Greg Schiano (HC Rutgers Scarlet Knights)

[Dryden]

Just wondering if it's an attempt to keep him on board as long as possible, i.e. a succession plan.

Schiano is only two years younger than Urban. By the time the position is open again Schiano would be too old, barring pretty much a worst case scenario that ends Urban's tenure prematurely.

 

[dragurd]

Just wondering if it's an attempt to keep him on board as long as possible, i.e. a succession plan. Really happy with the coaching tree ties to tOSU specifically that Urban is creating. I'd love to see him stay long enough to really understand the culture, land a Maryland or VTech type HC gig for a few years then be a candidate for Urbs successor. I'd love to have the difficult choice between excellent resumes of Herman and Schiano for a future HC position. High class problem.

Unlikely I believe Larry Johnson, and Luke Fickell also have the title. It's just head coach in training not in waiting.

 

[pnuts34]

Just a question: but with hiring a coach with HC experience in the NFL, could Schiano have ties that could give him very realistic ideas of where our underclassmen would go? Could he provide additional info to give to players like Lee, Marshall, etc?

 

[Dryden]

John Cooper has handled that for years. He is still a scouting consultant for the Bengals and has an office at the WHAC.

Tressel and Urban have both used Coach Cooper as their advance scout as well.

 

[CottageAveBuckeye]

i am willing to bet schiano is here for more than a "2 year step stool". i am thinking UM has rethought what any career path is worth, with family in the mix. and GS is searching for that same balance.

 

[jlb1705]

Lots of psychologists here on BuckeyePlanet.

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

Love Schiano... during his time at Rutgers.
don't think I want him as head coach of Buckeyes

 

[BUCKYLE]

i am willing to bet schiano is here for more than a "2 year step stool". i am thinking UM has rethought what any career path is worth, with family in the mix. and GS is searching for that same balance.

How much?

 

[Onebuckfan]

I hope Schiano is the hot commodity next December if you know what I mean.

 

[kujirakira]

Just wondering if it's an attempt to keep him on board as long as possible, i.e. a succession plan. Really happy with the coaching tree ties to tOSU specifically that Urban is creating. I'd love to see him stay long enough to really understand the culture, land a Maryland or VTech type HC gig for a few years then be a candidate for Urbs successor. I'd love to have the difficult choice between excellent resumes of Herman and Schiano for a future HC position. High class problem.

I'd throw Ash in there too if he pans out for Rutgers.

Schiano is only two years younger than Urban. By the time the position is open again Schiano would be too old, barring pretty much a worst case scenario that ends Urban's tenure prematurely.

After the way Tressel went down, it's nice to know there are some options. No offense to Fickell, but I don't want to be caught in that kind of situation again where we're going with an unprepared Coordinator. AD's job should include having an emergency list of names he could reach out to at any given time.

 

[MD Buckeye]

 

[SloopyHangOn]

Lots of psychologists here on BuckeyePlanet.

You added some letters to "psychos".

 

[MD Buckeye]

 

[ScriptOhio]

FILM STUDY: A LOOK AT NEW OSU DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR GREG SCHIANO'S SCHEMATIC HERITAGE

Once upon a time, before he took the head coaching duties in Tampa Bay, and in Piscataway, New Jersey before that, new Ohio State co-defensive coordinator Greg Schiano was one of America's hottest young assistant coaching prospects.

While many of his contemporaries were getting head coaching jobs at both the college and professional levels thanks to their proximity to Bill Walsh's 'west coast' coaching tree, Schiano's resume was filled with experiences that taught him how to stop those very offenses.

Following an all-conference playing career as a linebacker at Bucknell and one year as a graduate assistant at Rutgers, the Garden State native secured a similar position on Joe Paterno's staff at Penn State. A year later, in 1991, the young coach was offered a permanent job there, tutoring defensive backs for the next five seasons, a tenure that would include their undefeated national championship campaign in 1994.

While the drama around former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky has certainly clouded this era of Nittany Lion football, many forget that those teams featured some of the nation's most dominant defenses in the country. While Schiano often credits Paterno in this period for teaching him how to develop and run a program, Sandusky would provide him with a baseline philosophy that would come to define the next decade of his career.

By the early 1990s, many college teams had adopted the 4-3 defense made famous by former Miami Hurricanes head coach Jimmy Johnson, given its ability to combat the option. Given Penn State's consistently difficult schedule as an independent, which often meant facing a version of the triple-option with regularity, Sandusky was forced to bring this concept in Happy Valley.

When Schiano arrived in 1990, Sandusky had already built an entire philosophy around the 4-3, one that didn't change much for the following two-and-a half decades in State College. The Nittany Lions would attack every single gap through which an offense might attack, making each member of the defensive front seven (or eight including the strong safety) responsible for filling the space between blockers, looking to create a wall on running plays.

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Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...defensive-coordinator-greg-schianos-schematic

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Ooph. 3 DTs when all I'm reading about recruiting for the last I don't know how many years is that our DT recruiting has been very lacking?