New UNT DC will be Chris Cosh per ESPN Brett McMurphy

Mean_Green09 · December 17, 2014

Buffalo DL coach Chris Cosh new DC at North Texas source told @ESPN. He was DC in 16 of 29 seasons coaching.

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GOMG2013 · December 17, 2014

Well, he should know what Blake bean can do, and if they run the same defense, Blake bean may have an edge.

TheReal_jayD · December 17, 2014

it worries me he has bounced around alot never stays no where more than two years

MEANGREENCOACH2 · December 17, 2014

and let the googling of Chris Cosh begin

MEANGREENCOACH2 · December 17, 2014

it worries me he has bounced around alot never stays no where more than two years

Welcome TheReal_jayD interesting 1st post.. do you have more information on him??

MEANGREENCOACH2 · December 17, 2014

interesting Tid Bits

Friedgen praised Cosh's recruiting but showed public frustration with Cosh's in-game coaching.^[4]

On December 6, 2008 it was announced that Cosh would return to Kansas State for a second time under coach Snyder (when Snyder decided to come out of retirement to help the Wildcats) as assistant head coach (to Snyder) and co-defensive coordinator alongside Vic Koenning.^[1]^[5]

Cosh will have now served as a defensive coordinator in five of the six BCS conferences (Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big 12, and Big East).^[1]

On January 18, 2012, Cosh was announced as the new defensive coordinator at the University of South Florida.^[6]^[7]

Wag Tag · December 17, 2014

interesting Tid Bits

Friedgen praised Cosh's recruiting but showed public frustration with Cosh's in-game coaching.^[4]

On December 6, 2008 it was announced that Cosh would return to Kansas State for a second time under coach Snyder (when Snyder decided to come out of retirement to help the Wildcats) as assistant head coach (to Snyder) and co-defensive coordinator alongside Vic Koenning.^[1]^[5]

Cosh will have now served as a defensive coordinator in five of the six BCS conferences (Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big 12, and Big East).^[1]

On January 18, 2012, Cosh was announced as the new defensive coordinator at the University of South Florida.^[6]^[7]

Wag Tag · December 17, 2014

He sure has DC under some great coaches!

untbowler · December 17, 2014

He is a buddy of DMac, main reason for the hire, not impressed. Just a retread that does not help in the long run. Needed a younger up and coming DC, but nope DMac as usual goes old school.

Love the inconsistent defense comments ... :growl:

Brett Vito · December 17, 2014

MGB:

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2014/12/unt-has-its-new-defensive-coordinator.html/

Harry · December 17, 2014

Very similar to Skladany in terms of extremely high level of experience, perhaps at even bigger programs. I think it is a good experienced based hire.

GOMG2013 · December 17, 2014

The 2000 turnaround was one of the highlights of Cosh’s career, and so was his role in helping then-South Carolina defensive coordinator Charlie Strong popularize the 3-3-5 defensive scheme. (Strong now is head coach at Texas.) Holtz asked Strong, Cosh and aide John Gutekunst to explore the 3-3-5 that Mississippi State had begun to use.

“We were three guys sitting in a room who knew nothing about it,” Cosh said. “But we implemented it, blindly went into it, and loved it.”

Executed properly and with the right personnel, the 3-3-5 can provide a good run front against spread offenses because of the versatility of the linebackers and two “low-zone” safeties to react to runs. Against the pass, the safeties are better tacklers against receiver screens, and it offers the same uncertainty as a 3-4 front in terms of who is rushing the passer.

“It lets you use different body types too, more safety types,” Cosh said. “It gets you more speed on the field.”

Withers940 · December 17, 2014

and let the googling of Chris Cosh begin

Is this him? I just googled him

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Mean Green 93-98 · December 17, 2014

Pretty nice resume. But there are a few causes for concern:

1. The happy feet. Other than 5 years at Illinois, three years is the max anyone has received from him.

2. After being DC, he has always moved DOWN into a lower job. People apparently aren't saying, "Look at what a great job Chris Cosh has done as DC--let's hire him away."

3. I don't think he's a recruiter. I've quickly perused Rivals recruiting databases, and he is not even mentioned as one of the recruiters on the staff.

4. Not much name recognition. The name sounded vaguely familiar to me, but I've been pretty much a college football junkie for years. I knew Skladany before he came a whole lot better than I knew this guy. Which is okay--but there are advantages to hiring someone that's going to get people talking about the program in a positive way, and whom high school coaches and recruits will know when he walks in the door.

Anyway, the decision is made. I hope he does great.

Aldo · December 17, 2014

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Christopher Walker · December 17, 2014

Big whopping meh from me. This just feels like it's continuously looking backwards.

Harry · December 17, 2014

Check out his video at the top of this thread. Seems very personable, knowledgable. He comes across a lot younger than his age. I was impressed.

Mean Green 93-98 · December 17, 2014

The 2000 turnaround was one of the highlights of Cosh’s career, and so was his role in helping then-South Carolina defensive coordinator Charlie Strong popularize the 3-3-5 defensive scheme. (Strong now is head coach at Texas.) Holtz asked Strong, Cosh and aide John Gutekunst to explore the 3-3-5 that Mississippi State had begun to use.

“We were three guys sitting in a room who knew nothing about it,” Cosh said. “But we implemented it, blindly went into it, and loved it.”

Executed properly and with the right personnel, the 3-3-5 can provide a good run front against spread offenses because of the versatility of the linebackers and two “low-zone” safeties to react to runs. Against the pass, the safeties are better tacklers against receiver screens, and it offers the same uncertainty as a 3-4 front in terms of who is rushing the passer.

“It lets you use different body types too, more safety types,” Cosh said. “It gets you more speed on the field.”

Surely we won't be going to a 3-3-5, not with Coach Mac in charge . . . right?

untbowler · December 17, 2014

Surely we won't be going to a 3-3-5, not with Coach Mac in charge . . . right?

Your right, DMac would never fix anything that's not working, you know like actually blitzing, jamming WR, new innovative stuff since the 1970's

MEANGREENCOACH2 · December 17, 2014

With the depth at LB we have why not go to the 3-3-5 i would like another experience DB to come aboard to feel extremely comfortable but hey maybe Buyers could be one of these guys at the SS position. Then maybe we can play that Juco linebacker from last year Akiaa?? also Anthony Wallace would be better suited as that mike because he has a little bit of weight to take on those guards

Mean_Green09 · December 17, 2014

Surely we won't be going to a 3-3-5, not with Coach Mac in charge . . . right?

We do have a few pieces that could make it work, but do we have a penetrating NT or big DE's? No. So maybe not as a base D, but maybe as an every now and again look.

NorthTexan95 · December 17, 2014

I don't see any connection between Mac and this guy but there is a very strong connection with this guy and Bill Snyder. This guy has seen a lot and has coached for a long time at some big schools. I'm not worried about his moving around some much since many coaches do that. Early on he was moving up the coaching ladder and then twice Bill Snyder "recruited" him to coach at KSU.

I like the hire ... hopefully it works out.

Edited December 17, 2014 by NorthTexan95

NorthTexan95 · December 17, 2014

From ESPN on 1-19-2012:

Chris Cosh is headed to South Florida.

South Florida

has hired

Kansas State

assistant Chris Cosh to be its defensive coordinator, reuniting him with coach Skip Holtz.

Cosh served as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the Wildcats since 2009. Kansas State improved in a big way in 2011, cutting almost 100 yards per game off of its rushing defense to rank 37th nationally.

Holtz and Cosh worked together as assistants at South Carolina under Lou Holtz from 1999-2003. In all, Cosh has been a defensive coordinator for 15 of his 28 seasons as an assistant, with stops as well at Maryland, Michigan State and Illinois.

Wag Tag · December 17, 2014

The video is great and explains a lot. 25 guys in the NFL and 2 Butkus Award Winners.

If we stay with the 4/3 maybe we will blitz more!

NorthTexan95 · December 17, 2014

From ESPN 12-4-2011:

Bill Snyder deserves the national coach of the year nod, and the Wildcats have had a defensive renaissance under coordinator Chris Cosh in 2011. This is the same team that gave up more than 3,000 rushing yards last year. Well, sort of. It's not quite the same team. Linebacker Arthur Brown doesn't miss very many tackles and he's one of the Big 12's speediest linebackers. Cornerback Nigel Malone picked off seven passes this year for an All-Big 12 caliber season.