Former UNT assistant to join SMU staff

[Harry]

Former UNT assistant coach Van Malone will be announced as SMU’s defensive coordinator some time in the next few days, a source close to Malone said Tuesday afternoon.

Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2014/12/former-unt-assistant-to-join-smu-staff.html/

[meanJewGreen]

Also reported Claude Mathis (Desoto HC) will join his staff- smart hires right out of the gate.

[TIgreen01]

Any ex-UNT player/coach who moves on to take a paycheck from dirty schmoo should be asked to remove UNT from their resume.

Edited December 2, 2014 by TIgreen01

[FirefightnRick]

Yup, Patterson did the same thing at TCU, brought in the HS coach at one of the most talent filled programs in the metroplex then opened the funnel.

Rick

[Cerebus]

Good start for the ponies, bad news for us.

[NT80]

Amazing how just a change of coaching staff can energize a program and fanbase.....humm.........

[MeanGreenTexan]

Also reported Claude Mathis (Desoto HC) will join his staff- smart hires right out of the gate.

Recruiting-wise, this is a fantastic hire for them. I'd go on to say it's probably a better hire than coach Malone.

[emmitt01]

Also reported Claude Mathis (Desoto HC) will join his staff- smart hires right out of the gate.

Make no mistake. This is also important because it closes (a little) the divide between SMU and their culture and the black community.

[BillySee58]

Also reported Claude Mathis (Desoto HC) will join his staff- smart hires right out of the gate.

https://twitter.com/jhopkins247/status/539851899067830273

Can probably throw Akile Davis in that mix as well.

[GMG24]

Claude Mathis is one crazy dude. Last time he tried the college route it didn't work for long. Hopefully that will be the same case now.

[emmitt01]

https://twitter.com/jhopkins247/status/539851899067830273

Can probably throw Akile Davis in that mix as well.

If they're able to flip Chris Orr from Wisconsin to SMU (0-12 SMU) then I am going to be pissed at our "recruiters".

[BillySee58]

#SMU forecasts dominating the @247CrystalBall forecasts today as new coach Chad Morris is out recruiting: http://t.co/fEU7Ffh6Bf @RyanBartow

— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong247)

December 2, 2014

SMU is picking up crystal ball selections from some big-time 247 analysts to get DeSoto players Kevin Thomas, Akile Davis, Bryce English, and Chris Orr. They also picked up a Crystal Ball to get our DB commit Ashton Preston. Preston had a tweet that he deleted, basically about maybe being interested know that SMU hired a new coach.

[emmitt01]

SMU is picking up crystal ball selections from some big-time 247 analysts to get DeSoto players Kevin Thomas, Akile Davis, Bryce English, and Chris Orr. They also picked up a Crystal Ball to get our DB commit Ashton Preston. Preston had a tweet that he deleted, basically about maybe being interested know that SMU hired a new coach.

Ridiculous! Don't those kids know that if they come to North Texas they can play Portland State?!

[Harry]

Damn man they are getting some good ones.

[Charlie NT 73]

I heard the Cedar Hill HFC may be hired too.

[UNTexas]

I guess beating them down isn't going to happen again with our current situation.

[cdizzle86]

I'm really not that worried. I think everybody is overreacting to this hire. We all said the same thing when June Jones was hired and look how that turned out.

Also, I can think of another coach who hired several high school coaches. If I recall correctly, that also turned out horribly.

We've never gotten lots of highly ranked players, so we need to focus on coaching players up rather than focus on what SMU is doing.

[BillySee58]

Breaking (Again): Source confirms that Yukon head coach Bill Young is headed to SMU. #OKPreps #PonyUp

— OKGridiron (@okgridiron)

December 8, 2014

Yukon (Oklahoma) head coach who was a former assistant at Oklahoma State. Morris appears set to recruit Oklahoma, and this will definitely help his ties over there, especially in the OKC area. We recruit over there as well.

FWIW, we offered a kid out of Yukon this year named Shane Block. He's a UTSA commitment.