In short, that’s the type of program a young up-comer would love to have in order to launch himself to a big time P5 job. You’d have thought they’d have a nice selection of P5 coordinators to choose from as candidates.
 
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ask Gerry Faust
some surprising names.... but almost all had some "steps in between". meaning not straight from HS HC to college HC like Faust. Malzahn's was proabably the fastest. A lot of recently-graduated-players that have to hang up the cleats but still want to be around the game often start off in HS in some capacity, and end up in the college ranks in some way, shape or form; high profile and low profile jobs

 
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skyIdub

Winged Warrior
After the coaching carousel is my guess
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Mr. Tibbs

southeast DuPage
Bob Zuppke did pretty well jumping from Oak Park High to Illinois but things might have been different over 100 years ago.
I lived in River Forest after college - in the early to mid 1980's. Right at Lake, 1/2 block west of Harlem.
I used to run around the cinder track at OPRF and up and down the bleacher stairs. I think Zuppke was coaching there when those facilities were built.
Otherwise , a pretty classic place. Great history in that area
 
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Mr. Tibbs

southeast DuPage
geez, imagine being a U of Cincinnati football fan. EVERY time there then coach has 2-3 decent years, hes gone. Happens every 5-7 years
 
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Illini2010-11

Sugar Grove
geez, imagine being a U of Cincinnati football fan. EVERY time there then coach has 2-3 decent years, hes gone. Happens every 5-7 years
Sign me up for that if it means that there is a lot of winning.

I mean look at our previous coaches...seems like 5-7 years of a coach and maybe one good year (though I am sure Coach B will break that string).
 
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Mr. Tibbs

southeast DuPage
If it means that there is a lot of winning, it must not be all that bad.

I mean look at our previous coaches...seems like 5-7 years of a coach and maybe one good year (though I am sure Coach B will break that string).
oh, I'll take their history over ours the last 20 years any day
but it must be so frustrating knowing that your coach is ALWAYS looking for the bigger better deal.
 
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