Not only that but Wilcox had no prior HC experience before being hired and Knowlton was never an AD at a P5/P4 program prior to coming to Cal, as he came to us from Air Force Academy.
We hired two people with no experience for the jobs they currently have and then we doubled down with extensions to both! They are the poster children of DEI hires.
Hiring a coordinator from a P5 program to be a head coach at another one is a perfectly normal move. I wouldn't read too much into that. Jeff Tedford had no HC experience either.
Sure it is and Tedford was but Tedford was a successful OC. Wilcox was never a successful DC. He failed at his two highest profile jobs, Tennessee and USC. Given all the resources of those two schools and he was fired by both programs.
Wilcox was basically a journeyman DC when we hired him.
A career coordinator, and a completely overrated one at that.
At least with an offensive minded coordinatorтАФ-> HC, you always have a shot, and the games are usually entertaining. Even WilcoxтАЩs wins are difficult to watchтАжitтАЩs like a 4-hour visit to the dentist on a Saturday.
Wilcox and Knowlton are the DEI hires.
That was funny! Only in DEI is a 1-5 conference record considered a success...
Not only that but Wilcox had no prior HC experience before being hired and Knowlton was never an AD at a P5/P4 program prior to coming to Cal, as he came to us from Air Force Academy.
We hired two people with no experience for the jobs they currently have and then we doubled down with extensions to both! They are the poster children of DEI hires.
Hiring a coordinator from a P5 program to be a head coach at another one is a perfectly normal move. I wouldn't read too much into that. Jeff Tedford had no HC experience either.
Sure it is and Tedford was but Tedford was a successful OC. Wilcox was never a successful DC. He failed at his two highest profile jobs, Tennessee and USC. Given all the resources of those two schools and he was fired by both programs.
Wilcox was basically a journeyman DC when we hired him.
A career coordinator, and a completely overrated one at that.
At least with an offensive minded coordinatorтАФ-> HC, you always have a shot, and the games are usually entertaining. Even WilcoxтАЩs wins are difficult to watchтАжitтАЩs like a 4-hour visit to the dentist on a Saturday.