Couple of intriguing excerpts on Canada that certainly don't tell the whole story, and there are better candidates, Briles, Yost, etc., but first of the excerpts explains why Canada was a Broyles Award finalist while at Pitt. He would be an improvement over what we've seen the past few years, especially if he was allowed to hire his choice for OL coach. The second excerpt mentions NCSU letting him go, but it also speaks to his accomplishments there. In another excerpt, not included, Narduzzi, who had worked with him at N. Illinois, described Canada as an excellent teacher of young QBs, something we are sorely in need of. Brissett excelled under him at NC State. If Richt were forced to get an OC, he would probably be intrigued by Canada because he's had a successful rushing attack wherever he's been dating back to Wisconsin. Admittedly, he had talented backs at each stop, but so do we. My contention is that staffs like rosters have to be able to compete with your competition, which is why we can't afford to have Jon taking up a spot and why we have to get much more out of our OL coach and obviously our OC. Excerpts follow.
"In his first season at the school, Canada has guided an offense that has scored the
most points in a single season in Pitt program history (508) and
improved its points-per-game average by nearly 15 from the previous season. The Panthers scored 76 points last Saturday in a victory against Syracuse, the most they have recorded in a game since 1977.
Under Canada, they are the No. 10 scoring offense in the Football Bowl Subdivision and are second in that category among ACC teams, behind only Louisville."
https://www.post-gazette.com/sports...on-s-top-assistant-coach/stories/201611280174
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North Carolina State offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Matt Canada has been let go after three seasons, according to sources.
The surprising move by Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren comes on the heels of his team being third in the ACC in scoring this season (33.2 points per game) behind only
North Carolina and
Clemson. That ranks 38th in the FBS this season.
Under Canada, North Carolina State is also 32nd nationally in rushing yards per game this season (201.4). Last season, his offense averaged 6 yards per play and racked up 5,311 yards of total offense, second- and fourth-best respectively in school history."
https://www.si.com/college-football...et-go-nc-state-football-offensive-coordinator