The Nebraska job is pretty intense. It takes a special guy to handle it. Pretty much people believe that Bo was overwhelmed with the job.
The guy for me is Craig Bohl. Former player, former coach, very successful, knows the atmosphere, recruits the region and in a fashion that can benefit Nebraska, plays a style of ball that will fit the conference.
With respect to recruiting, Nebraska has to recruit nationally because they just dont have the population base nor HS infrastructure to sustain the program. Problem with that is when they were in the big12, the played 2-3 games a year in Texas. Used to be a big recruiting base for them. They also recruited both east and west coast as well as southeast, but look at those areas and how the conferences have picked up. It used to be they recruited against just USC, UCLA and Washington on the West coast. Now Oregon, Stanford and both Zona schools are better and have name brands as well so it makes the pickings a bit thinner. Same in the southeast. It'll be interesting. i don't seem them going in the direction of a guy like Scott Frost (Oregon OC). but how about a guy like Kyle Willingham at Utah (not sure if he'd leave) or the Utah St coach. Both are hard nosed guys that their players love. My cousin played for Willingham at Utah and swears by him. Players coach to the core but solid defensively and always putting players in the NFL.
Tressell probably can't wait to get out of his meager $300K/yr job at Youngstown but nobody touching him until 2016 when the sanctions attached to him would end. If Nebraska hired him he would not be able to coach the first 5 games or play in a bowl next year.
The next coach at Nebraska will have to be aware of the expectations, though. In the last seven years there have only been two coaches to win at least nine games a season at their current job. Alabama's Nick Saban is one, and Bo Pelini was the other.
Here's a breakdown of the coaches likely to be considered.
Scott Frost: Frost is the offensive coordinator at Oregon and has helped mold Marcus Mariota into a Heisman candidate. Frost is more than just Oregon's offensive coordinator to the Cornhuskers. Frost was born in Lincoln and played quarterback at NU for two seasons as well. He even began his coaching career as a grad assistant there in 2002. So he obviously has a lot of ties to the Nebraska program, but he's only 39 years old and has only two years of coordinator experience. Will Nebraska take a chance on him?
Jerry Kill: If Nebraska wants to poach a head coach from another school, Jerry Kill seems like a logical direction to go. Kill has decades of experience as a head coach, going 152-98 in his career. He's currently in his fourth season at Minnesota, where he's only 25-25 overall, but his teams have improved each season. This year's Gophers were ranked by the playoff selection committee before Saturday's loss to Wisconsin. Kill's Gophers team also beat Nebraska this season and finished ahead of the Huskers in the Big Ten West.
Tom Herman: Herman is Ohio State's offensive coordinator, and he'll likely be a candidate for a few jobs this winter. Like Frost, Herman is 39 and has never been a head coach, but he does have 10 years of experience as a coordinator at places like Texas State, Rice, Iowa State and now Ohio State.
Pat Narduzzi: The Michigan State defensive coordinator has reportedly had opportunities to leave East Lansing in recent years, but passed on them. Would he pass on the chance to take over a program like Nebraska? Narduzzi has teamed with Mark Dantonio to put together some of the best defenses in the country on an annual basis, and those defenses have led to a conference title in the Big Ten.
Craig Bohl: Bohl just finished his first year at Wyoming, but before he took that job he spent 11 seasons at North Dakota State and won three FCS national championships before leaving. He also spent eight seasons at Nebraska as an assistant from 1995 to 2002, and was the defensive coordinator his final three seasons there. Would Bohl leave Wyoming after only a season to return to Lincoln?
Justin Fuente: Fuente is currently the head coach at Memphis where he has led a remarkable turnaround. Memphis was an absolute mess before Fuente took the job, and after going 7-17 in his first two seasons (which was an improvement for Memphis), the Tigers just clinched a share of the American Athletic Conference title and finished the regular season 9-3.
Bill Callahan: Callahan is currently the offensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys and, don't worry, I'm only kidding, Nebraska fans. Just trying to keep you on your toes.
Jim McElwain: McElwain is 22-16 in his three seasons at Colorado State, but he's gone from four wins in 2012 to eight in 2013 and 10 wins this season. He's also a member of the Nick Saban coaching tree as he spent four seasons as Alabama's offensive coordinator before taking the Colorado State job. His contract with the Rams does have a large buyout, though, so that could remove him from serious consideration.
Greg Schiano: Schiano was a flop in the NFL, but there have been plenty of college coaches who failed in the NFL and returned to college to be great. And while it's forgotten a bit too easily now, the job Schiano did at Rutgers before he left for the NFL remains one of the most remarkable jobs any coach has done at any college program. Schiano has had the last year off and wants to get back in the game, and you have to think Nebraska would be an appealing job for him.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...654/possible-coaching-candidates-for-nebraska
Here's a breakdown of the coaches likely to be considered.
Scott Frost: Frost is the offensive coordinator at Oregon and has helped mold Marcus Mariota into a Heisman candidate. Frost is more than just Oregon's offensive coordinator to the Cornhuskers. Frost was born in Lincoln and played quarterback at NU for two seasons as well. He even began his coaching career as a grad assistant there in 2002. So he obviously has a lot of ties to the Nebraska program, but he's only 39 years old and has only two years of coordinator experience. Will Nebraska take a chance on him?
Jerry Kill: If Nebraska wants to poach a head coach from another school, Jerry Kill seems like a logical direction to go. Kill has decades of experience as a head coach, going 152-98 in his career. He's currently in his fourth season at Minnesota, where he's only 25-25 overall, but his teams have improved each season. This year's Gophers were ranked by the playoff selection committee before Saturday's loss to Wisconsin. Kill's Gophers team also beat Nebraska this season and finished ahead of the Huskers in the Big Ten West.
Tom Herman: Herman is Ohio State's offensive coordinator, and he'll likely be a candidate for a few jobs this winter. Like Frost, Herman is 39 and has never been a head coach, but he does have 10 years of experience as a coordinator at places like Texas State, Rice, Iowa State and now Ohio State.
Pat Narduzzi: The Michigan State defensive coordinator has reportedly had opportunities to leave East Lansing in recent years, but passed on them. Would he pass on the chance to take over a program like Nebraska? Narduzzi has teamed with Mark Dantonio to put together some of the best defenses in the country on an annual basis, and those defenses have led to a conference title in the Big Ten.
Craig Bohl: Bohl just finished his first year at Wyoming, but before he took that job he spent 11 seasons at North Dakota State and won three FCS national championships before leaving. He also spent eight seasons at Nebraska as an assistant from 1995 to 2002, and was the defensive coordinator his final three seasons there. Would Bohl leave Wyoming after only a season to return to Lincoln?
Justin Fuente: Fuente is currently the head coach at Memphis where he has led a remarkable turnaround. Memphis was an absolute mess before Fuente took the job, and after going 7-17 in his first two seasons (which was an improvement for Memphis), the Tigers just clinched a share of the American Athletic Conference title and finished the regular season 9-3.
Bill Callahan: Callahan is currently the offensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys and, don't worry, I'm only kidding, Nebraska fans. Just trying to keep you on your toes.
Jim McElwain: McElwain is 22-16 in his three seasons at Colorado State, but he's gone from four wins in 2012 to eight in 2013 and 10 wins this season. He's also a member of the Nick Saban coaching tree as he spent four seasons as Alabama's offensive coordinator before taking the Colorado State job. His contract with the Rams does have a large buyout, though, so that could remove him from serious consideration.
Greg Schiano: Schiano was a flop in the NFL, but there have been plenty of college coaches who failed in the NFL and returned to college to be great. And while it's forgotten a bit too easily now, the job Schiano did at Rutgers before he left for the NFL remains one of the most remarkable jobs any coach has done at any college program. Schiano has had the last year off and wants to get back in the game, and you have to think Nebraska would be an appealing job for him.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...654/possible-coaching-candidates-for-nebraska
