Lewis Caralla : New UNT S & C coach

NT03 · January 17, 2015

http://www.mgoblue.com/genrel/caralla_lewis00.html

Brett Vito · January 17, 2015

MGB:

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2015/01/unt-has-its-new-strength-coach.html/

Mean Green 93-98 · January 17, 2015

You've gotta wake up early to scoop NT03!

That comment about "unrivaled energy" sounds good, and I'm sure was appealing to Coach Mac. Sounds like a solid hire.

FirefightnRick · January 17, 2015

Another assistant from a BIG NAME school getting his first Head Football Coaching/S&C job at North Texas.

Welcome aboard!

Rick

Edited January 17, 2015 by FirefightnRick

greenminer · January 17, 2015

I hope that he can bring some of that B10/SEC swagger with him.

GMG24 · January 17, 2015

Welcome to the family, now produce some 6'4" 300 lb monster Dline idc how you do it!

ChristopherRyanWilkes · January 17, 2015

Wow, this looks like a great hire.

jdennis82 · January 17, 2015

Looks to be a solid hire and the connection seems to be another USF tie - Ron McKeefery.

McKeefery was at USF from '00 - '10 and lists both Wintrich and Caralla on his "coaching tree": http://ronmckeefery.com/coaching-tree/

He also tweeted a congratulations to our new hire...

Fired up for Former Intern @LewisCaralla and his family for being named Head S&C at the North Texas. #Stud. pic.twitter.com/RoH9aWWiNi
— Ron McKeefery (@RMcKeefery)
January 17, 2015

jdennis82 · January 17, 2015

In fact, as a huge fan of what Wintrich was building, I'm hoping Caralla is of similar philosophy and able to take Wintrich's program and tweak it with some of what he's been exposed to in the Big 10, SEC, and ACC.

Marty · January 17, 2015

More good news, welcome aboard Coach Caralla!

UNTLifer · January 18, 2015

Another assistant from a BIG NAME school getting his first Head Football Coaching/S&C job at North Texas.
Welcome aboard!
Rick

Gee, and who would you have hired?

MEANGREENCOACH2 · January 18, 2015

I'm excited about this hire. After slightly stalking his twitter some of his posts are very encouraging and good quotes. I hope it's not just lip service.

outoftown · January 18, 2015

I wish I were excited for this hire.

Count me among those not immeadiately impressed by the strategy behind the hire. Getting someone who had this job at a smaller school ((FCS or sun belt) and was used to plan with crappy budgets and giving him a higher budget than he is used to, might have been smarter than hiring an assistant to the job, who will be surprised by all the things he hasn't got financed here. I think if we should have learned anything in terms of coaching hires lately, it is that the risk of promote assistants from outside the program is risky buisness. It seems safer to me to stick to people who have proven themselves at this same position at schools a peg below UNT.

What is more: the last years of michigan don-t make me think i want anything to do with anyone who worked on that coaching staff, even if it was "just" in S&C.

That said this might work out anyway, too early to tell and coach macs hires have so far usually been at least ok. What I am more skeptical so far is though, whether he will fire an assistant who does not perform.

NM Green · January 18, 2015

It's okay to be skeptical. It's good to have heartless faith in this coaching staff. Hopefully this hire does some great things but it's okay and easier to throw hopeless Bombs than to be excited. Proof will be in the outcomes. Personally love the profile. Give me experience and someone who has been around Excellence any day. GMG

Rudy · January 18, 2015

I like the fact that he's done this work at P5 schools. If he can't adapt to the same resources we have in place that Wintrich had to work with, then that's on him.

UNT90 · January 19, 2015

I wish I were excited for this hire.

Count me among those not immeadiately impressed by the strategy behind the hire. Getting someone who had this job at a smaller school ((FCS or sun belt) and was used to plan with crappy budgets and giving him a higher budget than he is used to, might have been smarter than hiring an assistant to the job, who will be surprised by all the things he hasn't got financed here. I think if we should have learned anything in terms of coaching hires lately, it is that the risk of promote assistants from outside the program is risky buisness. It seems safer to me to stick to people who have proven themselves at this same position at schools a peg below UNT.
What is more: the last years of michigan don-t make me think i want anything to do with anyone who worked on that coaching staff, even if it was "just" in S&C.

That said this might work out anyway, too early to tell and coach macs hires have so far usually been at least ok. What I am more skeptical so far is though, whether he will fire an assistant who does not perform.

Good post. I share these concerns and would like to see us hire guys that have succeeded on a right budget. Makes a lot of sense.

GOMG2013 · January 19, 2015

Good post. I share these concerns and would like to see us hire guys that have succeeded on a right budget. Makes a lot of sense.

Very valid points. Most of the schools I have visited had supplements as a part of their nutrition program.

Money and budget is an issue when it comes to recruiting also.

eulessismore · January 19, 2015

I like the hire, and in this case, don't mind his coming from a program that's so much better funded, because I've been reading for a long time about how that we have the facilities we need for the strength program. Honestly, if he had been the main guy in charge of S & C at Michigan, I would wonder why he hadn't gotten after Brady Hoke to shape up (in a physical sense that is).

adman · January 19, 2015

Good post. I share these concerns and would like to see us hire guys that have succeeded on a right budget. Makes a lot of sense.

You guys ( 90 & outoftown) realize Wintrich, like Caralla, was also an associate S&C coach from a more prominent football school when he took the Head S&C position here at NT right? That seemed to work out pretty well for us.

I'd also wager that during an interview S&C candidates probably ask what the budget is like for their department.

FirefightnRick · January 19, 2015

You guys ( 90 & outoftown) realize Wintrich, like Caralla, was also an associate S&C coach from a more prominent football school when he took the Head S&C position here at NT right? That seemed to work out pretty well for us.

I'd also wager that during an interview S&C candidates probably ask what the budget is like for their department.

I think the point is, if they come UP from a lower budgeted program then they know what they are getting into, and know that they may not have the money to introduce their Super Duper Nutritional-based Specialized S&C program that they were not able to implement at Hardin Simons, The Citadel or at South Florida, and that maybe we'll get more than 4 years out of them?

Personally, I'd just like to see our S&C program get up to where UTSA's S&C program is. Once we get to that piont I think we'll be on our way?

Rick

Mean Green 93-98 · January 19, 2015

Personally, I'd just like to see our S&C program get up to where UTSA's S&C program is. Once we get to that piont I think we'll be on our way?

UTSA? Rick, I love ya, but...isn't that setting the bar pretty low? UTSA doesn't have facilities comparable to what we have. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A SINGLE DEDICATED FOOTBALL S&C COACH. They've done an impressive job in other areas, but I don't get this one at all.

MeanGreenTexan · January 19, 2015

I think the point is, if they come UP from a lower budgeted program then they know what they are getting into, and know that they may not have the money to introduce their Super Duper Nutritional-based Specialized S&C program that they were not able to implement at Hardin Simons, The Citadel or at South Florida, and that maybe we'll get more than 4 years out of them?
Personally, I'd just like to see our S&C program get up to where UTSA's S&C program is. Once we get to that piont I think we'll be on our way?
Rick

This discredits everything Wintrich did during his tenure here, which, in my opinion, blew UTSA's S&C program away.

FirefightnRick · January 19, 2015

UTSA? Rick, I love ya, but...isn't that setting the bar pretty low? UTSA doesn't have facilities comparable to what we have. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A SINGLE DEDICATED FOOTBALL S&C COACH. They've done an impressive job in other areas, but I don't get this one at all.

LOL... Sarcasm my Brotha.

Rick