And the new UAlbany Head Football Coach is......

[danefan]

From coachingsearch.com this morning ....

 

University at Albany (NY): A source tells CoachingSearch.com that Maryland defensive line coach Greg Gattuso will be named head coach at Albany.

[danefan]

Footballscoop also reporting it

 

http://www.footballscoop.com/the-scoop

[Michigan_Dane]

Good hire. Let's hope he brings a few players with him

[B9j2j6s]

Everything that has been posted here indicates he is the right man for the job. Good luck and welcome to the purple family.

[Clickclack]

Very happy with this choice... Good hire...do we know if he can recruit?

Edited December 7, 2013 by Clickclack

[Patch]

Very happy with this choice... Good hire...do we know if he can recruit? - Clickclack

 

How can you evaluate it as a good hire if you don't know if he can recruit?????

[Clickclack]

Very happy with this choice... Good hire...do we know if he can recruit? - Clickclack

 

How can you evaluate it as a good hire if you don't know if he can recruit?????

 

I can like what little I know considering other candidates like keeler and in house candidates were viewed IMO in worse light. Here's another thought... How about you not be a smart ass... Next time just answer the question if you have something constructive to add instead of your usual sanctimonious bs.

Edited December 7, 2013 by Clickclack

[Dane Pound]

Very happy with this choice... Good hire...do we know if he can recruit?

 

Others can answer this better I'm sure but he did have some players from Duquense go to the NFL. The fact that he got a MAAC football team ranked in the FCS top 25 (IAA at the time) is enough to sell me that he can coach.

[Michigan_Dane]

I read some great stories on him. He entered 2 losing programs and turned them around. The high school was 0-10 and Duquesne was in the toilet. He left both programs with huge winning percentages.

 

UB was looking at him a couple years back. I can try to post that article. They praised him up and down and recruiting apparently is a strong suit.

 

My two takeaways are recruiting and turnaround expert.

[Michigan_Dane]

http://www.testudotimes.com/2013/12/7/5185356/greg-gattuso-albany-head-coach

[Michigan_Dane]

Here is that UB article on our new head coach. Interesting. I like that one piece is in place if we wanted to go FBS down the line. The guy could help us make the jump

 

http://www.ubbullrun.com/2009/12/potential-coach-get-to-know-greg.html

[Michigan_Dane]

"There, Gattuso took a team that was 6-34 over the previous four years - including an 0-10 mark in 1988 - and turned the program around. Seton-La Salle posted a 28-10-1 record and made three WPIAL playoff appearances in Gattuso's three seasons, highlighted by a WPIAL AAA Championship and a Parkway "

[Michigan_Dane]

"he inherited a program that had won just six games in the previous three seasons. Eleven years later the dukes had won a mid-major national championship, seven league championships, had five bowl appearances and averaged more than eight wins per season."

[uofalbany]

From what I've reviewed over the past few days, I'd be content with this hire.

There's no guarantee with anyone.... but he seems like a good all around choice.

[UA'08]

Time to do work...