Coaching Changes/Player transfers 2024/25

[meganeck]

South Dakota St coach is the leading candidate for the Washington St job.

Sounds like it's pretty much official minus the press release:

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/1873142599995011331


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I saw that, sounds like most of the coaching staff is going with him. People are thinking SDSU will have a lot of players enter the portal.
 

[leatherneckcountry]

SDSU has hired Dan Jackson he spent 8 years with the rabbits but was most recently the DC at Idaho

[meganeck]

South Dakota St coach is the leading candidate for the Washington St job.

Sounds like it's pretty much official minus the press release:

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/1873142599995011331


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I saw that, sounds like most of the coaching staff is going with him. People are thinking SDSU will have a lot of players enter the portal.
 

 

their QB did enter the portal, but he might declare for the draft. Sounds like if he doesn't turn pro he will follow his coach to Washington St
 

[meganeck]

SDSU has hired Dan Jackson he spent 8 years with the rabbits but was most recently the DC at Idaho

 

they didnt waste no time but now a days you can't really take long to make a hire.

[sealhall74]

SDSU has hired Dan Jackson he spent 8 years with the rabbits but was most recently the DC at Idaho


 

they didnt waste no time but now a days you can't really take long to make a hire.

 

Yep, this is the way you do things today.  The AD pulls out his "Next Man Up" file and works his way down the list with a nice salary offer until someone bites.  National searches result in the "Too many cooks spoil the broth" syndrome.
 

[meganeck]

Will be interesting to see how South Dakota St is next year. Seen already 4 or 5 guys that have announced to are transferring to P4 schools.

[meganeck]

South Dakota St QB Mark Gronkowski is transferring to Iowa for his final season.

[ST_Lawson]

Bob Nielson is retiring: https://goyotes.com/news/2025/1/16/head ... -down.aspx

Also...

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/1880011929286328751

Sources: South Dakota is promoting defensive coordinator Travis Johansen to head coach. Johansen has been the defensive coordinator at South Dakota since 2019. They are coming off the best season in school history (11-3), reaching the FCS semi-finals.

 

[meganeck]

Bob Nielson is retiring: https://goyotes.com/news/2025/1/16/head ... -down.aspx

Also...

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/1880011929286328751

Sources: South Dakota is promoting defensive coordinator Travis Johansen to head coach. Johansen has been the defensive coordinator at South Dakota since 2019. They are coming off the best season in school history (11-3), reaching the FCS semi-finals.

 

 

Looking on the Coyotes site, I see Nielsen named a new offensive coordinator in December, then retires a couple weeks later, that is kinda odd. If you knew you were retiring why not let the new coach name is own OC. Although their might have been a bunch of stuff behind the scenes I guess.
 

[ST_Lawson]

Bob Nielson is retiring: https://goyotes.com/news/2025/1/16/head ... -down.aspx

Also...

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/1880011929286328751

Sources: South Dakota is promoting defensive coordinator Travis Johansen to head coach. Johansen has been the defensive coordinator at South Dakota since 2019. They are coming off the best season in school history (11-3), reaching the FCS semi-finals.

 

 

Looking on the Coyotes site, I see Nielsen named a new offensive coordinator in December, then retires a couple weeks later, that is kinda odd. If you knew you were retiring why not let the new coach name is own OC. Although their might have been a bunch of stuff behind the scenes I guess.
 

Yeah, I feel like maybe he knew he was going to retire, and had spoken to the DC about it already, hence the quick hiring. I'd bet that the DC (now HC) had a strong say in who was hired as the OC.


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