Silly Assistant Coach Season begins today

[AuburnLegacy_1]

It is Black Wednesday for college football assistants across the country a the portal has closed.

Gus/UCF is in a bit of quandary. Any major coaching moves should be made today. However, UCF starts school Monday and has at the very latest till Friday to sneak kids in under the guise of "late admissions." (See Lee Hunter, 2021).

In other words, UCF has about 10 days (12 days max) to issue five scholarships before school starts or else it will have to go through spring practice without a full complement of players.

So if Gus makes coaching changes today, the guys who have done a piss poor job of defensive portal recruiting will be doing NO defensive portal recruiting. And the guys Gus brings in to replace them won't be able to have any impact before school starts.

Does Gus make moves today? Does he wait till Jan. 15? Does he wait till the contract year runs out Jan. 31 (to save money)? Whatever Gus decides will be revealed this month as early as today.

IMO there's never a wrong time to time the right thing.

 

[Central Floridave]

In Gus We Trust.

 

[lawknight]

Gene Chizik was just let go at UNC..Kick the tires ? I worry cause his Defenses have been bad at UNC though.

 

[rainman614]

Gene wasn't bad as a DC when he was at UCF either. He was just upset when the school didn't give him the HC position after Coach K was let go.

 

[AuburnLegacy_1]

A new name for defensive coordinator.

Toledo's LB/DC Vince Kehres, son of former Mount Union head coach Larry Kehres, the winningest coach in college football history.

Vince was his father’s defensive coordinator for seven years. He replaced his father as head coach in 2013. In six seasons, his Purple Raiders were 95-6 (.941) and won a pair of Division III national titles. Kehres was a part of 12 of Mount Union’s 13 national championships in some capacity.

Vince Kehres has done masterful work at Toledo. His bio spells it all out. He makes $230k.

This is the crazy part:

"Kehres was hired by Toledo as defensive coordinator in 2020. His salary is $230,000. (Head Coach Jason) Candle so valued Kehres that the head coach took a $50,000 pay cut to give the money to the $180,000 base pay for Kehres. Candle and Kehres coached together at Mount Union under Larry Kehres."

Sean Lewis leaves Kent State for Colorado, how about Vince Kehres as replacement? – Terry Pluto

Now the defensive coordinator at Toledo, former Mount Union coach Vince Kehres deserves to be a candidate for the Kent State head coaching job.

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Kehres' bio

Vince Kehres - Football Coach - University of Toledo Athletics

Follow on Social Media Instagram: @vincekehres Twitter: @vkehres Vince Kehres is in his fourth season as Toledo’s defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.

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[AuburnLegacy_1]

If UCF is serious about shoring up its run defense ...

Drop Erie Sims and make this guy the Run Game Coordinator, and Co-DC.

Maurice Crum Jr. - Football Coach - SMU Athletics

Maurice Crum Jr. joined the SMU staff in January of 2023 and serves as the Mustangs' linebackers coach and run game coordinator. Crum arrived on the Hilltop after

smumustangs.com