(01-20-2011 03:13 PM)CajunT Wrote:  

(01-20-2011 03:09 PM)Mean Green Matt Wrote:  

(01-20-2011 02:54 PM)CajunT Wrote:  I would think that would be unprecendented for any SBC program.

I'm not sure unprecedented is the word. Randy Edsall took the Maryland job, so of course his former staff will be easier to acquire and/or more likely to leave. I can think of two examples off the top of my head from similar situations.

1. Clint Bowen (DC at Kansas) to Western Kentucky, and a year later North Texas.

2. Mike Canales (OC at USF) to North Texas.

Okay, I will give Canales.... good reputation and won. Bowen was ran out of Kansas with the rest of the staff. He has had some successful years, but he didn't come to North Texas from a program that just played in a BCS bowl game.

What's this "run out of Kansas" crap. He and other assistants left due to a head coaching change. Yes, he had several very successful years with the Jayhawks.

Bowen, the longest-tenured member of former Kansas coach Mark Mangino’s staff, was one of nine assistants let go following new Kansas coach Turner Gill’s arrival in December.

In nine seasons at KU, Bowen served as coach of the tight ends, running backs, and safeties, as well as special-teams coordinator and co-defensive coordinator, before being promoted to defensive coordinator prior to the 2008 season.