Jumbo Fisher won a natty. He hasn't reached Bowden's peak though.
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Bob Stoops Stepping Down at OU
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Still trying to miss the ground
I forget who was before Cowher, but he came into a pretty good situation too.
Noll, but then the Steelers are anomaly as they've had 3 coaches in 50 years.
True, but Tomlin wasn't part of the Steelers organization when Cowher retired. Especially in the NFL, I don't think it's all that rare to go from one great coach to another, especially if they are gifted a franchise QB. The college game is so much different.
I wonder when he told his team he was retiring? IMO, unless the next coach basically keeps the same offense/defense I could see a bumpy ride for OU this season.
But Self wasn't at KU when Williams retired. I think Jimbo is the only real legit assistant that has taken over permanent HC duties and has been successful.
The Bills and Dolphins are probably poster child examples here as they didn't just lose franchise defining HCs, but also HOF QBs in relatively short order.
Tommy Bowden to Dabo might be the next closest thing, although it's not like Tommy Bowden was an all timer or anything.
Woody Hayes/Earl Bruce
If this was planned, huge dick move to recruits. They got on campus this week probably, and are now committed to a program that is going to be very different from what they signed on to.
Jimbo Fisher, Tom Osborne, David Shaw, Chip Kelly.
I think that's a stretch. Dabo built upon Bowden's foundation.
But college football is special in this regard. Texas, OU, SC and Alabama made some of their best hires coming off their worst stretches in modern program history. Notre Dame is still chasing the ghost of Lou Holtz like the Nubs are chasing the ghost of Tom Osborne.
(Fulmer was an assistant under Majors at UT)
I thought Sandusky was in jail....
Physically wise, it's probably a good thing he's getting out. Those kids though, it sucks. I didn't know about the heart issues honestly.
Absolutely not.
Rick Neuheisal?
Is a great example of when promoting from within is a catastrophic disaster.
We could also add every head coach at Boise going back 25 years.
Absolutely not on which part? As I said, Tommy Bowden wasn't an all-timer, but he was there nearly a decade, never had a losing record and took Clemson to a bowl game every year (outside of the year they declined one).
Shaw is borderline on this list, as is Kelly, but Osbourne and Fisher work
Conference titles let alone contender for a national championship? Yeah. Next.
We're just going through an exercise to see if there is any precedent that "grooming" an assistant to take over for a successful coach actually works. Calm yourself.
TB was "successful" in the most mundane of terms. He stabilized a program. That's about the best you can say about him.
And cut it with the calm yourself crap. You don't have a monopoly on unemotional posts.