ewueagle2010 said:Yes, only one position that I know of and it was or will be filled by an internal applicant.
Seattle Eagle said:ewueagle2010 said:Yes, only one position that I know of and it was or will be filled by an internal applicant.
Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
E-Wu Tang Clan said:Looks like Wes Nurse the CB coach has DC experience at Carroll College in Montana (NAIA).
Matt Ulrich the DL coach has co-DC experience at a D2 school, Winona State.
Internal hires haven't been really working out though. I'm guessing Copp's appeal was he was co-DC at FBS school Florida Atlantic. And of course Eti Ena. Clearly those did not work out.
I don't think Best has connections to any good defensive people since he has spent most of his time at Eastern and we haven't produced any top defensive coaching talent besides Jimmy Lake.
Bl4ckH4wk said:E-Wu Tang Clan said:Looks like Wes Nurse the CB coach has DC experience at Carroll College in Montana (NAIA).
Matt Ulrich the DL coach has co-DC experience at a D2 school, Winona State.
Internal hires haven't been really working out though. I'm guessing Copp's appeal was he was co-DC at FBS school Florida Atlantic. And of course Eti Ena. Clearly those did not work out.
I don't think Best has connections to any good defensive people since he has spent most of his time at Eastern and we haven't produced any top defensive coaching talent besides Jimmy Lake.
The new DC that they haven't announced publicly yet is Eric Sanders who was the LB coach last season. This is his bio listed on GoEags: Sanders joined the EWU staff in 2023 with an impressive resume including stops in both college and the NFL. Prior to EWU, he served as Inside Linebackers Coach at Stanford from 2020-22. During the 2019 NFL season, he worked as a Defensive Assistant for the New York Jets, focusing on defensive backs.
Before his time in New York, Sanders spent three seasons with the Cleveland Browns (2016-18) in a defensive quality control position for linebackers and nickel corners. He also spent four seasons (2010-14) with the Oakland Raiders as both defensive and offensive quality control. He focused on defensive lineman and outside linebackers, while working with tight ends on the offensive side.
Sanders' collegiate coaching career includes previous stops at UC Davis and Utah State. He earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology with a biological emphasis from UC Davis in 2005.
360Eag said:Bl4ckH4wk said:E-Wu Tang Clan said:Looks like Wes Nurse the CB coach has DC experience at Carroll College in Montana (NAIA).
Matt Ulrich the DL coach has co-DC experience at a D2 school, Winona State.
Internal hires haven't been really working out though. I'm guessing Copp's appeal was he was co-DC at FBS school Florida Atlantic. And of course Eti Ena. Clearly those did not work out.
I don't think Best has connections to any good defensive people since he has spent most of his time at Eastern and we haven't produced any top defensive coaching talent besides Jimmy Lake.
The new DC that they haven't announced publicly yet is Eric Sanders who was the LB coach last season. This is his bio listed on GoEags: Sanders joined the EWU staff in 2023 with an impressive resume including stops in both college and the NFL. Prior to EWU, he served as Inside Linebackers Coach at Stanford from 2020-22. During the 2019 NFL season, he worked as a Defensive Assistant for the New York Jets, focusing on defensive backs.
Before his time in New York, Sanders spent three seasons with the Cleveland Browns (2016-18) in a defensive quality control position for linebackers and nickel corners. He also spent four seasons (2010-14) with the Oakland Raiders as both defensive and offensive quality control. He focused on defensive lineman and outside linebackers, while working with tight ends on the offensive side.
Sanders' collegiate coaching career includes previous stops at UC Davis and Utah State. He earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology with a biological emphasis from UC Davis in 2005.
Definitely underwhelmed.
Bl4ckH4wk said:E-Wu Tang Clan said:Looks like Wes Nurse the CB coach has DC experience at Carroll College in Montana (NAIA).
Matt Ulrich the DL coach has co-DC experience at a D2 school, Winona State.
Internal hires haven't been really working out though. I'm guessing Copp's appeal was he was co-DC at FBS school Florida Atlantic. And of course Eti Ena. Clearly those did not work out.
I don't think Best has connections to any good defensive people since he has spent most of his time at Eastern and we haven't produced any top defensive coaching talent besides Jimmy Lake.
The new DC that they haven't announced publicly yet is Eric Sanders who was the LB coach last season. This is his bio listed on GoEags: Sanders joined the EWU staff in 2023 with an impressive resume including stops in both college and the NFL. Prior to EWU, he served as Inside Linebackers Coach at Stanford from 2020-22. During the 2019 NFL season, he worked as a Defensive Assistant for the New York Jets, focusing on defensive backs.
Before his time in New York, Sanders spent three seasons with the Cleveland Browns (2016-18) in a defensive quality control position for linebackers and nickel corners. He also spent four seasons (2010-14) with the Oakland Raiders as both defensive and offensive quality control. He focused on defensive lineman and outside linebackers, while working with tight ends on the offensive side.
Sanders' collegiate coaching career includes previous stops at UC Davis and Utah State. He earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology with a biological emphasis from UC Davis in 2005.
LDopaPDX said:Color me unimpressed. Our LBs sure as hell weren't bangers last year. We got run over time and time again.
Maybe Sanders will be better as a leader. This sure felt like the time to go outside of the program for some experience. Everything about the defense- from the talent to the alignment to tackling to coverage, you name it- was wretched last year. I don't know how someone who participated in that mess is suddenly going to lead immediate and positive change.
That said, I'm more than happy to be proven wrong. I hope I'm eating these words in about 8 months.
ewueagle2010 said:LDopaPDX said:Color me unimpressed. Our LBs sure as hell weren't bangers last year. We got run over time and time again.
Maybe Sanders will be better as a leader. This sure felt like the time to go outside of the program for some experience. Everything about the defense- from the talent to the alignment to tackling to coverage, you name it- was wretched last year. I don't know how someone who participated in that mess is suddenly going to lead immediate and positive change.
That said, I'm more than happy to be proven wrong. I hope I'm eating these words in about 8 months.
Don't disagree and I think the plan was to go outside. But, as mentioned, top 2 candidates supposedly withdrew their apps due to uncertainty around football with the most recent faculty attack.
ewueagle2010 said:360Eag said:Bl4ckH4wk said:E-Wu Tang Clan said:Looks like Wes Nurse the CB coach has DC experience at Carroll College in Montana (NAIA).
Matt Ulrich the DL coach has co-DC experience at a D2 school, Winona State.
Internal hires haven't been really working out though. I'm guessing Copp's appeal was he was co-DC at FBS school Florida Atlantic. And of course Eti Ena. Clearly those did not work out.
I don't think Best has connections to any good defensive people since he has spent most of his time at Eastern and we haven't produced any top defensive coaching talent besides Jimmy Lake.
The new DC that they haven't announced publicly yet is Eric Sanders who was the LB coach last season. This is his bio listed on GoEags: Sanders joined the EWU staff in 2023 with an impressive resume including stops in both college and the NFL. Prior to EWU, he served as Inside Linebackers Coach at Stanford from 2020-22. During the 2019 NFL season, he worked as a Defensive Assistant for the New York Jets, focusing on defensive backs.
Before his time in New York, Sanders spent three seasons with the Cleveland Browns (2016-18) in a defensive quality control position for linebackers and nickel corners. He also spent four seasons (2010-14) with the Oakland Raiders as both defensive and offensive quality control. He focused on defensive lineman and outside linebackers, while working with tight ends on the offensive side.
Sanders' collegiate coaching career includes previous stops at UC Davis and Utah State. He earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology with a biological emphasis from UC Davis in 2005.
Definitely underwhelmed.
Certainly going to give the guy a shot, as it can't be much worse. However, I've also been told two other outside applicants pulled their interest during the fall out of the most recent attack from faculty about stripping the program. Coaches don't like the uncertainty of the program.