Beaty was asked today about being prepared for his "new duties" as play caller... He was a tad annoyed and said "guys this is nothing new and its being done all over the country"... Had the reporter took 5 minutes and researched the topic he would have found this. I loved Beaty's response and here's what he's talking about:
This fall, 2015, roughly one out of every four FBS head coaches will be exclusively calling plays in addition to their head coaching duties.
A recent list compiled by CoachingSearch.com revealed that as many as 34 head coaches will be calling plays on one side of the ball. In fact, seven head coaches have named themselves as a coordinator instead of assigning one of their assistant coaches to the role.
A few of the many HC's in the SEC who call their own plays exclusively from an article written 1 year ago this month:
Rich Rodriguez (Arizona)
Todd Graham (Arizona State) (D)
Scott Satterfield (Appalachian State)
Gus Malzahn (Auburn)
Dino Babers (Bowling Green)
Bronco Mendenhall (BYU) (D)
Mike Bobo (Colorado State)
Ron Turner (Florida International)
Jimbo Fisher (Florida State)
Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech)*
Norm Chow (Hawaii)
Todd Berry (Louisiana-Monroe)
Skip Holtz (Louisiana Tech)
Bobby Petrino (Louisville)
Mark Whipple (UMass)*
Chuck Martin (Miami OH)
Hugh Freeze (Ole Miss)
Dan Mullen (Mississippi State)
Doug Martin (New Mexico State)*
Brian Kelly (Notre Dame)
Rocky Long (San Diego State) (D)*
Chad Morris (SMU)
Steve Spurrier (South Carolina)
Willie Taggart (South Florida)
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"I've always done it all my career," Malzahn said. "When I got into coaching college, I got some good advice: 'Hey, don't change anything that helped you get to where you're at. Do what you feel like your strength is,' and I feel very comfortable doing that." - Gus Makzahn on HC's calling plays and coaching a specific group in addition to being a HC..
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Later asked about those coaches that don’t call plays on either side of the ball for their teams, the always candid Spurrier jokingly speculated how those top men spend their time.
"I think they sit around and say 'What am I going to tell you guys [media] most of the time,'" Spurrier said with a laugh. “Most of them look in on all three phases of their team -- offense, defense, special teams. Some of them are more involved in one or the other -- special teams, defense or what have you. But you really need to ask them what they do all week. I’m not 100 percent sure what they are doing, exactly."
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This fall, 2015, roughly one out of every four FBS head coaches will be exclusively calling plays in addition to their head coaching duties.
A recent list compiled by CoachingSearch.com revealed that as many as 34 head coaches will be calling plays on one side of the ball. In fact, seven head coaches have named themselves as a coordinator instead of assigning one of their assistant coaches to the role.
A few of the many HC's in the SEC who call their own plays exclusively from an article written 1 year ago this month:
- Gus Malzhan - Auburn
- Hugh Freeze - Ole Miss
- Dan Mullen - Mississippi State
- Steve Spurrier - South Carolina
- Derek Mason - Vanderbilt
Rich Rodriguez (Arizona)
Todd Graham (Arizona State) (D)
Scott Satterfield (Appalachian State)
Gus Malzahn (Auburn)
Dino Babers (Bowling Green)
Bronco Mendenhall (BYU) (D)
Mike Bobo (Colorado State)
Ron Turner (Florida International)
Jimbo Fisher (Florida State)
Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech)*
Norm Chow (Hawaii)
Todd Berry (Louisiana-Monroe)
Skip Holtz (Louisiana Tech)
Bobby Petrino (Louisville)
Mark Whipple (UMass)*
Chuck Martin (Miami OH)
Hugh Freeze (Ole Miss)
Dan Mullen (Mississippi State)
Doug Martin (New Mexico State)*
Brian Kelly (Notre Dame)
Rocky Long (San Diego State) (D)*
Chad Morris (SMU)
Steve Spurrier (South Carolina)
Willie Taggart (South Florida)
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"I've always done it all my career," Malzahn said. "When I got into coaching college, I got some good advice: 'Hey, don't change anything that helped you get to where you're at. Do what you feel like your strength is,' and I feel very comfortable doing that." - Gus Makzahn on HC's calling plays and coaching a specific group in addition to being a HC..
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Later asked about those coaches that don’t call plays on either side of the ball for their teams, the always candid Spurrier jokingly speculated how those top men spend their time.
"I think they sit around and say 'What am I going to tell you guys [media] most of the time,'" Spurrier said with a laugh. “Most of them look in on all three phases of their team -- offense, defense, special teams. Some of them are more involved in one or the other -- special teams, defense or what have you. But you really need to ask them what they do all week. I’m not 100 percent sure what they are doing, exactly."
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