🏈 🔥 Hot Seat 2025 / Coaching Carousel: Golesh to AU, Kiffin to LSU.

[BamaFan334]

I'd be dammed if I let one man in Sexton have that much power in college football. NCAA should not allow that to happen. I'd break his knee before I allowed him to muscle me on a coach for my program.

 

[Justneedme81]

I'd be dammed if I let one man in Sexton have that much power in college football. NCAA should not allow that to happen. I'd break his knee before I allowed him to muscle me on a coach for my program.

Lol. Look at Penn State situation.....

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Like Golding, I have a difficult time seeing him as a HC. But maybe one of them, or both, will surprise me.

JMO but both are a sign of just how average coaching has become in college football. You have way more top schools than you do top coaches to fill the positions. The assistant pool is even worse.

 

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[Justneedme81]

Yassssss!

 

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[Scrape&Search1032]

So either Penn State never actually offered, or he just chose USF over them. Either way, Penn State is fucked.

 

[Krimson]

So either Penn State never actually offered, or he just chose USF over them. Either way, Penn State is fucked.

Nah they're waiting on CKD

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Like Golding, I have a difficult time seeing him as a HC. But maybe one of them, or both, will surprise me.

I think it's natural that we remember coaches from the last time we saw them regularly. Lupoi's work since leaving Bama in 2018 has prepared him for more:

California (2008–2011) Defensive line coach Washington (2012–2013) Defensive line coach Alabama (2014–2015) Defensive analyst Alabama (2016) Outside linebackers coach Alabama (2017) Co-defensive coordinator & outside linebackers coach Alabama (2018) Defensive coordinator & outside linebackers coach Cleveland Browns (2019) Defensive line coach Atlanta Falcons (2020) Defensive line coach & run game coordinator Jacksonville Jaguars (2021) Defensive line coach Oregon (2022– Present) Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach

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Same with Golding. Eight years as a DC in the SEC should give you a shot:

Delta State (GA) 2006

Tusculum (DC/DB) 2007-09

Delta State (DC/DB) 2010-11

Southeastern Louisiana (DC) 2012-13

Southern Miss (DB) 2014-15

UTSA (DC/CB) 2016-17

Alabama (DC/ILB) 2018-22

Ole Miss (DC/ILB) 2023-25

Ole Miss 25

For me, I had to guard against that in my work. I'd work with people and then we'd go our separate ways in the agency, sometimes for five, ten, fifteen years. Then, I'd either have them apply for something in my span of control, or I'd hear about them being promoted somewhere else, and I'd default to how I remembered them the last time they were near. As a check, I would always ask myself (and others in the hiring process), "Have you developed over the last X years, or have you languished? Is it fair to think that the other person hasn't developed?" It kept me grounded.

The "young" kids are moving up, and the old guys are moving along.

RTR,

Tim

 

[Justneedme81]

So either Penn State never actually offered, or he just chose USF over them. Either way, Penn State is fucked.

Nah AD is likely to get fired. I wouldn't be shocked if the president fire him and take over the hiring process. At this point, just hire Terry Smith and be done with it.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I'd add that Lupoi is 44, Golding 41. Saban was 43 when he took the Michigan State job.

 

[BamaFan334]

Now here's one I have been waiting to play out for years! Hartline has been the bedrock for Ohio State, especially their receiving corps. I personally feel this could have a Venables leaving Dabo kind of affect.

 

[Justneedme81]

 

[bamafan9201]

I agree that Hartline leaving Ohio State will have a large change to their team. Finally Bama's not the only team getting raided...Linguist seems to be staying for now. HE may still go to Oregon State but I think if Kane takes a job Bama has let him know he'd be tabbed as the DC more than likely.

 

[UAgrad93]

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[Justneedme81]

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Eh .... Shrug

 

[UAgrad93]

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I think it's natural that we remember coaches from the last time we saw them regularly. Lupoi's work since leaving Bama in 2018 has prepared him for more:

California (2008–2011) Defensive line coach Washington (2012–2013) Defensive line coach Alabama (2014–2015) Defensive analyst Alabama (2016) Outside linebackers coach Alabama (2017) Co-defensive coordinator & outside linebackers coach Alabama (2018) Defensive coordinator & outside linebackers coach Cleveland Browns (2019) Defensive line coach Atlanta Falcons (2020) Defensive line coach & run game coordinator Jacksonville Jaguars (2021) Defensive line coach Oregon (2022– Present) Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach

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Same with Golding. Eight years as a DC in the SEC should give you a shot:

Delta State (GA) 2006

Tusculum (DC/DB) 2007-09

Delta State (DC/DB) 2010-11

Southeastern Louisiana (DC) 2012-13

Southern Miss (DB) 2014-15

UTSA (DC/CB) 2016-17

Alabama (DC/ILB) 2018-22

Ole Miss (DC/ILB) 2023-25

Ole Miss 25

For me, I had to guard against that in my work. I'd work with people and then we'd go our separate ways in the agency, sometimes for five, ten, fifteen years. Then, I'd either have them apply for something in my span of control, or I'd hear about them being promoted somewhere else, and I'd default to how I remembered them the last time they were near. As a check, I would always ask myself (and others in the hiring process), "Have you developed over the last X years, or have you languished? Is it fair to think that the other person hasn't developed?" It kept me grounded.

The "young" kids are moving up, and the old guys are moving along.

RTR,

Tim

Experience wise they might be ready. I remember when Saban grabbed Golding from UTSA, it was with the plan of sending him up the coaching ladder, eventually, like Smart and Pruitt, to a head coaching spot. I never heard the same about Tosh... he was mostly brought in for his recruiting prowess. The time under Saban certainly helped him develop as a defensive coach, but he struggled at it... more so than any other DC under Saban from what I gather. Ironically. it was Golding who has had to step up and help him out on game days with the calls. I do agree his additional time under Lanning at Oregon has to have been beneficial to some degree.

I view them both a bit differently though... I think Golding will be the better head coach but he's also walking into a tougher situation... not that Tosh is walking into a good one. For different reasons though, I think both will likely struggle overseeing all aspects of a program. But, if they hire and surround themselves with the right people, they could very well prove me wrong. It obviously fell in on him (predictably), but I do have to remind myself at times, even Ed Orgeron won a national title.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Now here's one I have been waiting to play out for years! Hartline has been the bedrock for Ohio State, especially their receiving corps. I personally feel this could have a Venables leaving Dabo kind of affect.

IMO, Penn State should have offered him a solid deal. Or Fitzgerald.

 

[Justneedme81]

IMO, Penn State should have offered him a solid deal. Or Fitzgerald.

So who's Penn targeting now?