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Special Teams Coach Hot Board

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Ekeler’s coaching career is on par with Dylan’s playing career. His four year stint at Tennessee was his longest in his career, followed by the three years he was with us under Bo. There have been a lot of 1 and 2 year jobs he’s had.

He doesn’t like to be still and that translates to the jobs he takes. He averages a new job every other year.

He may have a clash with Rhule, I don’t know. He may want to coach LBs and he isn’t getting that opportunity here, IDK. If he leaves this will be the fifth time he’s left a job after 1 year, including when he was USC’s LB coach 12 years ago. This feels a lot like a high energy, ADHD coach going on the move for the 13th time in his 22 year career.

I want him here. I think he’s a great ST coach and the right mentality we want in the locker room. But if he leaves I wish him good luck other than when they play us.
 
BorWhiskey said:
Ekeler’s coaching career is on par with Dylan’s playing career. His four year stint at Tennessee was his longest in his career, followed by the three years he was with us under Bo. There have been a lot of 1 and 2 year jobs he’s had.

He doesn’t like to be still and that translates to the jobs he takes. He averages a new job every other year.

He may have a clash with Rhule, I don’t know. He may want to coach LBs and he isn’t getting that opportunity here, IDK. If he leaves this will be the fifth time he’s left a job after 1 year, including when he was USC’s LB coach 12 years ago. This feels a lot like a high energy, ADHD coach going on the move for the 13th time in his 22 year career.

I want him here. I think he’s a great ST coach and the right mentality we want in the locker room. But if he leaves I wish him good luck other than when they play us.
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No, he doesn't stick around long. Always bothered me.

1999–2001Skutt HS (NE) (volunteer)
2002Manhattan HS (KS) (assistant)
2003–2004Oklahoma (GA)
2005–2007LSU (GA)
2008–2010Nebraska (LB)
2011–2012Indiana (co-DC/LB)
2013USC (LB)
2014–2015Georgia (ILB/DSTC)
2016North Texas (DC/LB)
2017–2018North Carolina (LB)
2019Kansas (STC/ILB)
2020North Texas (STC)
2021–2024Tennessee (OLB/STC)
2025–presentNebraska (STC)
 
So when Rhule says he has all the money he needs now he wasn’t talking about assistants? Or does the dude just talk out of his ass for headlines
 
Also not that it matters but I think it Rhule has any bit of success next year and gets an offer from a power conference team I think he’s out of here. Even if it’s a paycut
 
BorWhiskey said:
Ekeler’s coaching career is on par with Dylan’s playing career. His four year stint at Tennessee was his longest in his career, followed by the three years he was with us under Bo. There have been a lot of 1 and 2 year jobs he’s had.

He doesn’t like to be still and that translates to the jobs he takes. He averages a new job every other year.

He may have a clash with Rhule, I don’t know. He may want to coach LBs and he isn’t getting that opportunity here, IDK. If he leaves this will be the fifth time he’s left a job after 1 year, including when he was USC’s LB coach 12 years ago. This feels a lot like a high energy, ADHD coach going on the move for the 13th time in his 22 year career.

I want him here. I think he’s a great ST coach and the right mentality we want in the locker room. But if he leaves I wish him good luck other than when they play us.
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This makes me less angry
 
Herbie said:
High blood pressure mediation makes it easier to be angry
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Yeah, it probably means you're only taking 5-10 years off your life rather than 20-30. No biggie.
 
SOHusker11 said:
No, he doesn't stick around long. Always bothered me.


1999–2001Skutt HS (NE) (volunteer)
2002Manhattan HS (KS) (assistant)
2003–2004Oklahoma (GA)
2005–2007LSU (GA)
2008–2010Nebraska (LB)
2011–2012Indiana (co-DC/LB)
2013USC (LB)
2014–2015Georgia (ILB/DSTC)
2016North Texas (DC/LB)
2017–2018North Carolina (LB)
2019Kansas (STC/ILB)
2020North Texas (STC)
2021–2024Tennessee (OLB/STC)
2025–presentNebraska (STC)
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Playing devil's advocate here... but it's not all that crazy. Going from a volunteer assistant to an assistant in high school, to a GA at OU and then LSU, then to an assistant at Nebraska, then a step up to co-DC at Indiana but left after having an abysmal defensive year in 2012 (finished 106th) so he goes to USC back to LB but Kiffin gets fired, so he goes to UGA, and then gets another shot at DC with North Texas but finished 96th in the country so he goes to UNC but Fedora was fired in 2018 so he goes to Kansas under Les Miles but they finished 3-9 so he goes to North Texas for the covid year as STC and parlays that to a job at UT and then comes home to NU. If anything, he's had horrible luck at going to situations with coaches getting fired, and he's not a good DC. But it doesn't have the feel of jumping around as much as it appears on paper. A lot of those moves weren't up to him, or they were logical career progressions.
 
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