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David Shaw would be a tremendous choice as the next HC at Tennessee.
Why We Want Him
He's 20-4 as an HC, was with Harbaugh at San Diego and his OC at Standford, owns Lane Kiffin, is 1-1 against Oregon and went to a BCS Bowl his first season (lost a respectable 41-38 shoot-out with Ok State in the Fiesta Bowl)
As a college player, he was coached by Bill Walsh and Dennis Green (worth taking a second to let that soak in) at Stanford.
Recruits will love him, his pedigree, his winning record, and his relative youth (age 40)
Why He Might Not Come
He may be at his dream job, at least the college level. He went to Stanford and his dad was once Stanford's DC (and a long time NFL assistant for several teams).
What We Have On Our Side
Of course, the chance to Coach in the SEC
Higher Pay (without California's 9.6% income tax rate and the Bay area's million dollar starter homes)
He was an offensive assistant at Baltimore (QB, WR) during much of Jamal Lewis' time with the Ravens. Jamal can help recruit him to us.
I could say great facilities, but most serious programs have very good to great facilities (the Football Training Center was us catching up and moving the bar up for a couple of years)
If Not Shaw
This is the type of Head Coach we should be looking for- Proven head coach with high winning percentage (.833), that's not so yet entrenched that he is established as the face of the program (hard to get entrenched guys to move), experienced as a coordinator (4 years as no-nonsense Harbaugh's offensive coordinator), effective recruiter that is good in the living room, and is under age 50 with time left on the meter (so we do not have to do this again for at least 10 years).
If not Shaw, then someone like him.
David Shaw Profile - Stanford University's Official Athletic Site
Stanford beats Oregon in word, then deed - College Football Nation Blog - ESPN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shaw_(American_football)
Why We Want Him
He's 20-4 as an HC, was with Harbaugh at San Diego and his OC at Standford, owns Lane Kiffin, is 1-1 against Oregon and went to a BCS Bowl his first season (lost a respectable 41-38 shoot-out with Ok State in the Fiesta Bowl)
As a college player, he was coached by Bill Walsh and Dennis Green (worth taking a second to let that soak in) at Stanford.
Recruits will love him, his pedigree, his winning record, and his relative youth (age 40)
Why He Might Not Come
He may be at his dream job, at least the college level. He went to Stanford and his dad was once Stanford's DC (and a long time NFL assistant for several teams).
What We Have On Our Side
Of course, the chance to Coach in the SEC
Higher Pay (without California's 9.6% income tax rate and the Bay area's million dollar starter homes)
He was an offensive assistant at Baltimore (QB, WR) during much of Jamal Lewis' time with the Ravens. Jamal can help recruit him to us.
I could say great facilities, but most serious programs have very good to great facilities (the Football Training Center was us catching up and moving the bar up for a couple of years)
If Not Shaw
This is the type of Head Coach we should be looking for- Proven head coach with high winning percentage (.833), that's not so yet entrenched that he is established as the face of the program (hard to get entrenched guys to move), experienced as a coordinator (4 years as no-nonsense Harbaugh's offensive coordinator), effective recruiter that is good in the living room, and is under age 50 with time left on the meter (so we do not have to do this again for at least 10 years).
If not Shaw, then someone like him.
David Shaw Profile - Stanford University's Official Athletic Site
Stanford beats Oregon in word, then deed - College Football Nation Blog - ESPN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shaw_(American_football)
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