Willy999
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SIAP --> here are some details from wikipedia that i found intriguing about charlie strong:
-In 1999, Strong joined the South Carolina Gamecocks as defensive coordinator, becoming the first African American coordinator in Southeastern Conference (SEC) history. His stifling defenses and charismatic personality created buzz that he would be possibly the first black head coach in the SEC, but job offers were slim. Sylvester Croom eventually broke the color barrier in the SEC coaching ranks.
People have been talking about charlie strong as a head coach for a long time now.. He has drastically improved Louisville. Give him our resources!
-When Urban Meyer was hired as Florida's head coach, Strong was the only assistant coach retained from Zook's staff.
Strong had only been there two years. This is very impressive; and in hindsight, we all know that Urban made a good decision by keeping strong.
-He became the 21st head football coach at the University of Louisville on December 9, 2009. In a telephone interview that day with ESPN.com columnist Pat Forde, former Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy, himself African American, said of Strong, "When they see what he can do, you're probably going to have a lot of people disappointed they didn't hire him sooner."
Tony Dungy is the man
2010 Louisville 76 34 T5th W Beef 'O' Brady's
2011 Louisville 76 52 T1st L Belk
2012 Louisville 102 52 T1st TBD Sugar 18 (coaches) 22(AP)
Look at this. Ok, he went 7-6 his first two years.. Louisville was in the crapper before he took over. He went to a bowl game every year. His first season, he beat Larry Fedora's Southern miss golden eagles 31-28 in the beef o brady bowl.
Year two he improves his conference record to 5-2 and tied for first place in the conference with cincinnati and wvu. Louisville beat WVU this season 38-35. This is the year, I KNOW YOU REMEMBER, when WVU blew Kevin Steele's Clemson defense out of the water: 70-33 in the orange bowl (Why we got sunseri instead of steele 8=>).
Year 3 his team, (Remember, this is louisville we are talking about), goes 10-2 and 5-2 in conference. Tied for first in Big East again. They are going to the sugar bowl to play the number 4 Florida Gators. The only two losses were an ugly defeat to Syracuse and a close 3 OT loss to UConn. Oh yea, he beat UNC and Larry Fedora this year also 39-34 week three.
The man is not an average head coach. Elite Defensive Coordinator. Excellent head coach. I am very excited to see what he could do here.. I hope we get him
P.S. Hopefully everyone has heard about his track record as a D coord.. maybe someone else could do some research and post. I was merely curious about his head coaching resume
-In 1999, Strong joined the South Carolina Gamecocks as defensive coordinator, becoming the first African American coordinator in Southeastern Conference (SEC) history. His stifling defenses and charismatic personality created buzz that he would be possibly the first black head coach in the SEC, but job offers were slim. Sylvester Croom eventually broke the color barrier in the SEC coaching ranks.
People have been talking about charlie strong as a head coach for a long time now.. He has drastically improved Louisville. Give him our resources!
-When Urban Meyer was hired as Florida's head coach, Strong was the only assistant coach retained from Zook's staff.
Strong had only been there two years. This is very impressive; and in hindsight, we all know that Urban made a good decision by keeping strong.
-He became the 21st head football coach at the University of Louisville on December 9, 2009. In a telephone interview that day with ESPN.com columnist Pat Forde, former Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy, himself African American, said of Strong, "When they see what he can do, you're probably going to have a lot of people disappointed they didn't hire him sooner."
Tony Dungy is the man
2010 Louisville 76 34 T5th W Beef 'O' Brady's
2011 Louisville 76 52 T1st L Belk
2012 Louisville 102 52 T1st TBD Sugar 18 (coaches) 22(AP)
Look at this. Ok, he went 7-6 his first two years.. Louisville was in the crapper before he took over. He went to a bowl game every year. His first season, he beat Larry Fedora's Southern miss golden eagles 31-28 in the beef o brady bowl.
Year two he improves his conference record to 5-2 and tied for first place in the conference with cincinnati and wvu. Louisville beat WVU this season 38-35. This is the year, I KNOW YOU REMEMBER, when WVU blew Kevin Steele's Clemson defense out of the water: 70-33 in the orange bowl (Why we got sunseri instead of steele 8=>).
Year 3 his team, (Remember, this is louisville we are talking about), goes 10-2 and 5-2 in conference. Tied for first in Big East again. They are going to the sugar bowl to play the number 4 Florida Gators. The only two losses were an ugly defeat to Syracuse and a close 3 OT loss to UConn. Oh yea, he beat UNC and Larry Fedora this year also 39-34 week three.
The man is not an average head coach. Elite Defensive Coordinator. Excellent head coach. I am very excited to see what he could do here.. I hope we get him
P.S. Hopefully everyone has heard about his track record as a D coord.. maybe someone else could do some research and post. I was merely curious about his head coaching resume
