Not to my pick but the article says. "the notion that Buffalo is the only AAU-accredited university with an FBS program that isn’t playing in a Power 5 conference." But isn't Tulane also an AAU university.
What do you all think of this guy?
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We're going all Gerry Faust with this search??
Paul, will you consider returning to the sidelines in 2016?
Paul, will you consider returning to the sidelines in 2016?
The one thing I want to see in a new coach is a resume that includes assistant stops at top programs. Not necessarily coordinator, but just as an assistant at some successful programs.
Here's a link to Leipold's wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Leipold
There's not much there, admittedly, but what would you expect for a coach who's in his first year out of D-III?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Leipold
There's not much there, admittedly, but what would you expect for a coach who's in his first year out of D-III?
Yeah they recruit. But from my experience, at least in Iowa, it was basically look in the paper at who got any type of post season honors in your state, and give those guys a call and a look.
I like him a lot for a dark-horse. I think he's a better option, with more success, than Stitt. He would need to bring in some stud recruiters, as that would be a major question mark. But more than anything else (IMO) we need someone to instill a culture of winning - and he has a ton of experience at that.
True story. But we'll need people on staff who know how to recruit TX and FL let alone Iowa.
I think it'd be a safe assumption that he wouldn't just bring his staff from UW-W. Of course he'd need assistants that can recruit.
So he's lost as many games in one season at the FBS level as he did in eight in Division III. Buffalo is 5-6 right now in his first year there. Not ideal.
He'd be on Iowa State-type radars if he goes something like 9-3 at Buffalo next year. But this is a gamble as it is.
Well it does say "the notion" maybe he's figuring high school kids won't do any fact checking on the statements he throws out. It looks like Rice is an AAU university as well as Tulane.
Here's the thing with Liepold.
Bob Berezowitz was at Whitewater for 30+ years. They were D-III runner-up in 2005 and 2006, then Liepold took over and won a bunch of titles. He didn't have to build anything, he got tossed the keys to a sports car and didn't crash it.
Pass.
Bob Berezowitz was at Whitewater for 30+ years. They were D-III runner-up in 2005 and 2006, then Liepold took over and won a bunch of titles. He didn't have to build anything, he got tossed the keys to a sports car and didn't crash it.
Pass.
True, but I wonder if a DIII winning culture translates to what it takes to win at the DI level. Still, his record is down right ridiculous.
Interesting. I'd feel a bit better if he was having a better season this year. I wonder how their recruiting class is for next year?
The Bo Ryan comparison is not quite right because I don't think it is as big of a jump going from coaching D3 in basketball to D1 as it would be in football.
Overall, I'd rather have a current head coach than he current position coach. But I'm not sure this is the right guy.
The Bo Ryan comparison is not quite right because I don't think it is as big of a jump going from coaching D3 in basketball to D1 as it would be in football.
Overall, I'd rather have a current head coach than he current position coach. But I'm not sure this is the right guy.
