Tuesday--January 10, 2012

Don Brown has withdrawn his name from the Yale coaching search as per the Hartford Courant. Several sources said he was the front runner in Yale's search. I'm not sure how well he would have fit at Yale. Brown had a significant portion of his success at UMass with FBS transfers and some prop 48 players. Both those sources would not have been available at an Ivy League school.

More from the Daily Yale news.

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NBC's "Inside the Irish" blog says Coach Molnar was going to be let go by Notre Dame before he was hired by UMass.

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Former UMass assistant coach John Strollo (1992-95 has joined the Penn State staff. The article also mentions former UMass coach Ted Roof (1994-96) as a possible hire for Bill O'Brien. That brings the known Penn State staff to seven.

I've blogged about Strollo and Roof several times in the past.

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Speaking of coaching staffs, wasn't UMass' staff supposed to be complete by last week?

Still no announcement from the UMass Athletic Dept.

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No news on recruiting either.

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