Major Applewhite named new UH Head Coach

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Re: Major Applewhite named new UH Head Coach

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We need to see his assistants. Hopefully Major has good pool of funds to use for hiring. Levine had terrible luck hiring an OC. I don't remember his first DC but Gibbs (now at TX Tech) was a good one. His first OC hire was a disaster. He told me that Nesbitt from SFA was his 7th or 8th pick after Kliff Kingsbury, Kennedy at A&M, Meacham, etc. Of course in year two he said that Meacham was his #1 pick all along. Meacham stayed one year and then he went with Travis Bush (a UTSA QB coach).

Herman got his pick of assistants and a good pool of $$ to hire his guys and that worked well.
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smupony94 wrote:@Joseph_Duarte
Houston BOR chairman @TilmanJFertitta says school expects defensive coordinator Todd Orlando to join Tom Herman at Texas

Houston has a defensive coordinator?
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I nominate Phil Bennett
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ponyinNC wrote:What I'd love to see (assuming Chad leaves next year) is the rivalry between young coaches in Applewhite and Riley. Both could stay at UH/SMU for 5+ years and really develop



If both stay 5+ years it'll be because they haven't won enough for a P5 school to want them.
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Stallion wrote:I nominate Phil Bennett

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They'd name Phil Bennet for sure if they really wanted to go ALL OUT!
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sbsmith wrote:http://footballscoop.com/news/uh-board-chairman-major-applewhite-better-win-9-10-11-games/


Fertitta is a piece of work
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CalallenStang wrote:
Fertitta is a piece of work



He sure is

http://www.espn.com/college-football/st ... gars-coach
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He's full of [deleted] too

now when he says Kiffen wasn't a "safe hire" I do believe they might have been put off by some of due diligence coming out of Tuscaloosa
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sbsmith wrote:http://footballscoop.com/news/uh-board-chairman-major-applewhite-better-win-9-10-11-games/


completely idiotic statement but I guess he assumes none of Houston's conference mates have any ambition about improving their programs...some of which just happened to beat Houston this year
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Stallion wrote:He's full of [deleted] too

now when he says Kiffen wasn't a "safe hire" I do believe they might have been put off by some of due diligence coming out of Tuscaloosa

It's not like Applewhite is a choir boy either.
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Re: Major Applewhite named new UH Head Coach

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Applewhite says he wants to be at Houston long-term, and that he expects better than winning nine games.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc ... /95355316/
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