Odds are there will be movement, but yes, this is the 10th coach.

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O-Line coach Dave Johnson leaving for Colorado State.

well that sucks

"Considering our pay scale, I’m surprised we can get and/or keep anybody good. He has done a very good job IMHO. Plenty of all MAC players.

FWIW, Dave was #810 among assistant football coaches at $94k per ESPN.

For a little comparison, Jesse Wiliams, our ex-defensive line coach is making $175,000 at Kansas while our offensive and defensive coordinators are making $141,000 apiece. Even if Jesse loses his job when the Kansas coach gets fired, he’s probably way ahead of where he would have been if he had stayed, depending on where he lands."

You nailed it Colobobcat. The MAC is dead last in paying asst. coaches and our university doesn't pay well. Colorado State has about 3 million to pay their asst. coaches and Ohio has less than a million. Huge difference in what a coach can provide his family. Marshall pays their asst. coaches almost $250,000 more than Ohio does. Divide that by eight coaches and that is over $30,000 more per coach. That doesn't include facilities like the locker room, coaches offices, weight room, etc. Recruits actually pay attention to those things. Buffalo has asst. coaches being paid over $200,000. The MAC isn't the SEC, Big Ten, or Big 12 but these coaches put in countless number of hours whether they are coaching in Athens or in Austin.

Just a point of reference, a middle of the road Conference USA school Middle Tennessee pays both their Offensive and Defensive Coordinators 300,000 a year. Of course, both have Power 5 coordinator experience, so i guess you choose to pay for that.

I disagree entirely about attracting quality coaches.

What we will struggle to do because of pay is attract experienced guys with decorated resumes. They will command a higher salary. On the flip-side, Ohio is now very well established as an attract job that a quality coach with high career aspirations could step into to and demonstrate their capabilities.

If you know what you're doing on the offensive line, how many jobs are there in D-1 college football you'd feel confident you could step into and win/coach high quality talent on the offensive line. We've consistently been STACKED with talent on the O-Line under Frank. I've got zero doubt we will continue to have the best offensive line in the MAC as long as Frank is running this program. Frank absolutely knows what kind of mind he needs to hire for our offensive line coach.

It seemed like a few years back that nobody was leaving the Bobcat staff. Since the Vanderbilt coaching departures, it is becoming fairly routine. I think the salary scale is putting us at a meaningful disadvantage. That with the upcoming eventual retirement of Frank likely will impact our chances of getting “quality” coaches and keeping them . Don’t see how that’s very debatable.

Allen. This is your chance to fix the problems we are having. I’m sure with your resume you’ll be a shoe in.

Thank you guys for your recommendation. I warn you that if I am hired, you will see me working feverishly to run the table one year like WMU and NIU did.

If a young stud O-line coach wants to make a name for himself....regardless of the salary... these are a good bunch of guys to hitch your wagon to.

So OUr entire left side is second team which should be 1st team next year.

Not sure what games anybody watched last year but it seemed to me the right side planted some people as well....and it and the #1 reserve returns.

Call me presumptuous.....we have the best OLine in the MAC.