1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

[Fox 26] UH to hire Texas Tech offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen to run offense

Discussion in 'Houston Texans' started by rikesh316, Feb 1, 2008.

Tags:
Page 1 of 2
  1. rikesh316

    rikesh316 Member

    Joined:
    Sep 28, 2002
    Messages:
    4,447
    Likes Received:
    36
    http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/p...n=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=6.1.1

    HOUSTON -- College football sources tell FOX 26 Sports that University of Houston head coach Kevin Sumlin is on the verge of hiring Texas Tech offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen to run the Cougars offense.

    Holgorsen, who has spent the past eight years on the Red Raiders staff, assumed full-time offensive coordinator duties at Texas Tech in 2007 after sharing the job for two years.

    If hired, he will be the University of Houston's offensive coordinator.

    On Holgorsen's watch in 2007, Texas Tech had the number one passing attack in the nation averaging 470.3 yards per game. The Red Raiders also owned the seventh best scoring offense in the nation averaging 40.92 points per game.

    University of Houston Athletic Director Dave Maggard would not comment on the deal, and Sumlin has not been available.
     
    #1 rikesh316, Feb 1, 2008
  2. rikesh316

    rikesh316 Member

    Joined:
    Sep 28, 2002
    Messages:
    4,447
    Likes Received:
    36
    Very good hire. Holgorsen will have run this offense unlike where he couldn't at Texas Tech. Sumlin has completed a very good staff. Last year staff under Art Briles doesn't compare with this new one.
     
    #2 rikesh316, Feb 1, 2008
  3. Harrisment

    Harrisment Member

    Joined:
    Jun 20, 2001
    Messages:
    15,392
    Likes Received:
    2,157
    Why would a guy leave Texas Tech which has a better program and is in a better conference to go to U of H?
     
    #3 Harrisment, Feb 1, 2008
  4. Oski2005

    Oski2005 Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Nov 14, 2001
    Messages:
    18,100
    Likes Received:
    447
    That's a damn good hire.
     
    #4 Oski2005, Feb 1, 2008
  5. Big Dogg

    Big Dogg Rookie

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2008
    Messages:
    102
    Likes Received:
    0
    Very good hire. Maggard, from the start wanted someone who would run a spread offense, and Sumlin promised him he would get someone in here who would run it. No better place to get an offensive minded coach then from Tech.

    Remember, CAB came from Tech.
     
    #5 Big Dogg, Feb 1, 2008
  6. LongTimeFan

    LongTimeFan Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 2001
    Messages:
    7,757
    Likes Received:
    963
    Any reason other than he came from Tech? Leach ran the offense.. I don't really know anything about this guy honestly.
     
    #6 LongTimeFan, Feb 1, 2008
  7. rikesh316

    rikesh316 Member

    Joined:
    Sep 28, 2002
    Messages:
    4,447
    Likes Received:
    36
    Mike Leach calls the plays and runs the show at Tech. Sumlin has said he will not call the plays and whoever he hires will run the show.
     
    #7 rikesh316, Feb 1, 2008
  8. Joshfast

    Joshfast "We're all gonna die" - Billy Sole
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Dec 9, 2001
    Messages:
    6,477
    Likes Received:
    2,071
    Wow! Great hire for UH - looking forward to football right after the season ends always sucks. :(

    How many months now?
     
    #8 Joshfast, Feb 1, 2008
  9. Oski2005

    Oski2005 Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Nov 14, 2001
    Messages:
    18,100
    Likes Received:
    447
    Yeah, I guess he hasn't learned anything from Leach since he's been there.
     
    #9 Oski2005, Feb 1, 2008
  10. rrj_gamz

    rrj_gamz Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Aug 15, 2002
    Messages:
    15,595
    Likes Received:
    197
    I think this is a great hire...Briles came form Tech and I think all the hires are promising...
     
    #10 rrj_gamz, Feb 1, 2008
  11. ryan17wagner

    ryan17wagner Member

    Joined:
    Apr 5, 2006
    Messages:
    3,044
    Likes Received:
    72
    Houston's best football team continues to improve!
     
    #11 ryan17wagner, Feb 1, 2008
  12. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 1999
    Messages:
    36,785
    Likes Received:
    13,169
    The gimmickier yall get the more of a joke you become are destined to become.
     
    #12 Ziggy, Feb 1, 2008
  13. Major Malcontent

    Major Malcontent Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Dec 18, 2000
    Messages:
    3,177
    Likes Received:
    211
    Wow...I take crap from UT cause I have to. But from an A&M fan???? Has anyone done less with more than the Aggies. 2nd Choice of Athletes in Texas and ya'll have won the Galleryfurnature.com bowl in 01, and the Alamo Bowl in 95?

    Ya'll are a step above Baylor and Iowa State. Otherwise the Big 12 owns you.
     
    #13 Major Malcontent, Feb 1, 2008
  14. thelasik

    thelasik Contributing Member

    Joined:
    May 9, 2005
    Messages:
    3,347
    Likes Received:
    72

    PWNED!
     
    #14 thelasik, Feb 1, 2008
  15. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 1999
    Messages:
    36,785
    Likes Received:
    13,169
    Ha. I was just trying to get yall guys riled up a little. You can bash us, fair enough. I just wanted more from my home town team than a bag of tricks. I have a real disgust for teams like Hawaii, TT, etc... Good teams expose those offenses for the joke they are. Y'all will be prime to start beating everyone, just not when it counts. Yes, yes, like the recent Aggies. Okay. Enjoy CUSA
     
    #15 Ziggy, Feb 1, 2008
  16. LongTimeFan

    LongTimeFan Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 2001
    Messages:
    7,757
    Likes Received:
    963

    Guess ya'll haven't been a good team for a while, huh? ;)
     
    #16 LongTimeFan, Feb 1, 2008
  17. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 1999
    Messages:
    36,785
    Likes Received:
    13,169
    Our defense has been a joke no question about it. Even with a great D-Line. The SEC teams all make the spread look like childs play though. See Georgia vs. Hawaii or Tech vs. Alabama.
     
    #17 Ziggy, Feb 1, 2008
  18. ryan17wagner

    ryan17wagner Member

    Joined:
    Apr 5, 2006
    Messages:
    3,044
    Likes Received:
    72

    Quit hating cuase Franball was a choke. Your boy Billy was too scared to play us in basketball and he tried to get out of the Kentucky game in Dec. He got what was coming to him in a UH whopping.
     
    #18 ryan17wagner, Feb 1, 2008
  19. blathersby

    blathersby Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Feb 8, 2007
    Messages:
    2,316
    Likes Received:
    49
    I know. Run and shoot is TERRIBLE. It's just an awful offense, and it's never worked for anyone.
    Nope. It doesn't work at all. It didn't work for the Cougars in the 80s OR or the Oilers in the 90s (Jan 3, 1993 not withstanding). :rolleyes:

    And coming from Tech doesn't mean he's running Tech's offense. UH will probably still have a good vertical passing game, but there's nothing that says UH will be a Tech clone.
     
    #19 blathersby, Feb 2, 2008
  20. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 1999
    Messages:
    36,785
    Likes Received:
    13,169
    Oh wait it worked then so its gotta work now right? Thats why so many teams run it now right? Might as well make the wishbone a standard and play the QB both ways.
     
    #20 Ziggy, Feb 2, 2008
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 1 of 2

Share This Page

Toggle Width

  • About ClutchFans

    Since 1996, ClutchFans has been loud and proud covering the Houston Rockets, helping set an industry standard for team fan sites. The forums have been a home for Houston sports fans as well as basketball fanatics around the globe.

  • Rockets Content

  • Support ClutchFans!

    If you find that ClutchFans is a valuable resource for you, please consider becoming a Supporting Member. Supporting Members can upload photos and attachments directly to their posts, customize their user title and more. Gold Supporters see zero ads!


    Upgrade Now