Iron Dragon's Coaching Carousel Career

[Iron Dragon]

Coaching Career of Jay Draggo

This is my career as a coach. Using JBHuskers' rules:

• Any OC or HC job is fair game.
• First HC Job has to be at a or worse school in a non-BCS conference
• If I am the HC at a or school, I can make the jump to a school.
• Once I'm the HC of a school, I can only go up to a job that is more than where I am currently at.
• If my contract is 1-2 years, I have to at least stay 1 year.
• If my contract is 3-4 years, I have to stay at least 2 years.
• If my contract is 5-6 years, I have to stay at least 3 years.
• If my contract is 7 years, I have to stay at least 4 years.

Coaching History
2011: Offensive Coordinator at Akron (D+ Prestige)
2012-present: Offensive Coordinator at Fresno State (C Prestige)

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Conference Changes
2011
Mountain West: Added Hawaii, Nevada, Tulsa, UTEP / splits into two divisions, given BCS tie-in
WAC: Added North Texas

2012
Big East: TCU (scheduled), UCF
Big XII: Houston (given invite after making national title)
Mountain West: Fresno State (scheduled)

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Yearly History

2011
Offensive Coordinator at Akron (61 OFF rating)
Beat Rhode Island, Temple, Eastern Michigan and Buffalo (4-8, 3-5 MAC)
Leading Passer: Kyle Pohl (FR)
Leading Rusher: Dale Martin (JR)
Leading Receiver: Antoine Russell (JR)

2012
Offensive Coordinator at Fresno State

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Goals History

Year One
OFF rating 61

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31-10

Offense only had 234 yards but Rhode Island really struggled punting. We had plenty of short fields.

We had 11 penalties for 92 yards.

Dale Martin rushed for 97 yards on 21 carries and had 2 TDs.

Our WR core dropped 3 passes.

Antonine Russell's impressive 32 yard TD.

Patrick Nicely threw for 164 yards and 2 TDs but threw an INT, but was only 12-30.

Nicely had -34 rushing yards on 5 sacks. Our offensive line blows.

Next week a trip to the Horseshoe to face Ohio State.

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62-7

219 yards of total offense | 54 rush/165 pass
2-14 on third down
3 fumbles lost

Our only TD came on a 57 yard TD pass from Nicely to Keith Sconiers.

No INTs thrown by any QB.

Backup RB Broderick Alexander had a 22 yard run before suffering a mild concussion, our second longest play of the day.

Nicely had -32 rushing yards thanks to sacks. And lots of them.

TE Rhyne Ladrach had 6 catches for 77 yards.

Ohio State isn't on the schedule again.

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17-14

374 yards of total offense
141 rush/233 pass
0 turnovers

Patrick Nicely threw for 220 yards.

He went out late in the game with an injury and is done for the season.

Backup RB Broderick Alexander had 79 rushing yards.

Nicely to Russell ended up in an 80 yard TD pass.

The defense held Temple to 14 points, enough for us to kick a field goal late and get to 2-1 on the year.

Might have to break the redshirt on a true freshman QB.


Two more solid games rushing will get me those early in the season.
Four wins looks very possible. Don't need the

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35-5

390 yards of total offense
164 rushing (1 TD)/226 passsing (4 TD)
Defense forced 4 turnovers

Both of our backup QBs Rodgers and freshman Kyle Phol threw 2 TDs each.


21-24

391 yards of total offense
180 rush (2 TD)/211 pass (TD)
2 turnovers / def forced 1
1-15 on third down

We got back into the game late with two late TD runs and took the lead at 21-17 only for T.Y. Hilton to return a kickoff back for a TD.

[SmoothPancakes]

Sorry for this Iron, but YES! FIU (my CC dynasty team) comes through!

Loving this man. Definitely going to be keeping up with the career of Jay Draggo.

[morsdraconis]

Good stuff man. Keep it up. Really interested to see how everyone's careers turn out.

[Iron Dragon]

Sorry for this Iron, but YES! FIU (my CC dynasty team) comes through!

Loving this man. Definitely going to be keeping up with the career of Jay Draggo.

We lost it because of our great special teams defense which was a crappy way to lose.

Good stuff man. Keep it up. Really interested to see how everyone's careers turn out.

Thanks for checking in.

[Iron Dragon]

7-48

302 yards of total offense
154 rush/148 pass
2-12 on 3rd down
3-0-0 in redzone
2 turnovers

Solid rushing game with three players over 40 yards. Ohio was 6-0 coming in and got another easy win.. they are running all over the MAC as the nation's #1 rush game put up 298 on the ground on our defense.


21-51

222 yards of total offense
53 rush / 169 pass
2-19 on third down
3 turnovers

Crazy Stat: Central Michigan had 12 trips to the redzone and only had the ball for a little over 9 minutes compared to our 18:35. They failed 3 fourth downs, missed two field goals and still managed 5 TDs and a FG in the redzone.

We had the ball alot and didn't do much with it. CMU scored the game's final 5 TDs.


21-12

338 yards of total offense
36 rush / 302 pass
4-15 on 3rd down
4 turnovers

We just committed way too many turnovers had too many drops. We had a 2-pt conversion dropped and then a late TD that could have made the score closer (21-19) on fourth down that was dropped. Our WRs didn't like to hang on to anything in this one.

[Iron Dragon]

Should be able to keep our points per game above 10, we only need one more win for another goal in wins, 8 games is impossible at this point, but I don't lose anything for not getting it.

63% job security as I have turned around one of the nation's worst offenses in 2010 and at least put us in contention for wins.

Left on the schedule: Kent (3-6), at Buffalo (2-7), at Western Michigan (6-3)
Our record: 3-6

[texacotea]

Good stuff ID, Goals really resemble mine over at NMSU except for the 7+ tds thrown. I dont know if my QB has done that this yr.

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20-7

285 yards of offense
34 rush / 251 pass
3 turnovers

Our rushing game continues to struggle since the injury to starting RB Dale Martin vs Akron, as we have barely made it over 100 yards in the past three games, which we lost all of them.


17-10

232 yards of offense
174 rush / 58 pass
3 turnovers

Thankfully Buffalo was 1-14 on 3rd down and 0-4 on 4th downs and couldn't score as Dale Martin returned and ran for 108 yards and 2 TDs in our fourth win of 2011. We finally made that goal. Our pass game struggled as Kyle Pohl got injured for the rest of the season on his first attempt. Backup QB Rodgers was 5 for 20.


24-3

238 yards of total offense
131 rush / 107 pass
3 turnovers
1-13 on 3rd down
2 trips in redzone, 0 points

Our season finale was a disaster with 2 picks in the endzone by Rodgers (10-28 passing), but Dale Martin did rush for 104 yards so that was good. It was going to be tough to beat a 7-win team in the finale and we were around but just couldn't put the points on the board.

Final season record: 4-8 (3-5)

Final Goal Update
69 percent job security.

Now after checking in on the NCAA, the carousel will start spinning and we'll see where I'll get off..

[Iron Dragon]

NCAA Update

Trent Richardson (RB, Alabama) won the Heisman with a 21 Total TD season.

Northern Illinois upset Ohio (12-0) in the MAC title game.
Boise beat TCU in the first ever Mountain West title game.
The first Pac-10 title game was Oregon St. over UCLA.
Alabama won the SEC title game over South Carolina.
The ACC was Florida State over Miami.
The Big XII was won by Oklahoma State.
PITT won the Big East.
Nebraska defeated Wisconsin in the first ever Big Ten title game.
C-USA went to undefeated Houston.

Rose Bowl: Nebraska 34, Oregon St. 16
Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma St. 34, Miami 6
Orange Bowl: Florida St. 27, Oklahoma 17
Sughar Bowl: Boise State 27, PITT 24
BCS Title Game: #1 Alabama 34, #2 Houston 31

Not Looking Good
Bobby Hauck, UNLV (1-11) 0%
Ruffin McNeill, ECU (5-7) 16%
Greg McMackin, Hawaii (3-9) 18%
Pete Lembo, Ball St. (2-10) 36%
Paul Wulff, Washington St. (3-9) 39%
Greg Schiano, Rutgers (4-8) 39%
Dan McCarney, North Texas (4-8) 40%
Todd Berry, UL-Monroe (3-9) 40%
Mike Macintyre, SJSU (2-10) 44%
Gary Pinkel, Missouri (3-9) 48%
Bill Blakenship, Tulsa (6-7) 48%
Paul Pasqualoni, UConn (9-4) 48%

[texacotea]

how about Houston in the MNC game

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Coaching Carousel

- Connecticut fires Paul Pasqualoni (1 and done after a 9-4 season?), new head coach is Lorenzo Ward from South Carolina (DC).

- Troy Calhoun's contract expired for 11-2 Air Force, they easily resigned him.

- USC's Monte Kiffin retires (DC), Mississippi State defensive coordinator Chris Wilson signs.

- Ohio's Frank Solich (12-2) retires at the age of 68 (HC). John Skaldany, DC from UCF (11-2) is now Ohio's head coach.

- Cal's Jeff Tedford (8-5) is fired for failing to meet goals. Dana Bible (OC) from NC State is now Cal's head coach.

- Rutgers' Greg Schiano (4-8) is fired. Gary Crowton (OC) from Maryland is hired to be the new head coach.

- Ball State's Pete Lembo (2-10) is fired. Phil Bennett (DC) from Baylor is hired to be the new head coach.

- Pat Hill (Fresno)'s contract expired, after a 10-3 season he is resigned.

- Ruffin McNeal (ECU, 5-7) is fired from being a head coach. Phillip Montgomery (OC, Baylor) is now the head coach at ECU.

- Bobby Hauck (UNLV, 1-11) is fired. Nick Holt (OC, Washington) is hired.

- Defensive coordinator job at South Carolina goes to Iowa State's Wally Burnham.

- Defensive coordinator job at Mississippi State goes to Northern Illinois' Jay Niemann.

- Dan McCarney (HC, North Texas - 4-8) is fired. Former Cal head coach Jeff Tedford lands in North Texas.

- Defensive coordinator job at Washington goes to Vic Shealy from Kansas.

- Defensive coordinator job at UCF goes to Check Heater from Temple.

- Greg McMackin (Hawaii, 3-9) was fired. Gary Emanuel (Purdue DC) is new head coach.

- Offensive coordinator at NC State goes to Jeff Grady (Fresno State OC). Jay Draggo was considered but was uncontacted.

- Offensive coordinator at Maryland goes to Utah State OC Dave Baldwin. Jay Draggo was considered, contacted but no job offer.

- Defensive coordinator at Baylor goes to Bill Busch from Utah State.

- Offensive coordinator at Baylor goes to Grant Heard from Arkansas State. Jay Draggo was considered, contacted but no job offer.

- Offensive coordinator at Fresno State goes to Jay Draggo (Akron). Bye bye, Akron, Ohio. Here I come California. Two-year contract signed.

- Former UConn head coach now DC at Kansas.

- Former Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano now DC at NIU.

- Former North Texas head coach Dan McCarney now DC at Temple.

- Former Hawaii head coach Greg McMackin now OC at Wyoming.

- Former ECU head coach Ruffin McNeal now DC at UNLV.

- Former Missouri State head coach Darrell Jennings now DC at UNLV.

- Former Ball State head coach Pete Lembo now OC at UL-Monroe.

- Former Youngstown State head coach Reggie Gilmore now OC at Akron.

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Well, the carousel spun around and I landed at Fresno State. Bye, 61 OFF Akron and hello 81 OFF Fresno State.

[SmoothPancakes]

Despite going 4-8, you still did pretty good with Akron, considering the Zips have gone 3-9 and 1-11 the past two seasons. Did rather decent with what little there was to work with. And nice work snagging that Fresno job! I can't wait to see what you're able to do on the field with that Fresno offense.

[texacotea]

Man, that jump there makes me wanna leave after the 1st yr. Congrats on the job and good luck

[SmoothPancakes]

Man, that jump there makes me wanna leave after the 1st yr. Congrats on the job and good luck

Yeah, that's pretty much hitting the lottery right there, going from OC at lowly Akron, and making the jump directly to Fresno. That's a major upgrade and a heck of a career advancement. Things just got very interesting. Can't wait to see where things go with the new career.