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Post by mavsman53 on Dec 5, 2021 10:13:51 GMT -6
I was told today that Coach Dorrel has taken the head coaching job at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.
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Post by SportsWizard15 on Dec 5, 2021 10:40:25 GMT -6
I don’t know if I have Psychic abilities, but I thought that was the perfect school that would pick him up.
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Post by Outsider on Dec 5, 2021 10:47:16 GMT -6
Back to familiar territory. I hope he is successful there.
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Post by bucfan on Dec 5, 2021 14:02:07 GMT -6
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Post by catfanatic on Dec 5, 2021 14:57:52 GMT -6
Interesting that former coach found a job before we found his replacement.
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Post by catmasters05 on Dec 5, 2021 14:59:13 GMT -6
Interesting that former coach found a job before we found his replacement. He won multiple national championships at the D-II level. I assume he could pretty much pick his HC job at that level.
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Post by acutrackfan on Dec 5, 2021 15:11:27 GMT -6
The UCO job appears to be a perfect landing spot for Coach Dorrel -- D-2 level school and a state school. It will be interesting to see if any of his ACU staff ends up with him there -- I just don't think there will be budget enough to handle the coordinators salary. Coach Dorrel's predecessor was at UCO for 10 years and went 47-54. I also see that Coach Bobeck (Dorrel's predecessor) has a salary of $106,000 in 2020. I would suppose that Coach Dorrel received a healthy raise over that amount.
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Post by kjmike1956 on Dec 5, 2021 15:50:17 GMT -6
I am happy for Coach Dorrel. He was not out of coaching too long.
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Post by rc on Dec 5, 2021 20:29:56 GMT -6
Best of luck to Coach Dorrel.
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Post by exwildcat99 on Dec 5, 2021 20:36:32 GMT -6
New to the chat even though been following you guys for a very very long time now…. best of luck to dorrel, hopefully he can back in the swing of things at that level
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Post by rc on Dec 5, 2021 20:56:55 GMT -6
New to the chat even though been following you guys for a very very long time now…. best of luck to dorrel, hopefully he can back in the swing of things at that level Welcome aboard 'Cat99. Glad to see your post.
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Post by catfanatic on Dec 9, 2021 10:50:45 GMT -6
In what I’m sure will be the first of many such announcements, Dimitri Donald has been introduced as a new member of Central ok’s new football coaching staff.
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Post by acutrackfan on Dec 9, 2021 11:13:54 GMT -6
In what I’m sure will be the first of many such announcements, Dimitri Donald has been introduced as a new member of Central ok’s new football coaching staff. I was certainly expecting to see Coach Dorrel take some of his younger assistants with him. I looked at the UCO site and it appears that the former UCO coach had 6 assistants. Coach Dorrel could take 3-4 of his younger assistants (younger also means less expensvie) with him to UCO.
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Post by catfanatic on Dec 9, 2021 12:07:43 GMT -6
Next…James Curlee.
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Post by dallasalum on Dec 9, 2021 13:28:04 GMT -6
I don't know these names. Were they ACU position coaches? We need coaches who can recruit good enough and coach good enough to give us a competitive team at our level. Given the negatives of recruiting to ACU (and yes, there are positives), and the current landscape of the portal and NIL money, that may be a high hurdle to clear.
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