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Since we're constantly throwing out coach names I thought it might be interesting to also hear some names to replace Flake as AD since in a real program that position should be almost as important as head coach. Btw, Butch asked me to remove his name from consideration so please refrain from submitting it.
My two are both outside of the box as I'm willing to gamble a little after the last 3 guys to hold the position.
1. Rich Dalrymple- he's a VP with the Cowboys, beyond well respected in the NFL, met his wife (who is in the UM HoF) while he was at Miami and is a public relations master. Would probably need a guy like Flake to be his #2 but would also probably be tough to pry from Dallas as Jerry Jones loves him.
2. Jimmy Larranaga- timing is off as I believe he has many more years of coaching left and I wouldn't want an active basketball coach also serving as AD as that would really send out some bad signals about the state of the football program but I could see a path in the future. He steps down, convinces his son (after never getting that NBA head coaching job) to take over and then transitions into an administrative role. The guy is everything organization and psychological wise that Golden was sold to us as except he actually produces so I think he'd succeed in an oversight role as well.
My two are both outside of the box as I'm willing to gamble a little after the last 3 guys to hold the position.
1. Rich Dalrymple- he's a VP with the Cowboys, beyond well respected in the NFL, met his wife (who is in the UM HoF) while he was at Miami and is a public relations master. Would probably need a guy like Flake to be his #2 but would also probably be tough to pry from Dallas as Jerry Jones loves him.
2. Jimmy Larranaga- timing is off as I believe he has many more years of coaching left and I wouldn't want an active basketball coach also serving as AD as that would really send out some bad signals about the state of the football program but I could see a path in the future. He steps down, convinces his son (after never getting that NBA head coaching job) to take over and then transitions into an administrative role. The guy is everything organization and psychological wise that Golden was sold to us as except he actually produces so I think he'd succeed in an oversight role as well.