Over the last two weeks the Niners have interviewed five
head coaching candidates (three of whom were hired elsewhere) and seven GM candidates, with two more GM prospects and another coach interview on deck for early next week.
The 54 - year - old Ferentz, the highest - paid state employee in Iowa at nearly $ 3 million a year, is often mentioned as an NFL
head coaching candidate, but he is a perfect fit in Iowa City.
Although he could've sat out 2017 and remained a viable
head coaching candidate for the next cycle, by joining TCU's staff, he can build on his relationships in Texas and position himself for openings in 2018 without any political maneuvering.
Ken Whisenhunt figures to be an attractive
head coaching candidate, but he's not currently in the plans in Houston.
If a defensive coordinator of a National Football League (NFL) team could predict with high accuracy whether their team's opponent will call a pass or run play during a game, he would become a rock star in the league and soon be
a head coach candidate.
Not exact matches
At first, the rule required NFL teams to interview at least one minority
candidate to fill
head coaching vacancies.
It was first reported that three
candidates were in the running — Houston
head coach Tom Herman, Memphis
head coach Justin Fuente, and Missouri defensive coordinator Barry Odom.
The Rooney Rule requires all NFL teams to interview minority
candidates as part of the hiring process for
head coaches and senior football operation jobs.
Alabama defensive
coach Kirby Smart is the top target, SB Nation's Steven Godfrey is reporting, and Mississippi State
head coach Dan Mullen and Florida State
head coach Jimbo Fisher are also named as early potential
candidates.
According to Dan Patrick of «The Dan Patrick Show,» two sources «behind the scenes» at USC told him Seattle Seahawks
head coach Pete Carroll was on the program's «short list» of
coaching candidates and they thought he could be talked into returning to USC, where he
coached for nine seasons and won two national championships.
The New York Giants are now in the market for a new
head coach and as they look for
candidates, they may end up competing with an unlikely team — the winless Cleveland Browns.
Patrick had previously reported that Baltimore Ravens
head coach John Harbaugh was also on USC's list of
candidates.
Using a difference - in - differences approach, I present evidence that the Rooney Rule had a significant, positive impact on the likelihood that a minority
candidate would fill an NFL
head coaching vacancy.
The Policy we propose resembles the Rooney Rule in the National Football League (NFL), which requires teams to interview minority
candidates for
head coaching and senior football operations openings.
Per sources, Toledo
head coach Matt Campbell is expected to interview and is considered a strong
candidate.
The impressive interim work, along with the offensive production, had made Arians a
head -
coaching candidate for several teams during the current round of interviewing in the NFL.
It became clear this week that Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Sean McDermott was one of the Buffalo Bills» top
candidates for the
head coach role.
It's hard to imagine
Coach O would've been a serious candidate for LSU if his career record as a head coach was still basically just the 10 - 25 he'd rang up at Ole Miss a decade ear
Coach O would've been a serious
candidate for LSU if his career record as a
head coach was still basically just the 10 - 25 he'd rang up at Ole Miss a decade ear
coach was still basically just the 10 - 25 he'd rang up at Ole Miss a decade earlier.
There are only five
candidates listed and some of them — like former Baylor
head coach Art Briles — come with some serious baggage.
Rutgers had initially pursued Pistons
coach Lawrence Frank and Rhode Island
head coach Danny Hurley as potential replacements for Mike Rice, but both
candidates backed out from consideration.
Missouri defensive coordinator Barry Odom and UAB
head coach Bill Clark have been mentioned as potential replacement
candidates for Memphis.
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Charley Sullivan is Associate
Head Coach of Men's Rowing and a doctoral
candidate in History at the University of Michigan.
And that's why McVay was a logical
candidate from the beginning, his age (he turns 31 later this month and is the youngest
head coach in NFL history) be damned.
Plus, the league's top - 10
head -
coaching candidates, from McDaniels to Manuel
And he did so with a social conscience: In 1987, 15 years before the establishment of the Rooney Rule (requiring NFL teams to interview at least one minority
candidate for
head coaching vacancies), Walsh took the lead in an NFL internship program for minority
coaches, bringing prospective assistants into training camp each year and giving them significant responsibility.
Houston
head coach Tom Herman, among the pool of
candidates under consideration, would command close to that and will also be considered to replace Charlie Strong at Texas.
The Rooney Rule currently in effect demands owners interview at least one minority
candidate before selecting a new
head coach.
A source confirmed to SB Nation that Alleva will evaluate Orgeron against a small pool of outside
candidates — Dellenger reports the list has been narrowed to «as few as four» — and that despite heavy support for Florida State
head coach Jimbo Fisher among boosters, there is no clear favorite among the university's decision makers.
Since then, San Diego Chargers
Coach Mike Riley, an assistant at USC from 1993 - 96 and head coach at Oregon State in 1997 - 98, was believed to be the leading candi
Coach Mike Riley, an assistant at USC from 1993 - 96 and
head coach at Oregon State in 1997 - 98, was believed to be the leading candi
coach at Oregon State in 1997 - 98, was believed to be the leading
candidate.
This year's crop of Big Swing
candidates includes a
coach who is almost certainly not going anywhere, a
coach who spent the last 19 years of his
coaching career (which ended four years ago, by the way) in the pros, a
coach who leaves every job either hated or in unceremonious fashion, and a
coach who knowingly played ineligible players for an entire season and lied about it to the NCAA and must sit out part of his next season as a
head coach.
The team has also not yet fulfilled the league's «Rooney Rule,» which stipulates that teams must interview at least one minority
candidate for
head coaching positions.
Cleveland's
coach search is apparently down to three
candidates: Bills DC Mike Pettine, Seahawks DC Dan Quinn and former Buccaneers
head coach Greg Schiano.
The Houston Texans are not planning to interview San Diego offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt for their
head coaching vacancy, and Bill O'Brien remains the No. 1
candidate, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.
If Nebraska hires a
candidate with FBS
head coaching experience, it's pretty reasonable to assume that person is making about $ 3 million a year, if not more.
They had also listed several new
candidates including Washington offensive coordinator Jonathan Smith, Carolina Panthers
head coach Ron Rivera and the field.
Hue Jackson, the current offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals and former
head coach of the Oakland Raiders, is one of the most popular
candidates for several jobs.
It is expected that Rambis will finish out the season before the Knicks decide to hire their next
head coach, but which
candidates will they target?
He's reportedly emerged as a
candidate for Mississippi State's
head coaching job, now that Dan Mullen's gone to Florida.
Meanwhile, talk has surfaced in Seattle that the Seahawks» Chuck Knox is a
candidate for the Lions»
head coaching job.
Cross also reports that it is believed that Manchester City assistant
coach and former Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta, along with Germany National Team manager Joachim Low, former Liverpool boss and current Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers, and Monaco manager Leonardo Jardim are the four likely
candidates rumored to
head the list of potential successors with the club at the moment.
If Freeze is terminated before the start of the 2017 season, the likeliest
candidate for interim
head coach is offensive line
coach and former Rebel player Matt Luke, who turned down an offer for the same position at South Carolina this offseason and was a
candidate for the
head coaching job at Troy in 2014.
Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports and Sports Illustrated is reporting that Candle is a
candidate for Mississippi State's
head coaching position, in addition to some other names.
There are three
candidates with full - time
head -
coaching experience in Spagnuolo, Josh McDaniels and Pat Shurmur.
According to the Reform Party website, there are currently three
candidates for the party's presidential nomination: fitness model Andre Barnett, Earth Intelligence Network CEO Robert Steele, and former Savannah State University
head football
coach Robby Wells.
The office recently launched a diversity initiative with Sens. Cory Booker and Brian Schatz, asking all of the Senate to use the «Rooney Rule,» a National Football League policy that requires the league's teams to interview minority
candidates for
head coaching and senior football operation jobs.
Trump was introduced by Buffalo Bills
head coach Rex Ryan, who took the stage after conservative stalwart and one - time Republican
candidate for governor Carl Paladino.
The rule requires NFL teams to include non-white
candidates in the interview pool for
head coach and senior football operations jobs.
Their proposal required each team to consider at least one minority
candidate for every
head coaching vacancy and suggested that the league impose a fine on teams that did not comply.
In 2003, the organization instituted the Rooney Rule to encourage the hiring of minority
candidates for
head coaching and senior operations job openings.