http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/12/10/kelly-media.ap/index.html

Brian Kelly to speak to team about the Notre Dame job at the team awards banquet. Media is not allowed.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091210/SPT0101/312100083/1064/Report++Kelly+to+Notre+Dame

Cincinnati media reporting he took the ND job.

[Edited on December 10, 2009 at 5:30 PM. Reason : .]

12/10/2009 5:27:34 PM

no surprise there, but at least it's official now. We might have a chance at beating cincy in september now.

[Edited on December 10, 2009 at 5:31 PM. Reason : a]

12/10/2009 5:30:40 PM

They aimed too low

Even though they might have been met with "hell no"'s, they owed it to their fanbase to at least explore the thought of getting Meyer, Carroll, or Saban

Money would be no object

12/10/2009 5:34:12 PM

ha. here we go. time to start thinking we are gonna beat cinncy next year!

12/10/2009 5:41:41 PM

There is no way either 3 of those would leave their current situations for ND. EVER. Unless ND was offering some insane money. Whether some people want to believe it or not, ND is not the top coaching job anymore. If it was, then ND wouldn't be considering the head coaches of Cincy and UConn. They could pick and choose who they wanted. No big names want to coach there because everyone outside of ND realizes its not the program they used to be, and haven't been for a long time. I think they set the bar low and went after Kelly because he is a great coach from a smaller team and they knew he would take it and wouldn't be shot down by all the big names....again. And they could say we "got the guy we wanted" I actually like Kelly and think he will have great success at ND, but like I said, if ND is what ND and its fans still think it is, you don't go after the head coaches from Cincy and UConn.

There are 3 maybe 4 coaches in college that will not voluntarily leave where they are for another job in college. Tressel, Meyer, Carroll and maybe Stoops/Brown. They are not going anywhere unless they take a job in the NFL or get fired.



[Edited on December 10, 2009 at 5:51 PM. Reason : .]

12/10/2009 5:43:58 PM

Tim Tebow is leaving, Florida has to reload a bit and the SEC is getting nastier, and it's going to be more work, more headaches, and more of a fight now than it has been in past seasons. No, the Gators aren't going away, but this was a run, a great run, and it's going to take a major effort to stay at such a lofty perch with Alabama rocking and rolling, with Tennessee improving, with Georgia reloading, and with LSU, Arkansas, Auburn, and the rest of the league, outside of Vanderbilt, getting better and stronger. In other words, Meyer might have wanted to be wooed, wined, and dined and be shown that the grass might be greener in Indiana.


There's absolutely nothing wrong with the hire. This might be the right coach and the right fit and the right time. But if Florida keeps on playing at a national title level year after year, and if Kelly doesn't get Notre Dame to the BCS on a yearly basis, and that's where the expectations are set at now, there will be a segment of the Irish fan base that will always wonder what might have been.

12/10/2009 5:46:59 PM

I like it too. He seems like a very exciting coach with tons of enthusiasm that can really get his players and fans rilled up. He will bring excitement to a program that lets face it, has become boring.

12/10/2009 5:53:02 PM

^^ coaching in the SEC after establishing what he's established won't be as much of a headache as dealing w/ notre dame's admissions standards for football players combined w/ expectations, i'm sure.

12/10/2009 6:45:54 PM

School------------OUT-------------(Replacement)

Akron......................JD Brookhart [FIRED 11/28] (Rob Ianello hired 12/10 --- Notre Dame WRs/Recruiting Coordinator)
Cincinnati.................Brian Kelly [NAMED NOTRE DAME HC 12/10]
Florida State............Bobby Bowden [RETIRED 12/1] (Jimbo Fisher coach-in-waiting)
Kansas....................Mark Mangino [RESIGNED 12/3]
Louisville..................Steve Kragthorpe [FIRED 11/28] (Charlie Strong hired 12/9 --- Florida DC)
Louisiana-Monroe......Charlie Weatherbie [FIRED 12/1]
Marshall...................Mark Snyder [RESIGNED 11/29]
Memphis..................Tommy West [FIRED 11/9] (Larry Porter hired 11/28 --- LSU RBs Coach)
Notre Dame..............Charlie Weis [FIRED 11/30] (Brian Kelly hired 12/10 --- Cincinnati HC)
San Jose State.........Dick Tomey [RETIRED 11/16]
UNLV......................Mike Sanford [FIRED 11/15]
Virginia...................Al Groh [FIRED 11/29] (Mike London hired 12/7 --- Richmond HC)
W. Kentucky............David Elson [FIRED 11/9] (Willie Taggart hired 11/23 --- Stanford RBs Coach)


I'll go ahead and make Notre Dame "official".

[Edited on December 10, 2009 at 6:48 PM. Reason : .]

12/10/2009 6:47:48 PM

kelley is just another charlie weiss except he played in the big east. Ya he went unbeaten but the common opponent games were lost by nd at the very last play and won by cincy on the very last play. cincy still had no d and kelly won't do great with the typical toughass nd schedule.


if you think we're going to beat cincy you're joking. calleras is not much worse than pike and they might even improve on defense thus as a team. (doesn't mean the outcome will improve)

Quote :

"Tim Tebow is leaving, Florida has to reload a bit and the SEC is getting nastier, and it's going to be more work, more headaches, and more of a fight now than it has been in past seasons."

bs brantley will be a great qb and the defense was all young (not all those guys will leave early for nfl) and this is all comign from someone who HATE uf.

12/10/2009 7:33:25 PM

Florida will be fine for a long time. Other than USC they are pretty much one of the only schools that can hand pick who they want to come there. Sure they might have a down here year and there, but even their down year is going to be a 2 loss season.

12/10/2009 8:02:31 PM

Quote :

"typical toughass nd schedule."

Shut the fuck up already alias.

12/10/2009 8:17:26 PM

.... ?

2010
Sept. 4 PURDUE
Sept. 11 MICHIGAN
Sept. 18 at Michigan State
Sept. 25 STANFORD
Oct. 2 at Boston College
Oct. 9 PITTSBURGH
Oct. 16 WESTERN MICHIGAN
Oct. 23 at Navy (E. Rutherford, NJ)
Oct. 30 TULSA
Nov. 13 UTAH
Nov. 20 Army (at Bronx, NY)
Nov. 27 at USC

is a pretty tough schedule.

12/10/2009 9:39:20 PM

With the exception of playing USC, pretty much 4 SEC teams could roll through that undefeated.

12/10/2009 9:45:38 PM

This is what I hate about new hires so early.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/12/10/notredame-kelly.ap/index.html?eref=sihp

Kelly isn't going to coach in the Sugar Bowl. Cincy will not have its best coach ever coaching them in the biggest game in that schools history. Also, Kelly will not be coaching in the biggest game of his coaching career. I do not like this...

On a semi related note. His last two coaching jobs he has only spent 3 years at. To me, he has basically been living off of the previous coaches players/recruits. And once again he is inheriting a great class. Will be interesting to see how he will do once he gets more than 3yrs under his belt recruit wise.

[Edited on December 10, 2009 at 11:25 PM. Reason : /]

12/10/2009 11:19:32 PM

Kelly's former players at UC are pissed. Feel they have been betrayed right before a huge game, and I don't blame'm

12/11/2009 12:30:01 AM

Quote :

" 2010 Sept. 4 PURDUE Sept. 11 MICHIGAN Sept. 18 at Michigan State Sept. 25 STANFORD Oct. 2 at Boston College Oct. 9 PITTSBURGH Oct. 16 WESTERN MICHIGAN Oct. 23 at Navy (E. Rutherford, NJ) Oct. 30 TULSA Nov. 13 UTAH Nov. 20 Army (at Bronx, NY) Nov. 27 at USC is a pretty tough schedule."

what??

that's garbage


2010
Sept. 4 PURDUE - shit
Sept. 11 MICHIGAN - shit for now
Sept. 18 at Michigan State - average at best
Sept. 25 STANFORD - ok for now
Oct. 2 at Boston College - average at best
Oct. 9 PITTSBURGH - good, for now
Oct. 16 WESTERN MICHIGAN - average compared to most teams
Oct. 23 at Navy (E. Rutherford, NJ) - shit
Oct. 30 TULSA - destroyed by good teams
Nov. 13 UTAH - good
Nov. 20 Army (at Bronx, NY) - dog shit
Nov. 27 at USC - good

12/11/2009 12:33:09 AM

Quote :

"On a semi related note. His last two coaching jobs he has only spent 3 years at. To me, he has basically been living off of the previous coaches players/recruits. And once again he is inheriting a great class. Will be interesting to see how he will do once he gets more than 3yrs under his belt recruit wise."

Well, his best player (Gilyard) was a CB when Kelly was hired and Tony Pike was never going to be a starter... he is a great offensive coach, no doubt about it.

You don't turn Cincy in to a national power without knowing how to coach. It's not like he inherited a bunch of 4 and 5 star guys...

^ they downgraded their schedule about 2 or 3 years ago to try and set up Weis with a BCS bowl in Clausen's JR and SR year. It was by design. Before that they always had a very difficult overall schedule. Michigan, SC, MSU, Purdue and BC every year. Difficult home and homes with the likes of Tennessee, Ohio State, Nebraska, etc, etc...

[Edited on December 11, 2009 at 9:28 AM. Reason : x]

12/11/2009 9:26:44 AM

Quote :

"kelley is just another charlie weiss except he played in the big east."

except he's a proven college HC who has won championships everywhere he's coached.

Quote :

" if you think we're going to beat cincy you're joking. calleras is not much worse than pike and they might even improve on defense thus as a team. (doesn't mean the outcome will improve)"

I'm not saying we're going to win, but I think we definitely have a chance...Gilyard and Pike are gone as well as 14 other seniors. Plus Kelly is a great coach, and I highly doubt they hire someone as good as or better than him as his replacement. Also, I'll take Wilson over Calleros any day of the week, and Spencer is just as good as their other stud WR.

Quote :

"cincy still had no d"

except that they only gave up 20.8 points a game (24th in the nation) and had 17 interceptions, but why let facts get in the way of your idiocy

[Edited on December 11, 2009 at 1:31 PM. Reason : .]

12/11/2009 1:24:20 PM

Turner Gill to Kansas

12/12/2009 6:11:02 PM

School------------OUT-------------(Replacement)

Akron......................JD Brookhart [FIRED 11/28] (Rob Ianello hired 12/10 --- Notre Dame WRs/Recruiting Coordinator)
Buffalo....................Turner Gill [NAMED KANSAS HC 12/12]
Cincinnati.................Brian Kelly [NAMED NOTRE DAME HC 12/10]
Florida State............Bobby Bowden [RETIRED 12/1] (Jimbo Fisher coach-in-waiting)
Kansas....................Mark Mangino [RESIGNED 12/3] (Turner Gill hired 12/12)
Louisville..................Steve Kragthorpe [FIRED 11/28] (Charlie Strong hired 12/9 --- Florida DC)
Louisiana-Monroe......Charlie Weatherbie [FIRED 12/1]
Marshall...................Mark Snyder [RESIGNED 11/29]
Memphis..................Tommy West [FIRED 11/9] (Larry Porter hired 11/28 --- LSU RBs Coach)
Notre Dame..............Charlie Weis [FIRED 11/30] (Brian Kelly hired 12/10 --- Cincinnati HC)
San Jose State.........Dick Tomey [RETIRED 11/16]
UNLV......................Mike Sanford [FIRED 11/15]
Virginia...................Al Groh [FIRED 11/29] (Mike London hired 12/7 --- Richmond HC)
W. Kentucky............David Elson [FIRED 11/9] (Willie Taggart hired 11/23 --- Stanford RBs Coach)

12/12/2009 11:00:14 PM

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20091211/news/912119951

McElwain (Alabama OC) interviews for the San Jose State HC job.

12/12/2009 11:03:35 PM

ew... i would wait a year and get much much better than that

12/12/2009 11:05:44 PM

Jimbo Fisher hired Mark Stoops (Arizona's DC) for the same job at FSU...good hire by Jimbo, but as an Arizona fan this move displeases me.

12/14/2009 2:41:34 PM

The Ol' Ball Coach gets an extension.

12/14/2009 3:38:41 PM

^jeez, why? I don't think he's done much to increase the stature of their program has he?

12/14/2009 5:26:48 PM

he kicked clemson's ass this year, prolly good enough for a raise i guess

12/14/2009 5:36:30 PM

With South Carolina's history, much like ours, going 7-5 or 8-4 every year is great.

I mean think about it, that's all we want and expect from TOB.

12/14/2009 6:11:13 PM

Quote :

"Spurrier says upcoming recruits and the young core of players currently on the team can help him finally achieve his goal of getting South Carolina to the SEC title game for the first time."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/12/14/steve.spurrier.apindex.html#ixzz0ZiTAKjVe

12/14/2009 8:24:01 PM

While I'd love to be a consistently winning program, I expect TOB to elevate the program and continue to get better throughout the years, with an occasional drop off every now and then. If we get where we are constantly bringing in great recruiting classes and aren't improving record wise, then I won't be content with just going 7-5/8-4 every year.

12/14/2009 9:48:17 PM

Quote :

"Biggest "wow" rumor I heard this winter on the coaching carousel came from a college coach, who said he heard that Bud Foster is Mark Richt's top choice for the vacant defensive coordinator job at UGA and that it could happen. I'm skeptical -- I think Foster would leave VT only for a head coaching gig. Then again, maybe he thinks he can't get one coming from VT and would have a better shot after a year spent retooling the Dawgs."

12/14/2009 10:07:30 PM

Butch takes the Cincy job!

Central Michigan's Butch Jones to Cincinnati.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091215/SPT0101/312150072/Jones+to+be+UC+s+new+coach

12/16/2009 1:18:27 AM

Wow, figured they could get somebody a little bigger than that.

12/16/2009 1:26:33 AM

School------------OUT-------------(Replacement)

Akron......................JD Brookhart [FIRED 11/28] (Rob Ianello hired 12/10 --- Notre Dame WRs/Recruiting Coordinator)
Buffalo....................Turner Gill [NAMED KANSAS HC 12/12]
Central Michigan........Butch Jones [NAMED CINCINNATI HC 12/16]
Cincinnati.................Brian Kelly [NAMED NOTRE DAME HC 12/10] (Butch Jones hired 12/16 --- Central Michigan HC)
Florida State............Bobby Bowden [RETIRED 12/1] (Jimbo Fisher coach-in-waiting)
Kansas....................Mark Mangino [RESIGNED 12/3] (Turner Gill hired 12/12 --- Buffalo HC)
Louisville..................Steve Kragthorpe [FIRED 11/28] (Charlie Strong hired 12/9 --- Florida DC)
Louisiana-Monroe......Charlie Weatherbie [FIRED 12/1]
Marshall...................Mark Snyder [RESIGNED 11/29]
Memphis..................Tommy West [FIRED 11/9] (Larry Porter hired 11/28 --- LSU RBs Coach)
Notre Dame..............Charlie Weis [FIRED 11/30] (Brian Kelly hired 12/10 --- Cincinnati HC)
San Jose State.........Dick Tomey [RETIRED 11/16]
UNLV......................Mike Sanford [FIRED 11/15]
Virginia...................Al Groh [FIRED 11/29] (Mike London hired 12/7 --- Richmond HC)
W. Kentucky............David Elson [FIRED 11/9] (Willie Taggart hired 11/23 --- Stanford RBs Coach)

[Edited on December 16, 2009 at 5:01 AM. Reason : .]

12/16/2009 5:01:31 AM

^^ I guess they figure it worked out when they nabbed Kelly from Central Michigan previously?

12/16/2009 7:19:25 AM

Brian Kelly and Butch Jones both rode the Dan LeFevour train to big paydays.

Cincinatti passed on a couple solid coaches. Maybe they understand their place in the college football world and don't expect to compete with Ohio State or Toledo.

12/16/2009 11:48:22 AM

lol Toledo?

12/16/2009 2:34:32 PM

Doc Holliday to Marshall

12/16/2009 3:44:30 PM

^ Losing him to Florida a few years back was pretty much the death warrant for Amato. He was our best recruiter, and his departure coincided with our drop off in talent.

12/16/2009 3:50:01 PM

12/16/2009 3:52:25 PM

School------------OUT-------------(Replacement)

Akron......................JD Brookhart [FIRED 11/28] (Rob Ianello hired 12/10 --- Notre Dame WRs/Recruiting Coordinator)
Buffalo....................Turner Gill [NAMED KANSAS HC 12/12]
Central Michigan........Butch Jones [NAMED CINCINNATI HC 12/16]
Cincinnati.................Brian Kelly [NAMED NOTRE DAME HC 12/10] (Butch Jones hired 12/16 --- Central Michigan HC)
Florida State............Bobby Bowden [RETIRED 12/1] (Jimbo Fisher coach-in-waiting)
Kansas....................Mark Mangino [RESIGNED 12/3] (Turner Gill hired 12/12 --- Buffalo HC)
Louisville..................Steve Kragthorpe [FIRED 11/28] (Charlie Strong hired 12/9 --- Florida DC)
Louisiana-Monroe......Charlie Weatherbie [FIRED 12/1]
Marshall...................Mark Snyder [RESIGNED 11/29] (Doc Holliday hired 12/16 -- WVU FB/TEs coach)
Memphis..................Tommy West [FIRED 11/9] (Larry Porter hired 11/28 --- LSU RBs Coach)
Notre Dame..............Charlie Weis [FIRED 11/30] (Brian Kelly hired 12/10 --- Cincinnati HC)
San Jose State.........Dick Tomey [RETIRED 11/16]
UNLV......................Mike Sanford [FIRED 11/15] (Todd Berry hired 12/14 -- UNLV assistant)
Virginia...................Al Groh [FIRED 11/29] (Mike London hired 12/7 --- Richmond HC)
W. Kentucky............David Elson [FIRED 11/9] (Willie Taggart hired 11/23 --- Stanford RBs Coach)

[Edited on December 16, 2009 at 4:18 PM. Reason : .]

12/16/2009 4:12:29 PM

Mangino will get $3 million of the $9.2 million remaining on his contract.

12/16/2009 10:00:55 PM

I'm glad to see Doc get his shot at Marshall

He is an outstanding recruiter and the best hire Chuck ever made at this school

12/17/2009 11:35:56 AM

Seriously, I'm still sad we weren't able to keep him longer. I hope he does well at Marshall!

Also, how the hell has San Jose State not found ANYBODY to be their HC. I know it's not exactly a plum coaching assignment, but even getting them into a bowl game would be seen as a fantastic on someone's resume.

I wonder what the holdup is; if they're dragging their feet, getting rejected left and right, setting their sights too high, or just getting tied up in some NC State shit

[Edited on December 17, 2009 at 11:54 AM. Reason : .]

12/17/2009 11:50:57 AM

^http://kliv.com/Sports-Shorts--San-Jose-State-picks-new-football-c/5918560

This was announced last night.

They are hiring Duke DC Mike MacIntyre.

12/17/2009 1:22:24 PM

School------------OUT-------------(Replacement)

Akron......................JD Brookhart [FIRED 11/28] (Rob Ianello hired 12/10 --- Notre Dame WRs/Recruiting Coordinator)
Buffalo....................Turner Gill [NAMED KANSAS HC 12/12] (Jeff Quinn hired 12/22 --- Cincinnati OC)
Central Michigan........Butch Jones [NAMED CINCINNATI HC 12/16]
Cincinnati.................Brian Kelly [NAMED NOTRE DAME HC 12/10] (Butch Jones hired 12/16 --- Central Michigan HC)
Florida State............Bobby Bowden [RETIRED 12/1] (Jimbo Fisher coach-in-waiting)
Kansas....................Mark Mangino [RESIGNED 12/3] (Turner Gill hired 12/12 --- Buffalo HC)
Louisville..................Steve Kragthorpe [FIRED 11/28] (Charlie Strong hired 12/9 --- Florida DC)
Louisiana-Monroe......Charlie Weatherbie [FIRED 12/1] (Todd Berry hired 12/14 -- UNLV assistant)
Marshall...................Mark Snyder [RESIGNED 11/29] (Doc Holliday hired 12/16 -- WVU FB/TEs coach)
Memphis..................Tommy West [FIRED 11/9] (Larry Porter hired 11/28 --- LSU RBs Coach)
Notre Dame..............Charlie Weis [FIRED 11/30] (Brian Kelly hired 12/10 --- Cincinnati HC)
San Jose State.........Dick Tomey [RETIRED 11/16] (Mike MacIntyre hired 12/17 --- Duke DC)
UNLV......................Mike Sanford [FIRED 11/15] (Bobby Hauck hired 12/22 --- Montana HC)
Virginia...................Al Groh [FIRED 11/29] (Mike London hired 12/7 --- Richmond HC)
W. Kentucky............David Elson [FIRED 11/9] (Willie Taggart hired 11/23 --- Stanford RBs Coach)


UNLV hires Bobby Hauck from Montana.
Buffalo hires Jeff Quinn, the OC from Cincinnati (great hire for them).

Central Michigan is the only HC job left open, and their AD says no successor will be hired until after the GMAC bowl (1/6).

Also, Louisville hires Mike Sanford (fired UNLV HC) as their offensive coordinator.

[Edited on December 23, 2009 at 9:29 AM. Reason : .]

12/23/2009 9:28:42 AM

Mike Leach suspended by TT... he hasnt seemed too happy there already... anywhere left for him to go?

12/28/2009 5:01:06 PM

What took them so long

Quote :

" [quote]"We pound on Kansas State, so A&M looks at the film all week. The (Aggies) strut around and laugh - you know, ho-ho-ho, ha-ha-ha, and they listen to their fat little girlfriends, and pretty soon, what happens in Manhattan happens. Well, the first thing we do is we go in our meeting and we talk about we're going to respect everyone; we're going to fear no one. We're not going to compare scores and we're not going to listen to our fat little girlfriends. [The coaches failed to make] our points more compelling than their fat little girlfriends. Now their fat little girlfriends have some obvious advantages. For one thing, their fat little girlfriends are telling them what they want to hear, which is 'how great you are' and 'how easy its going to be' and we had a bunch of people who wanted to win the football game but nobody wanted to play the football game. That defies every level of work ethic that exists with regard to football. As coaches, we have to solve our failure on reaching them and the players have to listen. I am willing to go to fairly amazing lengths to make that happen. I don't know if I will be successful this week or not but I am going to try and there will be some people inconvenienced and if it happens to be their fat little girlfriends too bad." "

[/quote]

12/28/2009 5:03:10 PM

Mike Leach's personality is so big, that Bobby Knight decided to retire.

12/28/2009 6:17:20 PM

Maybe we could go after Leach if he gets fired.

12/28/2009 6:29:08 PM