Peanut wrote:Is the UNM coach the former offensive coordinator for Illinois the year the went to the Rose Bowl? Even if it isn't...I'm glad WVU didn't hire him as their next coach.
That would be the one and now I remember this name, Mike Locksley.
He was the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Florida under Ron Zook and then offensive coordinator at the University of Illinois Fighting Illini in January 2005, replacing Larry Fedora who went to Oklahoma State University.
He has been at UNM for a year now as this will be his 2rd year coaching them. I don't know how he wasn't fired last year.
Here is two things that happen with him last year.
Late May 2009, a former administrative assistant at New Mexico filed an age and sex discrimination complaint against Locksley with the Equal Opportunity Commission. The complaint was filed by Locksley's former administrative assistant Sylvia Lopez. Lopez claimed to have been subjected to age and sexual discrimination before being transferred out of Locksley's office.
In late September 2009, Locksley was reprimanded for an altercation with an assistant coach, in which he hit the assistant. He was subsequently suspended without pay for ten days. He was not on the sideline for the game against UNLV on 10/24.
Oh and he went 1-11 last year and is 0-6 this year.
Edit: There is a new coach that just got fired.
North Texas fires Todd Dodge
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