Potential DC's

[ozfan]

No DC will be able to immediately over come our lack of size, speed, strength and talent on the D side. Unfortunately, this will all take time, luck and some great recruiting. Our only hope for next season is that the O remains potent and can win some games despite the D being over matched.

More proof positive that Morris recruiting was being overrated by you know who. 3 years with little to no improvement, and a largely bare cupboard, on the defensive side of the ball.

Morris was slick, gotta give him credit.

Ehh... I think that's more of an indictment of Texas HS football than it is of CM's defensive recruitment. Defense in Texas HS football straight sucks. Almost all the best players are moved to offense. We can produce the occasional skill players but for the most part there isn't a single school that uses Texas as it's main recruiting base with a consistently good defense. TCU tends to be the best in most years and even they really aren't all that great.

You are mostly right about that. Texas does produce some good defensive backs and sometimes an LB in the NFL but defensive linemen from Texas that played their university ball in the Southwest is few and far between. Ed Oliver will be the next but it has been a long time between drinks. Looking at the Texas HS stats the larger high school are throwing the ball more and running less, so interior defensive linemen are not developed in any quantity. New coaches might have to go out of state to get good interior defensive linemen.

[Rebel10]

1. Pete Golding DC/CB, UTSA - The roadrunners have the #2 Overall Defense in FBS, behind only Alabama.
"Golding has tutored six All-Americans during his 10-year coaching career, including 2012 FCS Defensive Player of the Year and 2013 second-round National Football League draft pick Robert Alford, who was a cornerback under Golding during his senior season. Meanwhile, 18 players at Delta State were named to the All-Gulf South Conference and All-South Region teams during his tenure, while six Tusculum defenders received All-South Atlantic Conference accolades."
http://goutsa.com/coaches.aspx?rc=728&path=football

2. Terry Price, formerly Texas A&M Defensive Ends coach.
http://12thman.com/coaches.aspx?rc=795&path=football
"An excellent recruiter, Price was named a Rivals.com Top 25 recruiter in the nation in 2014 and 247 Sports.com named Price the No. 12 overall recruiter in the country the same year. Price has brought 5-star DL talent such as Myles Garrett (2014), Daylon Mack (2015) and Justin Madubuike (2016) to Aggieland."

3. Lance Guidry HC/DC, McNeese St.
Currently serving in both Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator positions.
http://www.mcneesesports.com/coaches.as ... h=football
"Guidry spearheaded a defense that ended the season ranked No. 1 in the FCS in rushing with a school and Southland Conference record 54.5 yards per game allowed. That average is also ranked as the seventh-lowest amount allowed in the history of the FCS.

4. Chad Walker, previously OLB at Arkansas.
Has previous DC experience.
http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/coache/chad-walker/
"With Walker at the helm of the defense, the Bulldogs finished 7-4 in 2010 with the two biggest wins in school history over Fordham and No. 25 Robert Morris. Bryant led the Northeast Conference (NEC) in pass efficiency defense and third down defense, while ranking second in the league in turnovers gained. The Bulldogs also returned four interceptions for touchdowns on the year. Walker guided safety Max Machado to Northeast Conference Defensive Rookie of the Year honors, while cornerback Samad Wagstaff and linebacker Jason Riffe, who led the league with seven sacks, were All-NEC selections."

5. Jason Washington, Texas Recruiting Coordinator and CB Coach.
http://texassports.com/coaches.aspx?rc= ... h=football
"Throughout his career, Washington has coached seven players who have reached the NFL. At UH, Washington was also the Cougars’ special teams coordinator.
Washington helped the Houston defense to a national ranking of 14th during the 2016 regular season. The Cougars had five defensive touchdowns and allowed just 22.6 points per game. CB Howard Wilson led UH with five interceptions, returning one for a touchdown. Houston’s defense totaled seven interceptions and 49 pass breakups"

BONUS: Possible Special Teams coach, cause we sure as heck need one:

Jeff Banks, formerly of Texas A&M:
12thman.com/coaches.aspx?rc=790&path=football

Golding or Guidry would be good choices imo. Or get someone from TCU.

[ozfan]

Anybody remeber the name Art Kaufman, did not coach this year used be dc at TT, Cincy and Cal. Hmm

[JasonB]

Is the lack of ability at LB potentially solved by a simple change of scheme?

Dykes has said himself that he is willing to adjust his schemes to fit his personnel and he just came from TCU. If we hire a 4-2-5 guy and our transfer from A&M pans out then it seems to me that all he has to do is find one more playmaker. Is that a possible solution?

The 4-2-5 relies on the "star" position. We haven't found that fit yet. Mitchell wasn't quick enough to cover. You have to have someone big enough to play run and quick enough to cover. A safety hybrid almost. McQueen might end up being that guy, but we have struggled at that spot. Mitchell made a lot of plays but he was a liability in coverage.

[footballdad]

No DC will be able to immediately over come our lack of size, speed, strength and talent on the D side. Unfortunately, this will all take time, luck and some great recruiting. Our only hope for next season is that the O remains potent and can win some games despite the D being over matched.

More proof positive that Morris recruiting was being overrated by you know who. 3 years with little to no improvement, and a largely bare cupboard, on the defensive side of the ball.

Morris was slick, gotta give him credit.

Ehh... I think that's more of an indictment of Texas HS football than it is of CM's defensive recruitment. Defense in Texas HS football straight sucks. Almost all the best players are moved to offense. We can produce the occasional skill players but for the most part there isn't a single school that uses Texas as it's main recruiting base with a consistently good defense. TCU tends to be the best in most years and even they really aren't all that great.

Myles Garrett.......2017 #1 overall pick......Arlington Martin

Solomon Thomas.....2017 #3 overrall pick......Coppell

Jamal Adams.........2017 #6 overall pick.......Hebron

Yeah, serious lack of D talent in Texas. All 3 within 20 miles of HIghland Park!

[CA Mustang]

Anybody remeber the name Art Kaufman, did not coach this year used be dc at TT, Cincy and Cal. Hmm

Please no. He was bad at Cincinnati and a disaster at Cal.

[Alaric]

NFL caliber interior d lineman and cornerbacks are born with the talent. Sure that talent has to be cultivated but you'll never coach up someone to do the job who wasn't born with the natural talent.

[peruna81]

Price is staying put in Aggieland.

ANYONE that will teach and recruit corners that giving 10 yard cushions off the LOS will be an improvement.

[MV pony]

The LA Ragin Cajuns just hired Billy Napier as their head coach. If that school has the clout/money for this hire, we should be able to get a decent D.C.

[leopold]

http://cruathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc ... h=football

Here's a an outside-the-box candidate. Been at MHB for a while, and done a helluva job, but it may be too big of a jump for him.

Larry Harmon, DC, Mary Hardin-Baylor
"Larry Harmon is in his 15th season as UMHB’s defensive coordinator after spending three years coaching the Cru secondary. During his tenure as defensive coordinator, the UMHB defense has ranked among the nation’s best in total defense, scoring defense, rushing defense and pass efficiency defense. The Cru has also broken every major school defensive record since Coach Harmon joined the UMHB coaching staff. Under Harmon’s direction, the Cru defense has produced ten AFCA All-Americans and 11 ASC Defensive Players of the Year. Last year, The Cru led the ASC in total defense, scoring defense, rushing defense and interceptions and tied for second in sacks. UMHB also led the nation in rushing defense in 2006. In addition to his defensive coordinator duties, Coach Harmon also works with UMHB’s kick return and kick coverage teams."

[ponypatrick]

Of course most assistants are on 1 year deals so Van could be one being interviewed.

Out of respect for the prior staff (if they earned it or not) I would expect that any leftovers get interviewed. Even if you know you have no intent of hiring them or already have someone else lined up.

The "teflon" coach in every respect ! So glad to have coach Dykes !

[redpony]

IIRC Dykes mentioned that he would basically have a full staff after his game on the 20th. It might mean that VM is not the DC and Dykes wants to keep him interested until after the bowl game.
I hope SD realizes that he needs not only some really good coaches, especially on the D side but also stud recruiters who will appeal to hs. prospects.

[mrydel]

He has kept the defensive coaches because we need them to coach in the bowl game. You can only have 10 coaches on your staff so he cannot hire any others until he can get rid of some of the current staff. He may or may not keep some of the current defensive guys but his hands are tied until after the 20th.

[redpony]

ok- hadn't thought of it in that light.

[SMUer]

NFL caliber interior d lineman and cornerbacks are born with the talent. Sure that talent has to be cultivated but you'll never coach up someone to do the job who wasn't born with the natural talent.

If that were true, you’d have NFL scouts on elementary school playgrounds.