Players Have Known About Deloach For 2 Weeks

MeanGreen61 · January 25, 2008

DeLoach gets second stint as defensive coordinator

Players knew about the new hire for two weeks

Richard White

Issue date: 1/25/08 Section: SPORTS

According to a reliable source close to the talks, former UCLA safeties and special teams coach Gary DeLoach will be introduced today as the Mean Green's new defensive coordinator.

DeLoach will replace Ron Mendoza, whose contract was not renewed earlier this month.

DeLoach previously coached at NT from 1998-2002. He spent his final three seasons as the Mean Green's defensive coordinator, the position he finds himself in again six years after leaving NT. DeLoach spent the previous five seasons at UCLA, joining the Bruins in January 2003.

Since an announcement has yet to be made as of Thursday's press time, Sports Information Director Eric Capper said that his department and the team's players are unable to comment until a deal was officially in place.

"Coach Dodge has said that no players are going to talk about coach DeLoach or anybody until they are fully on staff and a contract has officially been signed," Capper said.

However, this hasn't stopped current defensive players from discussing their new coordinator.

In a Wednesday interview with the Daily, defensive tackle Joseph Miller let slip a partial identity of the new defensive coordinator, saying about the pending hire, "He was really good as an assistant coach at UCLA."

Miller immediately changed the subject when pressed on the issue.

Another current football player revealed Thursday that the team had known for the last two weeks that DeLoach would be the new defensive coordinator.

The players were asked to remain quiet about the issue until an announcement was made.

The same player expressed his frustration over the many difficulties the players had to endure under Mendoza, saying, "He was terrible."

Unlike DeLoach's many years of defensive college experience, Mendoza never coached at the college level prior to coming to NT.

Once his addition to Dodge's staff is official, NT will look for DeLoach to return the defensive unit to the dominant level it attained in his final two seasons in Denton. In those seasons, the Mean Green won the first two of its four consecutive Sun Belt Conference titles.

Last season the Mean Green defense ranked near the bottom in every major Division I-A defensive category.

Out of 119 total Division I-A football teams, the Mean Green finished its 2007 season in last place at 119th for scoring defense by surrendering an average of more than 45 points a game.

The defense also collected other dubious national rankings, such as 115th in rushing defense, 113th in total defense and 105th in passing efficiency.

Edited January 25, 2008 by MeanGreen61

Censored by Laurie · January 25, 2008

Ummm...I don't think this is going to go over well with Papa Todd....or with Jesus DeLoach (I'm expirimenting with nicknames...I don't think this one will stick)

greenminer · January 25, 2008

The same player expressed his frustration over the many difficulties the players had to endure under Mendoza, saying, "He was terrible."

Not saying if it was right or wrong, but that seems out of Vito's norm to post something like that.

mad dog · January 25, 2008

Wait... was this Vito or NT Daily?

Green92 · January 25, 2008

Not saying if it was right or wrong, but that seems out of Vito's norm to post something like that.

I don't think it is a Vito written article.

GreenN'walinsVet · January 25, 2008

Wait... was this Vito or NT Daily?

It was NT Daily not VITO

greenminer · January 25, 2008

My bad, not Vito.

filmerj · January 25, 2008

DeLoach gets second stint as defensive coordinator
Players knew about the new hire for two weeks
Richard White
Issue date: 1/25/08 Section: SPORTS

emmitt01 · January 25, 2008

I don't know how it's done at the Daily but where I'm from we don't snitch on people.

"Coach Dodge has said that no players are going to talk about coach DeLoach or anybody until they are fully on staff and a contract has officially been signed," Capper said.
However, this hasn't stopped current defensive players from discussing their new coordinator.
In a Wednesday interview with the Daily, defensive tackle Joseph Miller let slip a partial identity of the new defensive coordinator, saying about the pending hire, "He was really good as an assistant coach at UCLA."

:lol: :lol:

mean green d · January 25, 2008

You're from Denton..right. Yeah they do.

Keith7 · January 25, 2008

this is from the sports editor of the daily.. He didn't say the players name, which he prolly could have.. interesting article none the less

emmitt01 · January 25, 2008

this is from the sports editor of the daily.. He didn't say the players name, which he prolly could have.. interesting article none the less

Uh read again. He says Joseph Miller's name right there in print.

UNT_playmaker · January 25, 2008

Who cares we landed Deloach

That is more important than any player coming in here..... I never knew he was from Houston...

Keith7 · January 25, 2008

Uh read again. He says Joseph Miller's name right there in print.

I think he was referring to "another player", mentioned a few lines up

in this line-> "Another current football player revealed Thursday that the team had known for the last two weeks that DeLoach would be the new defensive coordinator."

Got5onIt · January 25, 2008

Ummm...I don't think this is going to go over well with Papa Todd....or with Jesus DeLoach (I'm expirimenting with nicknames...I don't think this one will stick)

How about Touchdown Todd and Scary Gary-D?

January 25, 2008

I don't know how it's done at the Daily but where I'm from we don't snitch on people.
:lol:

Would you look at that?

A DPD telling people "don't snitch".

Just like Carmelo..

Remember though...

UNTflyer · January 25, 2008

The "reporters" at the NT Daily are getting worser and worser.

Here's a headline from the other day:

Highway 121 eliminates tolls, raises price of commute

:unsure:

Green to the Bone · January 25, 2008

Props to the Daily reporter. He got people with specific knowledge to talk about something of great public interest. TD's gag order doesn't apply to reporters.

Quoner · January 25, 2008

Props to the Daily reporter. He got people with specific knowledge to talk about something of great public interest. TD's gag order doesn't apply to reporters.

Wow, if only there was someone who knew this several weeks ago. Somehow? Somewhere? Hello? Hello?

FirefightnRick · January 25, 2008

Wow, if only there was someone who knew this several weeks ago. Somehow? Somewhere? Hello? Hello?

:ph34r:

The same player expressed his frustration over the many difficulties the players had to endure under Mendoza, saying, "He was terrible."

Come on! Y'all know darn well it was because our schedule was the most difficult in years and that our players sucked....... :sleeping: "sarcasm alert" :wacko: