What type of coach should UNT hire?

[Harry]

What type of coach will UNT hire?  This is not looking at specific names as much as it is the current job status and age/experience.

[eoj221]

One who wins conference championships and bowl games please.

[Tyler Maryak]

I think 1 & 2 kind of go together because I think the young guys are what interest recruits right now. The only reason I didn't go with #1 is because I don't think we can get a good enough HC and still get good assistants.

 

Otherwise, get a coach with tig ol bitties willing to wear tassles to every home game.

[MeanGreenDan]

I would love someone with head coaching experience, even if it is at a lower level and they are now P5 coordinators.

Also, there MUST be ties to the area for recruiting.

Edited November 18, 2015 by MeanGreenDan

[kj86]

I voted for the first one, but want him to have been a HC at some point and have extensive Texas ties.

[MGNation92]

I think a combo of something like Norvell and Thompsen could work wonders and cover all bases.

Norvell is a young OC with good experience running explosive offenses and can recruit.

Thompsen is an older coach who's won at lower levels and can also recruit.

I would fly to Tempe, Arizona and wouldn't leave until I had one or both coming on the plane back with me

[Cerebus]

One who can recruit, recruit, recruit, and on special occasions recruit even more.  

 

 

Also a good recruiter wouldn't hurt. 

[97and03]

Seems to me that recruiting really isn't the HC's main job, but rather that of the assistance. The HC can be a "closer" type I suppose, so you want someone with some charisma. But I think that someone that will hire great coordinators and recruiters is what you want, along with an overall defensive and offensive philosophy that wins.

[GreenTexan13]

You can have all the head coaching experience you want from a coach. But if he can't recruit... It is just a fancy resume booster...

[medpilot21]

Need a younger, "guns-blazing" offensive minded coach. Footballs are being fired all over the field in high scoring offenses in high schools, in high scoring offenses in colleges, and thus will be in Denton Texas. No bus drivers, Buicks, retirees, or experiments please? (Unless you are considering Sofia Vergara, at which point I'll take the under)

GMG!!!

[MeanGreenTexan]

One who can recruit, recruit, recruit, and on special occasions recruit even more.  

 

 

Also a good recruiter wouldn't hurt. 

That's all fine and good, but I'd like it a little better if this guy could recruit.

[untbowler]

Easy Answer: A PROVEN WINNER

[Harry]

Easy Answer: A PROVEN WINNER

It's not that easy and you know it.

[Stan R]

I said mature (<55) coordinator.  I think Mac was the right idea but there were serious negative signs that weren't addressed after the winning season involving recruiting.  I also believe Texas recruiting ties is a non-negotiable requirement. 

These things should be addressed in the interview and in RESEARCH and following up with REFERENCES who can vouch for this person's requisite skills in all areas.  

I hope you're reading this Pres. Smatresk. You need input from all of us to assist in your selection process, not just me. 

[HarringtonFishSmeller]

I voted best recruiter, get assistants who are great at Xs and Os.  Second choice is young OC.  Third choice is former head coach at lower level, or Tommy Bowden.  Tommy Bowden is really the only former coach with a TV gig that I'd consider...if we get down to that level.

 

[untbowler]

It's not that easy and you know it.

Well if a coach has shown to win consistent at JUCO, then D2/3, then FCS then I would consider that a proven winner, too simplistic but makes since

[untjim1995]

What type of coach should we hire?

Someone who can also handle AD duties...

[UNT90]

It's not that easy and you know it.

Willie Fritz disagrees. Has UNT talked to him?

[southsideguy]

i want one who build a team with high school players and not a lot jc transfers.

[Got5onIt]

Experienced head coach, successful at lower levels. Can be a current assistant at bigger programs. 

[EagleMBA]

I want a coach that will implement creative, cutting edge training techniques like the one below in an attempt to improve our line play:

[TheFranchise]

I want someone who's done well as a HC with "not much" or "next to nothing." Whether that means he's won at the G5 level or the FCS level, it really doesn't matter to me. Just someone who's had some coaching experience and made things happen by having a few winning seasons. I'd also prefer Texas ties, although that's not totally a deal-breaker to me if he's proven at other jobs that he can get out and get to know the HS coaches in Texas and get them talking about UNT to their kids.

If we can get a guy that does that, we'll certainly be headed in the right direction.

[UNT71]

My criteria for a HC would be the following one who has character, management and communication abilities. 

My definitions of the criteria is below:

Character--someone who is a quality individual and his word is his bond

Management--one who can see an issue and resolve it, have a plan for the football program, i.e., know what he needs in terms of coaches, athletes, have the ability to use both offense and defense schemes that play to the strengths of his athletes, and the coaches he hires implement those schemes

Communication--be able to discuss and get across his vision to fans, coaches, athletes also behind the scenes tell his coaches to recruit various types of athletes and when necessary meet with the recruits to sign them to North Texas if the coach can not close the deal

Who that individual would be I do not know but will have to rely on the hiring officials and their supervisors. 

 

 

[casual fan]

Hire a coach who has won as a HC at both FCS and FBS with no losing seasons and has several years of NFL coaching experience.

One who would probably take the job as it would double or triple his current salary.

The only HC to meet that  criteria would be Everett Withers at James Madison.

[bstnsportsfan3]

So we just need a Young, experienced great recruiting former head coach....easy