Fw: [Husker] Gill

[Monty Perry]

Tarleton State college is located in Stephenville Texas. My son got his 
masters and bachelors degree at Tarleton, and still works for the 
University.

Whitten first joined Tarleton as head coach in 1996, but left after one 
season to become the offensive coordinator at the University of Wyoming.

In 1995, Tarleton was 1-10 and in 1996 under Whitten, went 5-5. Coach 
Whitten earned LSC Coach of the Year honors that season when Tarleton went 
from the league's worst offense to leading the conference in total offense 
and passing offense.

Whitten left Tarleton following the 1996 season, and became offensive 
coordinator at Wyoming. He spent one year there before reentering coaching 
in 1999 as offensive coordinator at Sam Houston State University. After five 
seasons as Tarleton's head coach, Todd Whitten had a 38-19 record for a .667 
winning percentage.

Under Whitten's direction, the Tarleton offense led the Lone Star Conference 
in total offense and passing offense in 1996, 2000 and 2003.

Tarleton has ranked as one of the nation's top passing and scoring offenses 
in each of the last three seasons.
http://www.tarletonsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=12314&SPID=716&DB_OEM_ID=2500&ATCLID=75767&Q_SEASON=2004

After reading Whitten's bio, it doesn't surprise me that HE was the "shoo 
in" for the Sam Houston job, not Turner, especially with his previous 
experience at Sam Houston as the offensive coordinator and  head coaching 
experience at Tarleton.

Monty





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Beach" <rrbeach at rrbeach.com>
To: "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:35 AM
Subject: [Husker] Gill


>
>     Turner Gill is bypassed for the job at Sam Houston State.
>
>
> *http://tinyurl.com/3w3vk
>
>
>     I realize many things enter into a coaching hire but on paper this 
> should have been a shoo in for Gill.  Sam Houston State is not even 
> Division I-A.  It is Division I-AA.  They hired a guy named Todd Whitten 
> who was the Head Coach at Tarleton State which is located in Tarleton 
> Station, TX.  I personally had never heard of the college or the town. 
> Tarleton State is part of the Texas A&M system.  It appears it would be 
> like UNO or UNK.  A lot of people wanted either Pelini or Gill at NU to 
> replace Solich.  It doesn't seem others are really that interested in 
> them.  Again, I understand the politics but if Gill, with all his 
> experience at one of the premier programs in the country, can't land a job 
> at Sam Houston State against a coach from Tarleton State he could have a 
> tough time landing a job.
>
>
> Bob Beach
> *
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