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From SMUMustangs.com:

Morris Completes Football Staff
Accomplished Group Arrives On The Hilltop

Jan. 5, 2015

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Head Football Coach Chad Morris officially announced his new staff on Monday, Jan. 5.

Joining Morris will be coordinators Joe Craddock (Offense) and Van Malone (Defense), as well as assistant coaches Dustin Fry (Assistant Coach/Offensive Line), Keith Gunn (Assistant Coach/Defense), Jess Loepp (Assistant Coach/Defensive Backs), Claude Mathis (Assistant Coach/Running Backs), Archie McDaniel (Assistant Coach/Linebackers), Justin Stepp (Assistant Coach/Wide Receivers) and Bill Young (Assistant Coach/Defensive Line).

Full bios for the coaches are available on SMUMustangs.com.

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So will the special teams coach be one of these guys in a dual capacity?

RGV Pony wrote:So will the special teams coach be one of these guys in a dual capacity?

Beat me to it!

I think we have a Spanish prof for that.

The responsibilities will be divided up and shared by the staff.

I do not love that.


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I'm confused by the staff assignments. While not always the case, in the past, more experience in a given field, typically lends itself to higher "level" positions. Yet, it seems the responsibilities here, have little, if any, bearing on what these coaches are doing.

There's a coach that's been around longer than most of the guys combined, who's an assistant. A 3x head high school coach that's looking after the running backs, and a guy with barely any experience who's the offensive coordinator.

What am I missing?

skurtn wrote:I'm confused by the staff assignments. While not always the case, in the past, more experience in a given field, typically lends itself to higher "level" positions. Yet, it seems the responsibilities here, have little, if any, bearing on what these coaches are doing.

There's a coach that's been around longer than most of the guys combined, who's an assistant. A 3x head high school coach that's looking after the running backs, and a guy with barely any experience who's the offensive coordinator.

What am I missing?

Cajones to put those pieces together? I kid.

Only thing I can think of... is recruiting.

CM is the offensive coordinator, don't kid yourself. He brought along his helper from Clemson and gave him a title.

The blind leading the blind.

smusic 00 wrote:I think we have a Spanish prof for that.

Then we are doomed!

Was there not much money left to hire assistants? Is this staff costing as much as all of JJ's buddies did?

Or what's the # of coaches allowed to be on a staff? Didn't they say the budget was bugger for assts and CM took a smaller base to add to that pool?

RGV Pony wrote:Or what's the # of coaches allowed to be on a staff? Didn't they say the budget was bugger for assts and CM took a smaller base to add to that pool?

That was to get Jeff Scott. He got the promotion at Clemson, so he didn't come. In theory, the money is/was still there, it's just not being fully utilized.