All things about new staff here.
So far I have nothing
So far I have nothing
Coaching staff
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Doesn’t really have favorable previous comments and opinions from fans. I guess we just have to trust Gus on this one and not everyone can be superstar hires.
UCF confirmed:
Travis Williams DC
David Gibbs Co-DC
Herb Hand OL
Travis Williams DC
David Gibbs Co-DC
Herb Hand OL
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I hope our team gets re-evaluated and the depth chart gets shaken up. I rewatched the USF game and cant believe some of the guys on the field were considered our top DBs/LBs available. They were getting shaken out their boots by cow receivers..
I though last years defensive staff had a combined 200 years of coaching experience. Aren't Shannon and Martinez are grandparents? Corey Bell? Being around forever doesn't mean much to me right now.
Regarding Randy Shannon:
Today at 12:42 PM
Not a surprise at all as this was always the expectation, but hearing he has been informed he will not be part of the new staff. He is saying goodbyes and will stick around through tomorrow.
-Brandon Helwig
Publisher, UCFSports.com
Today at 12:42 PM
Not a surprise at all as this was always the expectation, but hearing he has been informed he will not be part of the new staff. He is saying goodbyes and will stick around through tomorrow.
-Brandon Helwig
Publisher, UCFSports.com
Point taken on shaking up the depth chat for sure. But not sure if you remember we had SO many injuries and opt-outs going into that game. On both sides of the ball. I think the entire team pretty much mailed it in after the Cinci loss so a lot of younger players got on the field due to injuries and op-outs.
What do we know from this point? Defense was horrible last 2 seasons. New DC and Co-DC will get this team going back in the right direction. Co-DC has a great record on take-away defenses. DC is an attacking defense philosophy guy. Expect improvements on this side.
Gus and the offense is still debatable. Not sure after watching some films on youtube on his offense on what we are going to get here yet. It's NOT going back to 3 yards per play and a cloud of dust. How much of a balance between run and pass is the question. I believe we have the offensive players on this team to put together a very productive offense if the scheme is good.
The team is going to be worked hard by new coaching staff. I have a better attitude now then I did coming off of a 6-4 team that looked horrible in the bowl game. I felt almost like I did in 2016 after losing the Care Bowl. To have 2017 results again would be a very pleasant surprise.
Gus and the offense is still debatable. Not sure after watching some films on youtube on his offense on what we are going to get here yet. It's NOT going back to 3 yards per play and a cloud of dust. How much of a balance between run and pass is the question. I believe we have the offensive players on this team to put together a very productive offense if the scheme is good.
The team is going to be worked hard by new coaching staff. I have a better attitude now then I did coming off of a 6-4 team that looked horrible in the bowl game. I felt almost like I did in 2016 after losing the Care Bowl. To have 2017 results again would be a very pleasant surprise.
Going to be tough for the entire staff to get A reviews this late
Gibbs is supposedly a good recruiter. wonder if Burnham gets to stay for DL
Read mention where Alabama was interested enough to interview him last year. Don’t know much else but on paper seems like a legit hire. Has to be an upgrade for us, seems every single hire has been.
Think we have already spent half the budget on assistant coaches
| Coach | Salary | $ 3,300,000.00 | % |
| Travis Williams | $ 600,000.00 | $ 2,700,000.00 | 82% |
| David Gibbs | $ 450,000.00 | $ 2,250,000.00 | 68% |
| Chris Dawson | $ 400,000.00 | $ 1,850,000.00 | 56% |
| Herb Hand | $ 300,000.00 | $ 1,550,000.00 remaining | 47% |
| $ 1,750,000.00 spent |
Awesome! Was curious about how we were looking. No matter how great Mahlzahn may be, managing the budget will be interesting.
I wonder if strength counts towards the assistant coaches pool? I think it is different.
Keep in mind, no OC needed though which usually gets paid out at a premium. That’s a big savings. Can prob hire a QB coach with passing game coordinator title to help out if needed.
2020 Auburn had 10 on field coaches, so far we have 3.
So I would assume we need to fill 7 positions with $1,550,000.
About $221k per coach to stay in budget
2021 UCF
2020 Auburn
So I would assume we need to fill 7 positions with $1,550,000.
About $221k per coach to stay in budget
2021 UCF
- Def Coordinator Travis Williams
- Co-Def Coordinator Chris Dawson
- Offensive Line Herb Hand
2020 Auburn
- Associate Head Coach/DL Rodney Garner
- Offensive Coordinator/QBs Chad Morris
- Defensive Coordinator Kevin Steele
- Co-Def Coordinator/Linebackers Travis Williams
- Co-Off Coordinator/Receivers Kodi Burns
- Tight Ends/H-Backs/Special Teams Larry Porter
- Offensive Line Jack Bicknell Jr.
- Running Backs Carnell Williams
- Defensive Backs Wesley McGriff
- Outside Linebackers Al Pogue
I live in Orlando and have no plans to move anywhere, but I think I honestly would never come here for vacation if I was from somewhere else lol.
I assumed the QB coach he mentioned would probably be the pseudo-OC.
Can't imagine Culpepper with the desire to hit the recruiting trail talking to recruits. He barely shows up at UCF events currently.
Blake Bortles would be interesting, don't think the Rams will keep him. But I don't think we have the time to wait and see. He probably thinks he can get another backup contract.
Surprised Gus doesn't have any former players that are available on offense.
I only would for the kids. Outside of that I try to go almost anywhere else.
I usually try to convince them to visit somewhere else if they are considering visiting from June-October . But Croots did like the theme park dinner being part of their visit schedule under Frost
Bortles would be a terrible coach 😂. He probably just wants to own a dive bar in San Diego
Culpepper lost his house and Restaurant at about the same time. He may need to pay some bills. That’s a motivator to do well. He didn’t really drink much in college so I doubt he’s sitting around getting drunk and high.
He's specific to football. We have another Director of Sports Performance for olympic sports.
I liked our last S&C coach. Our injury rate was really good. This new coach seems like an awesome hire too.
Option A:
If he goes over budget, he could pay for coaches out of pocket. Might be in Win Now mode with Gabriel.
Option B:
Maybe this is the core coaches that are expensive and the remaining coaches will be cheap, 200k range. Maybe give a chance to a local high school coach to pay it forward the way it happened for him. Maybe some graduate assistants, former players or guys from the FCS ranks.
