Coaching

[luckyintheorder]

Clock's ticking.

Presbyterian was able to fill OC and DC roles today.... Friggin Presbyterian.

 

[EWU98]

Clock's ticking.

Presbyterian was able to fill OC and DC roles today.... Friggin Presbyterian.

Maybe Best is going to do Special Teams and OC jobs to save on money?

 

[luckyintheorder]

Clock's ticking.

Presbyterian was able to fill OC and DC roles today.... Friggin Presbyterian.

Maybe Best is going to do Special Teams and OC jobs to save on money?

Man, if that's what it's come too might as well fold the tent. 2 FBS games this coming season, hope Eastern can get an OC and Special teams coach since the players are paying for it in blood.

 

[Obzerver]

I gotta believe they are courting several candidates and perhaps one or two or enen THE one has obligations before an official announcement is made. EWU has one of most most prolific offenses in the nation and can score on anyone. Time has been the test and EWU has been doing it a looong time. So can't bring in just anyone to take the reins thus I believe the hire is close and will be wise choice. This is a very special program with a special offense and a great opportunity for the right person.

 

[luckyintheorder]

I gotta believe they are courting several candidates and perhaps one or two or enen THE one has obligations before an official announcement is made. EWU has one of most most prolific offenses in the nation and can score on anyone. Time has been the test and EWU has been doing it a looong time. So can't bring in just anyone to take the reins thus I believe the hire is close and will be wise choice. This is a very special program with a special offense and a great opportunity for the right person.

ah... OK. Not to be argumentative but there are a LOT of coaches out there who could keep the Eagles in a top 10 offensive position IMO. OC at Ferris State (DII Champ) or Central (Iowa DIII) could jump in here tomorrow and keep up the pace. Eastern just has that much talent. A little coaching goes a long way. It is a tribute to the recruiting. Shoemaker's departure is still a mystery to me, if not everyone else. I wasn't a huge fan but it was certainly unexpected right? Given that departure, Best and the AD have had quite a bit of time to pursue some candidates. No one can say Best has been seamless in his past efforts (Fred Salanoa ring a bell?)

If you were looking at Eastern's schedule for 2022, would you be all fired up to become the OC this season? It's one thing to embrace a challenge, it's another to replace THE QB and face 2 top 25 FBS schools and likely 2 ranked FCS schools to start a season.... Career suicide.

Was looking at past staff's and found an anamoly in the listings... severe egomania or oversight?
https://goeags.com/sports/football/coaches/2015-16

 

[luckyintheorder]

I gotta believe they are courting several candidates and perhaps one or two or enen THE one has obligations before an official announcement is made. EWU has one of most most prolific offenses in the nation and can score on anyone. Time has been the test and EWU has been doing it a looong time. So can't bring in just anyone to take the reins thus I believe the hire is close and will be wise choice. This is a very special program with a special offense and a great opportunity for the right person.

This is pretty impressive.. Hope you are right.

[media]https://twitter.com/EWUFootball/status/1480689097026912258?s=20[/media]

 

[Obzerver]

In the listing of coaches you listed Lucky, when Baldwin was coach, had Bets listed as..Running Game Coordinator/Offensive Line/Academic Coordinator. Wasn't Best also offensive coordinator? Course think we all knew Baldwin was calling all the plays, it was just a way to get Best a bump in pay.

Wiki has Best as oc in this article. Also notice no special teams coach but when those were listed maybe that guy was missing to like Baldwin?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Eastern_Washington_Eagles_football_team

*No way Best takes on oc again...no way right? right??
Gonna start drinking heavily.

 

[luckyintheorder]

In the listing of coaches you listed Lucky, when Baldwin was coach, had Bets listed as..Running Game Coordinator/Offensive Line/Academic Coordinator. Wasn't Best also offensive coordinator? Course think we all knew Baldwin was calling all the plays, it was just a way to get Best a bump in pay.

Wiki has Best as oc in this article. Also notice no special teams coach but when those were listed maybe that guy was missing to like Baldwin?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Eastern_Washington_Eagles_football_team

*No way Best takes on oc again...no way right? right??
Gonna start drinking heavily.

I think you're right on the OC title. Best as OC would be a disaster IMO. Feel like he struggles enough with in game management. The coach listings on the GoEags site were weird. I went to CP's site and the older coaches were listed regardless that they had moved on. I also noted that Nicholas Edwards and Troy Taylor's name were stricken from the rolls of the coaches when he followed Baldwin to Cal.. It seems like someone is butt hurt when a coach opts to leave the program after a cursory look at the listings. There may be a good reason for it, but there are likely just as many bad reasons for it. Feels petty.

Prior to his arrival at Cal, Edwards spent three seasons (2014-16) as the wide receivers coach at his alma mater Eastern Washington also working under current Cal offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach and then Eagles’ head coach Beau Baldwin.

 

[luckyintheorder]

Still ticking...

Oregon: Sources tell FootballScoop Zach Tinker is set to join Dan Lanning's staff in a special teams quality control role. Tinker currently serves as offensive coordinator / quarterbacks / servant leadership coordinator at Central Washington.

Dixie State (FCS): Craig Stutzmann has been named offensive coordinator at Dixie State. Stutzmann spent the past two seasons at Washington State as co-OC / quarterbacks.

 

[EagerEagle]

New OC Announcment on Twitter. Coach Jim Chapin out of University of Sioux Falls... spent a couple years at Davis as a RB coach.
Last season his offense avg. 217 on the ground and 195 through the air. 2389 rushing on the season and 2152 through the air..... Maybe you all will have some insights on this.....

 

[luckyintheorder]

New OC Announcment on Twitter. Coach Jim Chapin out of University of Sioux Falls... spent a couple years at Davis as a RB coach.
Last season his offense avg. 217 on the ground and 195 through the air. 2389 rushing on the season and 2152 through the air..... Maybe you all will have some insights on this.....

No insights here..
https://twitter.com/CoachChapin

Stats page, have at it. https://usfcougars.com/sports/2016/7/5/usf-football-statistics.aspx?path=football

The few highlights I found show a lot of swagger. Sioux Falls definitely fielded a good defense.

Bio on the USF site:

Jim Chapin, who has coaching experience at both the NCAA DII and FCS levels, is in his fourth season as the Offensive Coordinator/Associate Head Coach for the University of Sioux Falls Football Team. Chapin was promoted to OC/Associate Head Coach this spring (2020).

Chapin has coordinated one of the top offenses in the NSIC and NCAA DII and helped the Cougars earn playoff berths twice in three seasons while extending their consecutive season winning streak to 26 years, which ranks fourth across all NCAA levels.

Under Chapin's direction, USF ranked second in the NSIC (32nd in NCAA DII) in scoring with 35.25 points per game in 2019 and ranked fifth in the league in 2018 with 33.8 per game. USF ranked third in the NSIC (35th nationally) in total offense with 427.6 yards per game in 2019 and USF was first in the NSIC (19th nationally) with 466.0 yards per game. Also in 2019, first team All-NSIC quarterback Caden Walters led the NSIC in yards, touchdowns, completion percentage and passing efficiency. USF, which led the NSIC with 273.7 rushing yards per game in 2018 (3,011 yards) and ranked second in 2019 with 216.2 yards, has recorded over 5,000 yards in total offense in back-to-back seasons and had 1,000 yard rushers (Gabe Watson, 2018; Thuro Reisdorfer, 2019) in back-to-back seasons.

During his tenure, Chapin has coached All-Americans Gabriel Watson, who was a finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy, and Trey Pipkins, who was USF's first ever NFL Combine invite and drafted in the third round by the Los Angeles Chargers in 2018. Watson was also the NSIC Offensive Player of the Year in 2018 and preseason NSIC Player of the Year in 2019. In addition, Chapin has coached Honorable Mention All-American Adam Sheffield, 18 All-NSIC performers, four All-Region performers as well as CoSIDA Academic All-Americans Nick Stanke (2017) and Nick Zimmerman (2019).

Chapin, originally of Troy, Mich., joined the USF football staff in 2017 after coaching the previous two seasons with UC-Davis, where he was running backs coach for the FCS program in the Big Sky Conference.

A 2009 graduate of Michigan, also spent three seasons at DII Indiana University (Pa.), a member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).

In 2019, USF reached the DII playoffs and Chapin had All-NSIC first teamers in offensive guard Nolan Kern and Quarterback Caden Walters. Second team honorees included Kyle Barnetche, a senior tight end from Susanville, Calif.; Nate Johnson, a senior wide receiver from Vista, Calif.; Thuro Reisdorfer, a sophomore running back from Sioux Falls, S.D.; and Nick Zimmerman, a senior offensive center from Rosendale, Wisc. Zimmerman was also named CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 and CoSIDA Academic All-American second team.

In 2018, Watson had a school-record 11 straight games of 100 yards or more rushing while churning for 1,957 yards on 236 carries with an NCAA DII-high 26 TDs and was NSIC Offensive Player of the Year. He was one of 14 USF players named All-NSIC. He was first team All-NSIC along with Pipkins, and tight end Clint Sigg. Named second team All-NSIC was guard Nolan Kern, wide receiver Michael Maxwell, running back Colton Myles, offensive tackle Adam Sheffield and junior wide receiver and kick returner Nate Johnson . In addition, center Nick Zimmerman was honorable mention All-NSIC>

In 2017, Chapin was part of a coaching staff that helped direct USF to a 9-3 record. USF reached the postseason for a fourth straight season and the DII playoffs for a third consecutive season, finishing No. 20 in the final AFCA poll.

Chapin directed an offense that ranked fifth in the NSIC at 381.1 yards per game. Chapin ran a balanced offense that ran 875 plays for 4,573 yards or 5.2 yards per play. USF finished sixth in the league in scoring at 26.1 ppg. The Cougars averaged 190.3 yards per game rushing (4.1 yards per rush), which was fifth in the league. USF was eighth in the NSIC in passing with 190.8 yards per game and 7.2 yards per pass, which ranked third in the NSIC.

Among the 14 USF players named all-league were several on offense including: running back Max Mickey, tight end Nicholas Stanke, offensive tackle Jesse Springer, offensive tackle Trey Pipkins, running back Jason Towns, who was also named all-region.Tight end Nicholas Stanke was named first team CoSiDA Academic All-American. In the summer of 2018 The Podyum named Pipkins a preseason All-American.

At UC-Davis, Chapin was part of staff that coordinated an offense that averaged approximately 375 yards per game in total offense during 2015-16. As running backs coach in 2016, he mentored a 1,000-yard back in Luuga Manusamoa (213-1,077-11 TDs). In his career, he has had three different running backs produce a total of four 1,000 yard seasons rushing.

At IUP, he helped develop several outstanding running backs and a powerful rushing attack for the Crimson Hawks, which had a 27-9 record during the three years Chapin was on staff. He was part of a staff that helped direct IUP to the second round of the DII playoffs in a 12-2 season in 2012.

In 2012, he coordinated a rushing attack that rolled up 3,630 yards, which ranked 10th in NCAA DII and second in the PSAC (259.3 yards per game) and produced a league-best 36 TDs. IUP had two of the top six rushers in the PSAC in Harvie Tuck, who led the way with 1,660 yards (3rd, PSAC) and 16 TDs, while De'Antwan Williams carried the ball for 1,325 yards (6th, PSAC) and 10 TDs. In 2013, Williams, who was named All-PSAC first team, rushed for 1,347 yards (4th, PSAC) and 19 TDs, highlighting the year with a school-record 315 yards and three TDs against Shippensburg (Pa.). IUP, which ranked third in the PSAC in rushing offense at 216.7 yards per game, scored 32 times on the ground in 2013.

Prior to IUP, Chapin coached at Division III Adrian College (13-7 record) for two seasons, where he coached wide receivers. In 2011, he helped orchestrate an offensive unit that led the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association in both total offense and points per game. In addition, Chapin served as Adrian's special teams coordinator and recruiting coordinator. In 2010, Chapin served as the tight ends and fullbacks coach, while doubling as the director of football operations.

Prior to his tenure with the Bulldogs, Chapin had a one year stint in 2009 as the running backs coach at Southern Tech Prep Academy in Charlotte, N.C. In addition to his collegiate and prep coaching experience, Chapin also coached at the high school level from 2007-2008 at Dexter High School in Dexter, Mich.

 

[luckyintheorder]

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96PJB-lvqXo[/media]

 

[EWU98]

On paper I LOVE this hire....so we will see though. Curious though if this is and will be a shift to more of a run game then the high powered...score more then us offense then we are used to seeing. Personally I hope it is more of a smash mouth type of game with less passing. I feel like part of our defensive issues have been that they are on the field way too long ...yes I know then get them off the field in 3 but we know that's easier said then done.

 

[Obzerver]

Allright, welcome to Coach Chapin! Coming to the best offense in the FCS and as QB coach you have the pleasure to figure out who will be the next potential Payton award winner. You have a toolbox full of talent and players who know how to win. Being new we'll give you a pass so just win 2 of our first of three games and it'll be smooth sailing the rest of the season. You'll have fun and win alotta games Jim. Again, welcome to EWU and Go Eags!!

 

[luckyintheorder]

On paper I LOVE this hire....so we will see though. Curious though if this is and will be a shift to more of a run game then the high powered...score more then us offense then we are used to seeing. Personally I hope it is more of a smash mouth type of game with less passing. I feel like part of our defensive issues have been that they are on the field way too long ...yes I know then get them off the field in 3 but we know that's easier said then done.

If this highlight video of one of their RB's for the NFL is an indication, the run blocking will be improved when contrasted with the Shoemaker era approach. Not a lot to go on.

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm-GpGw88l0[/media]

 

[Obzerver]

OK, Shoemaker now OC andQB coach at Hawaii will someone tell me why he left EWU. If he quit before the end of the season how does Hawaii triple his salary and has him be OC and QB coach? II he was fired how does Hawaii triple his salary and has him OC and QB coach? Did i miss the reason he left when he did and/or why?

https://twitter.com/CoachShoeQBs

 

[luckyintheorder]

OK, Shoemaker now OC andQB coach at Hawaii will someone tell me why he left EWU. If he quit before the end of the season how does Hawaii triple his salary and has him be OC and QB coach? II he was fired how does Hawaii triple his salary and has him OC and QB coach? Did i miss the reason he left when he did and/or why?

https://twitter.com/CoachShoeQBs

No love loss for Shoemaker but too many unanswered questions to hold any animus. Best wishes to Shoemaker and his family. Not sure Hawaii is "landing on your feet".

 

[Obzerver]

OK, Shoemaker now OC andQB coach at Hawaii will someone tell me why he left EWU. If he quit before the end of the season how does Hawaii triple his salary and has him be OC and QB coach? II he was fired how does Hawaii triple his salary and has him OC and QB coach? Did i miss the reason he left when he did and/or why?

https://twitter.com/CoachShoeQBs

No love loss for Shoemaker but too many unanswered questions to hold any animus. Best wishes to Shoemaker and his family. Not sure Hawaii is "landing on your feet".

sure wish my feet would land in Hawaii...at 48-49 years old he may never come back.

 

[clawman1]

OK, Shoemaker now OC andQB coach at Hawaii will someone tell me why he left EWU. If he quit before the end of the season how does Hawaii triple his salary and has him be OC and QB coach? II he was fired how does Hawaii triple his salary and has him OC and QB coach? Did i miss the reason he left when he did and/or why?

https://twitter.com/CoachShoeQBs

No love loss for Shoemaker but too many unanswered questions to hold any animus. Best wishes to Shoemaker and his family. Not sure Hawaii is "landing on your feet".

sure wish my feet would land in Hawaii...at 48-49 years old he may never come back.

Probably cost more to live there but my guess is salary is quad. or more.

 

[luckyintheorder]

New WR Coach... Greg Hardin Welcome!

https://goeags.com/news/2022/2/28/football-eagles-welcome-new-wide-receivers-coach-greg-hardin.aspx

Per Hawaii football page and Football Scoop: Ena to Hawaii...

https://hawaiiathletics.com/news/20...-staff-nearly-complete-with-latest-hires.aspx

https://footballscoop.com/news/hawaii-rainbow-warriors-timmy-chang-hires-coach

New Hawaii head coach Timmy Chang has another key piece to his inaugural defensive staff.

Eti Ena has joined the Warriors’ staff to work with Hawaii’s defensive line.