Hes defensive minded and knows college footballs most fertile recruiting grounds. Four Husker football assistant coaches have been fired, effective . Kansas' Lance Leipold is 150-49 as a college coach and could be someone Nebraska looks at to replace Scott Frost. And would he stick around, even if things go well? This year's team just routed Missouri and seems ready to contend with Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor and Texas for the Big 12 crown and New Year's Six berth. While the program may be able to reset the market from a financial perspective, the likely list of contenders for this opening will still keep the Cornhuskers tethered to the end of the regular season unless the university taps an immediately available option such as former Florida coach Dan Mullen or former Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall. Regardless of money, Nebraska won't be able to pull away a sitting head coach at a program of greater value the athletics department must sell the opening as a chance to rebuild a once-proud brand in a coach's image, which will be very appealing to a certain type of candidate. Few active coaches on any level have been as successful as Klieman, who took home four Championship Subdivision national championships in five years at North Dakota State and has won eight games in his two non-COVID seasons with the Wildcats. A program looking for energy could really benefit from that. Known for building Temple and Baylor into double-digit win teams despite difficult circumstances, Rhule is now trying to do it in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers. No doubt youre going to disagree with some of these. He was a tough, hard-nosed coach who got his teams at Louisville to punch well above their weight and made them think they could be champions. How could it not? A steady decline in play resulted in losses piling up and he got the boot. Luke Fickell - Cincinnati. Some argue that he was the one who built that program into what it is todaywinning 3 FCS national championships while he was there, and posting a record of 104-32. Hiring him would have the obvious potential of failing spectacularly. Leaving means giving that away, of course. Closing Comment: Its a think-outside-the-box hire like Monken if it happens. He could bring that recipe to Nebraska, which would afford him the necessary resources. Ed Foley has more than three decades of coaching experience and brings a diverse and robust resume to Nebraska. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. He may have bitten off more than he could chew with the FSU job, but he was also succeeding Jimbo Fisher, one of the programs most successful coaches. So Ive compiled an exhaustive list below of virtually every coaching candidate I think Nebraska could pursue. Is he willing to restart that process in an tougher situation with the Cornhuskers? Other FBS programs have gone after FCS champion coaches and the hit rate is usually low. Maybe he could be worth considering, but rest assured there would be a lot of skeptics. Nebraska athletics director Trev Alberts' comments, the university will pay more than $16 million, There are four new top 10 teams in the NCAA Re-Rank 1-131, Winners and losers from Week 2 in college football, USC's domination, Michigan QB race leadthings you missed, Jimbo Fisher continues to rob Texas A&M in broad daylight, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Why It Might Not: Kentucky demonstrated tremendous patience through his early years developing the program, when his record was 12-24 (4-20 in conference) after 3 seasons. Like the last name on this list, however, for Doeren to choose the Cornhuskers would require that he toss aside a long building process and forego ownership of a program covered from top to bottom with his fingerprints.