Washington hires Fresno State’s Kalen DeBoer as HC
November 29th, 2021 at 6:29 PM ^
There was a post on the Washington board yesterday saying the Huskies went all in for Matt Campbell and he turned them down. Deboer was their backup plan.
November 29th, 2021 at 7:36 PM ^
The Campbell situation is interesting, since it's been three solid years now as a top tier candidate and is still in Ames. Maybe he goes to Nebraska next year if Frost can't turn it around? But even that feels like almost a lateral move at this point
November 29th, 2021 at 8:15 PM ^
Maybe that question is now answered:
https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/status/1465483496718274569?s=20
Thinking it's either Fickell or Campbell as top choice for ND
November 29th, 2021 at 9:01 PM ^
Rumor over here is that they offered MC $7M year , he said naw dawg.
he is currently making $4M i think?
remember when a million dollars seemed like a lot? Hahaha
November 29th, 2021 at 6:30 PM ^
Are you sure you didn't want to just title this thread, "Kalen DeBoer"?
November 29th, 2021 at 6:30 PM ^
That's a great hire in my opinion. He turned around Fresno State in the Mountain West, that is true. But he was also the OC at Indiana for Tom Allen when they had that offense competing amongst the top of the B1G, before that he was OC for EMU under Chris Creighton when they finally became bowl eligible and ran a potent MAC offense, before that he was the HC at Southern Illinois at D-IAA and turned them from a doormat to a competitor, and before that he went like 97-3 or something crazy as the head coach at Souix State or something like that at the D-III level. That guy is an excellent coach.
I know all this because he would have been my pick for Michigan to hire if they had in fact moved on from Harbaugh after last season. Obviously the Michigan job is no longer in discussion for awhile. But that is a great hire for Washington.
November 29th, 2021 at 6:45 PM ^
Yup, really solid hire. A lot of programs always look at the top 4-5 names and freak out when they don't land them but there are almost always very obvious hires for a bump and he is one.
He may fail spectacularly at UW. I don't know but I wouldn't bet on it. At worst I think he'll be average. Their floor with him is a bad bowl team, ceiling a contender for conference titles most years.
November 29th, 2021 at 8:52 PM ^
All in all, I'd be very happy if he ended up with a better record there than Riley at USC (and possibly Kelly at LSU). Too much to ask, I'm sure, but it would be a good thing for college football.
November 30th, 2021 at 9:20 AM ^
Fresno State really can be a great stepping stone. A coach there has a surprisingly fertile field of Jucos to recruit from as well as a lot of good high school players. It is a great job for ambitious coaches
November 29th, 2021 at 6:37 PM ^
Courtney Morgan was on his staff at Fresno last year.
November 29th, 2021 at 6:41 PM ^
At first, they heard that a currently unemployed football coach named "DeBoer" with connections to Georgia was available and they had him under consideration until they discovered that Frank de Boer's football coaching experience was with Ajax, Inter Milan, Crystal Palace, Atlanta United and the Netherlands national team.
November 29th, 2021 at 8:59 PM ^
Did someone say “Frank deBoer?” Still an all-time classic. Dennis Bergkamp, DENNIS BERGKAMP, DENNIS BERGKAMP!!!!!
November 30th, 2021 at 6:32 PM ^
For those who've never seen the original Dennis Bergkamp goal against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup:
November 29th, 2021 at 7:28 PM ^
Wonder if Donte Williams will be a candidate for HC at Fresno...
November 29th, 2021 at 7:31 PM ^
Washington has a fairly high ceiling but also a low floor with the wrong coach. They also seem to be, like a lot of schools, reactive in their hires -- e.g. followed the off-the-field horrorshow of Neuheisel with the straight laced Willingham -- and now are going for an offensive mind in DeBoer after the ineptness of Lake/Donovan.
I've never really had a second team to root for but always kind of liked them. Their helmets/uniforms and color scheme are cool and that '91 team was truly awesome (and deserved a national championship instead of Miami)
November 29th, 2021 at 10:09 PM ^
Same here. Great campus. I usually root for them, Arizona, and UCLA out of the PAC 12.
November 29th, 2021 at 8:26 PM ^
Seems like a good pick given what's out there and is a realistic option for UW.
November 29th, 2021 at 8:38 PM ^
Their offense is going to improve greatly.
Let's see who they hire for defensive coaches...