Sonny Cumbie and Doug Meacham UNT job mention on Fox

Harry · October 13, 2015

Speaking of TCU, with North Texas canning coach Dan McCarney don’t be shocked if UNT gives a close look to Horned Frog offensive coordinators Doug Meacham and Sonny Cumbie for the vacancy.

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Eastwood Eagle · October 13, 2015

Yes please, thank you.

James · October 13, 2015

Completely okay with this hire if it's possible. They'd get these Texas kids to Denton.

UNTLifer · October 13, 2015

What is the difference in the two? Is one more desirable than the other?

Eastwood Eagle · October 13, 2015

I would rather have Meacham just because I know more about him dating back to his UH days.

Withers940 · October 13, 2015

Give me winning seasons twice in three years and I don't care if your name is Santa Claus

GoMeanGreen1999 · October 13, 2015

Completely okay with this hire if it's possible. They'd get these Texas kids to Denton.

If left to RV he will simply not go with the popular or no-brainer. He will have to hire someone out of left field. It's just his DNA as an AD.

mgfan · October 13, 2015

Yes to either!

Harry · October 13, 2015

Cumbie is 34 Meacham is 50. They are co offensive coordinators. I believe Cumbie is the QB coach and Meacham does inside receivers.

greenit · October 13, 2015

Surely one of them is not happy being a co-OC.

Rudy · October 13, 2015

Give me winning seasons twice in three years and I don't care if your name is Santa Claus

I hear Rudolph is a hell of a team leader and a threat to run when the pocket collapses.

jperg2 · October 13, 2015

Sonny Cumbie
Doug Meacham

Separated at birth... reunited by TCU?

greenit · October 13, 2015

Damn Sonny. That is a rode hard and put up wet 34.

TheWestie · October 13, 2015

Bad mugshot photo.

He was at a Guyer game earlier this season to watch Shawn Robinson and he doesn't look like that.

That photo makes him look like Conan O'Brien on roids.

Mean Green Eagle · October 13, 2015

I'd take either, but think I'd prefer Cumbie based on his age and his connections in central Texas, Lubbock, San Antonio and Fort Worth. It would be a really exciting hire!

From killerfrogs.com

think Meacham made $350,000 this year and Cumbie around $275,000. Obviously they got big raises for 2015 but there's a lot of room there.

UNTflyer · October 13, 2015

PFFT! Let's not get ridiculous. It makes too much sense to look at these guys.

DentonAmerica · October 13, 2015

Meach is a longshot. He turned down several opportunities last year. He will probably be Houstons top target, as most have Herman leaving for a bigger job.

Rudy · October 13, 2015

I like Cumbie's age, but let's go after whichever one they'd hate to lose most.

Edited October 13, 2015 by Rudy

LongJim · October 13, 2015

Sonny Cumbie
Doug Meacham
Separated at birth... reunited by TCU?

Jesus CHRIST.

Eagle1855 · October 13, 2015

Cumbie is 34 Meacham is 50. They are co offensive coordinators. I believe Cumbie is the QB coach and Meacham does inside receivers.

And together, they've turned TCU into a Top-5 team in 2015. Gary Patterson knows that. They're not going to leave unless it's for a better opportunity and more pay -- and there's no reason to think TCU can't match a coordinator's pay with anything we want to pay a head coach.

Cumbie's been a great addition as an offensive mind. But bringing him in as a Head Coach at 34 years of age is probably as big a stretch as hiring a legendary HS football coach.

Censored by Laurie · October 13, 2015

And together, they've turned TCU into a Top-5 team in 2015. Gary Patterson knows that. They're not going to leave unless it's for a better opportunity and more pay -- and there's no reason to think TCU can't match a coordinator's pay with anything we want to pay a head coach.
Cumbie's been a great addition as an offensive mind. But bringing him in as a Head Coach at 34 years of age is probably as big a stretch as hiring a legendary HS football coach.

which I contend still wasn't a mistake so much as it was to allow him to fill his staff with high school coaches.

he's 34...and already OC at a top 5 school, so clearly he's ambitious...he'd definitely view UNT as a stepping stone (rightly), so I think we'd see a level of dedication we've never seen and a pragmatic approach to put experienced minds around him.

UNTcrazy727 · October 13, 2015

If we take the young coordinator route, I'd feel more comfortable with Major Applewhite than Sonny Cumbie. Applewhite has been a full time coach since 2005, while Cumbie has only been coaching since 2011. I feel Applewhite would be able to put together a better staff and has much more experience on the recruiting trail.

Mean Green 93-98 · October 13, 2015

And together, they've turned TCU into a Top-5 team in 2015. Gary Patterson knows that. They're not going to leave unless it's for a better opportunity and more pay -- and there's no reason to think TCU can't match a coordinator's pay with anything we want to pay a head coach.

Seriously? We paid Coach Mac over $700k with incentives allowing him to make close to a million. Neither of these guys made half of his base last year. TCU is currently paying co-OC's, so if they had to bump up the pay of one over $700k, they'd have to bump up the other's salary comparably (and probably those of their co-DC's as well). Not gonna happen.

Eagle1855 · October 13, 2015

which I contend still wasn't a mistake so much as it was to allow him to fill his staff with high school coaches.
he's 34...and already OC at a top 5 school, so clearly he's ambitious...he'd definitely view UNT as a stepping stone (rightly), so I think we'd see a level of dedication we've never seen and a pragmatic approach to put experienced minds around him.

All fair points.

I guess I'd just like to see us make a splash hire for once. A hire that says "we're going to take this seriously." But I don't know what that looks like and I'm a dreamer by trade.

If we take the young coordinator route, I'd feel more comfortable with Major Applewhite than Sonny Cumbie. Applewhite has been a full time coach since 2005, while Cumbie has only been coaching since 2011. I feel Applewhite would be able to put together a better staff and has much more experience on the recruiting trail.

I'd be intrigued by this, too.

MeanGreenHoops · October 13, 2015

All fair points.
I guess I'd just like to see us make a splash hire for once. A hire that says "we're going to take this seriously." But I don't know what that looks like and I'm a dreamer by trade.

Hiring Dodge kind of was a splash hire. It's why we got so much media attention. it's why 5,500 showed up to the spring game. The hire wasn't wrong, just everything else put around it.

Edited October 13, 2015 by MeanGreenHoops