Add Mike Norvell to the list

by **floridianstang** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:26 pm

Mike Norvell looks like a good target to go after.

"Mike Norvell (32) has coached at Tulsa, Pittsburgh, and Arizona State under Todd Graham. If the Mustangs aspire to hire a young coach who may ignite a new level of engagement from its fan base, Norvell could be a target. Graham has tabbed Norvell as the best offensive coordinators heâ€™s ever been around and thatâ€™s a strong compliment considering that Gus Malzahn and Chad Morris have each coached under Graham. Arizona State won the PAC-12 South last season and the team has done remarkably well academically, which could pique the interest of SMU officials. If the Sun Devils overachieve this season, Norvell will be big reason why and could be a hot name at seasonâ€™s end."

Right now, Morris, Beaty and this guy are in my top 3.

by **Treadway21** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:47 pm

Link?

by **sbsmith** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:55 pm

http://coachingsearch.247sports.com/Art ... s-31026537

by **LA_Mustang** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:00 pm

Interesting comments/questions....D is kinda harsh, but true.

Things candidates may want to rememberâ€¦

A. Baylorâ€™s rise to prominence, the new stadium at Houston, TCUâ€™s offensive philosophical change all affect recruiting.
B. American Athletic Conference opponents Memphis and Tulane are heading in the right direction.
C. Nobody should be overly concerned about conference opponents UConn, USF, Tulsa, and Temple. UCF and Cincinnati are the two heavyweights in the conference.
D. SMU has virtually zero social media presence. The program currently lacks the â€œcoolness factor.â€
E. Is there a talented quarterback on campus?
F. Is this a true major rebuilding job?

by **that's great raplh** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:09 pm

Agreed

by **mrydel** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:18 pm

LA_Mustang wrote:Interesting comments/questions....D is kinda harsh, but true.

Things candidates may want to rememberâ€¦

A. Baylorâ€™s rise to prominence, the new stadium at Houston, TCUâ€™s offensive philosophical change all affect recruiting.
B. American Athletic Conference opponents Memphis and Tulane are heading in the right direction.
C. Nobody should be overly concerned about conference opponents UConn, USF, Tulsa, and Temple. UCF and Cincinnati are the two heavyweights in the conference.
D. SMU has virtually zero social media presence. The program currently lacks the â€œcoolness factor.â€
E. Is there a talented quarterback on campus?
F. Is this a true major rebuilding job?

But isn't D the easiest to fix.

by **sbsmith** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:20 pm

LA_Mustang wrote:Interesting comments/questions....D is kinda harsh, but true.

Things candidates may want to rememberâ€¦

A. Baylorâ€™s rise to prominence, the new stadium at Houston, TCUâ€™s offensive philosophical change all affect recruiting.
B. American Athletic Conference opponents Memphis and Tulane are heading in the right direction.
C. Nobody should be overly concerned about conference opponents UConn, USF, Tulsa, and Temple. UCF and Cincinnati are the two heavyweights in the conference.
D. SMU has virtually zero social media presence. The program currently lacks the â€œcoolness factor.â€
E. Is there a talented quarterback on campus?
F. Is this a true major rebuilding job?

C. The way USF is recruiting they'll have everyone in the conference overly concerned next season
E. One, Matt Davis
F. Yes, the talent level is currently FCS caliber

by **gostangs** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:16 pm

Football has no cool currently. Basketball does - that is a help in getting football launched

by **Stallion** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:26 pm

its pretty amazing how much Coaching talent came through Tulsa in last decade
Gus Malzhan
Todd Graham
Norvell
Chad Morris
Herb Hand Penn St
Paul Randolph Assoc Head Coach ASU

and I know there are some others that followed Graham and Malzhan

Makes sense now they were so successful. All young guys too

by **CoxMustangFan** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:29 pm

If you do some research on him, you get excited fast. ASU is hoping they can hold on to him for at least another year or two. If you told me that SMU was 100% guaranteed to end up with Morris or Norvell, wow! Just wow!

by **floridianstang** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:44 pm

CoxMustangFan wrote:If you do some research on him, you get excited fast. ASU is hoping they can hold on to him for at least another year or two. If you told me that SMU was 100% guaranteed to end up with Morris or Norvell, wow! Just wow!

Barring being in a non P5 conference at the moment, SMU could be considered a solid job, just as good as TCU. Our current problems are solvable (attendance, academic reqs, facilities) and the upside is incredible (huge sports market, best recruiting spot in the country, visibility, Dallas is better than any other program's hometown in the state). We may as well be the best G5 job out there.

Stanford went from nobodies before 2007 to a CFP contender this year. It can be done with the correct coach in place and admin support. I think it can be done here and there are reasons to be optimistic from what we have seen in hoops.