Defensive Coordinator

[Appstate88]

Anticipation… Wish I had some breaking news to report. Sorry, I made you look for now. Hoping others will chime in here with new information on this topic.

[kornegaylw]

The longer this goes the less I like it

[AppSt94]

Patience.

[311neers]

We've had to have a DC by now. It's been 1.5 months hahaha. No one goes 1.5 months without a major coaching hire. Shoot practice starts next week.

[KentHogan]

Not sure how long it normally takes to hire a DC, but this does feel a bit lengthy. I wonder if the best candidates see it as too risky with App coming off a bad season. They may feel if another bad season occurs, then Clark is gone and so are they. Just a thought.

[appgrad95&97]

The guy who prevented us from scoring in the second half againt JMU is already on our staff. Lol

[AppStFan1]

The longer this goes the less I like it

I would rather us take a little time and get the best fit than hire quick and it be a bad one. Shawn can't rush this stuff because he knows his job is on the line. I think we need to be patient. It would not surprise me if we see an announcement regarding this by early next week. We will see if the rumors are true.

[Saint3333]

Given the time, it's clear our first choice (I don't have insight to who that would be) wasn't available. However it looks like someone is about to get a great opportunity.

[AppSt94]

Ya’ll will come up with some wild theories when you have some time on your hands.

[Saint3333]

Occam's Razor.

[EastHallApp]

Given the time, it's clear our first choice (I don't have insight to who that would be) wasn't available. However it looks like someone is about to get a great opportunity.

Obviously we are planning to hire away an NFL DC, and we just can't finalize the hire until his team is out of the playoffs.

[311neers]

Cant wait for the 247 DC announcement article to have a backdated date of December 19th or something like that. hahaha.

[ASUFan4863]

I just don't get why everyone is up in arms about the length of the hiring process.

#1 - Any decent DC would still be coaching/recruiting up to signing day.
#2 - Between signing day (or after a bowl game in a normal season) and Spring classes is about the only break these coaches get. That has to be factored in here. They were traveling to multiple states a day for 2 solid weeks after months of coaching with NO bye week.
#3 - A hire WILL be made before spring classes, so what difference does it make to hire on Jan. 12th or Dec. 12?
#4 - I believe this is a unique challenge for App, but it is not easy or cheap to find living arrangements in the High Country. There are not readily available apartments/rentals if you have a family. You basically have to buy something or pay out the you know what if you have a family.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

I find it hard to believe that if we’d already hired someone that it hasn’t leaked. There is a coaching convention in Charlotte today, I believe. Perhaps Grady Davis will be there and fill us in on what happens.

[AppStateNews]

I just don't get why everyone is up in arms about the length of the hiring process.

#1 - Any decent DC would still be coaching/recruiting up to signing day.
#2 - Between signing day (or after a bowl game in a normal season) and Spring classes is about the only break these coaches get. That has to be factored in here. They were traveling to multiple states a day for 2 solid weeks after months of coaching with NO bye week.
#3 - A hire WILL be made before spring classes, so what difference does it make to hire on Jan. 12th or Dec. 12?
#4 - I believe this is a unique challenge for App, but it is not easy or cheap to find living arrangements in the High Country. There are not readily available apartments/rentals if you have a family. You basically have to buy something or pay out the you know what if you have a family.

And the stricter hiring process than most schools have for athletics hires...

That said, expect an announcement sooner than later

[AppStateNews]

I find it hard to believe that if we’d already hired someone that it hasn’t leaked. There is a coaching convention in Charlotte today, I believe. Perhaps Grady Davis will be there and fill us in on what happens.

Convention is over. Went from 8th-10th.

The annual convention is a great place to finalize some things. Just sayin'

[AppSt94]

I just don't get why everyone is up in arms about the length of the hiring process.

#1 - Any decent DC would still be coaching/recruiting up to signing day.
#2 - Between signing day (or after a bowl game in a normal season) and Spring classes is about the only break these coaches get. That has to be factored in here. They were traveling to multiple states a day for 2 solid weeks after months of coaching with NO bye week.
#3 - A hire WILL be made before spring classes, so what difference does it make to hire on Jan. 12th or Dec. 12?
#4 - I believe this is a unique challenge for App, but it is not easy or cheap to find living arrangements in the High Country. There are not readily available apartments/rentals if you have a family. You basically have to buy something or pay out the you know what if you have a family.

Not to mention that the school has been shut down for two weeks for the holiday.

[Tru2ASU]

Does it lean more to an internal hire the longer it goes?

[BeauFoster]

Does it lean more to an internal hire the longer it goes?

Doubtful, in my opinion. I would think a quick hire would have been internal. External should take longer because of search, interviews, negotiations, then all the necessary admin approvals

[WXAPP]

The rumbles are currently positive. I think most will be well pleased.