Official Fired Coach Recruit Poaching Thread

[colbycheese]

Really surprised at how far Boston College has fallen since Tom O'Brien left for NC State. Now O'Brien has been fired by NC State. I guess BC should have done everything it could to keep O'Brien. Here is BC's records with and after O'Brien

With O'Brien

1997	Big East Conference	4–7	3–4
1998	Big East Conference	4–7	3-4
1999	Big East Conference	8–4	4–3
2000	Big East Conference	7–5	3–4
2001	Big East Conference	8–4	4–3
2002	Big East Conference	9–4	3–4
2003	Big East Conference	8–5	3–4
2004	Big East Conference	9–3	4–2**
2005	Atlantic Coast Conference	9–3	5–3
2006	Atlantic Coast Conference	10–3	5–3

After O'Brien left look what happens

2007	Atlantic Coast Conference	11–3	6–2 #
2008	Atlantic Coast Conference	9–5	5–3 #
2009	Atlantic Coast Conference	8–5	5–3
2010	Atlantic Coast Conference	7–6	4–4
2011	Atlantic Coast Conference	4–8	3–5

2012 ACC 2-10 1-7

Team completely collapsed this year.

It's pretty mixed opinions about that firing here in Raleigh. He was a great guy who could obviously coach since he knocked off top-ranked teams just as often as CPR. He would just lose games (like Tennessee and Virginia this year) that he really should have won. I think that's what eventually got him ousted.

I liked Obrien. I got to see his last game in person last Saturday. He was good coach, kept his kids out of trouble, and most graduated.

There are four coaches that interviewed for the NC State job. The LA Tech coach, Clemson's OC, and two others who have not been leaked. An announcement is expected Friday.

[colbycheese]

NC State has found their new head coach - Dave Doeren, formerly of Northern Illinois. They had to wait until today to announce it due to the MAC championship game last night.

Dave Doeren to Lead Wolfpack Football - NC State University Official Athletic Site

Edit: From the press release it sounds like he has an Iowa connection:

He started his college coaching career as an assistant at Drake from 1995-97, where he coached linebackers before adding defensive coordinator responsibilities in 1997.
A four-year letterwinner at Drake (1990-93), Doeren earned Academic All-America honors as a senior and graduated with a bachelor's degree in pre-medical biology and a master's degree in educational leadership.