Is there any evidence of this? I know the DC is Heacock........
If the rumor is correct then again we get a man with a lot of good experience on paper, faced a lot of good opponents and has been successful. I would be very pleased if he was the choice.
In his first year at Youngstown State,
Heacock served as
defensive backs coach as the
Penguins finished
12–3 and won the Division I-AA national championship.
During the next five seasons (1992–1996) he was promoted and served as the defensive coordinator.
Youngstown State advanced to the I-AA
title game for four consecutive years, winning in 1991 over
Marshall, losing to Marshall in 1992, rebounding with a victory over Marshall 1993,
and beating Boise State in 1994.
Youngstown State finished 3–8 in 1995 and 8–3 in 1996,
bringing the Penguins' record to 61–19–2 during Heacock's six-year stint as an assistant.
Heacock left YSU for a period of three years to serve as the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at
Indiana University. He returned to Youngstown State in 2000 as the defensive coordinator.
His defense was ranked 15th in the nation in scoring allowed and the Penguins finished 9–3.In 2013, Heacock left Kent State to take the Safeties Coach position at
Purdue, following
Darrell Hazell.[SUP]
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In 2014, Heacock returned to the MAC when he was named the defensive coordinator for Toledo.[SUP]
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