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Just for the record, Tulsa offered me a three year contract extension.
The goals were almost exactly the same. 21+ points per game each season, 65% pass completion over entire contract, 15+ rushing TD each season, win 8 games in one season, 3200+ total offensive yards each season, 3800+ total offensive yards each season, 3400+ total offensive yards each season and win 6 games in one season.
I declined and have entered the open market.
Congrats, sir. Well done. Good luck in the open market. What are your job rules again?
Based on my job history and job rules, I can accept an Offensive Coordinator position at any major/AQ team up to 4-stars. Or I can accept a Head Coach position at any mid-major 3-stars or less.Quote:
Originally Posted by souljahbill
And the future of coach Marko Ramius is set! Coaching carousel coming in just a bit.
I ended up changing plans, I didn't jump back and forth between '13 and '14. Instead, I identified three schools, where if the applicable OC or HC slot opened up, I would fully consider to accept or actually accept. Two of the three schools came up.
A hint, Ramius started in Miami, Florida then moved west to the Great Plains and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Now Ramius continues his cross-country journey even further to the west. And that's all you get for now. :)
Congrats! Good read :up: Going west of Tulsa means Clemson is out and therefore I will check back for next season:D
:D Maybe in the future I'll make a stop by Clemson. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by SCClassof93
And with you reading reguarly now, congrats, I'll be adding South Carolina to my list of "For the readers" updates each week with the top 25 results/polls and everything else.
Marko Ramius Leaves Tulsa
By Staff Reports on March 7, 2020, at 6:00 PM
TULSA – A shock wave was sent through the Tulsa program and its fans today, as Marko Ramius announced he was leaving the program after turning down an extension of his contract at the end of the 2019 season.
"After the last 6 years coaching hundreds of great young men during many successful seasons in Conference USA and the Big East, I have decided it is time to take that next big step in my coaching career and open the door for new blood to take the reigns of the Tulsa offense." said Ramius. "I want to thank the administration here at Tulsa, the players and most importantly the fans, who came out week after week, season after season to watch our boys win games."
Ramius leaves after a 6 year stretch with the Golden Hurricane, coaching them to a 60-21 record and a 42-7 conference mark between Conference USA and the Big East. Along the way, Ramius collected three C-USA championships, bowl victories over UAB, Louisville and Georgia Tech, an O'Brien award winner and a plethora of All-Americans.
Heading into the off-season, Ramius' name had been linked to potential position openings at Akron, Army, Boise State, Northwestern, Oregon State, South Carolina, Stanford, Washington and Washington State.
A number of names ended up falling by the wayside as expected job openings failed to develop.
"I was keeping my options open going into the off-season, waiting to see what offers would come my way. South Carolina had me on their short list, but ended up going a different direction, while Northwestern, a school my name kept popping up next to in papers in recent months, an open position never materialized as the Wildcats chose to stick with the status quo for another season." stated Ramius.
Ramius continued, "While the offers were slow going early on, eventually they started pouring in from all over, head coaching offers from Akron, Ball State, Miami University, Minnesota, even Ole Miss, UCLA and Washington got in touch about their head coach openings. While I was honored to receive head coach offers from some of the big teams in the college football world, I couldn't in good faith take the position. Having been an offensive coordinator my entire career, jumping from OC at mid-major programs to head coach of a major program was a bit bigger of a jump than I was willing to make. I preferred to get my head coaching feet wet in the mid-major ranks so I wouldn't end up in over my head if I eventually call a major program home in the future."
But still, despite declining the head coaching offer, Washington wouldn't go away.
"I was surprised, after declining the contract offer on the head coach position at Washington, they came right back two days later offering me the offensive coordinator position. It was an offer that I sat on until my final decision." said Ramius.
"Of course, I had many more offensive coordinator offers than I had even received for head coach positions. Teams from across the nation were banging down my door with hopes of signing me. North Carolina spent two days in town, Stanford was right on their heels, Army, Boise State, Indiana and even Penn State gave me a call in regards to their job openings. I suppose as a testament to our offenses we produced at Tulsa that ran over opponents week after week, our conference opponents Connecticut, East Carolina, Houston and SMU all came calling to see about hiring me."
Ultimately, Ramius would whittle down the list of offers to just three.
"While the offers and phone calls kept flooding in, eventually three openings stood out to me. I had the offer from Washington to be their offensive coordinator, as well as an OC offer from Boise State. Boise State made it a difficult choice just because of the chance to go and coach on one of the hottest teams in the last decade and be able to take in that rich history firsthand. Washington, again, was one that instantly stood out as Washington is a school that I have long wanted to coach at some day, be it head coach or offensive coordinator."
But while mulling over the offers from Boise State and Washington, a third name came into the mix at the very end that shook up the entire decision process.
"I was sitting there stuck in the middle of a tough decision between Boise State and Washington, when the phone rang. It was another job offer, one from a school that wasn't even expected to make a change this season. At the very end of the cycle, Utah State had finished reviewing the season prior and despite good performances when it came to his contract, the administration decided an 0-12 season was too much and fired head coach George O'Leary. With most teams already settled down with their coaching staffs for the 2020 season, Utah State immediately threw up a hail mary to me to try and lure me in."
The addition of a head coach position at Utah State made an already difficult decision that much harder.
"Oh, the addition of Utah State completely threw everything out of balance. I had felt I was getting close to a decision between Boise State and Washington, but then to have the Utah State offer come it, it was back to square one. While Utah State, coming off an 0-12 season, definitely wasn't an ideal landing spot, the fact that it was head coaching position, one with most likely low expectations, it would be the perfect place to dip the feet into the head coaching pool, whereas I'd be instantly thrown into the fire as OC at Boise State and Washington and have to live up to regularly high expectations."
Eventually, after much additional consideration, Ramius came to his decision.
"Well, all three offers had their own positives and negatives to offer. Eventually, after much hard thought, I declined the Boise State offer. If I was going to remain an offensive coordinator, I wanted to do it with Washington and get a taste of west coast football in the Pac-12. So then it was down to just two offers. Offensive Coordinator at Washington or Head Coach at Utah State. After much more intense thought and decision making, I figured if my coaching career was ever going to be able to go up, I was going to have to take the leap. So I decided to make a hell of a splash with that leap, and accepted the head coach opening at Utah State."
With the decision made, Ramius shared his final thoughts as the 2020 season loomed on the horizon.
"It's certainly not going to be an easy job. The Aggies have a lot of holes that we'll need to get filled and a lot of ground to make up to be a competitive team. It doesn't help matters that we'll be going up against the likes of Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Frenso State, Hawaii and San Diego State in conference play. It's going to be a true battle week after week to pull off wins and improve the program. But I'm looking forward to the challenge."
So it's official. Marko Ramius, after six years at the helm of the offense at Tulsa, declines an extension at the end of his contract, steps down and, spurning offers the likes of Boise State, North Carolina, UCLA and Washington, decides to become the next head coach of Utah State, a team coming off an 0-12 season last year.
Utah State will get their 2020 season underway with a trip to take on rival Utah on August 29th.
The beer is better in Washington than Utah :P
True, but the bigger challenge lies in wait in Utah. :D
2019 Coaching Carousel
Team Position Previous Coach Reason Left New Coach Previous Team Previous Position O/D Style :Iowa: Head Coach Kirk Ferentz Fired Mike Stoops :Iowa: Defensive Coordinator Arizona (Spread) \ 3-3-5 :Ohio: Head Coach Pat Hill Fired Matt Green :Wyoming: Defensive Coordinator Wyoming (Spread) \ 4-3 :Cincinnati: Head Coach Greg Schiano Fired Vince Moore :USF: Head Coach Vanderbilt (Pro) \ 4-3 :Louisville: Head Coach Charlie Strong Fired Paul Petrino :Stanford: Offensive Coordinator Western Kentucky (Pro) \ 4-3 :Rice: Head Coach Demetrius Riley Retired at age 70 Kennedy Pola :USC: Offensive Coordinator USC (Pro) \
4-3:Georgia: Defensive Coordinator Vance Bedford Fired Mike Canales :Northern_Illinois: Defensive Coordinator 4-3 :Missouri: Head Coach Bud Foster Fired Dan Mullen :Iowa: Offensive Coordinator Mississippi State (Spread) \ 4-3 :Purdue: Head Coach Chad Glasgow Fired Kevin Sumlin :Connecticut: Head Coach Houston (Air Raid) \ 3-4 :Texas_A&M: Head Coach Nick Rolovich Fired Tim Landis :South_Carolina: Offensive Coordinator Army (Option) \ 3-4 :Connecticut: Head Coach Kevin Sumlin Left for Purdue HC job Kirk Ferentz :Iowa: Head Coach Iowa (Pro) \ 4-3 :USF: Head Coach Vince Moore Left for Cincinnati HC job Pat Hill :Ohio: Head Coach Fresno State (Spread) \ 3-4 :Arizona_State: Head Coach Mike Sabock Fired Dana Bible :Pitt: Offensive Coordinator Pittsburgh (Pro) \ 4-3 :East_Carolina: Head Coach Everett Withers Fired Chad Glasgow :Purdue: Head Coach Akron (Spread) \ 4-3 :Florida_State: Head Coach Kalani Sitake Fired Randy Sanders :Penn_State: Head Coach Kansas State (Multiple) \ 4-3 :Idaho: Head Coach Butch Jones Fired Pat Narduzzi :Michigan_State: Defensive Coordinator Michigan State (Pro) \ 4-3 :Iowa: Offensive Coordinator Dan Mullen Left for Missouri HC job Steve Sakisian :North_Carolina: Offensive Coordinator Washington (Pro) :Iowa: Defensive Coordinator Mike Stoops Left for Iowa HC job Bob Fraser :Michigan: Defensive Coordinator 4-3 :Michigan: Defensive Coordinator Bob Fraser Left for Iowa DC job Greg Schiano :Cincinnati: Head Coach 4-3 :Michigan_State: Defensive Coordinator Pat Narduzzi Left for Idaho HC job Rocky Long :Hawaii: Defensive Coordinator 3-3-5 :New_Mexico_State: Head Coach Chris Ash Fired Tyson Lewis :Wyoming: Offensive Coordinator Wyoming (Spread) \ 4-3 :Penn_State: Head Coach Randy Sanders Left for Florida State HC job John Sims :Penn_State: Offensive Coordinator Western Michigan (Pro) \ 4-2-5 :UTSA: Head Coach Mike Johnson Fired Kevin Brown :UTSA: Offensive Coordinator UTSA (Multiple) \ 4-3 :South_Carolina: Offensive Coordinator Tim Landis Left for Texas A&M HC job Ken Karcher :Troy: Head Coach Ole Miss (Spread) :Troy: Head Coach Ken Karcher Left for South Carolina OC job Mike Bobo :SMU: Offensive Coordinator SMU (Run and Shoot) \ 3-4 :Tulsa: Offensive Coordinator Marko Ramius Declined contract extension Kevin Johns :Indiana: Offensive Coordinator Indiana (Air Raid) :USC: Offensive Coordinator Kennedy Pola Left for Rice HC job Brent Pease :Boise_State: Offensive Coordinator Boise State (Multiple) :Washington: Head Coach Dave Aranda Fired Jared McKinney :Louisiana: Defensive Coordinator UTEP (One Back) \ 4-3 :Pitt: Offensive Coordinator Dana Bible Left for Arizona State HC job Lincoln Riley :East_Carolina: Offensive Coordinator ECU (Air Raid) :Boise_State: Offensive Coordinator Brent Pease Left for USC OC job Art Briles :Maryland: Offensive Coordinator Baylor (Spread) :Wyoming: Defensive Coordinator Matt Green Left for Ohio HC job Don Brown :Connecticut: Defensive Coordinator 4-3 :Akron: Head Coach Gene Chizik Fired Vance Bedford :Georgia: Defensive Coordinator Georgia (Pro) \ 3-4 :Ball_State: Head Coach Nick McCall Fired Jay Bateman :Ball_State: Defensive Coordinator Ball State (Spread) \ 4-3 :Maryland: Offensive Coordinator Art Briles Fired Jay Johnson :North_Texas: Offensive Coordinator North Texas (Spread) :Louisiana_Tech: Head Coach Tommy Spangler Fired Derek Frazier :Connecticut: Offensive Coordinator Cincinnati (Spread) \ 4-3 :Miami_OH: Head Coach Mike MacIntyre Fired Dave Steckel :Wake_Forest: Defensive Coordinator Cal (Pro) \ 3-4 :MTSU: Head Coach Fired Ron English :Indiana: Defensive Coordinator Indiana (Air Raid) \ 4-3 :Minnesota: Head Coach Todd Berry Fired John Klacik :Miami_OH: Offensive Coordiantor Miami University (Pro) \ Multiple D :North_Carolina: Offensive Coordinator Steve Sakisian Left for Iowa OC job Kenny Edenfield :Troy: Offensive Coordinator Troy (Air Raid) :Northern_Illinois: Defensive Coordinator Mike Canales Left for Georgia DC job Everett Withers :East_Carolina: Head Coach 3-4 :Ole_Miss: Head Coach Marty English Fired Rich Skorsky :Ball_State: Offensive Coordinator Ball State (Spread) \ 4-3 :Tulane: Head Coach Joker Phillips Fired Rick Neuheisel :UCLA: Head Coach UCLA (Spread) \ 4-3 :Stanford: Offensive Coordinator Paul Petrino Left for Louisville HC job Bob Toledo :Army: Offensive Coordinator Tulane (One Back) :Texas_A&M: Defensive Coordinator Bryan Mitchell Fired Dan McCarney :Central_Michigan: Defensive Coordinator 4-3 :UCLA: Head Coach Rick Neuheisel Fired Jason Phillips :Houston: Offensive Coordinator Houston (Air Raid) \ 3-4 :Wyoming: Offensive Coordinator Tyson Lewis Left for New Mexico State HC job Steve Axman :UL_Monroe: Offensive Coordinator Kansas (Pro) :Vanderbilt: Defensive Coordinator Brent Guy Fired Bryan Mitchell :Texas_A&M: Defensive Coordinator 3-4 :Wake_Forest: Defensive Coordinator Dave Steckel Left for Miami University HC job Mike MacIntyre :Miami_OH: Head Coach 4-3 :Connecticut: Offensive Coordinator Derek Frazier Left for Louisiana Tech HC job Mike Cummings :Central_Michigan: Offensive Coordinator Central Michigan (Multiple) :Connecticut: Defensive Coordinator Don Brown Left for Wyoming DC job Xavier McCollum :MTSU: Head Coach 4-3 :Houston: Offensive Coordinator Jason Phillips Fired Eric Bieniemy :Colorado: Offensive Coordinator Colorado (Pro) :SMU: Offensive Coordinator Mike Bobo Left for Troy HC job Nick Rolovich :Texas_A&M: Head Coach Texas A&M (Air Raid) :Louisiana: Defensive Coordinator Jared McKinney Left for Washington HC job Gene Chizik :Akron: Head Coach 4-3 :Western_Kentucky: Offensive Coordinator Mike Price Retired at age 71 Denny Langsdorf :Oregon_State: Offensive Coordinator Oregon State (Pro) :USF: Defensive Coordinator Clint Bowen Retired at age 71 Greg Mattison :Kansas_State: Defensive Coordinator 4-3 :Army: Offensive Coordinator Bob Toledo Left for Stanford OC job Butch Jones :Idaho: Head Coach Western Kentucky (Pro) :East_Carolina: Offensive Coordinator Lincoln Riley Left for Pittsburgh OC job Mike Shultz :Texas_State: Offensive Coordinator Texas State (Spread) :Texas_State: Offensive Coordinator Mike Shultz Left for East Carolina OC job Mike Sabock :Arizona_State: Head Coach Arizona State (Spread) :Eastern_Michigan: Defensive Coordinator Marvin Singletary Fired Charlie Strong :Louisville: Head Coach 4-3 :Hawaii: Defensive Coordinator Rocky Long Left for Michigan State DC job Marvin Singletary :Eastern_Michigan: Defensive Coordinator 4-3 :Indiana: Offensive Coordinator Kevin Johns Left for Tulsa OC job Mike Johnson :UTSA: Head Coach UCLA (Spread) :Indiana: Defensive Coordinator Ron English Left for MTSU HC job Josh Koch None None 3-4 :Penn_State: Offensive Coordinator John Sims Left for Penn State HC job Neil Callaway :Washington: Offensive Coordinator Memphis (Spread) :Penn_State: Defensive Coordinator Randy Sanders Left for Florida State HC job Brent Guy :Vanderbilt: Defensive Coordinator 4-3 :Troy: Offensive Coordinator Kenny Edenfield Fired Kalani Sitake :Florida_State: Head Coach Florida State (Multiple) :North_Texas: Offensive Coordinator Jay Johnson Left for Maryland OC job Blake Gordon None None FIU (Spread) :Washington: Offensive Coordinator Neil Callway Fired Todd Bradford :Louisiana_Tech: Offensive Coordinator Purdue (Spread) :Louisiana_Tech: Offensive Coordinator Todd Bradford Left for Washington OC job Joker Phillips :Tulane: Head Coach Kentucky (Pro) :UTSA: Offensive Coordinator Kevin Brown Left for UTSA HC job Todd Berry :Minnesota: Head Coach UL Monroe (Spread) :Ball_State: Defensive Coordinator Jay Bateman Left for Ball State HC job Bud Foster :Missouri: Head Coach 4-3 :Ball_State: Offensive Coordinator Rick Skorsky Left for Ole Miss HC job Patrick Williams None None Ole Miss (Spread) :Central_Michigan: Defensive Coordinator Dan McCarney Left for Texas A&M DC job Dave Aranda :Washington: Head Coach 4-3 :Central_Michigan: Offensive Coordinator Mike Cummings Left for Connecticut OC job Nick McCall :Ball_State: Head Coach Ball State (Spread) :Oregon_State: Offensive Coordinator Denny Langsdorf Left for Western Kentucky OC job Sean Nelson None None Arizona (Spread) :Kansas_State: Defensive Coordinator Greg Mattison Fired Steve Stanard :Penn_State: Defensive Coordinator 4-3 :Miami_OH: Offensive Coordinator John Klacik Left for Minnesota HC job Ralph Brewer None None ECU (Air Raid) :UMass: Defensive Coordinator DeWayne Walker Fired Marty English :Ole_Miss: Head Coach 3-4 :UL_Monroe: Offensive Coordinator Steve Axman Left for Wyoming OC job Chaz Pugh None None LSU (Multiple) :Colorado: Offensive Coordinator Eric Bieniemy Left for Houston OC job George O'Leary :Utah_State: Head Coach UCF (Multiple) :Utah_State: Head Coach George O'Leary Fired Marko Ramius :Tulsa: Offensive Coordinator Tulsa (Spread) \ 4-3
Jobs I Was in the Running For
Team Position Candidate Rank Offered Job :Penn_State: Head Coach 1st No :UTSA: Head Coach 4th No :South_Carolina: Offensive Coordinator 2nd No :Troy: Head Coach 3rd No :Washington: Head Coach 2nd Yes :Pitt: Offensive Coordinator 1st Yes :Boise_State: Offensive Coordinator 1st Yes :Akron: Head Coach 2nd Yes :Ball_State: Head Coach 1st No :Maryland: Offensive Coordinator 3rd Yes :Louisiana_Tech: Head Coach 3rd Yes :Miami_OH: Head Coach 1st Yes :MTSU: Head Coach 3rd Yes :Minnesota: Head Coach 2nd Yes :North_Carolina: Offensive Coordinator 2nd Yes :Ole_Miss: Head Coach 2nd Yes :Tulane: Head Coach 2nd Yes :Stanford: Offensive Coordinator 5th Yes :UCLA: Head Coach 2nd Yes :Wyoming: Offensive Coordinator 2nd Yes :Connecticut: Offensive Coordinator 5th Yes :Houston: Offensive Coordinator 2nd Yes :SMU: Offensive Coordinator 2nd Yes :Western_Kentucky: Offensive Coordinator 3rd Yes :Army: Offensive Coordinator 2nd Yes :East_Carolina: Offensive Coordinator 3rd Yes :Texas_State: Offensive Coordinator 1st Yes :Indiana: Offensive Coordinator 1st Yes :Penn_State: Offensive Coordinator 3rd Yes :Troy: Offensive Coordinator 4th Yes :North_Texas: Offensive Coordinator 5th Yes :Washington: Offensive Coordinator 5th Yes :Louisiana_Tech: Offensive Coordinator 1st Yes :UTSA: Offensive Coordinator 2nd Yes :Ball_State: Offensive Coordinator 1st Yes :Central_Michigan: Offensive Coordinator 1st Yes :Oregon_State: Offensive Coordinator 1st Yes :Miami_OH: Offensive Coordinator 1st Yes :UL_Monroe: Offensive Coordinator 1st Yes :Colorado: Offensive Coordinator 1st Yes :Utah_State: Head Coach 1st Yes
Alright, looks like I have one more day to go on NCAA '13. I have all the head coaches and the offensive coordinators and their Alma Maters (at the start of the 2020 season) updated in my excel spreadsheet. I just have the defensive coordinators left to do. I would like to have them done tonight, however, I never went to sleep after getting home from work this morning, so I have now been away for going on something like 31 hours straight. Was doing good earlier, but now I'm fading fast. So DCs are going to have to wait until either late overnight or tomorrow morning/afternoon, whenever the hell I wake up.
Your write ups are.........magical. I think I'm going to follow more closely in 14. Keep it up man. :popcorn:
I like how the player that screwed you out of a bowl game gets First Team All-Big East honors...
He deserves a kick in the ass rather than an award imo :D
Anyways, keep up the good work man, and go Aggies! :Utah_State:
Nice! Utah State is fun as hell. Their offense is so fluid.
I appreciate it sir :) I've always loved doing this stuff, so I do my best to go all out in it. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by LeeSO
And if you'll be following more closely, if you want, I'll add Auburn to my "For the readers" recap in my weekly results/polls recap after each game. I post the results for each team for Souljahbill, morsdraconius, jamyo, JeffHCross as well as a "community" team in Arkansas State.
I'm already going to be adding South Carolina next season for SCClassof93, so I can go ahead and add Auburn at the same time if you'd like the weekly update on their games. Just let me know.
Yeah, I was gonna mention that after posting my Pre-Bowl Games update, but forgot to. Apparently the pickings were slim in the Big East this year when it came to kickers.Quote:
Originally Posted by dukebloo22
I didn't think Derek Glover even deserved Second Team All-Big East honors, he doesn't deserve any honors after that SMU game. If I was spending another year at Tulsa, I'd be recruiting a kicker in the off-season and seriously considering cutting his ass for next year. :D
But somehow, the morons name him first team All-Big East. I'll never understand that decision. :D
Yeah, it should be a lot of fun. It'll definitely be a challenge, them coming off an 0-12 season in 2019.Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
As a disclosure, I sort of headed into the coaching carousel looking to end up at either Utah State or Washington. As I went into the coaching carousel, I had ranked an order of teams that I was interested in ending up at if they came calling with offers.
1. Utah State - HC or OC
2. Washington - OC
3. Northwestern - OC
4. Washington State - OC
5. Any Other Team - HC or OC
Utah State showed up on my radar of interest back on Wednesday, July 3rd when Jayrah posted pictures of potential new helmets for Utah State. That sort of got me thinking of how interesting it would be to play as Utah State, especially the challenge. And it'd be a new home. I'm trying not repeat conferences just yet, so I was doing my best to avoid jobs in the Sun Belt, C-USA or Big East. So that left only the MAC and Mountain West as new conferences I could make my head coach jump in.
Then for the OC stuff, Northwestern or Washington State never popped up, so that just left Washington and the surprise offer from Boise State as the top two that stood out for me. But, in the end, the very end, Utah State offered with a head coach position, so I decided to make my jump into the head coaching ranks for my next career move.
Adding Auburn? There goes the neighborhood:D...........shhh can't let the wife hear that :D
:D
Alright, I'll be firing up '13 here in a little bit, just gotta finish updating defensive coordinators and their Alma Maters in my spreadsheet, and then I can hang up my spurs in '13 for good. Then it's onto '14 and spending the entire rest of the night typing in names and setting Alma Maters for all the coaches in '14. :D
Yeah man, sounds good. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
You married a smart woman.Quote:
Originally Posted by SCClassof93