It’s always a dangerous thing to shrink a pool of candidates for any job by disqualifying a candidate based on a trait that has nothing to do with the ability to do the job, such as: “Too old. They need a younger guy.” Mention any football coach approaching 60 and this is a common ...

Schools shopping for a head football coach are not unlike investors trying to decide which company’s stock to purchase. Ideally, an investor wants as many evidence as possible about a company, but wait too long and the bargain disappears. Similarly, a school wants to know that a coach is ...

For today’s installment of a 10-part series looking at “Group of Five” coaches ready for “Power Five” jobs, we look at a leader who doesn’t have any ties to the region, but is doing mighty impressive things coaching at the school for which he once played quarterback. No. 9 — ...

One advantage of hiring an existing head coach compared to an assistant coach ready to head a program for the first time involves the assembly of the staff of assistants. A head coach can bring most of his staff with him, which eliminates concerns over how a staff will jell. The duties are ...

Time to fill out my battle predicting the order of finish in the Big 12 football standings in advance of Big 12 Media Day (July 16 and 17 in Frisco, Texas): 1 - Oklahoma: Picking anyone else would require having a compelling reason to do so. The Sooners survived the retirement of coach Bob ...

More than two-thirds of the starts at offensive line during the 2017 Kansas football season were made by players expected to suit up for the Jayhawks this coming fall. Those players should benefit from an extra year in the weight room and perhaps from their new offensive line coach, A.J. ...