LZIp Posted January 4, 2022 Report Posted January 4, 2022 I'm a little disappointed we didn't get official staff hire announcements today. 1 Quote
Blue & Gold Posted January 4, 2022 Report Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) Coach Toth's twitter bio states he is both the DC and Linebackers coach, so we can make an update to the initial post in the thread. @akrzips2012@Let'sGoZips94@Dr Z Edited January 4, 2022 by Blue & Gold Quote
Blue & Gold Posted January 4, 2022 Report Posted January 4, 2022 Current Lineup: HC: Joe Moorhead (Big East, Big Ten, SEC, Pac12) ST: Allen Tucker (SEC) OC: Joe Moorhead QBs: Billy Fessler (Big Ten, SEC) RBs: Terry Richardson (Big East, ACC, SEC, NFL) WRs: David Gilbertson (AAC, Pac12) TEs: Reno Ferri (ACC, MAC) OL: Joel Rodriguez (ACC, CUSA) DC: Nick Toth (PAC12, SEC, MWC, CUSA) DL: Winston DeLattiboudere (PAC12, CUSA) LBs: Nick Toth DBs: Tre' Bell (SEC, ACC) 1 Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted January 4, 2022 Report Posted January 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Current Lineup: HC: Joe Moorhead (Big East, Big Ten, SEC, Pac12) ST: Allen Tucker (SEC) OC: Joe Moorhead QBs: Billy Fessler (Big Ten, SEC) RBs: Terry Richardson (Big East, ACC, SEC, NFL) WRs: David Gilbertson (AAC, Pac12) TEs: Reno Ferri (ACC, MAC) OL: Joel Rodriguez (ACC, CUSA) DC: Nick Toth (PAC12, SEC, MWC, CUSA) DL: Winston DeLattiboudere (PAC12, CUSA) LBs: Nick Toth DBs: Tre' Bell (SEC, ACC) I'm a little concerned that I'm not seeing any Ohio Athletic Conference or Southern Conference experience. 1 6 1 Quote
mes102 Posted January 4, 2022 Report Posted January 4, 2022 Toth also being the linebackers coach makes sense, especially in recruiting. He can always have "I coached Von Miller" in his recruiting pitches to linebackers. 2 Quote
adzip Posted January 4, 2022 Report Posted January 4, 2022 Neal Renna has been hired to coach safeties- from Eastern Ill with time at Missouri Quote
Zipmeister Posted January 4, 2022 Report Posted January 4, 2022 43 minutes ago, adzip said: Neal Renna has been hired to coach safeties- from Eastern Ill with time at Missouri While it's not exactly what Clark wanted, now we can add the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference to the list of conferences from which our new coaching staff cut their coaching teeth. I'm pretty sure if we go back far enough for the rest of the new staff, we could add numerous equally impressive conferences. Somebody get on this asap to help address Clark's concern. Quote
bigjim Posted January 4, 2022 Report Posted January 4, 2022 1 hour ago, adzip said: Neal Renna has been hired to coach safeties- from Eastern Ill with time at Missouri This gives Akron its 10th assistant, so I now believe we have a full staff. Can still hire Quality Control, Grad Assistants, and Weight coaches, but it looks like the staff is full. Glad to have a 4th defensive assistant coach. https://eiupanthers.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/neal-renna/926 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted January 5, 2022 Report Posted January 5, 2022 2 hours ago, adzip said: Neal Renna has been hired to coach safeties- from Eastern Ill with time at Missouri That's a heck of a program. Tony Romeo's alma mater. 1 Quote
LoyalZIP Posted January 5, 2022 Report Posted January 5, 2022 Can’t be stated enough how blown away I am by the experience gap between this staff and the previous. Truly unbelievable and maybe even unprecedented. 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted January 5, 2022 Report Posted January 5, 2022 14 hours ago, LoyalZIP said: Can’t be stated enough how blown away I am by the experience gap between this staff and the previous. Truly unbelievable and maybe even unprecedented. Yes, and the salaries we were paying our assistants under Arth seemed to be pretty inline with what other MAC assistants were making. It just seemed he went out and brought in his cronies instead of bringing in experienced assistants, which he needed as he was new to FBS. I suppose Moorhead is doing the same in bringing in people he knows. He just has way better connections lol 1 Quote
Section210Zip Posted January 5, 2022 Report Posted January 5, 2022 Script Akron or the Z... .... Lets not use the "#ZipEmUP" 1 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted January 5, 2022 Report Posted January 5, 2022 9 minutes ago, Section210Zip said: Script Akron or the Z... .... Lets not use the "#ZipEmUP" We suffered through 2.5 years of the Turnover Pencil. #ZipEmUp is an improvement. 1 Quote
GoZips88 Posted January 5, 2022 Report Posted January 5, 2022 FAR too many years of #ZippersDown !!! 5 Quote
a-zip Posted January 5, 2022 Report Posted January 5, 2022 I hope they fix this quickly. He looks so lonely 🥲 Quote
akzipper Posted January 6, 2022 Report Posted January 6, 2022 6 hours ago, GoZips88 said: FAR too many years of #ZippersDown !!! Hopefully all our future opponents get #CaughtInTheZipper 4 Quote
94zipgrad Posted January 6, 2022 Report Posted January 6, 2022 Staff introductions must be coming Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted January 7, 2022 Report Posted January 7, 2022 15 hours ago, 94zipgrad said: Staff introductions must be coming I'm not normally a sucker for the BS "by the numbers" graphics that the media likes to fling around like food in a middle school cafeteria food fight, but DAMN are those impressive numbers. What. A. Hire. 6-0 in rivalry games. @seanlewis 👀 1 Quote
a-zip Posted January 7, 2022 Report Posted January 7, 2022 Awesome to see so much positive mojo going on. Barstool Sports!! 1 Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 7, 2022 Report Posted January 7, 2022 17 hours ago, a-zip said: Awesome to see so much positive mojo going on. Barstool Sports!! I dunno...no mention of this veteran staff having any experience at Ahola Solutions ... just marquee P5 football programs. Meh. 2 Quote
GP1 Posted January 8, 2022 Report Posted January 8, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, a-zip said: I'd just like to say the Zips are not back. To what? I don't want to Zips to be back. I want them to be better than ever and they are on track to do that. If you aren't eager to see where this goes, you are a joyless human. Edited January 8, 2022 by GP1 2 Quote
LZIp Posted January 8, 2022 Report Posted January 8, 2022 This would appear to be our S&C coach per his twitter. Another guy with a lot of experience. https://pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/ben-iannacchione/1933 1 Quote
zippy5 Posted January 8, 2022 Report Posted January 8, 2022 (edited) Beggars can't be choosers, and don't get me wrong I am impressed with the staff. But a lot of the "experience" we're touting is as a GA at a big school like Fessler. A good amount of the staff comes from bigger programs and places but are in their first spot in the role they are in now. Hoping it works out and I'm optimistic but I feel like a lot of the experience we're boasting is a little misguided. Edited January 8, 2022 by zippy5 Quote
GP1 Posted January 8, 2022 Report Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, zippy5 said: Beggars can't be choosers, and don't get me wrong I am impressed with the staff. But a lot of the "experience" we're touting is as a GA at a big school like Fessler. A good amount of the staff comes from bigger programs and places but are in their first spot in the role they are in now. Hoping it works out and I'm optimistic but I feel like a lot of the experience we're boasting is a little misguided. You are correct. However, JM has proven in the past he can deal with inexperienced staffs. He was a HC on 1AA and won. There are loads of inexperienced coaches at that level. It's all how you deal with them. Probably more handholding, but that's part of the G5 choice. If one looks around the MAC, this staff's make up isn't unusual. I welcome the fresh faces eager to make a name for themselves in the coaching ranks. Quote
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