Is Gary Andersen...
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Former Utah State, Wisconsin and Oregon State head coach. He was interested in DC job at SMU until recently.
Not a possibility. Andersen collected $11M in salary between 2009-2017... he will not be interested in a UNLV staff position for a staff that could be gone after another year or two.
SMU coach Dykes has mentioned pursuing Andersen, but SMU has much deeper pockets and a stronger commitment to being competitive.
SMU coach Dykes has mentioned pursuing Andersen, but SMU has much deeper pockets and a stronger commitment to being competitive.
No longer a candidate for DC at SMU. If he wants to get back into coaching and money is not an obstacle, this might work.
Who knows what’s really important to Andersen right now but it would seem money isn’t his main priority. OSU owed him a 12 million buyout and he volunteered to leave with nothing. Not many people would leave 12 million dollars on the table. I’m not sure if he’d be interested in the UNLV DC position but I wouldn’t write him off based solely on salary.
This is a very random discussion. As far as I can tell Andersen was not pursuing the SMU job - they were pursuing him.
We've gone from hoping a Florida position coach will be interested in our DC position to thinking that a financially secure former P5 coach is going to rush to become a subordinate to a G5 coach who hasn't had a winning season? Also, his buddy Mike Sanford would probably advise him against coming here.
We've gone from hoping a Florida position coach will be interested in our DC position to thinking that a financially secure former P5 coach is going to rush to become a subordinate to a G5 coach who hasn't had a winning season? Also, his buddy Mike Sanford would probably advise him against coming here.
But we're getting new locker rooms.
Yessir! Thanks to Mike "I wear No Socks to the MWC Football Media Day" Sanford for getting the ball rolling.
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Matt Entz, NDSU DC/LB coach, and his team are still alive in the FCS playoffs. I'm holding out hope that this is the holdup to us getting the position filled. 
Andersen accepted a position with Utah.
http://www.sltrib.com/sports/utah-u...utahs-football-staff-as-associate-head-coach/
Andersen, a longtime former Ute assistant who stunned the college football world when he abruptly resigned as Oregon State’s head coach in October, is returning to the Utah staff as an associate head coach and will work with the defense, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham announced Tuesday morning.
The Salt Lake City native will begin his third stint at Utah when the new NCAA rule allowing a 10th assistant coach goes into effect on Jan. 9.
http://www.sltrib.com/sports/utah-u...utahs-football-staff-as-associate-head-coach/
Andersen, a longtime former Ute assistant who stunned the college football world when he abruptly resigned as Oregon State’s head coach in October, is returning to the Utah staff as an associate head coach and will work with the defense, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham announced Tuesday morning.
The Salt Lake City native will begin his third stint at Utah when the new NCAA rule allowing a 10th assistant coach goes into effect on Jan. 9.
He went to Utah because Kyle owed him a favor. I wouldn't want him. His defenses were good because of Dave Aranda and Aranda is likely going to become the next HC at LSU.
