Is Luke Fickell on the short list in a few years?

Apologies if this has been discussed. I know- let’s hire a coach from Cincinnati, what could go wrong? I would like to see him succeed at a P5 school first, but I think that might be coming soon. He has done quite well thus far, and I like the idea of hiring a defensive minded coach, provided he can prove that he will focus on finding an offensive mastermind. Urban clearly had a lot of respect for him.

Let’s say he goes somewhere like Michigan State and wins 10 games, is he someone we would consider a top candidate? Any red flags I don’t know about?

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Brian Kelly in a nicer suit * - 84david 2020-05-22 09:09:55
- Come on man. Fickell coached with Tressel for 8 years - irishhawk49 2020-05-22 14:49:33
  - He was HC at OSU after Tressel and failed. * - 84david 2020-05-22 15:07:45
    - IIRC, he was named interim coach because Tressel was fired - irishhawk49 2020-05-22 15:56:01
      - It was an enviable situation if there ever was one. - tdiddy07 2020-05-22 15:58:19
        He also had to start a true freshman at QB. * - NumberOneMoses 2020-05-22 20:00:31
        He wasn’t exactly set up for success. * - irishhawk49 2020-05-22 16:02:48
        He took over a 12-1 team that won 2 NYD bowls in 2 years. - tdiddy07 2020-05-22 16:05:30
        It’s August before the season’s about to start and ,oh, - irishhawk49 2020-05-22 16:56:50
        That didn’t phase Ryan Day. * - tdiddy07 2020-05-22 19:28:00
        Day didn’t have 5 of his best players suspended 5 games. * * - NumberOneMoses 2020-05-23 18:06:18
        Three games, * - irishhawk49 2020-05-22 20:38:06
Next ND HC will be Tom Rees. - Brahms 2020-05-22 07:48:00
- Hired by AD BK at 900,000 per.... - Wolfetone 2020-05-22 10:44:54
- A campus wide search results in Ian Book named OC * - NDinJapan 2020-05-22 09:32:31
  - Campus wide would be too thorough a search. Just a few dorms - CAFB4ND 2020-05-22 11:09:37
    - There's an adjunct prof in Peace Studies who ... - Brahms 2020-05-22 12:03:38
FWIW, Matt Freeman on ISD opened up a no-holds-barred - 1NDGal 2020-05-21 17:41:38
- It was a picture of PJ Fleck * - 11thfloorflanner 2020-05-21 19:22:39
  - Perfect * - 1NDGal 2020-05-21 19:54:18
- That makes no sense. - revressbo 2020-05-21 18:38:34
If he wins a major bowl game as a head coach, then yes. - domer4 2020-05-21 15:59:34
- Has our current HC won a major bowl game... - Brahms 2020-05-22 07:51:37
  - No, he hasn't won a major bowl game period. - domer4 2020-05-24 20:56:54
I wouldn't put him on the short list. - BIG MAC 2020-05-21 15:42:22
Expand on something, if you don't mind: - jt 2020-05-21 15:37:46
- Looking at last years NCAA Top 15 teams by head coach focus: - jimmypop 2020-05-22 08:51:09
  - Georgia? Kirby Smart. - mocopdx 2020-05-22 10:02:33
    - For some reason I was thinking of McElwain when I was typing - jimmypop 2020-05-23 17:35:29
    - Baylor too - StetsonDan 2020-05-22 10:14:11
      - Rhule’s last few years were coaching - jimmypop 2020-05-23 17:34:09
      - uh, he's not at Baylor any longer * - jt 2020-05-22 13:57:15
        Well the new guy at Baylor is even more defense-heavy * - mocopdx 2020-05-22 14:31:17
        and let's see how that goes * - jt 2020-05-22 18:04:39
- Mike Zimmer is one counter-example. - PWK2 2020-05-21 17:43:24
  - that's the first that comes to mind? Typical Vikings fan - jt 2020-05-21 23:49:03
- I think it’s harder to find a good defensive coach. - mocopdx 2020-05-21 15:54:19
  - that offensive mastermind would be hired away immediately - jt 2020-05-21 16:55:06
    - We should let other teams know that we have an - SWPaDem 2020-05-21 18:05:12
Serious question: if a Coach succeeds at a high level D-1 - Rosecrea 2020-05-21 15:26:49
- Because - HTownND 2020-05-21 18:49:31
- I don't really understand this line of thinking. - 01momanor 2020-05-21 17:05:16
  - We won't let everyone into school; until we do, it's always - Rosecrea 2020-05-23 12:21:53
- the same reason(s) that MSU went and hired Mel Tucker - jt 2020-05-21 15:39:30