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RB Eddie George - (1995 Heisman winner, CFB HOF, 4x Pro Bowl, HC Tenn St)

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JCOSU86 said:
Just to recount for those playing at home:

Eddie George is
- Ohio State University graduate (BA in Landscape Architecture)
- Master of Business Administration (Northwestern University)
- All American football player
- Heisman Trophy Winner
- First round draft pick
- NFL Hall of Fame semi-finalist
- Successful Landscaping business owner
- Broadway star ("Chicago")
- Restaurateur (Eddie George Bar and Grille)
- Head Football Coach (Tennessee State University)


THAT, my friends, is a HELL of a resume.
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Makes the rest of us look like a bunch of pikeys.
 
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ScriptOhio said:


Former NFL and Ohio State running back Eddie George took over Tennessee State in April and is 5-5 through his first season as a head coach. His performance has caught the eye of one FBS opening, as Akron is reportedly interested in the possibility of hiring George, according to FOX Sports’ Bruce Feldman.

Pete Thamel, in his most recent coaching carousel update Saturday, outlined some names that could be connected to the Zips.

“Look for an established, veteran presence here as this program can’t afford to gamble on upside,” Thamel wrote. “Head coaching experience at the FBS level will be a premium. Purdue DC Brad Lambert, Arkansas DC Barry Odom, Ohio State assistant head coach Tony Alford, William & Mary coach Mike London, Ohio State OC Kevin Wilson, Cincinnati DC Mike Tressel and Dolphins assistant Charlie Frye are among the names.”



Just sayin': Tony Alford ($618,000) and Kevin Wilson ($1,400,000) are currently making more at Ohio State and have more long term job security that they would have at Akron.
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Don't do it Eddie! Continue to build a HBCU power, and better jobs will open up. Akron is a career killer.
 
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Abenaki said:
Joe Morehead. Seems like he could have gotten a better job.
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2004 Akron (WR/RC)
2005 Akron (AHC/PGC/WR/RC)
2006–2008 Akron (OC/QB)

Well, he's been there before so I'm sure he knows what he is in for. In addition, he's from Pittsburgh; maybe he still has family there and wanted to be closer to home.

Why Joe Moorhead is leaving a $1 million job to try to turn around Akron football

The University of Akron is pinning its turnaround on a familiar face.

Joe Moorhead was an assistant from 2004-2008, including serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2006-2008.

Moorhead has an extensive coaching career, beginning with four seasons as the head coach at Fordham, compiling a 38-13 record from 2012-15. He then was offensive coordinator at Penn State before landing a head coaching job at Mississippi State in 2017. He was fired after his second season and a 14-12 record overall.

Then, Moorhead landed a job as offensive coordinator for powerhouse University of Oregon in 2020, with an annual salary of $1.1 million.

"So when I first heard he was mentioned as a candidate for the Akron job, I was like, '[Oregon is] a million-dollar job. What's going on here? Akron can't pay that money,'" Pluto said.

But Moorhead took the Akron job. Crain's Cleveland reports he got a five-year, $2.5 million contract, which is a $425,000 base salary.

"I think it says something good about Moorhead that he isn't just looking for the biggest paycheck possible. But now he's got a lot of work to do at that program."

Why take a pay cut?
"People don't understand that these coaches that you've never heard of are making millions upon millions of dollars, and all of the money that schools like Mississippi State will pay a guy when they fire him to go away," Pluto said.

Moorhead got a $7 million buyout when he was fired at Mississippi State at the end of the 2019 season.

Meanwhile, Tom Arth, who the Zips fired last month, will be paid $600,000 for the two years left on his deal.

Why come to Akron?
The Zips have just three wins in the past three seasons and have fired their past five coaches.

"In the back of [Moorhead's] mind, he really wants one more chance to be a head coach. And, he's from Pittsburgh. And like a lot of people who have tried to take this job and tried make it work, you look at the nice stadium, you look at all the good football players from Northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania and you keep asking, 'Why can't it happen here?'" Pluto said.
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Entire article: https://www.wksu.org/sports/2021-12...lion-job-to-try-to-turn-around-akron-football
 
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“You know, I love it man, I really do,” George said. “I never thought in all my years of playing and since I’ve been retired for 15-some odd years that I would find so much joy in coaching. I mean there are the days where it’s frustrating and long hours and film study and recruiting and fundraising and all of that, but it’s so gratifying when you start to see these kids buy-in and get it and see success and see a smile on their faces, the appreciation, the thank-you’s that you get from the players, the ‘coach thanks for being hard on me, thanks for your advice.’ To give back to the game that gave me so much is so awesome, it’s so gratifying, I now understand why they say it’s addicting when you coach, it really is, it’s a wonderful calling.”

“I talk to Deion a lot,” George said. “I talked to Deion during the process of me trying to figure out whether I was going to do this or not and we talked maybe once a week just to see how he’s doing, I know he had some issues and I told him I was praying for him, but more importantly he’s telling me best practices and things that he’s done to be successful. And the bottom line is this. Off the field our goal is to raise the profile, raise the standard of HBCU’s and say ‘hey you know what, you don’t necessarily have to go to the Power Five schools to get to your end goal. You can come to an HBCU, you can come to a different school and be all that you want to be and be very successful.’

"If you have aspirations of going to the next level and playing on the next level, they’re going to find you. We have the resources to do that, we have the coaching to do that, we can coach guys for that level. So when I see him going after players that are going to Ohio State or Michigan or Florida State and able to bring them there, that’s what it’s all about.”
 
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