HaasBear04;842004910 said:
Doeren? Dykes? Mcintyre? They all seem pretty small time to me. Whats the point of shelling out 7 million to jettison poncho boy to hire some B player? Especially when the likes of arizona and ucla can land rich rod and mora? Might as well keep the poncho another year.
MacIntyre has a nice rsum with experience at an academic school (Duke) and has done wonders at San Jose State. Before you dismiss him I suggest you read his bio -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_MacIntyreMacIntyre would then spend five seasons in the NFL starting in 2003: as the defensive backs coach of the Dallas Cowboys under Bill Parcells until 2006, then in 2007 in the same position with the New York Jets. In 2008, Mike MacIntyre returned to college football as the defensive coordinator for Duke, and in his first season with Duke, the Blue Devils allowed 67.4 fewer yards and 9.8 fewer points per game than in 2007.[11] In 2009, the American Football Coaches Association recognized MacIntyre as FBS Assistant Coach of the Year.[12]
[edit]San Jose State head coach (2010present)
[edit]2010
On December 16, 2009, MacIntyre became the new head coach of the San Jose State Spartans football team, a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), after Dick Tomey retired.[13] The Spartans had just come off a 210 record in 2009 and had only three winning seasons since 1993, and athletic director Tom Bowen planned on making a full 85 scholarship athletes available to the football team, as Academic Progress Rate penalties limited yearly scholarships to between 67 and 72.[14][15]
Local media considered MacIntyre to be a smart hire despite his inexperience as a head coach.[14] MacIntyre has stated that he chose to be the head coach to inspire success in the student-athletes and praised his father George MacIntyre for improving the struggling football programs Tennessee-Martin and Vanderbilt as coach.[16] He also planned on dropping the spread offense and expand recruiting rather than rely on junior college transfers.[15] San Jose State completed the 2010 season 112.[17] However, MacIntyre expressed optimism that the team would improve in 2011 given that the team would have 85 athletes on scholarship next season.[18]
[edit]2011
In 2011, the Spartans finished 57.[19] Unlike the previous season in which MacIntyre had only six weeks of recruiting time, MacIntyre had a full term of recruiting.[20] The coach also commented shortly before the first game of 2011 that his players benefited by learning his playbook throughout 2010 despite the one-win season.[21] Then with the longest losing streak of Division I football, the Spartans lost 13 games in a row starting in 2010 until beating New Mexico State on September 24, 2011.[22] San Jose State averaged 190 rushing yards per game by then, a marked improvement from years past. San Jose Mercury News columnist Jon Wilner credited MacIntyre's experience coaching in the SEC, a conference Wilner wrote was "all about running between the tackles."[23]
The next week, San Jose State won its second in a row and ended a 16-game road losing streak with a 3831 victory over Colorado State; that win marked the first time since 2008 San Jose State won two consecutive games and first non-conference win since 2002.[24] San Jose State's homecoming game on October 14, 2011 was nationally televised as part of ESPN's College Football Friday Primetime, and San Jose State rallied to beat Hawaii 2827, the team's third win in four games.[25] That win led to speculation that San Jose State would qualify for a bowl game.[26][27]
[edit]2012
