ak47

January 7th, 2017 at 10:26 AM ^

How were his offenses in Indy? What about Stanford under Shaw? He doesn't have much of a history with wr coaching which makes me a little nervous given how much we are going to be relying on talented young wrs

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Magnus

January 7th, 2017 at 10:37 AM ^

He was a WR coach in the NFL (Jets) and at Stanford in 2010. Fisch didn't have much experience, either - he was an assistant QB/WR coach with the Ravens and then the WR coach at Denver.

Clemson, which produces some of the best WRs in the country, has a WR coach (Jeff Scott) whose only experience was at Presbyterian College in 2007. Now that's also the specialty of head coach Dabo Swinney, but I'm pretty sure Pep Hamilton can handle the intricacies of coaching some college wide receivers.

FWIW, Doug Baldwin had 857 yards and 9 TDs in 2010 when Hamilton was at Stanford. 

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Mr Miggle

January 7th, 2017 at 10:52 AM ^

He's done both in college and the NFL. He's been a successful OC in both too He has worked with Harbaugh so both of them know what to expect from each other.

I think you'd be very hard pressed to find a more qualified candidate based on their experience.

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SeattleWolverine

January 7th, 2017 at 11:21 AM ^

Wonder what he brings from a recruiting perspective? Looks like he's from NC, mostly been in the NFL for the last 15 years except for Stanford and a bit more East Coast, except Stanford/49ers. 

 

Bringing a little bit more diversity and relative youth at 42 to the coaching staff would also be a good thing. 

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B1G Winning

January 7th, 2017 at 12:11 PM ^

I didn't want to start another thread off the basis of unsubstantiated rumors, but I saw on TOS that Tyrone Wheatly has started following a bunch of Western Michigan players and recruits on twitter. Is there some potential smoke there? Would hate to lose TW too... he's a hell of a recruiter!

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MGB

January 7th, 2017 at 12:36 PM ^

This seems like it would be a great hire. Pep was the OC for a Stanford team that won a Pac12 championship, and another one that made a BCS bowl. And spent the last 4 years as an NFL OC. Getting him as a position coach would be a luxury few collage teams could dream of.

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chunkums

January 7th, 2017 at 1:20 PM ^

Offensive rankings for Pep offenses:

2011 Stanford Peps: 8th in ypg and 7th in ppg

2012 Stanford Peps: 86th in ypg and 70th in ppg (Post-Luck and 3 returning starters on offense)

2013 Indianapolis Peps: 15th in ypg and 14th in ppg

2014 Indianapolis Peps: 3rd in ypg and 6th in ppg

2015 Indianapolis Peps: 28th in ypg and 24th in ppg (Luck battling 3 different injuries all year)

I don't follow NFL things closely, but those are the only years he is listed as an OC on his Wikipedia page. It's tough to say anything conclusive here other than that he is a really good OC when healthy Andrew Luck is his quarterback. At Michigan, he would probably split the OC job with Drevno. Luck broke some passing records with Pep as his OC and his offenses like to throw deep.  

 

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Michifornia

January 7th, 2017 at 1:31 PM ^

Which is pretty great for us Michigan fans.  And yes, most of them will move on after success here.  But that's also a good sign.  Top recruits.  Top coaches.

IT'S GREAT TO BE A MICHIGAN WOLVERINE!

GO BLUE!!

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DMack

January 7th, 2017 at 5:55 PM ^

I think you bring him in and make he and Wheatley co-offensive coordinators. He will concentrate on receivers,, Wheatley on RB's and Harb on QB's. Because Cleveland is the shittiest team in the NFL right now, I'm not that excited about him.

Honestly I think you could bring in Braylon Edwards to coach receivers and give Wheatley the bump he deserves to O.C.   

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