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Report: Former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino emerging as top candidate for Texas A&M OC opening
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Texas A&M is in search of a new offensive coordinator following a very disappointing 2022 campaign on that side of the ball. According to college football insider Chris Hummer, one candidate to be the new OC: Bobby Petrino. That’s right, the former Falcons, Louisville, Arkansas and Western Kentucky coach who is now at Missouri State. Here was Hummer’s scoop on the situation:
“Missouri State HC Bobby Petrino has emerged as a candidate in Texas A&M’s offensive coordinator search, sources tell @247Sports. He’s expected to interview with the Aggies in the coming days.”
So the 61-year-old Petrino could be heading back to the SEC for the first time since he crashed and burned at Arkansas in 2011. Don’t doubt him, though. Petrino has been able to put up points at seemingly every stop through his career.
Not too long ago he developed Lamar Jackson into a Heisman winner. Could he do similar things with access to Jimbo Fisher’s recent recruiting hauls? We’ll see.
Of course, that wasn’t his first stop with the Cards. In 2003, Petrino took his first head coaching job with Louisville. He led the team within moments of a likely national title appearance in 2006 but ultimately fell to Rutgers in the final game to wipe that possibility away.
After that, he took off for Atlanta to coach the Falcons. An experiment that failed tremendously with Michael Vick getting injured before the year, followed by Petrino going 3-10 before he just quit and took the Arkansas job.
He had great success in Fayetteville for a few seasons, but personal misadventures off of the football field derailed his time there. Eventually, he landed at Western Kentucky, which he used as a launching pad back to his first stop at UL.
Fired there, hired at Missouri State a few years later. Now, he’s eying a leap back into the spotlight at Texas A&M.
Texas A&M is in search of a new offensive coordinator following a very disappointing 2022 campaign on that side of the ball. According to college football insider Chris Hummer, one candidate to be the new OC: Bobby Petrino. That’s right, the former Falcons, Louisville, Arkansas and Western Kentucky coach who is now at Missouri State. Here was Hummer’s scoop on the situation:
“Missouri State HC Bobby Petrino has emerged as a candidate in Texas A&M’s offensive coordinator search, sources tell @247Sports. He’s expected to interview with the Aggies in the coming days.”
So the 61-year-old Petrino could be heading back to the SEC for the first time since he crashed and burned at Arkansas in 2011. Don’t doubt him, though. Petrino has been able to put up points at seemingly every stop through his career.
Not too long ago he developed Lamar Jackson into a Heisman winner. Could he do similar things with access to Jimbo Fisher’s recent recruiting hauls? We’ll see.
Bobby Petrino background
He’s at Missouri State now, and nearly pulled an upset this season over his former home of Arkansas. What a triumph that would’ve been. Anyway, before taking the job at Missouri State, Petrino was at Louisville, where he flamed out in his first year without Lamar Jackson, finishing 2-10 while getting canned.Of course, that wasn’t his first stop with the Cards. In 2003, Petrino took his first head coaching job with Louisville. He led the team within moments of a likely national title appearance in 2006 but ultimately fell to Rutgers in the final game to wipe that possibility away.
After that, he took off for Atlanta to coach the Falcons. An experiment that failed tremendously with Michael Vick getting injured before the year, followed by Petrino going 3-10 before he just quit and took the Arkansas job.
He had great success in Fayetteville for a few seasons, but personal misadventures off of the football field derailed his time there. Eventually, he landed at Western Kentucky, which he used as a launching pad back to his first stop at UL.
Fired there, hired at Missouri State a few years later. Now, he’s eying a leap back into the spotlight at Texas A&M.
ElephantStomp
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Good god he sure doesn’t stay anywhere for long
And people used to bash Saban and his tenure at places! Sheesh!!
Is a motorcycle included in the pay package? 
TerryP
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I'll have to look but off the top of my head I'm thinking that Saban's shortest stint's as a coach are double Petrino's longest stints. IE: BP in the league a year, Saban two. BP's longest stint as HC (Louisville and Arkansas, four years) With Saban his shortest stints as HC (LSU and MSU) were four years.
The only exception is the one year he spent at Toledo.
Saban has been at 14 different stops; total. He started coaching a decade before Petrino. If we total Petrino's, now we're at 17 in ten fewer seasons.
BamaFan334
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BamaFisher
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No way this doesn’t fail miserably! It is now official - everyone hates the Aggies. What were they thinking? He hasn’t exactly tore up the offensive numbers in a long while. Jimbo signed his death note.
Justneedme81
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Bbobby gonna be Texas A and M HC>
bama alum
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Two snakes who deserve each other...
50+yeartidefan
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And how close was he to coming to bama in 07???????
I heard...from the guy at the gas station...he was mal moores fall back if saban said NO
I heard...from the guy at the gas station...he was mal moores fall back if saban said NO
Thank goodness Mrs. Terry!
Rolltide24
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Women’s volleyball players beware!
BamaFisher
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These clowns now have Petrino, Durkin, and Addazio on the same staff with Jimbo. That’s a lot of egos and even more negative baggage. Why not find a position for Urban and get them all?
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rocknthefreeworld
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Better have a good pokerface if you are playing that hand.
