Your head coaches backround, offense or defense?

[Bisonator]

The EWU/Washington game thread discussion got me thinking about head coaches and their backgrounds as to whether they have an offensive or defensive mentality. NDSU has pretty much always had a defensive coach as their HC. What about some of the other FCS schools, have your HC's been predominately from the offensive or defensive side of the ball? And which seems to have been more effective?

[tomq04]

Baldwin was a QB in college.

[LeadBolt]

Laycocke @ W&M was a QB and came up primarily through the Offensive side as an assistant.

[BEAR]

Not really knowing this coach's philosophy but getting to watch one game and looking at his history, I'd say offensive. He scored megapoints at his community college and this year he goes for an onside in the first quarter against Texas Tech. Plus he was 6/6 on fourth downs. Don't know if that says he has confidence in his offense or not as much in his defense...or neither. But I'd say he's an offense guy IMO.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Most of our HCs were used car salesman........................so I guess thats offensive.

[DFW HOYA]

Georgetown's last three coaches since have all had a defensive mindset:

Bob Benson: WR in college (Marietta), DC at Johns Hopkins
Kevin Kelly: LB in college (Springfield), LB coach at Navy
Rob Sgarlata: RB in college (Georgetown), DC at Georgetown

[penguinpower]

YSU and it's fans have always been defensively minded and that is why Wolford is a square peg in a round hole at YSU.

[Grizalltheway]

Most of our HCs were used car salesman........................so I guess thats offensive.

How were they to work for?

[Mattymc727]

I think coach Mac is supposed to be defensive minded, yet UNH is known for their offense so Im not sure what happened. If coach Mac is defensive minded, hes not really good at it.... I think hes just more of a game manager at this point.

[dewey]

The EWU/Washington game thread discussion got me thinking about head coaches and their backgrounds as to whether they have an offensive or defensive mentality. NDSU has pretty much always had a defensive coach as their HC. What about some of the other FCS schools, have your HC's been predominately from the offensive or defensive side of the ball? And which seems to have been more effective?

Here is more information on the NDSU head coach Chris Klieman.

http://www.gobison.com/coaches.aspx?rc=769&path=football

Chris Klieman, 46, was named head football coach at North Dakota State on December 15, 2013. He recently completed his third season as an NDSU assistant coach and his second as the defensive coordinator.

Klieman joined the Bison staff in March 2011 as defensive backs coach following a nine-year stay at Northern Iowa where he was the defensive coordinator, co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach from 2006-10 under head coach Mark Farley and 1991-93 under then head coach Terry Allen, who is now at Missouri State.

North Dakota State led the nation in scoring defense each of Klieman's three years on staff, and the Bison have improved every year. NDSU allowed 12.7 points per game in 2011, then 11.5 points in 2012 and 11.3 points last season. He was named the 2012 Football Scoop FCS Coordinator of the Year and has coached a two-time Buck Buchanan Award finalist in cornerback Marcus Williams.

NDSU will be Klieman's second head coaching job. He was the head coach for one season at Division III member Loras College where he went 3-7 in an injury-plagued 2005 season. He had been the defensive coordinator at Loras the previous three seasons and transformed the Duhawks into one of the Iowa Conference's most feared defensive units. Klieman took Loras from ninth in the league in defense to leading the league in rushing defense, passing defense and total defense.

A native of Waterloo, Iowa, Klieman was a three-time All-Gateway Conference defensive back at Northern Iowa and a four-year letterwinner from 1986-90. He graduated from UNI in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in health education and earned a master's degree in physical education from UNI in 1992.

Following his playing career, Klieman was an assistant coach for the Panthers from 1991-93. He also had assistant coaching stints at Western Illinois (1994-96), Kansas (1997), Missouri State (1999) and Loras (2002-04).

Klieman and his wife, Rhonda, are the parents of two sons, Devin and Colby, and one daughter, Haley.

[lionsrking2]

Southeastern Louisiana's Ron Roberts is definitely defensive-oriented. Played LB in college (UT-Martin) and was Defensive Coordinator at Tusculum, Texas State and Delta State prior to becoming a head coach.

[KUlawJack]

Stig - defense. Came up through the ranks that way.

[Mattymc727]

I guess Coach mac is offensive minded, even though he played safety at UNH. He was the OC in 1998 before being the head coach.

[813Jag]

Coach Odums has a defensive background, he's always coached that side of the ball.

[2ram]

moorehead was a QB. offensive.

[phoenix3]

Rich Skrosky - 6 year OC. Elon & Ball State

[darell1976]

Kyle Schweigert bio














Courtesy: UNDsports.com
Release: 12/26/2013


Kyle “Bubba” Schweigert was named head coach at the University of North Dakota on Dec. 24, 2013, bringing with him a wealth of collegiate coaching experience and success.
The Zeeland, N.D., native returned to Grand Forks after 10 years away from a program that he helped lead to the 2001 NCAA Division II national title as defensive coordinator.
Most recently, Schweigert was the defensive coordinator at Southern Illinois for the previous six seasons (2008-13) and served as associate head coach for the last five of that stretch. His 2010 defense led the Missouri Valley in total defense and his unit finished in the top half of the league in four of his six campaigns at SIU.In his six seasons at SIU, Schweigert has had three first team All-Americans and 20 all-conference selections (10 first team, six second team, four honorable mentions). His defensive standouts have included linebacker and 2012 graduate Jayson DiManche, currently playing for Cincinnati Bengals, and cornerback Korey Lindsey, a three-time All-American and a 2011 draft pick of the Bengals. In 2013, SIU linebacker Bryan Presume earned first team All-MVFC honors after ranking third in the league with 104 tackles. His 55 solo stops were tops in the conference.
“It is truly an honor and a privilege to serve the University of North Dakota as its head football coach,” said Schweigert at the time of his hiring. “I am looking forward to hiring a staff and building a program that will represent UND in a first-class manner, both on and off the field. We will put forth great effort to facilitate positive relations with fans, alumni, the community and the student body. We look forward to playing exciting championship football in front of thousands of loyal fans as we strive to win the Big Sky Conference championship and, ultimately, reach the pinnacle of FCS football.”
Prior to arriving at SIU, Schweigert took on his first head coaching job at the collegiate level, leading the Division II program at Minnesota Duluth from 2004-07. He guided the Bulldogs to a 21-20 overall record during his tenure, including the program’s first North Central Conference title in 2005. The NCAA playoff berth that season was the program’s second in four seasons. That same season, Schweigert was also named the D2football.com Northwest Region Coach of the Year and the AFCA Division II Coach of the Year for Region 5.
This will be the second stint at UND for Schweigert. He spent 15 seasons as an assistant coach in Grand Forks (1989-2003) where he was part of eight NCAA playoff teams and six NCC title squads.
Schweigert was elevated to defensive coordinator at UND prior to the 1997 season and left for Duluth after the 2003 UND team finished as national runner-up. Schweigert was named the American Football Coaches Association Division II Assistant Coach of the Year in 2000.
In his seven seasons as UND’s defensive coordinator, Schweigert’s defensive players earned 14 All-America honors and 23 first-team All-NCC accolades. His 2001 defense yielded just 191.4 yards of offense and 50.3 rushing yards per game, while limiting opponents to 12.5 points per game on the way to the program’s first national championship.
Schweigert began his coaching career at his alma mater, now the University of Jamestown, from 1985-1988. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Jamestown and a master’s degree from UND. In 2002, he was honored with Jamestown’s Rollie Greeno Award for outstanding commitment in the field of education and coaching.
Schweigert and his wife, Laura, have two sons, Alex and Cooper.




http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=58642&SPID=6399&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=209349966&Q_SEASON=2014

[underdawg]

SIU's Lennon--was (and is) D Coordinator (besides HC). One of the key innovators of the 3-4 defense, wrote article on it in 2006 Coaching Journal.

[darell1976]

SIU's Lennon--was (and is) D Coordinator (besides HC). One of the key innovators of the 3-4 defense, wrote article on it in 2006 Coaching Journal.

He brought the 3-4 to UND in 1991 and made our team a DII powerhouse eventually winning a DII NC in 2001 and even knocking off FCS teams in UNI (2006) and Southern Utah (2007).

[McNeese72]

Matt Viator is an X's and O's offensive minded head coach. He even calls all the offensive plays.

[Go Green]

Teevens was the Ivy MVP as a QB at Dartmouth.

When he wasn't a head coach, he was offensive coordinator and/or coach of offensive skill positions at various stops.

It's not my impression that he's coached a second of defense anywhere...

[SFA 93]

Clint Conque - Linebacker at Nicholls State

Don't know, don't care just know SFA is better than last season.

[Texas]

Clint Conque - Linebacker at Nicholls State

Don't know, don't care just know SFA is better than last season.

That's what happens when you're at the bottom...

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[FordhamFan]

Moorhead at FU was the OC at UConn the year they went to the Fiesta Bowl. Dude's an offensive guru.

[Smitty]

Mark Speir was App's recruiting coordinator. Which makes him both?

He helped with the linebackers, defensive line and ends, but also helped out with the running backs as well.

[Ivytalk]

Harvard's Tim Murphy has an offensive background, if you judge by his assistant coaching positions. He did have one short stint at Lafayette as a d-line coach, though! And Murphy succeeded Buddy Teevens as head coach at Maine.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

How were they to work for?

How would I know?

[BluBengal07]

Offense.
Harold Jackson - WR- Jackson State

http://www.jsutigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=669833&SPID=109801&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=29000&ATCLID=209371031&Q_SEASON=2014
As a Player
College: Jackson State
-1965 (WR): 45 receptions for 612 yards
-1966 (WR): 56 receptions for 878 yards and 11 TD

Professional Teams
-Los Angeles Rams (1968)
-Philadelphia Eagles (1969-72)
-Los Angeles Rams (1973-77)
-New England Patriots (1978-81)
-Minnesota Vikings (1982)
-Seattle Seahawks (1983)
-New England Patriots (1987)

Head & WR coaching experience in NFL, CFL, D1A, prior to JSU.

[bjtheflamesfan]

Turner Gill was a former standout QB at Nebraska and finished 4th in the Heisman voting one year

[chattanoogamocs]

Russ Huesman was a 4-year starter for the Mocs at defensive back during arguably one of the best 4-year stretches in UTC football history under Joe Morrison (and then Brother Bill Oliver).

It is a bit off topic, but I still marvel at Joe Morrison. He literally had never coached...anywhere...when the Mocs hired him. He retired from the New York football playing Giants in the spring and was head coach at UTC in the fall. No one would ever take a chance like that in this day and age.

Huesman was a student assistant for Morrison at South Carolina and then worked his way through the ranks, exclusively on defense at William and Mary (84-97), a little bit of offense and defense at Memphis (98-03) and then DC for Richmond (04-08). Of course, he was the DC at Richmond the year they won the National Championship at Finley Stadium...the team went back to Richmond and Russ stayed and was introduced as the head coach of the Mocs less than 48 hours later. Winning the title on the Mocs home field definitely sealed the deal.

[walliver]

Mike Ayers background is the US Marine Corps.

He actually played on offense and defense in college, but worked his way up the coaching ladder on defense, and was defensive coordinator at Wofford and then ETSU, before becoming head coach at ETSU.

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20111212/ARTICLES/111219919

[citdog]

Mike Ayers

You forgot


http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120115140257/p__/protagonist/images/1/1a/Hong-kong-phooey.jpg

[dungeonjoe]

You forgot


http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120115140257/p__/protagonist/images/1/1a/Hong-kong-phooey.jpg
Beat me to it.

[walliver]

Mike Ayers is Chuck Norris's hero.

[TheEagleSHSU]

K.C. Keeler was an LB at Deleware, You wouldn't be able to tell though due to our defensive struggles early on this season so far.

[Bogus Megapardus]

Lafayette College - Frank Tavani was a pure ground game tailback in college (and a pretty good one, too). His background is three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense, all the way. Defense? Frank couldn't case less because the other side is never supposed to have the ball.

As has been stated before, the traditional Frank Tavani game plan is:


1. Run the ball up the middle.
2. Run the ball up the middle again.
3. Incomplete pass.
4. Punt.

It has been adjusted ever so slightly in recent seasons, however.

[SFA 93]

Blubengal07, you have a blue Tiger on your avatar and are from Texas.

You from Daingerfield?

[PaladinNation]

A few nuggets about Bruce Fowler HC of the Paladins

All-conference honors as a defensive back at Cincinnati’s Mariemont High School before joining the Paladin program as a walk-on in 1977.
He lettered two years as a cornerback and was a member of Furman’s first SoCon championship team in 1978 coached by Dick Sheridan.

He began his collegiate coaching career in 1984 as a graduate assistant under Dick Sheridan. In 1986 he was promoted to full-time as receivers coach under new head coach Jimmy Satterfield. In that role he oversaw the development of six All-SoCon performers, including wide receiver Donald Lipscomb, who played a pivotal role in the Paladins going 13-2 and winning the 1988 NCAA I-AA championship, as well as three straight SoCon titles (1988-89-90). In 1993 he made the switch to defense, taking over the Paladin secondary.

Furman head coach Bobby Johnson promoted Fowler to defensive coordinator and put him charge of the Paladin linebackers in 1999 — a move that helped pave the way for a brilliant three-year run that netted a 30-9 record, including a 28-3 victory over North Carolina in 1999, SoCon championships in 1999 & 2001, three playoff appearances, and 12-3, national runner-up finish in ‘01.


He departed Furman following the 2001 season, accepting the defensive coordinator position at Vanderbilt under Johnson. While at Vanderbilt, Fowler directed defenses that laid the groundwork for success the program had not enjoyed in a quarter century. In 2008 Vanderbilt, aided by a Commodore defense that ranked 15th nationally in pass defense, 21st in scoring defense, and 30th in total defense, opened the campaign with a five-game winning streak, including a September victory over South Carolina and a 14-13 thriller over Auburn with ESPN’s popular College GameDay show broadcasting from the Nashville campus. After the Auburn win, the Commodores were ranked No. 13 by the Associated Press, its highest ranking in more than 50 years. Vanderbilt went on to post its first winning season since 1982, and only its the fourth winning season since 1959, by going 7-6 and recording a 16-14 triumph over Boston College in the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl. It marked the first bowl victory by a Commodore squad since the 1955 Gator Bowl.

[ngineer]

Lehigh's Andy Coen was an offensive lineman at Gettysburg in the mid-1980's. Primarily involved in the offense since then. Was Lehigh's OC in the late '90's, then was the OC at Penn from 1999-05, before returning to LU as the HC.