ISU Fan

You could do much worse than Dan McCarney. Hes charismatic, fiery, and exudes great character. He's a legend up here. Dan came into the fold of a bad situation at ISU. Poor facilities, and lowest football budget acorss the board in the Big 8/Big 12. This university would need a very special coach to turn things around. Took a while building up from nothing, but he posted a 9 win season at Iowa State in 2000 and went to 5 bowls in 6 years. For a program with no football tradition that was a fabulous run. Had Dan came into a situation of better over all administrative and fan support($$$) he might have really made Iowa State into a more nationally recognized program. Dan played a large part in Iowa state getting some much needed stadium renovations and a state of the art indoor practice facility late in his stint at ISU. You could argue that coach Mac was the best thing to happen to ISU in the last 20+ years. Paul Rhoads may end up wrestling that title away, but the transformation he pulled off here was quite the accomplishment. The state of Iowa loves and respects Dan McCarney. If he does become your HFC, you have a solid man to rally around. Former players of Dan talk so highly of him to this day. Every man in that locker room would lay it all out on the line for Mac.