miami

[smazza]

is  coming on strong in recruiting

imagine when shannon is there 10 years

[BiggTipp]

wont make it 10 yrs...wasnt he their 5th choice and the OC the same...I know he went through a handfull of interviews before one took the job

[cygnus34]

Actually Shannon turned out to be 2nd choice.  Paul Dee the A.D. found out when interviewing Leach, that incoming coaches want to hire, who they want and not have someone shoved down their throat.  Dee wanted Shannon to be D.C. no matter who the new coach would be.  Gary Patterson was to be interviewed but that was cancelled and Shannon hired.  Shannon has hired some of the best recruiters in the country and they WILL BE BACK.

CanesTime's Recruiter of the Year  

Tim Walton  By Mike Bakas

Date: Feb 15, 2007

One year after being named Recruiter of the Year by CanesTime.com, defensive coordinator Tim Walton has been given the honors again.

McGriff

Friday, February 16, 2007

Tribune-Herald staff report

Just five weeks after leaving Baylor to take a job at Kansas State, Wesley McGriff has joined new University of Miami coach Randy Shannon’s staff as secondary coach.

“It’s a no-brainer,†McGriff said Thursday night when he returned to Waco for a brief stopover. “You get a chance to go to a Top 10 program that’s going to be on TV nine or 10 times every year. I hate that it went so fast and I had to leave Kansas State like that. But how are you going to pass up an opportunity like that?â€Â

Kansas State coach Ron Prince said he was disappointed that McGriff took the Miami job, but “he made an impact in the short time he was here and we wish him the best.â€Â

Tim Walton will be promoted to defensive coordinator at Miami and will be a “walk-around†coach like Baylor’s Bill Bradley, McGriff said. He will return to Miami on Sunday and begin preparing for spring training.

“This opportunity would never have been possible if Baylor and coach (Guy) Morriss hadn’t given me an opportunity to do what I did here,†said McGriff, who coached under Morriss for four years at Baylor and two at Kentucky before taking the Kansas State job last month.

McGriff coached the Baylor cornerbacks and added the title of recruiting coordinator three years ago. Considered one of the top recruiters in the Big 12, McGriff has also coached running backs, safeties and special teams and served as a defensive coordinator in 18 years as an assistant.

[smazza]

coant wait to see when leavitt starts recuiting like a 10 year coach from a bcs school in  florida

[SRQ]

coant wait to see when leavitt starts recuiting like a 10 year coach from a bcs school in  florida

nice thing is you wont have to wait 10 years of him being a bcs coach for CJL to be recruiting like a 10 year bcs coach.

[bulls96go]

Um will be back faster than FSU imo.

usf is on their steady rise.

the gator reign as king in Fl is coming to a quick end