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Who is Left for Penn State to Hire?
By Kyle Pagan
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Now that putting all your eggs in one Kalani Sitake basket has blown up in Penn State’s face, it’s back to the drawing board. Who is left to coach the Nittany Lions? You? Me? The job reports just came out today and missed projections by a landslide. After Pat Kraft gets fired from his gig, maybe he should take over the Labor Bureau because he might be the greatest job creator in the history of the economy. He’s gotten multiple coaches contract extensions and opened up opportunities for more just because they were linked to the job in Happy Valley. So who is left? Not much according to Kalshi:
Brian Daboll
Could it really be Brian Daboll? The overnight markets were SURGING with Daboll on Kalshi. I’m all for Daboll getting back on the sideline as fast as possible so he can blow up on a college referee. I think Daboll is actually a solid hire.
Jeff Brohm
Penn State fans can I interest you in a coach with a TBI? Let’s play football:
Terry Smith
It was always Terry Smith. All the time and resources spent on a coaching search and it’s going to end up being the guy who was there the entire time. This ends with a tweet from the Penn State Football account saying, “Got our guy!” and it’s a mashup of highlights from the second half of the season, Smith crying at the podium talking about Happy Valley changing his life, and the players campaigning for him after the Nebraska game. This is the only move that makes sense, but I think Kraft might be too smug to actually do it. Does Smith even want the job after he’s watched candidate after candidate turn it down? That’s like being #1000 in a Bonnie (Nittany) Blue orgy.
Brian Hartline
Hartline just took the USF job so there’s another candidate off the board:
Gotta imagine if Hartline was actually considered for the head coaching gig in Happy Valley you’d think he would’ve taken it. Or maybe at this point USF is a better job than Penn State.
Manny Diaz
First poaching our AD, then trying to hire our former coach, and now potentially another one? Penn State always wants Temple’s sloppy seconds. Embarrassing.
Brian Kelly
Just imagine the Hoagie Mouth impression he’ll whip out at the Bryce Jordan Center at halftime of Purdue vs. Penn State.
Mike Tomlin
What does Mike Tomlin know about coaching college football? Nothing. But don’t tell that to Ben Roethlisberger:
A guy who hasn’t won a conference title in over a decade? Sign Penn State up.
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com