Now that the Cougars have to hire a new football coach we though we'd look at the possible hires who would take over at Wazzu.
-Mike Price: The choice everyone and the mom has been talking about. He hasn't done well at UTEP the last two years, 5-7 and 4-8. He would have considerably better talent at WSU and has proven he can recruit and win in Pullman. He is 61 years old, something that could hurt in recruiting.
-Paul Wulff: The head coach at Eastern Washington University. Wulff is a former Coug who is familiar with recruiting in Washington. He would probably keep some of the staff the same. Negative, he's never been a Division 1 coach, something that AD Jim Sterk said was something they were looking for.
-Bob Gregory: He is a former Coug as well, now the D-coordinator at California. He has coached Division 1 football before albeit as an assistant. He could keep Levenseller around to work with the offense and concentrate on the defense.
-Under no circumstance should WSU hire or even interview UW offense coordinator Tim Lappano. That would be a lateral, if not backwards, move. He has never been a HC and frankly we are not to impressed with his offense at UW.
Those seem to be the most logical choices. Washington State needs a Cougar to coach the Cougars. All three of the above guys are Cougars and understand what it takes to play in a town like Pullman.
