It's official, the Tim Brewster era has
come to an end at the University of Minnesota. Brewster finishes with a career record of 15-30 at Minnesota. Co-Offensive Coordinator Jeff Horton takes over on an interim basis, he is the only assistant on the staff with head coaching experience (at UN-LV). Brewster really was a poor choice to start with at Minnesota. I remember being shocked when they
fired Glen Mason back in 2006, he had turned the program from horrid to respectable, I certainly didn't think that his firing was warranted. Upon taking a closer look at the Mason firing at that time, I did see the reasoning behind it though, they seemed to have plateaued under Mason, his recruiting was suffering and he still had no clue on defense. So I ended up being okay with his firing. I was then
shocked that they selected Tim Brewster as his replacement, he had never risen above the level of a position coach in any of his coaching stops (in the NFL or the NCAA). The more I found out about him though the more he grew on me, he had done a very good job of recruiting for Mac Brown at Texas and North Carolina and that was one area that Glen Mason was really lacking so I was willing to give him a chance. Recruiting has picked up under Brewster but it just hasn't translated to the field. Year 1 under Brewster was horrendous, a 1-11 record, he followed that up with respectable (not great, but respectable) records of 7-6 & 6-7. His 1-6 start this year showed that he was not moving the team in the right direction. He really did make lots of mistakes in his short tenure at Minnesota, the chief mistake IMO being that he never really found an identity (they started out running the spread, then moved to a more NFL type scheme, then to a 'pound the rock' scheme), teams and players need consistency, they need time to learn and perfect a system, you need to bring in new players who fit yours system (how do you do that when you don't know what they system will be?). Another problem he had was maintaining a stable staff, they changed coordinators constantly (if I recall correctly they had 3 offensive coordinators and 3 defensive coordinators in his 4 years), again, that goes back to stability and consistency. The one other major issue I have had with Brewster is his fondness for Adam Weber at QB, Weber has been mediocre at best throughout his career at Minnesota, it is quite obvious to everybody (except Brewster) that we've seen the best that Weber has to offer and that it was not quite good enough to get this program to the next level. MarQueis Gray on the other hand has all the talent in the world, he is easily the best athlete on the team (and one of the best athletes in the Big Ten), he deserves at least a chance to show what he can do, and Brewster never gave it to him. At this point, the guy I want them to make a run at as a replacement is Al Golden, give him whatever he wants, he'd be a great pick.
I've compiled a list of other potential candidates on the next page.
- Al Golden - Head Coach at Temple
- Jim Harbaugh - Head Coach at Stanford
- Mike Leach - former Head Coach at Texas Tech
- Tony Dungy - UM alum, former NFL Head Coach
- Mark Richt - Head Coach at Georgia
- Chris Peterson - Head Coach at Boise St
- Gary Shiano - Head Coach at Rutgers
- Gary Patterson - Head Coach at TCU
- Gary Pinkel - Head Coach at Missouri
- Kevin Sumlin - Head Coach at Houston
- Troy Calhoun - Head Coach at Air Force
- Randy Edsall - Head Coach at UConn
- Mike Bellotti - former head coach at Oregon
- Jerry Kill - Head Coach at Northern Illinois
- Brady Hoke - Head Coach at San Diego St
- Paul Chryst - Assistant Coach at Wisconsin
- Leslie Frazier - Assistant Coach with Minnesota Vikings
- Phil Fulmer - former Head Coach at Tennessee
- Marc Trestman - CFL Head Coach
- Jeff Jagodzinski - Head Coach in UFL, formerly Head Coach at Boston College
- Scott Linehan - former NFL Head Coach
- Jim Leavitt - former Head Coach at South Florida
- Mike Shula - former Head Coach at Alabama
- Brent Venables - Assistant Coach at Oklahoma
- Luke Fickell - Assistant Coach at Ohio St
- Craig Bohl - Head Coach at North Dakota St
- Jim Zorn - Assistant Coach with Baltimore Ravens
- Darrell Bevell - Assistant Coach with Minnesota Vikings
- Brian Billick - former NFL Head Coach
- Denny Green - former NFL Head Coach
- Carl Pelini - Assistant Coach at Nebraska
- Don Treadwell - Assistant Coach at Michigan St
- Chuck Martin - Assistant Coach at Notre Dame
- Mike Markuson - Assistant Coach at Mississippi
- Kirby Smart - Assistant Coach at Alabama
- Jim McElwain - Assistant Coach at Alabama
- Kevin Wilson - Assistant Coach at Oklahoma
- Kevin Steele - Assistant Coach at Clemson
- Shawn Watson - Assistant Coach at Nebraska
- Lance Leipold - Head Coach at Wisconsin-Whitewater
- Norries Wilson - Head Coach at Columbia, UM Alum
- Mark Mangino - former Head Coach at Kansas
- Dan McCarney - Assistant Coach at Florida
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