If a new coach next season -- who are your top names?

[DocHolliday]

One guy who I like an awful lot is the defensive coordinator at Washington, Justin Wilcox.

Watched Washington last night in their game against Oregon, Huskies are actually pretty good football team, but most teams are completely overwhelmed by the Ducks speed & physicality.

Wilcox has thrown some really nice defensive game plans out against opponents in the past...if I was choosing a coach, considering where we play I'd want a tough defensive minded HC...Wilcox is intriguing.

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[J-Rod]

For speculations sake.....here is my hypothetical list. Don't get your panties in a bunch folks....we're just speculating...it happens on message boards.

And yes, I realize some of these might not be the most realistic picks. But hey, this time last year Jim McElwain to CSU seemed optimistic too.

Justin Wilcox, DC, Washington
Todd Monken, OC, Oklahoma State
Mike MacIntyre, HC, San Jose State
Mark Hudspeth, HC, Louisiana-Lafayette
Chad Morris, OC, Clemson
Beau Baldwin, HC, Eastern Washington
Kirby Smart, DC, Alabama (Grand slam hire)

[DocHolliday]

Nice list JRod, I like em all...

[djm19]

No more experiments. I don't have names right now, but enough of the "projects."

[DocHolliday]

No more experiments. I don't have names right now, but enough of the "projects."

Nick Saban, Les Miles, Mack Brown, Lane Kiffin, names like that ain't walking through that door anytime soon.

Throw out some names...

[J-Rod]

All assistants are gambles......some are Chris Petersen, Sonny Dykes, and Gary Anderson. Others are Norm Chow, Ellis Johnson, and Jim McElwain (so far). You can never know for sure. That's just the reality of college football. If it was an exact science, nobody would make bad hires....

[Wyokie]

All assistants are gambles......some are Chris Petersen, Sonny Dykes, and Gary Anderson. Others are Norm Chow, Ellis Johnson, and Jim McElwain (so far). You can never know for sure. That's just the reality of college football. If it was an exact science, nobody would make bad hires....

Sadly you're right.

Bobby Petrino would be good except for the fact he tried to go the same route as Bill Clinton. On the flip side, everyone deserves a second chance.

[djm19]

No more experiments. I don't have names right now, but enough of the "projects."

Nick Saban, Les Miles, Mack Brown, Lane Kiffin, names like that ain't walking through that door anytime soon.

Throw out some names...

I can't throw out "names" per se, but maybe a "name."

How about Dino Costa.

[MrTitleist]

All assistants are gambles......some are Chris Petersen, Sonny Dykes, and Gary Anderson. Others are Norm Chow, Ellis Johnson, and Jim McElwain (so far). You can never know for sure. That's just the reality of college football. If it was an exact science, nobody would make bad hires....

Sadly you're right.

Bobby Petrino would be good except for the fact he tried to go the same route as Bill Clinton. On the flip side, everyone deserves a second chance.

How many second chances is Petrino going to get?

My list:
Major Applewhite
Dave Doeren
Brent Pease

[J-Rod]

How many second chances is Petrino going to get?

My list:
Major Applewhite
Dave Doeren
Brent Pease

Doeren is tearing it up at NIU....Smith fits perfectly into that system. Hell, he might be the ultimate QB in that offense.

I was gonna say Pease too, but I fear he's just good at reading other people's Denny's menus if you know what I mean.

[djm19]

Any former UW player who could? I know Anderson is high on Bouknight. Doubt he is HC quality yet.

[DocHolliday]

No more experiments. I don't have names right now, but enough of the "projects."

Nick Saban, Les Miles, Mack Brown, Lane Kiffin, names like that ain't walking through that door anytime soon.

Throw out some names...

I can't throw out "names" per se, but maybe a "name."

How about Dino Costa.

That guy Dino would be my choice to step in for our outstanding broadcast radio voice, Dave Walsh, if Dave for any reason needed a day off...but to coach?

Memo to that Dino guy: Don't quit your day job, Bud.

[Cornpoke]

I said it when we were last looking for a coach but I still believe Gary Barnett would have been the best choice for us. His recruiting connections would have been a big plus and his ability to hire quality assistants as well. At this point he has been out of coaching too long.

Other than Petrino and a few others, I've barely heard of any of the guys listed in this thread. I'm not fond of the idea of hiring a promising assistant and "hoping" they can get the job done. Because if they do they will leave at the first opportunity and if they don't we continue to suffer. Which brings me back to my point, let's hire a quality head coach who is in the moonlight of his career and not looking to Wyo as a stepping stone. One who still has recruiting ties and is able to hire quality assistants. It's worked out pretty well for K-state bringing back Snyder. I also think Bob Davie was an excellent choice for New Mexico. It was a splash hire that brought some much needed attention to a New Mexico program and if he has success, I doubt he leaves. I must admit I'm eager to see if it works for UNM

[DocHolliday]

I said it when we were last looking for a coach but I still believe Gary Barnett would have been the best choice for us. His recruiting connections would have been a big plus and his ability to hire quality assistants as well. At this point he has been out of coaching too long.

Other than Petrino and a few others, I've barely heard of any of the guys listed in this thread. I'm not fond of the idea of hiring a promising assistant and "hoping" they can get the job done. Because if they do they will leave at the first opportunity and if they don't we continue to suffer. Which brings me back to my point, let's hire a quality head coach who is in the moonlight of his career and not looking to Wyo as a stepping stone. One who still has recruiting ties and is able to hire quality assistants. It's worked out pretty well for K-state bringing back Snyder. I also think Bob Davie was an excellent choice for New Mexico. It was a splash hire that brought some much needed attention to a New Mexico program and if he has success, I doubt he leaves. I must admit I'm eager to see if it works for UNM

You caught my attention with this mention of Gary Barnett...I just wonder how motivated he is at this point, he's been calling college football on TV, out of the game a while now, have to wonder if the candle still burns for him at the age of 66.

[pokefanchaz7]

I say this only to be realistic and not to be negative. Laramie is a tough place to live for wyoming natives let alone a quality head coach who could get a job elsewhere. Wyoming is a hard place to recruit, wyoming is a hard place to live, overall Laramie just isn't a big sell.

I think just about every coach we get will either be inexperienced at the D1 level or only have marginal success. To be honest, even if Coach C left the program or was fired, the next head coach offer would probably go to Greg Brandon. He had success at Bowling Green as a HC, we wouldn't change offensive scheme, and he seems to like Laramie enough to come back a second time around.

and for the record, I don't see him leaving or getting fired this season. Two bowl games in four years is a step in the right direction even if it isn't as big of a step as we would like. The admin just ponied up more money to keep him and they aren't going to kiss that investment good bye one season after giving a raise.

[BeaverPoke]

Petrino.
Please! Look at what ryan mallet did at arkansas, and the dude to follow him up, tyler wilson.
Brett Smith under that guy..... would be a bad ass offense
but wait brett smith under christensen is too....
you guys said we aren't even close to a top 25 team even with brett smith but i argue that because if we have a non-ejected, and non-injured brett smith we are 4-1 not 1-4 seriously think about it...

also i mentioned this will look good for HIM for nfl scouts... and you laughed. ok why was that funny? any scout that can do his job and see how important a kid is to his teams success sees that we are one brett smith away from being 4-1, not 1-4

[okcwyocowboy]

Bobby Petrino in a heartbeat, Gus Malzahn in a heartbeat.

[laxwyo]

This thread is gay

[kansasCowboy]

It's worked out pretty well for K-state bringing back Snyder.

Really? Snyder brought back Snyder. Snyder was the athletics director, he fired the last head coach and hired himself again.
And I agree, this thread is truly gay.

This is what adds to the negativity of our program. THIS!

[SDPokeFan]

Bobby Petrino. Give him whatever he wants. Hell, I will even help him find a volleyball player to date.

Everywhere he has went (on the college level) he has had success. Wyoming football would see success it has never witnessed if he was brought in. Sure, he is a little sketchy, but there are "gray areas" of all winning programs. Enough of these unproven coordinators and lower-level guys. Unless, of course, you enjoy losing to Cal-Polident. Then by all means, lets keep shuffling these nobodies through Laramie.