Coaching Carousel 2019

[arrowryan]

Per Prister on the podcast, Daronte Jones seems to be the favorite to become to the new DB coach.

 

[texbender]

A name I haven’t heard in awhile. One of my favorite defensive players during his time at ND.

Good for him!

Yes, I was hoping that it was the same Anthony Weaver from ND. I think he had a decent career at went to Pros for a few years (Ravens?).

 

[Bishop2b5]

Freddie Roach, who has been Ole Miss's DL coach for the last three years, has recently been promoted by Lane Kiffin. The NY Giants reportedly were interested in hiring Roach, a former Alabama All-SEC player and staff member at Alabama. Both Giants coach Joe Judge and Kiffin worked with Roach at Alabama.

Roach decided to stay at Ole Miss. Ole Miss had just announced on Saturday that Roach would be remaining with the program as part of Lane Kiffin’s new staff with the titles of assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator in addition to being the defensive line coach.

With current Bama DL coach expected to move into the assistant athletics director for football, Roach interviewed for the Tide's DL coaching job on Monday and is expected to accept the position.

Roach officially accepted the job at Bama today.

 

[yankeehater]

Todd Graham has accepted the head coaching job at Hawaii.

 

[Luckylucci]

Sounds like Long might be going with him.

 

[Irish#1]

I love how you go directly to the best case scenario.

Thee ol' pot calling the kettle black. lol

 

[beryirish]

Per Prister on the podcast, Daronte Jones seems to be the favorite to become to the new DB coach.

https://fightingirishwire.usatoday.com/2020/01/21/notre-dame-close-to-hiring-new-db-coach/

Earlier this month Todd Lyght left his post as a Notre Dame assistant coach, leaving an opening on the coaching staff.

That spot remains open as of this posting but according to SI’s Irish Maven, that job may not be open much longer.

Former Cincinnati Bengals cornerbacks coach Daronte Jones is said to have recently been on campus to go through a formal interview and the SI report goes on to say that Jones met with multiple players and that “it is looking like he could very well be the ultimate choice”.

Now to your next question: who the heck is Daronte Jones?

If you’re a fan of people who bet on themselves you’re going to love the story of Daronte Jones.

Jones played football at Morgan State and began his climb to be an NFL assistant coach right after.

The bottom of that climb began coaching high school football in Louisiana before spending time in the collegiate Division II ranks at Lenoir-Rhyme and Bowie State.

From there he had a one-year stop with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL before taking a job on the Hawaii coaching staff.

Jones spent three seasons in Hawaii before joining the Wisconsin staff in 2015.

From there he made the leap to the NFL, serving as an assistant defensive backs coach with the Miami Dolphins in 2016 and ’17.

Jones then took the cornerbacks coach job with the Bengals previous to 2018 and spent the last two seasons there.

Regardless of if Jones is ultimately hired onto Brian Kelly’s staff at Notre Dame or not, it’s already a successful tale of a young coach betting on himself and making an incredibly steep climb.

South experience
Hawaii experience
Big Ten experience
NFL experience

 

[irishff1014]

Todd Graham has accepted the head coaching job at Hawaii.

Best coaching job ever!! Get paid to move to Hawaii. Hell yea

 

[PANDFAN]

Sounds like Long might be going with him.

maybe the nice weather and maui wowie will chill him out a bit

 

[dublinirish]

Todd Graham has accepted the head coaching job at Hawaii.

5th job in 15 years

 

[Me2SouthBend]

https://fightingirishwire.usatoday.com/2020/01/21/notre-dame-close-to-hiring-new-db-coach/



South experience
Hawaii experience
Big Ten experience
NFL experience

Any info on his recruiting chops?

 

[NDdomer2]

https://fightingirishwire.usatoday.com/2020/01/21/notre-dame-close-to-hiring-new-db-coach/



South experience
Hawaii experience
Big Ten experience
NFL experience

i thought i saw he was a grad assistant at UCLA for a season too

 

[NDMIA]

Couple of notes, John Lilly was officially not retained (aka fired) two days ago. Christian Parker’s season finished on Sunday with the packers and Darante Jones I believe has been done for a while now. I’d love to know what is taking so long to get these guys on board. Whoever they may be as hires. I heard it mentioned on the BGI Podcast that it’s becoming a timing issue where the days of recruiting and offering kids in person is dwindling to 7-8 days left and there’s nobody recruiting cornerbacks or tight ends right now. That’s a big big problem. Quinn is locking in visits for the spring right now and Elston’s out offering half of North America and nothing is really happening with Tight Ends (in a good spot with Berrong tho) and Cornerbacks. Hopefully we hear something soon cause this is getting concerning if the ND staff simply skips an entire recruiting period (January) without having a CB or TE coach on staff. They won’t be able to bump into recruits again until April which would be too late for some prospects

 

[StPaul_Irish]

Couple of notes, John Lilly was officially not retained (aka fired) two days ago. Christian Parker’s season finished on Sunday with the packers and Darante Jones I believe has been done for a while now. I’d love to know what is taking so long to get these guys on board. Whoever they may be as hires. I heard it mentioned on the BGI Podcast that it’s becoming a timing issue where the days of recruiting and offering kids in person is dwindling to 7-8 days left and there’s nobody recruiting cornerbacks or tight ends right now. That’s a big big problem. Quinn is locking in visits for the spring right now and Elston’s out offering half of North America and nothing is really happening with Tight Ends (in a good spot with Berrong tho) and Cornerbacks. Hopefully we hear something soon cause this is getting concerning if the ND staff simply skips an entire recruiting period (January) without having a CB or TE coach on staff. They won’t be able to bump into recruits again until April which would be too late for some prospects

They just offerd another TE out of FLA didn't they?

 

[NDMIA]

They just offerd another TE out of FLA didn't they?

Jury is still out on whether ND wants two TE’s or one. Bowers and Trigg are both being recruited by Elston so I think they’re able to play TE if they want but I think they’re more DE recruits right now. We’ll see when the new TE coach comes in. It’s not so much just recruiting one TE or two a year but John Lilly could help grab multiple dudes in other position groups because of how talented of a recruiter he is.

 

[Luckylucci]

Couple of notes, John Lilly was officially not retained (aka fired) two days ago. Christian Parker’s season finished on Sunday with the packers and Darante Jones I believe has been done for a while now. I’d love to know what is taking so long to get these guys on board. Whoever they may be as hires. I heard it mentioned on the BGI Podcast that it’s becoming a timing issue where the days of recruiting and offering kids in person is dwindling to 7-8 days left and there’s nobody recruiting cornerbacks or tight ends right now. That’s a big big problem. Quinn is locking in visits for the spring right now and Elston’s out offering half of North America and nothing is really happening with Tight Ends (in a good spot with Berrong tho) and Cornerbacks. Hopefully we hear something soon cause this is getting concerning if the ND staff simply skips an entire recruiting period (January) without having a CB or TE coach on staff. They won’t be able to bump into recruits again until April which would be too late for some prospects

Not true. Ceyair Wright will have gotten two visits, including one by BK. Jordan Hancock will be getting at least one visit from BK. McCutcheon and Daylan Carnell will get a visit. Berrong will get at least one visit. Trigg was offered as an ATH but wants to play offense. And this is what we know of as of Wednesday.

 

[Irish#1]

South experience
Hawaii experience
Big Ten experience
NFL experience

Recruiting experience?

Edit: Disregard, ME2 already asked.

 

[NDMIA]

Not true. Ceyair Wright will have gotten two visits, including one by BK. Jordan Hancock will be getting at least one visit from BK. McCutcheon and Daylan Carnell will get a visit. Berrong will get at least one visit. Trigg was offered as an ATH but wants to play offense. And this is what we know of as of Wednesday.

It’s harder to have a top 5 class with a 9 man staff than 11 is what I’m saying and January is a super important month for those “bumps”. They’re definitely recruiting TE’s and CB’s but they don’t have position coaches recruiting them right now which is an issue. Not enormous issue but an issue nonetheless. Ceyair Wright visiting ND and getting two visits shows his value to the staff which is awesome cause I love him as a prospect.

 

[Pops Freshenmeyer]

Couple of notes, John Lilly was officially not retained (aka fired) two days ago. Christian Parker’s season finished on Sunday with the packers and Darante Jones I believe has been done for a while now. I’d love to know what is taking so long to get these guys on board. Whoever they may be as hires. I heard it mentioned on the BGI Podcast that it’s becoming a timing issue where the days of recruiting and offering kids in person is dwindling to 7-8 days left and there’s nobody recruiting cornerbacks or tight ends right now. That’s a big big problem. Quinn is locking in visits for the spring right now and Elston’s out offering half of North America and nothing is really happening with Tight Ends (in a good spot with Berrong tho) and Cornerbacks. Hopefully we hear something soon cause this is getting concerning if the ND staff simply skips an entire recruiting period (January) without having a CB or TE coach on staff. They won’t be able to bump into recruits again until April which would be too late for some prospects

IIRC, when Notre Dame hired Van Gorder it was known for a week or two before they made it official. The explanation about the delay was that in the wake of the O'Leary fiasco ND did extremely thorough background checks on hires.

 

[Luckylucci]

It’s harder to have a top 5 class with a 9 man staff than 11 is what I’m saying and January is a super important month for those “bumps”. They’re definitely recruiting TE’s and CB’s but they don’t have position coaches recruiting them right now which is an issue. Not enormous issue but an issue nonetheless. Ceyair Wright visiting ND and getting two visits shows his value to the staff which is awesome cause I love him as a prospect.

This also isn’t true. They have the two other staff members on the road.

 

[NDMIA]

IIRC, when Notre Dame hired Van Gorder it was known for a week or two before they made it official. The explanation about the delay was that in the wake of the O'Leary fiasco ND did extremely thorough background checks on hires.

Thanks for that. I forgot about that

 

[NDMIA]

This also isn’t true. They have the two other staff members on the road.

Lol you’ll take the 2 GA’s or analysts on the road over potentially John Lilly and Christian Parker? It’s not the same as the real TE or CB coach. It’s definitely effective for getting the ND name into high schools and stuff but if the analyst or GA bumps into the actual recruit it’s great but it’s not the same as the guy who’s going to be speaking to them on the phone on a weekly basis and coaching them at their position potentially in the future.

 

[Luckylucci]

Lol you’ll take the 2 GA’s or analysts on the road over potentially John Lilly and Christian Parker? It’s not the same as the real TE or CB coach. It’s definitely effective for getting the ND name into high schools and stuff but if the analyst or GA bumps into the actual recruit it’s great but it’s not the same as the guy who’s going to be speaking to them on the phone on a weekly basis and coaching them at their position potentially in the future.

I find it funny you are Lol'ing at me when you can't keep your facts straight. It started with, we aren't recruiting DB's. Then....What I meant was, we only have 9 guys making visits. Lastly....I mean, a hypothetical DB coach is way better than a GA.

This is where you realize you are complaining just to complain. If Bk was busy making the hire, he wouldn't be visiting all these top prospects, and then you'd complain about that.

The staff is out in full force with overlapping visits to top players. Sending a GA instead of a DB coach along with BK, Lea, Del, etc. is not having an impact. Just like not having an OC had no impact on closing the last class. "Look, we want to make the best hire possible for you and your future, in the meantime we're sending the whole squad out for ya to show how important you are." And it's clearly working as the early returns from the road have been really good.

 

[stlnd01]

Sounds like Long might be going with him.

He worked for Graham at Arizona State, yeah?
I know being fired for general assholery has its consequences but I’d have thought could’ve landed a better job than Hawaii. The guy interviewed for Bama’s OC job last year, was getting mentioned for HC jobs not that long ago and all things considered he got pretty good results for us.

 

[317Irish]

He worked for Graham at Arizona State, yeah?
I know being fired for general assholery has its consequences but I’d have thought could’ve landed a better job than Hawaii. The guy interviewed for Bama’s OC job last year, was getting mentioned for HC jobs not that long ago and all things considered he got pretty good results for us.

Maybe professional references play a large role in hiring college coaches? I agree and wonder why Long isn’t being considered by more teams. I know scheme would exclude him from consideration from some schools, but there seemed to be quite the variety of openings this year where some might have pulled the trigger on him.

 

[Armyirish47]

Maybe professional references play a large role in hiring college coaches? I agree and wonder why Long isn’t being considered by more teams. I know scheme would exclude him from consideration from some schools, but there seemed to be quite the variety of openings this year where some might have pulled the trigger on him.

I think what stands out about that is the contrast between his possibilities and the opportunities that were potentially available to one Tommy Reesus, all blessings be upon us, with exactly one game of playcalling experience under his belt.

 

[Bluto]

He worked for Graham at Arizona State, yeah?
I know being fired for general assholery has its consequences but I’d have thought could’ve landed a better job than Hawaii. The guy interviewed for Bama’s OC job last year, was getting mentioned for HC jobs not that long ago and all things considered he got pretty good results for us.

I’d rather live and work in Honolulu than Tuscaloosa. Then again, Long probably doesn’t shred as hard as I do so...

 

[zelezo vlk]

Ah man, you really can't just be doing that

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: GVSU’s new member of the football coaching team suspended after comments to school newspaper saying the way Adolf Hitler “was able to lead was second-to-none”. GV promising a “thorough investigation”. <a href="https://twitter.com/WOODTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WOODTV</a> <a href="https://t.co/SptzRhZfD0">pic.twitter.com/SptzRhZfD0</a></p>— Leon Hendrix (@LeonHendrix) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeonHendrix/status/1221842627840172032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The coach's own quote lol

This is probably not going to get a good review, but I’m going to say Adolf Hitler. It was obviously very sad and he had bad motives, but the way he was able to lead was second-to-none.

 

[Luckylucci]

Berger > Bartelson for bonehead of the week.

 

[fightingirish26]

Berger > Bartelson for bonehead of the week.

haha wouldn't go that far