Six to keep an Eye on for possible OC
Here is interesting name to watch. Wake Forest offensive coordinator Warren Ruggiero: The connections are more regional than anything, having worked a lot in North Carolina. If you want a guy who adapts to what he has, he’s shown well there. At Wake, he’s had two-runner-heavy (QB/RB) attacks. He was high-flying with Matt Johnson at Bowling Green (3,400 yards) and pass-heavy and efficient at a stop at Elon. He also worked with a smattering of name players such as Marques Colston, Josh Freeman and Collin Klein.
Former Maryland OC and interim head coach Matt Canada: He’s been out of coaching this season and has a reputation as not being the easiest to work with. That said, he brings an innovative offense that is run-heavy (Muschamp believes in establishing the run) and tends to produce explosive plays (what Muschamp often sees as a key indicator). When it goes wrong it’s inefficient, but it created some fireworks at Wisconsin and Pitt and really wasn’t all that bad at LSU. His daughter is a USC alum and his last stop, at Maryland, started under D.J. Durkin, a Muschamp guy.
Also another name to keep an eye on is Kentucky offense of coordinator Eddie Gran: He has widely been considered one of the better offensive minds in the country for his versatility when it comes to the talent available. At Cincinnati, he ran a high-powered spread. At Kentucky, he crafted a downhill, pistol rushing attack that has helped the Wildcats become a consistent program. His schemes often aren’t the flashiest, but they do complement a defense well. He and Muschamp coached together at Auburn in the latter half of the 2000s. The only downside would be that his specialty is running backs, and South Carolina’s running backs coach Thomas Brown is highly thought of and the team’s best link to four-star tailback commit MarShawn Lloyd.
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Oregon OC Marcus Arroyo: Nick Saban guy in Mario Cristobal never coached in the SEC. His offense often has kind of a ground-and-pound feel, maybe something that fits a Muschamp outlook, and the group is top-15 in points per game and yards per play. Someone will probably take a look at him this offseason.
Ohio State offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson: Wilson built a beast of an offense at Oklahoma and had some fun units at Indiana, which ran the gamut from more pass-heavy groups to a squad that rode Tevin Coleman to 169.9 yards per game. He’s coached in the Midwest or Oklahoma since 1990, but he’s from North Carolina and spent time at UNC, North Carolina A&T and Winston Salem State on his career ascent.
Louisiana Tech OC Todd Fitch: Been a steady hand under Skip Holtz. The offense this year was solid, before the QB issues, and in 2016 had been very good, and he was a member of South Carolina staff under Lou Holtz.
Middle Tennessee offensive coordinator Tony Franklin: He’s extremely seasoned. He was running prolific offenses as far back as Kentucky in 2000. His scheme was good at Troy, a mess at Auburn (with Muschamp on staff), jump-started Middle Tennessee, helped Sunny Dykes rebuild high-pace offenses at Louisiana Tech and Cal, and built some steady groups at MTSU under former USC assistant Rick Stockstill. MTSU’s points per game isn’t good this year, but the offense has been more efficient than that.
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