[Husker] John Papuchis Promoted to Defensive Coordinator

[Mark Landin]

Given those duties, is there reason to be concerned that others on the
staff can't ably fill that role?

On 12/26/11, Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com> wrote:
>> Is recruiting coordinator anything more than keeping "the list" of who
>> was offered, who talked to who, and who is visiting when? While it's
>> certainly critical that a program which recruits nationally year-round
>> be organized, it sound like anyone with good organization skills could
>> be effective ... As opposed to an actual recruiter who needs charisma
>> more than anything. Of course I could totally misunderstand what the
>> coordinator does.
>
> Under NCAA rules, only coaches who are counted towards the coaching limit
> may evaluate recruits (eg, view film) or contact them.
>
> Most schools have hundreds of high school players they are tracking, both
> for the current recruiting year and for subsequent years.
>
> Many (probably most) schools designate one of their assistant football
> coaches as their recruiting coordinator, as John Papuchis has been at
> Nebraska.
> He also has been coaching the DL and special teams.
>
> There is generally also a clerical person (probably more than one) who keeps
> track
> of the paperwork on recruits as part of the compliance process.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>

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