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Tom Herman (Former Head Coach FAU Owls)

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If I'm Tom Herman I'm not going anywhere just yet. First, I'd want to show some loyalty to the program that gave me my first head coaching job. I came in with a plan to build something and I'd want to see that through. And honestly, I'm still learning how to be a head coach. If I move too quickly to a big time, high profile coaching gig and I'm not ready it could really set my career back if I don't have immediate success.
 
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Dryden said:
It will be interesting to see what Houston will do to keep Tom Herman if they feel he's the one that can build the program towards P5 competitiveness. The current administration there, from University Chancellor Renu Khator on down, are committed to changing the culture and expect they will secure a Big XII invite in two years. A lot of people are very unhappy Briles and Sumlin were both allowed to walk in the past decade, and they're done with the attitude that Houston allows itself to be a stepping stone to better jobs.
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If they were smart and paying attention, there's a CSU-McElwain kind of astronomical buyout.
Even that won't stop the big boys poaching their coaches... but it'd put the brakes on a middling school like Aggy or perennial doormat like Baylor from pulling the trigger.
Other than that, good luck... cuz the likelihood of keeping a good coach at a Mid Major is very low. And that's what they are until Wannabe12 decides otherwise (and honestly, Houston would be a mistake... but the exact kind of mistake I'd expect from that conference)
 
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http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-houston-gives-its-first-class-seats-to-linemen-212922725-ncaaf.html

Why Houston gives its first-class seats to linemen

Alex Cooper was born in the Bahamas, so he's used to flying on airplanes. He's a 6-foot-4, 305-pound football player for Houston, so he's used to wedging himself into seats back by the lavatory. And he's an offensive lineman, so he's used to seeing other people get extra attention and all the glory.

Ah, but that has all changed this season. New Cougars coach Tom Herman decided before the season that team boosters would be evicted from first class on team flights, and linemen would be replacing them.

"He said the heads of this team, the offensive linemen and the defensive linemen, will be in first class," Cooper told Yahoo Sports by phone. "You looked around the room and all the big guys had a smile on their faces."

Cooper didn't quite buy it until he got his boarding pass to Louisville for the team's first road game. Then, for the first time in his life, he was seated in the realm of the high rollers.

"I took a lot of selfies," he says. "I usually sleep but I had to enjoy every second. Flight attendants made sure we were extra cozy. I got some pillows and blankets."

This policy is a big part of why Herman and Houston are unbeaten (5-0) going into the latter half of October and ranked (No. 24) for the first time in four years. The linemen lead the team onto the field, they lead the team off the bus, and they even eat first. Herman said he got the idea from his old boss, Urban Meyer, at Ohio State.

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Cool story about the lineman.

Houston isn't just any mid major. They were in the old SWC, which provided college football with some of the best funded cheating of all time. He won't be getting poached by anyone unless it's a school he dreams of coaching at.
 
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Buckeye86 said:
I, uh, don't think that's going to work. Houston could fill the stadium and have 200,000 additional fans sitting in lawn chairs around it and Herman still won't stay there.
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On the one hand, at home they've played Tennessee Tech, North Texas, and had SMU on a Thursday night while the Texans were the NFL Thursday night game of the week and the Astros were in a playoff game.

On the other hand, their brand spankin' new stadium only seats 40,000 and they've got an enrollment of 41,000. You could literally fill that stadium to overflow with just enrolled students.

It's a recurring theme with Coog fans:

I'll go when they fire the coach...

I'll go when the new coach wins...

I'll go when they're not playing FCS opponents...

I'll go when we get a P5 invite...

They've got a Top 5 offense, a Heisman candidate at QB, an undefeated record, and a brand new stadium. Still a litany of excuses.

This is why Sumlin and Briles left. Houston should not be a bad job. A coach can win there, win big, compete for national titles, get players into the Heisman conversation... It's all been done there before. The level of apathy is really something else.
 
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http://www.houstonpress.com/news/tom-hermans-not-happy-with-uh-attendance-7871103

TOM HERMAN'S NOT HAPPY WITH UH ATTENDANCE

So University of Houston head coach Tom Herman went on the radio Wednesday night and shared a few thoughts about the problems with UH attendance:

“To me,” he said, "we’re not selling out every home game. I would ask why? What more do you need to see? You need a better product on field or more exciting game? I’m confused when I ask Cougar Nation why are you not at every home game? I get some blank stares sometimes because the answer is ‘Coach, I don’t have a reason.’ There isn’t a good reason.”

To this I respond, welcome to the University of Houston, Coach Herman, because that’s a question people have been asking since the Bill Yeoman days. But I’ll do you a favor. They might be telling you that they don’t have a reason, but as a person who’s been attending UH football games as a student/alum/game employee/reporter since 1984, I’ve heard a whole bunch of excuses for why UH fans don’t attend the games.

There’s the games-are-at-the-Dome excuse, so there’s no college environment, and if UH just moves games to campus things will be fine. Then there’s the Robertson-Stadium-is-a-dump excuse that was echoed by many after the team left the Astrodome for campus. Then there’s the neighborhood-isn’t-safe excuse. And the traffic-sucks excuse. Don't forget the problems-with-parking, or there’s-not-enough-good spaces-for-tailgating excuses.

Move to a better conference, and the fans will come, only they don’t. Or play some in-state schools and we’ll come, but they don’t. Get a new stadium, but that’s still not enough. Fix the stadium wifi. The concessions cost too much. Play more games at night. Play more games during the day.

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