South Alabama Football
Well, Joe Gottfried is roaming about interviewing candidates for the first head football coach in the history of the University of South Alabama. Earlier this week he traveled up to Birmingham to interview Joey Jones. Coach Jones was hired in June 2006 by Birmingham Southern to start their football program, which debuted this past season. Coach Jones is a Murphy High graduate and former University of Alabama standout.
In his 13 year career his record was 125-38 as a High School coach. From 1996-2005 he was at Mountain Brook High School and had a record of 101-27. Previously MBHS had endured 9 consecutive losing seasons and he turned them around to win the 1996 6A state championship. Birmingham Southern's record was 3-7.
Next on Joe Gottfried's list of interviewees is Clemson assistant and former University of Alabama player Dabo Swinney. He joined Tommy Bowden's coaching staff in 2003 and was promoted to Assistant Head Coach after the 2006 season. He has also served as the Wide Receivers coach. "He has had a receiver finish first or second in the ACC in receptions each of the last three years. In his first year, he had three of the top-10 receivers in the ACC, a first in Clemson history." Plus he has the reputation of being one of the top recruiters in the nation.
Swinney was a walk-on at Alabama and quickly earned a scholarship. He was coached by Tommy Bowden at his position while at Alabama. He previously coached at Alabama under Gene Stallings from 1993-1995 as a graduate assistant coach, from 1996 - 2000 he served as either Wide Receivers coach and/or Tight Ends coach in each season. Then in 2003 he joined the staff at Clemson.
Of the two candidates we have heard about thus far. I think Swinney might be a better fit for USA. He is young and energetic. He is a good recruiter (ranked 5th on the Rivals.com list for the last couple years). I am always hesitant about hiring someone who is so quick to jump around. Nothing against Joey Jones, this is his hometown and he certainly knows the area but he has barely been at BSC for a year and a half and is entertaining the idea of going to USA.
On the flip side of things. Swinney has not been a head football coach anywhere so this could be a daunting task to ask him to be a new coach and start a program all in one. But he does exude the youthful energy which could be harnessed to get this program up and going.
Other names that have been mentioned as possibilities for this position were Jeff Bower, who was let go from Southern Miss this season and former Georgia head coach and current ESPN analyst Jim Donnan.
In his 13 year career his record was 125-38 as a High School coach. From 1996-2005 he was at Mountain Brook High School and had a record of 101-27. Previously MBHS had endured 9 consecutive losing seasons and he turned them around to win the 1996 6A state championship. Birmingham Southern's record was 3-7.
Next on Joe Gottfried's list of interviewees is Clemson assistant and former University of Alabama player Dabo Swinney. He joined Tommy Bowden's coaching staff in 2003 and was promoted to Assistant Head Coach after the 2006 season. He has also served as the Wide Receivers coach. "He has had a receiver finish first or second in the ACC in receptions each of the last three years. In his first year, he had three of the top-10 receivers in the ACC, a first in Clemson history." Plus he has the reputation of being one of the top recruiters in the nation.
Swinney was a walk-on at Alabama and quickly earned a scholarship. He was coached by Tommy Bowden at his position while at Alabama. He previously coached at Alabama under Gene Stallings from 1993-1995 as a graduate assistant coach, from 1996 - 2000 he served as either Wide Receivers coach and/or Tight Ends coach in each season. Then in 2003 he joined the staff at Clemson.
Of the two candidates we have heard about thus far. I think Swinney might be a better fit for USA. He is young and energetic. He is a good recruiter (ranked 5th on the Rivals.com list for the last couple years). I am always hesitant about hiring someone who is so quick to jump around. Nothing against Joey Jones, this is his hometown and he certainly knows the area but he has barely been at BSC for a year and a half and is entertaining the idea of going to USA.
On the flip side of things. Swinney has not been a head football coach anywhere so this could be a daunting task to ask him to be a new coach and start a program all in one. But he does exude the youthful energy which could be harnessed to get this program up and going.
Other names that have been mentioned as possibilities for this position were Jeff Bower, who was let go from Southern Miss this season and former Georgia head coach and current ESPN analyst Jim Donnan.
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