Skip Holtz

[StealthEagle84]

Headed to LaTech. I think this a good hire for them. He had a rough run at USF but was very successful at ECU. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8745616/sources-skip-holtz-accepts-head-coaching-job-louisiana-tech-bulldogs

[KRAM1]

I agree...looks like a decent hire. But, does show how just beacuse a coach is successful at one school, well... it does not always translate to success at another.

[Arkstfan]

I think it demonstrates how badly La.Tech has damaged their brand. Look at the peer group job openings at USM, WKU, ASU and how their hires are perceived.

[Eagle1855]

Eesh about time shomeone hired my shun. He'sh a very good head coash and he'll surely have a great bit of shuccshess at Louishiana Tech.

[untlynchka]

Making fun of a stroke victim. Brutal.

[All About UNT]

Making fun of a stroke victim. Brutal.

shoulda drank some of the Goose?

[GrayEagle]

I don't get this. Here's a coach that's 16 games over .500 for his career and is a bad hire when compared to a first-time FBS coach, a FCS coach with an excellent record over only three years and a great coach with so much excess baggage he'd have to hire a cargo plane to fly along. PS..Skip has been successful at two schools, Connecticut and East Carolina and was also successful his first year at South Florida.

[Arkstfan]

UConn was I-AA and his predecessor won 11 games his last 2 years. Skip won 12 in the same span. Then 11 the next two years and then finally won 10 his final season going out in the second round of the playoffs. Went back to work for his dad after that. Did much better at ECU with one losing season, then 7, 8, 9, and 9 win seasons. Didn't crack the polls and went 1-3 in bowls. At USF had as many losing seasons in three years as Leavitt had in 13 years. He strikes me is the guy you hire when you fired your last coach, not the guy who you hire to keep your program a 9 game winner. Clearly a very good coach, just not a GREAT one. Tech had to be a hard sell though. Attendance hasn't been good in Ruston, their AD handed everyone a recruiting advantage against them by dodging ULM, and thinking long-term many coaches will wonder if the change in schedule will allow the success level to continue. Given the circumstances, Skip is a good hire but absent that anyone would question why a school that is coming off an 8 and 9 win season would hire him