OK, so Edwards as DC is up in the air. I fooled around and came up with some fodder

a lot of those guys sound good

Hopefully Miles does his homework as well as Philter. All of the candidates sound good. Ryan was just elevated to Ravens' DC. Coaches w/ NE and Pitt won't be available at the earliest until next wk, and potentially as long as 3 wks from now. I do think it will prob wind up being an NFL position coach, I don't think an NFL coordinator would take a college coordinator's job. Hey, as long as it's not Bill Clay, Lou Tepper, or Dick Nolan, we should be OK. What happened to talk of Karl Dunbar?

 

I'm going to add a couple.

Bob Sanders - he's out of work, and has NFL experience and significant SEC experience under Spurrier.

http://www.miamidolphins.com/lockerroom/coachingstaff/coachingstaff_sanders_b.asp

[font=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]Bob Sanders is entering his fourth season as an NFL assistant after spending the previous 22 years as an assistant at the collegiate level, including the final 11 years (1990-00) at the University of Florida.[/size][/font]

[font=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]In Sanders’ three seasons tutoring the Dolphins linebackers, Zach Thomas has been voted to the Pro Bowl each time and has registered three of the four highest single-season tackle totals of his career. He also has overseen the development of Morlon Greenwood, a third-round draft choice in 2001 who has started 37 games over his first three seasons and put together his best season as a pro in 2003 as he registered 85 tackles. In addition, Junior Seau, acquired in an offseason trade with San Diego, posted 133 tackles last year, his highest total since 1996, while he also recorded three sacks, his most in the past three years.[/size][/font]


[font=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]Sanders coached virtually every position on the defensive side of the ball during his stint in Gainesville, including the 2000 season as the Gators’ assistant defensive coordinator/linebackers coach. At Florida, Sanders was a part of five SEC championship teams, including the 1995 club that claimed the national title. While at Florida, the Gators ranked in the top ten in rushing defense in eight of his 11 seasons, including the three best performances in school history. They also finished first in the SEC in quarterback sacks four straight seasons (1996-99). In 1994, Sanders was named the SEC’s Assistant Coach of the Year.[/size][/font]


[font=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]While at the University of Florida, Sanders tutored nine players who earned All-America accolades. He also coached such future first round draft choices as DE Kevin Carter, LB Jevon Kearse and DE Huey Richardson.[/size][/font]

 

Joe Barry - This guy is a little younger than some and probably a ways from an NFL DC shot, so he might be attainable. He has 5 years in the NFL, 4 under Monte Kiffen and all those dominant defenses, wears a Super Bowl ring. Also has a year under Mora Jr. and a little college experience including a year under John Robinson at UNLV. He comes from a family of coaches, and played a year at Michigan while Miles was there. I think this would be a great choice.

http://www.buccaneers.com/team/coachdetail.aspx?listid=coaches&coach=Barry,Joe

Joe Barry enters his fourth season as Tampa Bay’s linebackers coach. In 2002, his second season with the club, Barry helped lead the Buccaneers to their first Super Bowl title in franchise history.


Barry’s linebacking unit again proved to be a strength of the Buccaneers defense in 2003. Led by perennial All-Pro LB Derrick Brooks, the defense finish ranked fifth in the NFL, marking the seventh straight year the defense has finished among the NFL’s Top 10. The defensive unit also finished third in passing defense, marking the seventh time in the last eight seasons, including three straight, that the defense has finished in the Top 10 in that category. Brooks, along with DT Warren Sapp, earned his club record seventh consecutive Pro Bowl bid in 2003 while also capturing second-team Associated Press All-Pro honors. He started all 16 games and led the team in tackles for the sixth straight year with 151 stops, while also ranking tied for second with two interceptions.

Coming off his first Pro Bowl selection in 2002, MLB Shelton Quarles was expected to team with Brooks in 2003 to present the NFL’s most dominant linebacking duo. However, Barry was forced to shuffle the lineup prior to the season opener when Quarles sustained a left forearm fracture and elbow dislocation in practice. Fourth-year pro Nate Webster was inserted into the starting lineup for the season’s first five games, during which time he notched 10 or more tackles in four of his five starts. Despite only starting five games, Webster finished seventh on the team with 66 tackles in 2003. Quarles returned to the starting lineup in the season’s sixth game and remained highly productive throughout 2003 despite being limited with his injury. In just 11 starts in 2003, Quarles totaled 110 tackles to rank third on the team.

Manning the final starting linebacker spot in 2003 was second-year SLB Ryan Nece. Nece, whose rookie season came to end after tearing his left ACL midway through the year, earned the starting job following a solid 2003 training camp. The undrafted free agent out of UCLA played in 15 of 16 games with 10 starts, ranking sixth on the team with 70 tackles.

Despite a pair of changes in the starting lineup, Barry’s linebacking corps helped Tampa Bay finish atop the NFL in total defense and pass defense in 2002. Under Barry’s direction, Brooks was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year while also earning his sixth consecutive Pro Bowl berth, tying a team record for total and consecutive appearances. He was also selected to the AP All-Pro first-team for the third time in his career as he led the defense in tackles (170). While his defensive leadership and sure tackling were consistently evident in 2002, it was his penchant for finding the end zone that routinely separated him as he recorded three INT returns for touchdowns, making him the only linebacker in NFL history to ever accomplish such a feat. He also added a fumble return for a TD at Atlanta. Brooks’ four TDs on turnovers in 2002 tied for the second-most in a single season in NFL history. He again found the end zone in the win against Oakland in Super Bowl XXXVII, intercepting a Rich Gannon pass and returning it 44 yards for a TD in the fourth quarter to secure the Buccaneers first Super Bowl title. Barry also tutored Quarles, who made a seamless transition to MLB in 2002, starting all 16 games while being selected to appear in his first Pro Bowl. Quarles finished second on the team with a career-high 159 tackles while also adding a sack and two INTs, including one returned for a TD. His two INTs were also a career-high. Alshermond Singleton, in his first season as a starter at SLB, amassed a career-high 89 tackles, one sack, one INT, a forced fumble and three passes defensed. Singleton’s 89 tackles ranked fifth on the team.

Prior to joining the Buccaneers in 2001, Barry spent the 2000 season as defensive quality control coach for the San Francisco 49ers and the 1999 season coaching linebackers under John Robinson at UNLV. Prior to that, he worked with linebackers and defensive ends at Northern Arizona for three seasons from 1996-98.

Barry was a two-year letterwinner as a linebacker at Southern Cal and then worked as a defensive graduate assistant for two seasons (1994-95) at USC. He served as a co-captain during his senior year in 1993.

Barry’s father, Mike, is currently the offensive line coach at North Carolina State. His father-in-law, Rod Marinelli, is the assistant head coach for the Buccaneers and he has also coached the defensive line for the last eight seasons.

Last offseason, Barry lent his coaching knowledge to “NFL 101,” a program that educates women on the terminology, formations, strategy and basics of football.

Barry and his wife, Chris, have two daughters, Camryn and Lauren and twin sons Nickolas and Samuel, who were born this past offseason.

BARRY AT A GLANCE

1989...Michigan, Player
1991-93…Southern Cal, player
1994-95…Southern Cal, Graduate Assistant
1996-98…Northern Arizona, Linebackers/Defensive Ends Coach
1999…UNLV, Linebackers Coach
2000…San Francisco 49ers, Defensive Quality Control Coach
2001-04…Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Linebackers Coach

 

Also, not sure if you guys remember this guy, but he coached LBs here Saban's first year. He was extremely well liked by the players. I know he's been looking for a HC job in college, so he might be interested in being a DC in the college ranks as well.

http://www.panthers.com/team/coachbio.jsp?id=1127

Coaching
Sal is in his second season as defensive line coach and third with the Panthers. Beginning as a defensive assistant in 2002, Sal took over the Panthers defensive line last season when Mike Trgovac was named defensive coordinator. It was a seamless transition as the Panthers defensive line remained one of the best in the NFL under Sal. The Panthers ranked eighth in overall defense, 11th against the run, and seventh in sacks per pass play. Thirty-two and a half of the team's total of 40 sacks came from the defensive line, which also produced a pair of Pro Bowl players in tackle Kris Jenkins and end Mike Rucker.


In his first season with Carolina in 2002, Sal contributed to a Panthers defense that became the only unit since the NFL merger in 1970 to improve from last in the League in total defense to second in a span of one season.

The veteran assistant coach came to the Panthers from Michigan State, where he worked in 2001 as the Spartans linebackers coach and special teams coordinator. Prior to working at Michigan State, Sal spent 2000 at Louisiana State in the same capacity and helped the Tigers to an 8-4 record, Peach Bowl victory and final ranking of 22nd in the country while coaching a pair of sophomores to second-team all-SEC honors.

Sal coached at Alabama A&M in 1998 and 1999 as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach after spending three seasons at the University of Louisville from 1995-97 as linebackers coach, where he helped produce two NFL draft selections, Tyrus McCloud and Alan Campos. Working his way up the coaching ladder, Sal spent one year each at Illinois State as defensive coordinator in 1994 and Iowa Wesleyan as assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and special teams coach in 1993.

He broke into coaching at his alma mater, Pittsburgh, and worked for three different head coaches as well as Carolina head coach John Fox during his eight-year tenure from 1985-92. Sal coached the defensive line under Foge Fazio in 1985 and linebackers under Mike Gottfried and was assistant head coach to Paul Hackett in 1992.

Playing and Personal
Sal had a storybook career at the University of Pittsburgh, earning a spot as a walk-on and ending his tenure with the Panthers as a team captain and consensus All-America as a senior in 1981. A three-year starter at linebacker for head coach Jackie Sherrill, he helped the Panthers to a combined record of 33-3, including victories in the 1979 Fiesta Bowl, 1980 Gator Bowl and 1981 Sugar Bowl. Sal anchored a Pittsburgh defensive unit that led the NCAA in total defense in both 1980 and 1981.

He won Defensive MVP honors in the 1982 Senior Bowl and was a 10th-round draft selection of the Pittsburgh Steelers but had his pro career cut short by a training camp knee injury. In 1982, he received a bachelor's degree in communications.

Married to the former Roxann Evans, who was a varsity gymnast at Pittsburgh, the couple has two daughters, Jaclyn and Ashlyn, and two sons, Santino and Vinnie. History
Linebacker University of Pittsburgh 1978-81. College coach: Pittsburgh 1985-92, Iowa Wesleyan 1993, Illinois State 1994, Louisville 1995-97, Alabama A&M 1998-99, Louisiana State 2000, Michigan State 2001. Pro coach: joined Panthers in 2002.

 

Here's my last entry for now, another former LSU coach, Kirk Doll, he coached LBs 2002-2003 and spent the past season as special teams coach and a defensive asst with the Broncos. He knows the system and might be receptive to a return.

http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=357&contentID=3108

Kirk Doll begins his first season on the Broncos' coaching staff as the defensive assistant/special teams coach. He comes to Denver after a highly successful two-year stint as the assistant head/linebackers coach at Louisiana State University, where he helped guide the Tigers to a share of the national title last season.

Doll joined the LSU staff in the spring of 2002 after serving as the assistant head coach at Notre Dame for eight years. In his first year with the Tigers, Doll coached Bradie James to first-team All-America honors as the senior set a school record with 154 tackles in 2002. In addition, Doll assisted with an LSU defense that ranked among the best in the nation as the Tigers allowed 286 yards per contest, eighth best nationally.

While at Notre Dame, Doll helped lead the Irish to five bowl games, including an appearance in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in 2000. Among Doll's coaching responsibilities at Notre Dame were the linebackers, special teams and the kickers. In 2000, Notre Dame punter Joey Hildbold was a finalist for the Ray Guy Award, which is given to the nation's top punter. In 1995, Doll helped Notre Dame reach the Orange Bowl as the Fighting Irish defense allowed just 270 yards per contest, the lowest figure at the school since the 1980 season.

Before his stint at Notre Dame, Doll coached at Texas A&M for six years, helping the Aggies to five bowl games, including three appearances in the Cotton Bowl. Doll helped Texas A&M lead the nation in total defense in 1991 (222.4 yards per game) and rank third nationally in 1993 (247.6). The Aggies ranked third nationally in scoring defense in 1993 by allowing only 10.8 points per contest. In his final three years at Texas A&M, the Aggies posted a 32-5 overall mark, including a 12-1 record in 1992.

Doll, 53, has also coached at the collegiate level at Arizona State (1985-87), Tulsa (1980-84), Iowa State (1979) and Wichita State (1975-76). Doll coached outside linebackers at Arizona State, helping the Sun Devils to a 10-1-1 mark and an appearance in the Rose Bowl in 1986. Doll served as the offensive line coach at Tulsa for five years, and he coached the tight ends for one spring as a part-time coach at Iowa State.

His coaching career has featured 14 bowl games, including appearances in the Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and Sugar Bowl.

Doll, a native of Wichita, Kan., earned bachelor's degrees from both East Carolina and Wichita State and played as both a defensive end and tackle at East Carolina for two years. He is married to the former Kathy Reding and the couple has three children, Kate, Kelsey and Kyle.

 

Hey isn't Tim Krumrie the guy (cinn bengals) who's ankle exploded in the super bowl against the niners. That still haunts me.