How good could this guy be, he's only a 1-AA coach. He's been there 11 years with only a 62 percent winning percentage.
I mean come on he's only won 1 NCAA championship, hell a decent coach would win the title every year. In the past six seasons NT has won four more conference games (15-11) than this guy did, tell me he's the guy we need. [by the way almost half (7 of the15 conference wins) came in 2004.]
He's a position coach at best. Anybody can coach LBs, DBs and special teams for these run-of-the-mill teams.
1978-79: Part-time assistant, Kansas State (RB).
1980-81: Assistant, West Texas State (DB, recruiting coordinator).
1982-85: Assistant, Texas-El Paso (DB).
1986: Assistant, Houston (OLB, special teams).
1987: Assistant, Texas Christian (DB).
1988-89: Assistant, Southwest Texas State (defensive coordinator, assistant head coach).
1990-95: Assistant, Marshall (defensive coordinator, assistant head coach).
1996-98: Assistant, Georgia (LB, 1996-97; DB, 1998). Georgia won two bowl games (Outback, Peach) during his tenure, and he coached first-round NFL draftee Champ Bailey.
Anyone can have success at Marshall. It led the Southern Conference in total defense four times (1990, 1993-95), scoring defense three times (1990, 1993-94), passing defense twice (1990, 1994) and rushing defense twice (1992, 1995).
I mean come on JMU has won only 5 games this year and they lost to two of the three top 20 opponents [New Hampshire (6), Richmond (20)] by a total of 17 points (28-14, 13-10 in OT). That's only one more than NT, if it beats ULM. The Dukes (James Madison's nickname) managed to squeak by then No. 1 ranked William and Mary (the other top 20 team on the schedule) by only six (30-24). This lousy coach has only outscored his opponents by 63 points. NT needs a higher powered offense.
Surely, the Mean Green deserve a real football coach, not some FBS National Championship coach ,who has five Texas Universities on his resume and doesn't have clue about recruiting for Texas football.
This entry is total sarcasm, this Mickey Matthews should get an interview and possibly be the next NT head coach!!!