Cockeye (Iovva) OC

[Irv]

Starting to like Cockeye’s chances on offense this year since they didn’t get bamboozled into signing the best high school qb in the country, unlike some programs we know.

 

[Huskerbuck85]

 

[Mavsker]

 

[Juro]

To be fair, he’s been known to help Cockeye get wins.

 

[doublewing]

Has he actually been interviewed? I have not seen any factual based reporting on this. I've only seen "rumors" which seemed to be based on Twitter BS.

 

[Tonkasker]

Has he actually been interviewed? I have not seen any factual based reporting on this. I've only seen "rumors" which seemed to be based on Twitter BS.

Not in an official capacity and he won’t be

 

[Ext. 55]

If he wasn’t already the most hated man at the moment in Nebraska, him making the conscious decision to be the OC at Cockeye would literally prohibit him from ever coming back to this state forever.

 

[Tsakoi]

If he wasn’t already the most hated man at the moment in Nebraska, him making the conscious decision to be the OC at Cockeye would literally prohibit him from ever coming back to this state forever.

Can you imagine him trying to recruit in Omaha for Iovva?

What reception would he get from the coaches?

 

[nja13]

Can you imagine him trying to recruit in Omaha for Iovva?

What reception would he get from the coaches?

Nah. Cockeye already has coaches that recruit Omaha better than Scott Frost ever has.

 

[1HuskerDad]

Nah. Cockeye already has coaches that recruit Omaha better than Scott Frost ever has.

He’ll recruit the cheerleaders I hear!

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Can you imagine him trying to recruit?

Not without laughing

 

[Tonkasker]

Putting in my crystal ball for Joe Philbin

 

[Fargo Husker]

Putting in my crystal ball for Joe Philbin

Someone made a thread on RRS saying this as well.

 

[Tonkasker]

Someone made a thread on RRS saying this as well.

Yeah he’s been rumored for a couple days but I think it’s pretty real now. Talked to some buddies about it today and it sounds like former players are being informed by current players. Pretty boring search might I add. Kirk asked Chryst and got a “no” then asked Philbin. I don’t expect much to change schematically.

 

[Kazman5k]

Well if Cockeye recruits Aaron rodgers then we’re fucked

 

[Blakejc]

People expecting the Golden Tee Guru to be busting his ass looking for work is pretty ironic. Did he get one big buyout or are we essentially paying him $500k/month for the next few years?

 

[BradWesley]

All I can think of with Mangino is the bath towel stories

They were 100% true. It’s how he would wipe.

 

[Ripping Lips]

Looks like Frost is no longer a candidate...

There will not be a new offensive coordinator in Cockeye City until after Cockeye’s January 1st bowl game against Tennessee. Kirk Ferentz addressed the media this week during bowl practice discussing the current offensive coordinator search. The head coach has made three phone calls and has one more target in mind at this point. Ferentz said he will hold in-person interviews for the job in early January after the Citrus Bowl.

Two of the offensive coordinator targets have been confirmed. They are Paul Chryst and Joe Philbin. Rumors suggested the job was Philbin’s to lose at the end of last week. However, that was negated after Ferentz’s media availability this week. Chryst is another target that Ferentz confirmed this week. Here are a handful of names worth considering as Cockeye narrows its interview process.

Paul Chryst – Analyst, Texas​

This hire would make the most sense, and would probably be the most realistic “home-run” hire that Cockeye could make. Chryst is currently an offensive analyst and special assistant to the head coach for the third-ranked Texas Longhorns. That program’s 12-1 record lifted it into the final four-team College Football Playoff. Before Texas, Chryst spent seven-and-a-half seasons as the head coach of Wisconsin. He had a 67-26 overall record, went to three New Year’s Six bowl games, won two of them, and had four ten-plus win seasons. He was fired midway through the 2022 season despite all of that.

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Chryst played quarterback at Wisconsin in the late 1980s and has been coaching offense since 1990. His first offensive coordinator role was in 2003 with Oregon State and lasted two seasons. Chryst then had a six-year stint as Wisconsin’s offensive coordinator from 2005 through 2011 before his first head coaching gig at Pittsburgh from 2012 to 2014. A year later, his alma mater hired him on as the head coach.

As an offensive coordinator in Corvallis, Chryst’s offense won two bowl games averaging 422 yards per game, and scored exactly 30 points per game in that two-year stint. Chryst then took over as the co-offensive coordinator in Madison in 2005 and was named the offensive coordinator in 2006. From 2006 to 2011, the Badgers had five ten-plus win seasons. Chryst’s offense averaged 415 yards per game under his direction.

Joe Philbin – Analyst, Ohio State​

Another realistic, but less “splashy” hire could be the current Ohio State offensive analyst in Philbin. The Buttguys won 11 games this season and its offense had a Heisman Trophy finalist in Marvin Harrison Jr. Philbin spent the 1999 through 2002 seasons in Cockeye City as Ferentz’s offensive line coach. His offensive line included Robert Gallery, who won the Outland Trophy in 2003, and it blocked for the 2002 Heisman Trophy Runner Up, quarterback Brad Banks.

Philbin spent the 2003 through 2011 seasons with the Green Bay Packers. He served as the team’s offensive coordinator from 2007 to 2011 with quarterback Aaron Rogers including the Packers’ 2010 Super Bowl Championship. Philbin’s offense averaged 5.95 yards per play during his five seasons as the offensive coordinator. He bounced around to a few other organizations through 2022 before landing in Columbus under head coach Ryan Day for 2023.

The standing relationship that Philbin has with Ferentz is likely a significant factor in his potential to be the next play-caller in Cockeye City. Ferentz is an offensive line coach by nature and was one of the first head coaches to implement the zone blocking scheme in the Big Ten when he first joined the coaching staff. Ferentz is committed to running a complimentary football program built on establishing the run, taking care of the football, and winning field positions with defense and special teams. That will not change regardless of the next offensive coordinator at Cockeye. Philbin’s experience under Ferentz’s system will make him a competitive candidate for the job.

Jon Budmayr – Analyst, Cockeye​

Cockeye brought Budmayr onto its staff before the 2022 season. He came over from Colorado State where he was the offensive coordinator for one season. However, Budmayr’s career began as a quarterback for Wisconsin from 2009 to 2011. He served as a graduate assistant for a handful of years before being named the team’s quarterbacks coach from 2016 through 2020. Budmayr actually extended Cade McNamara his first Power Five offer during his high school recruitment. He also recruited Jack Coan, Graham Mertz, and Deacon Hill to the Badgers during his five-year stint in Madison.

Budmayr would make the most sense as far as an internal hire for Cockeye. His role as an offensive analyst for two seasons has made him familiar with the program and how Ferentz wants to run it. He would also serve as a solid recruiter for the Cockeyes, having recruited the team’s top two current quarterbacks, though he did so at another school. Budmayr is also just 33 years old. He would be the youngest offensive coordinator hire at Cockeye under Ferentz if he is given the keys.

Other Names to Mention​

Ryan Grubb has been floating around as a potential target for Cockeye’s next offensive coordinator. Though highly unlikely, Washington’s current offensive coordinator is from Cockeye and began his collegiate coaching career in the Midwest at South Dakota State. It’s also a stretch that Grubb would make a lateral coaching move within the Big Ten after the tremendous success his offense has had at Washington in just two years. Not to mention the schematic differences between what Ferentz wants to run compared to Grubb’s offense.

Tim Polasek was Cockeye’s offensive line coach from 2017 through 2020 and developed some of the program’s best linemen. He is currently the offensive coordinator at Wyoming under Craig Bohl. Bohl is coaching his final game at Wyoming in the Barstool Arizona Bowl this month. Jay Sawvel has been named the next head coach in Laramie, and Polasek could be on the move.

The Long Shot​

A name worth bringing to the table is one of Ferentz’s former players. Drew Tate has spent his last eight seasons in eight different cities playing and coaching football. His coaching career began as a defensive analyst for Coastal Carolina in 2018. Tate then went to the Canadian Football League for a few years where he coached nearly every position group on offense. He spent a year at UT Martin as the quarterbacks coach, and a year at Northern Cockeye as the tight ends coach. Tate is currently the wide receivers coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

The 2005 Capital One Bowl Champion quarterback has said his ultimate goal is to be a head football coach. The path he wants to take would begin with landing an offensive coordinator gig. Tate is hoping that the numerous roles he’s taken over the last handful of seasons will help make him a more well-rounded leader and coach. If Ferentz were to give Tate a phone call, they’d probably begin by discussing their dramatic win over Nick Saban back in 2005. But Tate has said that the offensive coordinator job in Cockeye City would be “an awesome deal.”

 

[Irv]

Really a lot of buzz around this search.

 

[NorthWillRiseAgain]

Really a lot of buzz around this search.

Besides Chryst it looks like they just could’ve kept Brian.