Mack Brown is out at North Carolina. Here are the top replacement candidates

[Quix0te]

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Tulane head coach Jon Sumrall has had a terrific debut season at Tulane, and the Green Wave are 9-2 with legit Playoff hopes. He went 23-4 in two seasons revitalizing the program at Troy. The 42-year-old is the hottest name in the Group of 5 ranks and is well-regarded in coaching circles for his ability to connect with people and feel for the game.

Liberty head coach Jamey Chadwell has won big everywhere he’s been and runs an innovative, fun offense. At Coastal Carolina, he went 31-6 in his last three years before leaving for a bigger payday at Liberty. He led the Flames to the Fiesta Bowl in his first season and is 21-3 entering the regular-season finale of Year 2.

UNLV head coach Barry Odom has completely turned around the Rebels in less than two years. He’s 18-7 at a place that hadn’t won more than eight games in a season in 40 years.

Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell, still only 44, has gotten the Cyclones into Playoff consideration with a 9-2 record in his ninth season. Campbell has posted seven winning seasons in Ames, including a No. 9 finish in 2020

Marshall head coach Charles Huff was a respected assistant at Penn State, Alabama and Mississippi State before taking over the Thundering Herd. The 41-year-old from Maryland is 30-20 in four seasons and has Marshall 6-1 in the Sun Belt.

Memphis head coach Ryan Silverfield is in his fifth season leading the Tigers and has continued to elevate the program, going 19-5 the past two seasons. The 44-year-old Silverfield has coached at all levels, including stints in the NFL with the Vikings and Lions.

James Madison head coach Bob Chesney has gradually risen up the coaching ranks, from Assumption College to Holy Cross and now to the Dukes, who are 8-3 despite losing 13 players to Indiana when the Hoosiers hired away Curt Cignetti. James Madison blew out the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill, putting 70 up on UNC. The 47-year-old Chesney looks like he has a P4 job in his future, but it might not be this soon.

 

[purduealum06]

And Purdue with a dumpster fire coach and they have their head clear up their you know what.

 

[pboiler18]

Could get a lot of these guys with the right salary offer, assistant pool and commitment to revenue sharing.

 

[Quix0te]

Another candidate, again redacted from The Athletic:

Army head coach Jeff Monken continues to win at a tough job, winning at least nine games in a season five times since 2017. The Black Knights are 9-1 this year and were recently a Top 25 team.

 

[Boilerfla]

Purdue could be an attractive option for coaches if AD opens up dollars and promotes the program, great fans, stadium, education etc

 

[Quix0te]

Purdue could be an attractive option for coaches if AD opens up dollars and promotes the program, great fans, stadium, education etc

We need to do what IU did last year but with a winning cicra 45-yr-old instead of a 63-yr-old. I've listed several above and we could also add 41-yr-old SMU coach Rhett Lashlee. He might win the ACC in the team's first year in the conference.

 

[HUD628]

We need to do what IU did last year but with a winning cicra 45-yr-old instead of a 63-yr-old. I've listed several above and we could also add 41-yr-old SMU coach Rhett Lashlee. He might win the ACC in the team's first year in the conference.

I’ve been saying Lashlee for a while. In theory, you could offer him $7 million a year and triple his salary, which he’d at least have to think about. But SMU can surely match it, and Purdue is probably unattractive to him for multiple reasons. Plus his Alma mater in the SEC is going to open up soon.

 

[Quix0te]

In theory, you could offer him $7 million a year and triple his salary, which he’d at least have to think about. But SMU can surely match it, and Purdue is probably unattractive to him for multiple reasons.

I do not concur with your defeatist thinking. If a coach is making $2.5 mil and you offer him $7 mil, he's going to listen. And I'm not so sure SMU could match it. The Texas oil boom is long gone and that Death Penalty probably cooled the jets of many alumni. Purdue will be making triple the TV revenue that ACC schools make this year and SMU, being a new member, probably isn't getting a full cut of the ACC chump change.

Purdue football is a dumpster fire. We need a bold, aggressive move to bring in the brightest star on the horizen and be ready to pay for it. And work that portal like a whore in Subic Bay when the Seventh Fleet docks.