USF Hires Weiner as WR Coach

[E.T.]

http://www.maxpreps.com/m/team/roster.aspx?gendersport=boys,football&schoolid=95d53ce6-1e91-4a06-9238-53452787d28e&season=fall&teamlevel=59a4c93d-374c-42ea-9b7f-87e1e51f1336

This is probably current roster

[libby_arts]

Big County Preps chat on their blog.

Derek Tyson â€@DerekTysonESPN

#USF hit a home run by hiring former Plant head coach Robert Weiner. The guy can flat out coach. #Bulls

Chip Carter â€@ChipCarterFox13

Confirmed. Plant Head Coach Robert Weiner leaving to coach WR's @ USF. No one classier or better than Robert Weiner. Congrats!

Also some chat about RB Wesley Bullock would prob. commit because of this.

[E.T.]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/usf/football/recruiting/recruit-search-results;_ylt=Al7zYaph5rH1h_ghR23eTDZ5uZB4?sport=football&year=2013&highschool_text=Plant&highschools=14218&state=Florida

List of players per rivals

[Hem]

This is a great hire! And ET, you think whoever takes over at Plant won't know who Coach Weiner is?? This guy is a local legend and WIDELY respected.

And Jtrue, families MOVE so that their kid can go to Plant HS and play football. Happens all the time.

Edited January 6, 2013 by Hem

[JTrue]

This is a great hire! And ET, you think whoever takes over at Plant won't know who Coach Weiner is?? This guy is a local legend and WIDELY respected.

And Jtrue, families MOVE so that their kid can go to Plant HS and play football. Happens all the time.

Which is perfectly legal.

[feardabull]

I don't follow HS football ... Very happy.

Who are potential immediate flips?

None of the big guns. Maybe some servicable guys, which we'll be happy with. But I look forward to a great 2014 class.

[the_bull_monty]

Correction: Plant never beat Nease while Tebow was there. Plant did beat Nease for it's first state championship, but it was the year after Nease/Tebow won their state title.

Just curious not being from the Tampa area or knowing Weiner, but how does this lock down Tampa in the long run? As an example, Why would a 5 star recruit from Tampa, or for that matter Plant HS, want to go to USF over Offers from Alabama, ND, USC, Texas, UF, etc. because of our WR coach?

Weiner is an awesome coach, and he is extremely well-respected across the state. If you were tuned into twitter when this broke, you would have seen coaches across the state raving about this hire, from Jacksonville to Miami. Whoever runs state powerhouse Miramar's football twitter account liked it a lot. Weiner attends most of the coaching clinics around the state throughout the year.

Plant was in absolutely terrible shape when Weiner took over at in 2004. They won just 3 games in 2004. In just his second year, he got them back to the playoffs and even won their first round game before bowing out to Armwood. Then in year 3, Weiner led Plant to a 15-0 record and an incredible state championship win over a Tim Tebow QB'ed Nease team. He followed that up with state championships in 2008, 2009, and 2011.

The excellent players that have developed under him are endless.

[E.T.]

This is a great hire! And ET, you think whoever takes over at Plant won't know who Coach Weiner is?? ...

Of course, probably on stAff.

[libby_arts]

a short local bio. http://www.tampabay.com/hometeam/blog/robert-weiner-leaving-plant-join-usf-staff/16190/

[TheUpperHand]

 Nationally lauded for his development of quarterbacks, his proteges include Robert Marve (Miami/Purdue), Aaron Murray (Georgia), Phillip Ely (Alabama) and James Few (Cornell). All led Plant to state titles.

Just thinking out loud here, but wouldn't he have been a better choice for quarterbacks coach, at least compared to Nick Sheridan? Not knocking the hire since the man worked wonders at Plant and we have talent at WR, but it seems odd.