Does anyone have a list of our football staff from 2000?

[sstcane]

Soldinger was hired the first time by JJ straight out of high school.

I think our current staff will be a big upgrade from what was here. I hope they'll be great but obviously I don't know. I'm curious how many of the guys whining about the staff go to games and support the team.

If we can avg 50-60k per game then we can spend more on coaches. The way it is now we can spend good money on some but won't have 4-5 million for assistants.

I'm excited for the season and I have bought season tix for next year.

 

[caneaddict]

Schiano before Miami dc

89 Rutgers (GA)
1990 Penn State (GA)
1991–1995 Penn State (DB)
1996–1997 Chicago Bears (Def Asst)
1998 Chicago Bears (DB)

this is the route I wouldn't of minded richt going for DC but I'll give manny a shot

 

[Miami_Football]

Butch da GAWD

 

[WestEndZone]

A+ thread. Lots of conversation, lots of objectivity.

 

[407cane]

Amazing staff.

To be fair though, many of those staffers became big when they left Miami or while on that team

It's an amazing staff as we sit here in 2016. It wasn't an amazing staff when Davis put it together. In fact, if this board was around back then, many posters (me included) would be killing those guys.

We have no idea right now how our current staff will develop. But it'll be interesting to see if Richt has put together a staff that will eventually gel and develop.

100% agree.

 

[canesthing3]

Great thread idea Franchise. Like others have said if this board was around back then, people would be killing for Butch for the vast majority of those hires. Hindsight is 20/20. Let's see how it plays out.

 

[westcoastcanes]

Can we get this in a side by side table type layout so we can get a proper power ranking from [MENTION=538]rokulika[/MENTION] ?

 

[BucCANEers]

So there you have it. Our last great staff, which produced multiple HCs and coordinators, had ZERO elite hires when the hires were made. None of those guys were guys that anyone on here would have been jumping up and down about at the time they were hired. With the benefit of time and seeing their careers develop, we can see that several of them turned into great football coaches.

Hopefully, we'll see the same thing with some of Richt's "questionable" hires. You never know if Banda or Rumph might develop into the next Pagano for example. We had no idea Pagano was going to be the HC of the Colts when we hired him from East Carolina.[/QUOTE]

You must be mistaken. This is Butch Davis you're talking about. This is the guy that made Jimmy Johnson great lol.
This is a great post and thread. It's ok to question and have doubts about a staff but it's stupid to already call them a failure

 

[since56]

None of those guys were "monster names" before we hired them.

Exactly. They made their names here.

 

[Miami82]

Unlike Butch being a 1st time HC we do have Richt's last 15 years to assess his past hires. How many of them have been shown to be elite hires?

 

[clg003]

Amazing staff.

To be fair though, many of those staffers became big when they left Miami or while on that team

Miami has made many coaches careers.

 

[clg003]

So there you have it. Our last great staff, which produced multiple HCs and coordinators, had ZERO elite hires when the hires were made. None of those guys were guys that anyone on here would have been jumping up and down about at the time they were hired. With the benefit of time and seeing their careers develop, we can see that several of them turned into great football coaches.

Hopefully, we'll see the same thing with some of Richt's "questionable" hires. You never know if Banda or Rumph might develop into the next Pagano for example. We had no idea Pagano was going to be the HC of the Colts when we hired him from East Carolina.

You must be mistaken. This is Butch Davis you're talking about. This is the guy that made Jimmy Johnson great lol.
This is a great post and thread. It's ok to question and have doubts about a staff but it's stupid to already call them a failure

Miami has never hired elite coaches. Dont let these trolls fool you. Miami makes coaches great. You lock it down and you will reap the benefits for the rest of your careers.

This is by far the best coaching staff Miami has ever went out and hired.

 

[iLoveTDs]

Sorry for the formatting - but here you go...

Butch Davis Head Coach
Larry Coker Offensive Coordinator
Greg Schiano Defensive Coordinator
Rob Chudzinski Tight Ends
Vernon Hargreaves Linebackers
Curtis Johnson Wide Receivers
Art Kehoe Offensive Line
Greg Mark Defensive Line
Chuck Pagano Defensive Backs
Don Soldinger Running Backs
Pete Garcia Director of Football Operations
Andreu Swasey Head Strength & Condintioning Coach
Phil Banko Graduate Assistant Coaches
Mario Cristobal Graduate Assistant Coaches

But who strength coach?

Moffitt had just left. He's responsible for turning that 01 team into monsters, don't get it twisted.

 

[KANE]

Great thread!

 

[The Franchise]

Unlike Butch being a 1st time HC we do have Richt's last 15 years to assess his past hires. How many of them have been shown to be elite hires?

This wasn't meant as Butch v. Richt thread. I'm more concerned with what's happened here at UM.

I understand your pessimism, but several of Richt's UGA guys either took promotions or remained high-level college assistants. He didn't hire many guys who completely flopped. I can think of Martinez as a major flop who got demoted to position coach from DC.

 

[DiegoCane]

Unlike Butch being a 1st time HC we do have Richt's last 15 years to assess his past hires. How many of them have been shown to be elite hires?

I would definitely feel better if he had a better track record. As far as I know only 2 of his assistants ever went on to be HCs in college. Neil Callaway who flamed out at UAB and Mike Bobo who finished up his first year at CSU. Pretty remarkable for a guy who had a lot of success in 15 years on the job. Compare that to Saban's and Urban's assistants and could be a reason why Richt never got UGA over the hump.

Hope it work outs and we are looking back at this staff like the 2000 one.

 

[The Franchise]

Coker before Miami oc

1971–1976 Fairfax (OK) HS
1977–1978 Claremore (OK) HS
1979 Tulsa (RB/QB)
1980–1982 Tulsa (OC)
1983–1989 Oklahoma St. (OC)
1990–1992 Oklahoma (OC)
1993–1994 Ohio St. (DB)
1995 Ohio St. (QB)

I looked up a couple and one was Coker. Surprising pedigree. I never realized he spent one year as JJ's OC at Ok State.

I had no idea he had that experience/pedigree. Anyone know the nature of his departures from Oklahoma State and Oklahoma?

I know he got fired at OU. That's how he wound up as a DB coach at Ohio Taint. His old buddy John Cooper hooked him up with a job. I think he left Okie State on his own to go to OU.

 

[Marcelo2988]

Larry Coker--Not an elite hire. Here's where Coker was when Davis hired him as OC: 1993–1994 Ohio St. DEFENSIVE BACKS Coach;
1995 Ohio St. QB Coach.

Greg Schiano--Not an elite hire. Here's Schiano's immediate history prior to being hired: 1991–1995 Penn State DB Coach; 1996–1997 Chicago Bears Defensive Assistant; 1998 Chicago Bears DB Coach.

Dudzinski--Not an elite hire. Chud's background: 1994–1995 University of Miami (Graduate assistant).

Vernon Hargreaves--Not an elite hire. Hargreaves came to Miami after 13 seasons on the staff at the University of Connecticut, where he was outside linebackers coach from 1985-89 and inside linebackers coach from 1989-97.

Curtis Johnson--Not an elite hire. 1994 SMU (WR); 1995 Cal (WR). He had a good background but nothing earth shattering.

Kehoe--Not an elite hire. Kehoe was the TE Coach and an Offensive Line Assistant when Davis hired him.

Greg Mark--Not an elite hire. Mark was a GA at UM until 1994. He spent one year as Utah State's DL Coach and then Davis hired him.

Pagano--Not an elite hire. 1992–1994 East Carolina coached defensive backs and linebackers.

Soldinger--Not an elite hire. Was a HS Coach.

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So there you have it. Our last great staff, which produced multiple HCs and coordinators, had ZERO elite hires when the hires were made. None of those guys were guys that anyone on here would have been jumping up and down about at the time they were hired. With the benefit of time and seeing their careers develop, we can see that several of them turned into great football coaches.

Hopefully, we'll see the same thing with some of Richt's "questionable" hires. You never know if Banda or Rumph might develop into the next Pagano for example. We had no idea Pagano was going to be the HC of the Colts when we hired him from East Carolina.

You're making WAY too much sense. The porsters on here don't like that sort of thing

 

[Miami82]

Unlike Butch being a 1st time HC we do have Richt's last 15 years to assess his past hires. How many of them have been shown to be elite hires?

This wasn't meant as Butch v. Richt thread. I'm more concerned with what's happened here at UM.

I understand your pessimism, but several of Richt's UGA guys either took promotions or remained high-level college assistants. He didn't hire many guys who completely flopped. I can think of Martinez as a major flop who got demoted to position coach from DC.

LOL, no I wasn't trying to be pessimistic at all. It was a legit question.

This is what I could find on Richt real quick.

-Every one knows about Mark Bobo, he is the HC at CSU.

-OC and OL coach Neil Callaway became HC at UAB

- DC Brian vanGorder left to become an assistant for the Jacksonville Jaguars, then became the HC at Ga Southern for a year, then became a coach for the Falcons, now DC for Notre Lame

- Kirby Smart was UGA RB coach and left to become Safeties coach of the Dolphins before leaving with Saban to become the Bama DC

Smart being a RB coach is really weird considering he had been defense up to and after that. But he was only with UGA 1 year.

So pretty decent to be honest.

 

[Miami82]

Unlike Butch being a 1st time HC we do have Richt's last 15 years to assess his past hires. How many of them have been shown to be elite hires?

I would definitely feel better if he had a better track record. As far as I know only 2 of his assistants ever went on to be HCs in college. Neil Callaway who flamed out at UAB and Mike Bobo who finished up his first year at CSU. Pretty remarkable for a guy who had a lot of success in 15 years on the job. Compare that to Saban's and Urban's assistants and could be a reason why Richt never got UGA over the hump.

Hope it work outs and we are looking back at this staff like the 2000 one.

Yep, I've said the same thing on this board. I'd wager that is part of it.